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Masjedi, Hosein; Tabatabaei, Seyyed Parsa – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
The present study investigated the comparison between effectiveness of recast plus explicit correction that can be called analogy-based corrective feedback (CF) and metalinguistic feedback on mastering the target structures of Iranian EFL learners at elementary level. In order to get the results, the participants were divided into three groups…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Feedback (Response), Metalinguistics, Second Language Instruction
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Safdari, Maryam – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
Most research studies show the focus of EFL courses in the Iranian educational context is on speaking in private language schools and on grammar, reading and vocabulary in state schools. Consequently, more research regarding writing is required in the Iranian EFL context. The present study sets out to investigate the effects of input enhancement…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Navidinia, Hossein; Mobarak, Mohsen; Malekzadeh, Farzaneh – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
The present study aims at investigating the effect of noticing on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students' speaking accuracy. For so doing, 32 Iranian EFL students were selected and randomly assigned to two conversation classes namely, control and experimental groups. Before the treatment both groups had a speaking pre-test. During 32…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Accuracy
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Bahrami, Zahra Nikkhah; Izadpanah, Siros; Bijani, Houman – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
Vocabulary as an undeniable part of language learning is a main component in communication which requires to be taught in innovative ways. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of musical mnemonic on vocabulary recalling, and long-term retention of words by young learners. The design of study was experimental. Sixty teenagers from…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Mnemonics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Alavinia, Parviz; Shafaei, Ali; Salimi, Asghar – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
The current research study was conducted to examine the impacts of focused and unfocused audio-appended reading tasks on female EFL learners' acquisition of a rule-bound structure (passive voice) and a non-rule-bound structure (prepositions). The participants of this study involved ninety intermediate female English learners. They were assigned…
Descriptors: Females, Accuracy, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Mousavi, Khorshid; Alavinia, Parviz; Gholami, Javad – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
The present study investigated the comparison between short and long-term effectiveness of input-providing and output-prompting negotiation strategies on mastering the target structures. To this end, the participants were divided into three groups, namely two experimental groups who had a special kind of treatment, and one control group without…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction