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Chen, Jiliang; Li, Lanlan; Shen, Yalin; Li, Haoxia – English Language Teaching, 2022
This study is intended to explore the influence of partners' L2 proficiency on test-takers' performance and on their interaction patterns in paired oral assessment, and it tries to analyze the underlying causes on the basis of Vygotsky's theory of the zone of proximal development (ZPD) and Storch's patterns of interaction. An experiment including…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Oral Language, Sociocultural Patterns
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Asif, Fariha – English Language Teaching, 2017
The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that trigger language anxiety among Saudi learners in English as Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. The factor of anxiety is especially found among learners while developing proficiency in over all communication and speaking skills as felt by the EFL teachers. The study also seeks to answer…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Erfani, Shiva Seyed; Nikbin, Sareh – English Language Teaching, 2015
Dynamic assessment originates in the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). Practicing dynamic assessment necessarily requires the development of ZPD. This study aimed to investigate the effect of peer-assisted mediation vs. tutor-intervention within dynamic assessment framework on writing development and the attitude of Iranian intermediate EFL…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Questionnaires
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Ahmad, Jameel – English Language Teaching, 2015
This research tends to ascertain several traditional and socio-cultural barriers to English language learning in Saudi Arabia and to explore more ways than before for making teaching and learning more effective. The findings of four quantitative and qualitative surveys conducted in this regard reveal a unique traditional and socio-cultural milieu,…
Descriptors: Barriers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction