Volume 15 (2023)
Volume 14 (2022)
Volume 13 (2021)
Volume 12 (2020)
Volume 11 (2019)
Volume 10 (2018)
Volume 9 (2017)
Volume 8 (2016)
Volume 7 (2015)
Volume 6 (2014)
Volume 5 (2013)
Volume 4 (2012)
Volume 3 (2011)
Volume 2 (2010)
Volume 1 (2009)

Curriculum Reform and Iranian EFL Teachers' Professional Identity: A Marathon of Change!

Parisa Riahipour; Mansoor Tavakoli; Abbas Eslami Rasekh

Volume 12, Issue 26 , November 2020, , Pages 435-463

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2021.42087.2294

Abstract
  Professional identity has been perpetually an underlying factor in teacher development. The maintenance of a strong professional identity is a key factor in teacher development which is ultimately a fundamental aspect in the prosperity or failure of any educational system. As a dynamic phenomenon, teachers’ ...  Read More

The Effect of Teacher, Peer, and Self-Assessment on Subsequent Learning: The Case of Oral Presentations

Mohammad Salehi; Afsaneh Farhang

Volume 12, Issue 26 , November 2020, , Pages 465-493

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2021.41381.2282

Abstract
  There has been a burgeoning of research in teacher, peer, and self-assessment in terms of reliability and validity, the use of rubrics, the implementation of these kinds of assessments in different academic settings, the effect of demographic variables in these assessments, and the benefits of these ...  Read More

English language learning
Effect of Online Flipped Classroom on Students' Writing Development at Senior High School

Abdullah sarani; Muhammad Jalil Zarei; Hossein Navidinia

Volume 12, Issue 26 , November 2020, , Pages 495-515

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2021.44600.2348

Abstract
  Recent developments in technology and education have created an enormous array of opportunities in the field of language learning and teaching. From one side, modern technologies are promptly attracting new users, providing growing dimensions, and allowing more sophisticated uses. Form the other side, ...  Read More

English language learning
The Comparative Effects of Cooperative and Competitive Learning on Speaking Ability and Self-Confidence of EFL Learners (Research Article)

Mohammad Ahmadi Safa; Seyed Amir Afzalimir

Volume 13, Issue 27 , June 2021, , Pages 1-33

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2021.43962.2335

Abstract
  This study aimed at investigating the comparative effects of cooperative and competitive learning on English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ speaking ability and self-confidence. Moreover, EFL learners’ attitude towards cooperative and competitive learning procedures were explored. To ...  Read More

English language learning
Structural Equation Model of Teachers' Mindsets, Self-Efficacy, and Emotional Experiences and Iranian EFL Learners' Willingness to Communicate and L2 Motivational Self System

Zahra Amirian; Mitra shayanfar; mohsen rezazadeh

Volume 13, Issue 28 , December 2021, , Pages 1-17

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2021.48218.2448

Abstract
  This study aimed at investigating the interrelationships between EFL teachers' mindsets, self-efficacy, and emotional experiences and Iranian EFL learners' willingness to communicate (WTC) and L2 motivational self system (L2MSS). The participants of this study were 100 Iranian teachers and 501 students ...  Read More

English language learning
Applying a two-parameter item response model to explore the psychometric properties: The case of the ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) high-stakes English Language Proficiency test

Shahram Ghahraki; Manssor Tavakoli; Saeed Ketabi

Volume 14, Issue 29 , May 2022, , Pages 1-26

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2021.46325.2396

Abstract
  Perhaps the degree of test difficulty is one of the most significant characteristics of a test. However, no empirical research on the difficulty of the MSRT test has been carried out. The current study attempts to fill the gap by utilizing a two-parameter item response model to investigate the psychometric ...  Read More

English language learning
The Impact of Traditional vs. E-learning In-service Programs on EFL Teachers’ Educational Empowerment

Esmaeel Ali Salimi; Zari Saeedi; Mahmoud Saaedi Asl

Volume 14, Issue 30 , November 2022, , Pages 1-20

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2021.48442.2454

Abstract
  Language teaching and language training are integral parts of the educational curriculum in every language centers around the world. Offices, companies, and educational centers should update themselves to keep the current progression and try to help their employees to refresh their minds based on educational ...  Read More

English language teaching
The Effect of Explicit Pragmatic Instruction on EFL Students' Production of Speech Acts: Pragmalinguistic vs. Sociopragmatic Errors in Focus

