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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

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

Towards the Establishment of an English Word List for Academic Purposes

Reza Khani; Mostafa Saeedi

Volume 9, Issue 19 , June 2017, Pages 53-72

Abstract
  Nagy (1988) states that vocabulary is a prerequisite factor in comprehension. This study aimed at creatingan English Word List for Academic Purposes (EWLAP).The corpus of this study was compiled from a corpus containing 6479 pages of texts, 2,081,678 million tokens ( running words) and 63825 types (individual ...  Read More

Factors Underlying characteristics of acquisition of English language in EFL classrooms

Mostafa Younesi; Ebrahim Khodadady

Volume 9, Issue 19 , June 2017, Pages 73-90

Abstract
  This study tries to find what factors underline the characteristics of acqusition of English language in EFL classrooms. The questionnaire addressing the Characteristics of English Language Acqusition Scale ( ELAS) and consisting of 41 closed questions was designed by the researchers of this study and ...  Read More

EFL Learners’ Motivation and Attitude toward EIL in the Increasingly Globalized Local Context of Iran: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Fahimeh Marefat; Maryam Pakzadian

Volume 9, Issue 19 , June 2017, Pages 91-122

Abstract
  The present study probed 409 Iranian English as foreign language (EFL) learners' motivation and attitude toward English as an International Language (EIL) by investigating the causal relationships of their facets via Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). To do so, the Persian version of the ‘attitudes ...  Read More

Does number of options in multiple choice tests affect item facility and discrimination? An examination of test-taker preferences

Karim Sadeghi; Ghazal Akhavan Masoumi

Volume 9, Issue 19 , June 2017, Pages 123-143

Abstract
  Multiple Choice tests are utilized widely in educational assessment because of their objectivity, ease of scoring, and reliability. This study aimed to compare IF and ID of MC vocabulary test items and attempted to find whether these indices are affected by the number of options. To this end, four 20 ...  Read More

Making sense of EFL teacher agency: Insights from an Iran case study

Rahman Sahragard; Alireza Rasti

Volume 9, Issue 19 , June 2017, Pages 145-168

Abstract
  This investigation set out to look into the issue of teachers’ exercise of agency in the Iranian EFL context. More specifically, as part of a larger study, it reports on the ways two Iranian Ministry of Education teachers make sense of and operate in the country’s educational setting under ...  Read More

English Vocabulary Learning Strategies: the Case of Iranian Monolinguals vs. Bilinguals

Hanieh Varmaziyar; Azam Sazvar

Volume 9, Issue 19 , June 2017, Pages 169-197

Abstract
  The main objective of the present study was to investigate the differences between Iranian EFL monolinguals and bilinguals in terms of vocabulary language learning strategies. In fact, it was an attempt to investigate whether bilingual/ monolingual learners differ significantly in using vocabulary learning ...  Read More