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Atai, Mahmood Reza; Dashtestani, Reza – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2013
English for academic purposes (EAP) has established itself as a considerable part of English as a foreign language (EFL) instruction in Iranian universities. Considering the Internet as a major educational source in EAP reading courses, it is highly important that the stakeholders have positive attitudes toward it and be aware of promises and…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Stakeholders, Foreign Countries, Internet
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Asoodar, Maryam; Atai, Mahmood Reza; Vaezi, Shahin – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
This article reports a mixed-method research probing the effect of utilizing a blog-buddy system on English for academic purposes learners' writing performance. Sixty Iranian undergraduate engineering students at Iran University of Science and Technology Virtual Campus participated in this study. Our analysis of the students' writings indicated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Journals, Electronic Journals, Web Sites
Atai, Mahmood Reza; Shoja, Leila – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2011
Even though English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) courses constitute a significant part of the Iranian university curriculum, curriculum developers have generally developed the programs based on intuition. This study assessed the present and target situation academic language needs of undergraduate students of computer engineering. To this…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Self Evaluation (Individuals)