Alyaa Alkawaz; Mahmoud Afrouz; Daryush Nejadansari; Azizollah Dabaghi

Volume 15, Issue 31 , July 2023, , Pages 1-17

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2023.54597.2521

Abstract
  L2 learners' pragmatic development could be manifested by their proper speech act production. Due to the existing differences among languages, errors in speech act realization are inevitable. Employing well-established teaching methods could help L2 learners overcome their problems in speech act production. ...  Read More

English language learning
Test-Wiseness, Test Anxiety, Reading Strategies Metacognitive Awareness, and Reading Comprehension Test Performance: A SEM Study

Mohammad Ahmadi-Safa; Melika Majidi-Kia

Volume 15, Issue 32 , December 2023, , Pages 1-21

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2023.59144.2581

Abstract
  A major concern of language testing researchers has for long been the identification of construct-irrelevant influential cognitive and psychological bias factors in test takers’ language test performance and recently the identification of the tentative models of interactions among such factors. ...  Read More

Language Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in Different Types of Writing Paragraph: Do the Raters Notice Such Effect.

Alireza Ahmadi; Sahar Alavi Zahed

Volume 9, Issue 20 , November 2017, , Pages 1-24

Abstract
  The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of two types of paragraph on EFL learners’ written production. It addressed the issue of how three aspects of language production (i.e. complexity, accuracy, and fluency) vary among two types of paragraphs (i.e. paragraphs of chronology ...  Read More

Affordances and limitations of technology: Voices from EFL teachers and learners

Mohammad Amiryousefi

Volume 9, Issue 19 , June 2017, , Pages 1-24

Abstract
  With the developments of new technologies appearing very quickly, the attention has been focused more on technology than learning. English centers and institutes have mostly been busy accommodating new programs and technologies and hence have not spent enough time to evaluate the CALL programs and technologies ...  Read More

The Effect of Transcribing on Beginning Learners’ Phonemic Perception

Mohammad Afshar Rad; Aram Reza Sadeghi Benis

Volume 6, Issue 13 , September 2014, , Pages 1-14

Abstract
  A large number of studies dealing with phonology have focused their attention on phonological production at the expense of phonological perception which provides the foundation stone for phonological production. This study focuses on phonological perception at phonemic level. The purpose of the study ...  Read More

The Role of L2 Private Speech in Cognitive Regulation of Adult Foreign Language Learners

Mohammad Reza Anani Sarab; Yahya Gordani

Volume 6, Issue 14 , December 2014, , Pages 1-18

Abstract
  The present study investigated the use of L2 private speech by English foreign language (EFL) learners in regulating their mental activities. Thirty intermediate adult EFL learners took a test of solving challenging English riddles while their voices were being recorded. Following, instances of the produced ...  Read More

Multimedia Annotation: Comparability of Gloss Modalities and their Implications for Reading Comprehension

Hamed Babaie Shalmani; Seyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo

Volume 7, Issue 15 , May 2015, , Pages 1-41

Abstract
  This study compared the effects of two annotation modalities on the reading comprehension of Iranian intermediate level EFL learners. The two experimental groups under study received treatment on 10 academic L2 reading passages under one of two conditions: One group received treatment on key words in ...  Read More

Teacher Wait-Time and Learner Initiation: A Single Case Analysis

Seyed Mohammad Alavi; Baqer Yaqubi; Mostafa Pourhaji

Volume 8, Issue 18 , December 2016, , Pages 1-18

Abstract
  The prevailing pattern of classroom interaction is a tripartite exchange structure known as IRF (teacher initiation, student response, teacher follow-up/feedback; Sinclair & Coulthard, 1975). Although it has its own contributions to classroom discourse, it has been criticized on several grounds, ...  Read More

Observation and Feedback of Content Specialists versus General English Teachers: Suggestions to Make Optimal English for Specific Purposes Courses

Sajad Davoudi-Mobarakeh; Abbas Eslami-Rasekh; Hossein Barati

Volume 6, Issue 13 , September 2014, , Pages 15-41

Abstract
  There is a growing interest among the higher education principals and policy makers to improve teacher evaluation methods and more important than that to use the evaluation data. A number of research studies implied the ineffective instruction of ESP courses in Iran (Atai, 2002; Eslami, 2005; Hayati, ...  Read More

English language teaching
The Effect of Quantum Teaching Method on Writing Motivation: an explanatory mixed-methods investigation

