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Zarei, Abbas Ali; Zarei, Nasrin – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2015
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of Iranian EFL learners' proficiency level on their self-related personality traits (self-esteem and self-efficacy). To this end, 141 English major students, male and female, studying at Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU) and Kar Non-profit University in Qazvin, Iran were…
Descriptors: Language Role, Personality Traits, Language Proficiency, Foreign Countries
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Nushi, Musa – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2016
Han's (2009, 2013) selective fossilization hypothesis (SFH) claims that L1 markedness and L2 input robustness determine the fossilizability (and learnability) of an L2 feature. To test the validity of the model, a pseudo-longitudinal study was designed in which the errors in the argumentative essays of 52 Iranian EFL learners were identified and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Ghapanchi, Zargham; Taheryan, Atefeh – World Journal of Education, 2012
This study examined the influence of language knowledge, metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive strategy use on speaking and listening proficiency. Ninety six freshman and sophomore Iranian university students (male = 6, female = 90) were participated in the study. Two kinds of questionnaire and one language knowledge test were administered.…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Linguistic Competence, Listening, Speech Communication
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Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad Hassan – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2012
This paper presents reports on an experimental study which intended to look into and compare the possible effects of this researcher's instructional innovation, Competitive Team-Based Learning (CTBL), with Structured Academic Controversy (SAC) -- the most popular method of Cooperative Learning (CL) -- on language proficiency of Iranian EFL college…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, College Seniors, English (Second Language)