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Download full textNavaie, Leila Ashegh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The present study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of the Reciprocal Teaching Procedure (RTP) on reading comprehension of intermediate Iranian EFL learners in Iran. Two intact groups were chosen non-randomly, one as the control group and the other as the experimental group. Then an IELTS reading test was administered to both groups as…
Descriptors: Reciprocal Teaching, Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
Riahi, Zahra; Pourdana, Natasha – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The present study attempted to investigate the possible impacts of Individual Concept Mapping (ICM) and Collaborative Concept Mapping (CCM) strategies on Iranian EFL learners' reading comprehension. For this purpose, 90 pre-intermediate female language learners ranged between 12 to 17 years of age were selected to randomly assign into ICM, CCM and…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Adolescents
Ghorbani, Mohammad Reza – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The proponents of frequent quizzes claim that they stimulate students and have a positive effect on their learning, while the opponents argue that too frequent quizzes might frustrate students and hinder their learning. This study examined the effect of frequent quizzes on Iranian undergraduate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners'…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation
Najafi, Maryam; Talebinezhad, Mohammad Reza – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
Teaching technical vocabulary in ESP context is a vital part of English language teaching at a university level. EFL teachers almost use traditional techniques for teaching new medical vocabulary. This study aimed at examining the impact of teaching medical vocabulary through collocations on vocabulary learning of medical students. This…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
NamazianDost, Islam; Bohloulzadeh, Ghassem; Pazhakh, Abdolreza – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
This research sought to investigate the effect of the effect of task-based language teaching on motivation and grammatical achievement of EFL junior high school students of Ahvaz. To fulfill the objectives of the study a Homogeneity test (Oxford Quick Placement Test) was administered among 100 students at the junior high school and finally 80…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Teaching Methods, Junior High School Students, English (Second Language)
Rastegaran, Shadi – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
In this study the researcher tried to investigate whether tasks have any effect on "adjective" learning or not. To achieve this purpose, the following research question was set forth by the researcher: "Does using 'authentic task' have significant effect on 'adjective' learning?" A proficiency test was administered to minimize…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Pretests Posttests, Multiple Choice Tests, Computer Software
Ismaiel, Nasrah Mahmoud; Al Asmari, AbdulRahman Awadh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The study of vocabulary can be considered a chief issue which the second language students encounter within the learning of another language especially, for non-English major students. This study aims at assessing the influence of a suggested program for enhancing EFL students` vocabulary and vocabulary learning strategies use. The sample of this…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Khoshsima, Hooshang; Zare-Behtash, Esmail; Khosravani, Mahboobeh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The main concern of most researchers in the field of second and foreign language teaching is lessening the problems and eliminating the hinders on the way of learning a language. Writing is considered as one of the most challenging and complicated tasks for learners to perform particularly when they have to write in a second or foreign language.…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Writing Skills, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Motlagh, Seyyed Fariborz Pishdadi; Nasab, Mahdiyeh Seyed Beheshti – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
Input enhancement's role to promote learners' awareness in L2 contexts has caused a tremendous amount of research. Conspicuously, by regarding all aspects of input enhancement, the study aimed to find out how differently many kinds of input enhancement factors such as bolding, underlining, and capitalizing impact on L2 learners' vocabulary…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Khanbeiki, Ruhollah; Abdolmanafi-Rokni, Seyed Jalal – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The present study was aimed at providing the English teachers across Iran with a good and fruitful method of teaching pronunciation. To this end, sixty female intermediate EFL learners were put in three different but equivalent groups of 20 based on the results of a pronunciation pre-test. One of the groups received explicit instruction including…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Ansarian, Loghman; Adlipour, Ali Akbar; Saber, Mehrnoush Akhavan; Shafiei, Elmira – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The study investigated the effect of problem-based learning through cognition-based tasks on speaking proficiency of Iranian intermediate EFL learners in comparison to the effect of objective-based tasks. To this end, a true experimental research design was employed. Ninety five (N = 95) language learners studying at a language institute in the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
Aidinlou, Nader Asadi; Moradinejad, Alireza – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The current study made an attempt to compare the impacts of teaching authentic materials through traditional techniques with teaching authentic materials through authentic use, where students in the experimental group were taught new vocabulary items of subtitles through watching subtitled videos, and control group were taught the same vocabulary…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Control Groups, Second Language Learning
Behroozizad, Sorayya; Majidi, Sudabeh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This study investigated the effect of different modes of English captioning on EFL learners' general listening comprehension. To this end, forty-five intermediate-level learners were selected based on their scores on a standardized English proficiency test (PET) to carry out the study. Then, the selected participants were randomly assigned into…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Multiple Choice Tests, Pretests Posttests
Qarajeh, Masoud; Abdolmanafi-Rokni, Seyed Jalal – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The present study was set out to investigate the effect of social hubs on improving EFL learners' speaking skill. The participants of the study were 38 female and 26 male students between the age of 19 and 29. They were randomly assigned to two groups of experimental and control. Each group consisted of 32 participants. A language proficiency test…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Social Media, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Khoshsima, Hooshang; Rezaeiantiyar, Forouzan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
The present experimental study primarily aimed at examining the effect of presentation strategy on reading comprehension of Iranian intermediate EFL learners. To determine the effect of this strategy, 61 students who enrolled in English Language Center of Chabahar Maritime University were initially selected and then divided randomly into two…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Foreign Countries