Zahra Ahmadpour Kasgari

Volume 15, Issue 31 , July 2023, , Pages 18-32

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2023.56417.2538

Abstract
  Quantum teaching method (QTM), a student-centred model of education, which provides the possibility for the integrated use of a combination of learning theories, has not received adequate attention in EFL teaching. This study, adopting an explanatory mixed-methods design, aimed at examining the effect ...  Read More

English language learning
Impact of Etherpad-based Collaborative Writing Instruction on EFL Learners' Writing Performance, Writing Self-efficacy, and Attribution: A Mixed-Method Approach

Masumeh Sadat Seyyedrezaei; Mohammad Amiryousefi; Ana Gimeno-Sanz; Manssor Tavakoli

Volume 13, Issue 28 , December 2021, , Pages 19-37

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2021.47608.2432

Abstract
  The present study examined the comparative effects of Etherpad-based writing instruction and face-to-face writing instruction on EFL learners' writing quality and writing self-efficacy. It also aimed at finding the learners' attitude towards the influence of Etherpad and their reason for success/ failure ...  Read More

Perceived Pragmatic Transferability of Persian L1 Refusal Strategies

Ali Akbar Ansarin; Mahsa Mohammadpour Yaghiny

Volume 6, Issue 14 , December 2014, , Pages 19-36

Abstract
  Investigating transfer of one’s pragmatic knowledge of first language to his second or foreign language, has been one of the areas of interest for researchers. However, there are contradictory results even within the scarce studies which have addressed transferability. This study was an attempt ...  Read More

The Comparative Impact of Pictorial Annotations and Morphological Instruction on Lexical Inferencing of Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners

Aliakbar Ansarin; Firozeh Jamshidi; Zohreh Mohamadi

Volume 8, Issue 18 , December 2016, , Pages 19-42

Abstract
  One of the main ways to acquire unfamiliar words is to make guesses about words meaning. This study investigates the comparative effects of pictorial annotations and morphological instructions on Iranian EFL learners’ lexical inferencing ability. Considering homogeneity issues using PET (Preliminary ...  Read More

English language teaching
Iranian EFL learners’ Use of Thanking Speech Act: An ILP Study

Mohammad Ahmadi Safa; Moneer Jafari

Volume 14, Issue 30 , November 2022, , Pages 21-38

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2022.52998.2503

Abstract
  One important aspect of pragmatic competence is the ability to comprehend and/or produce speech acts appropriately in different contexts. The acquisition and use of such an ability by non-native speakers of a language has been a major research line in interlanguage pragmatic competence (ILP) studies. ...  Read More

English language teaching
A Feasibility Study of Implementing EFL Teachers’ Individual Development Plans at Iranian Public Schools: A Mixed-Methods Study

Mohammad Ali-Akbari; Sara Haghi; Ali Yasini

Volume 15, Issue 32 , December 2023, , Pages 22-40

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2023.56761.2541

Abstract
  The current study investigates the feasibility of implementing EFL teachers' Individual Development Planning at Iranian public schools. It further explores the underlying reasons for the (imp) possibility of practicing this program and seeks the teachers' suggestions to improve the schools' condition. ...  Read More

Iranian Pre-university Students’ Perceptions towards the English Section of the Iranian National University Entrance Exam (INUEE): A Washback Study

Parviz Ajideh; Leila Mahmoudi

Volume 9, Issue 20 , November 2017, , Pages 25-48

Abstract
  Examining the effectof high-stakes tests on learners’ perceptions has been one of the strands of washback-related research.The present study purported to investigate the washback effect of the English section of theIranian National University Entrance Exam (henceforth INUEE) on the pre-university ...  Read More

Developing Iranian EAP Students’ Writing Skill through Explicit Instruction of Lexical Bundles

Rozana Shamsabadi; Saeed Ketabi; Abbas Eslami Rasekh

Volume 9, Issue 19 , June 2017, , Pages 25-52

Abstract
  This study sought to investigate the effect of explicit instruction of lexical bundles (LBs) on the development of Iranian EAP students’ writing quality and receptive and productive knowledge of LBs. Assigned to two experimental and control groups, the eighty participants took pre- and post-tests ...  Read More

English language learning
The Contribution of Various Dimensions of L2 Identity to L1 National Identity: A Case of the Iranian EFL Context

Hadi Heidari; Ali Malmir; Abbas Ali Zarei

Volume 14, Issue 29 , May 2022, , Pages 27-43

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2021.47271.2418

Abstract
  The two most important defining aspects of L1 national identity are language and social belonging that are manifested through the individual’s inclinations toward the mother tongue or the official language and the sociocultural heritage of the country in which people are living. Moreover, based ...  Read More