Rajab Esfandiari

[ 1 ] - On the Relationship between Job Satisfaction, Teacher Burnout, and Teacher Autonomy

In order to be autonomous, teachers should enjoy teaching and be satisfied with their teaching. Teacher autonomy, therefore, may be related to teacher burnout and job satisfaction. The present study investigated the relationship between job satisfaction, teacher burnout, and teacher autonomy. Two hundred and seven language teachers at language institutes in Karaj and Tehran were given three que...

[ 2 ] - A Corpus-driven Food Science and Technology Academic Word List

The overarching goal of this study was to create a list of the most frequently occurring academic words in Food Science and Technology (FST). To this end, a 4,652,444-word corpus called Food Science and Technology Research Articles (FSTRA), which included 1,421 research articles (RAs) randomly selected from 38 journals across five sub-disciplines in FST, was developed. Frequency and range-based...

[ 3 ] - The effect of three vocabulary techniques on the Iranian ESP learners’ vocabulary production

The present study aimed to examine the effect of three vocabulary techniques (dictionary use, etymological analysis, and glossing) on the Iranian ESP learners' vocabulary production. Forty-five university students majoring in architecture at Azad University, Anzali branch,  participated in this study. They were divided into three groups, and each group was randomly assigned to one kind of treat...

[ 4 ] - A Mixed-methods, Cross-sectional Study of Assessment Literacy of Iranian University Instructors: Implications for Teachers\' Professional Development

Professionalism requires that language teachers be assessment literate so as to assess students’ performance more effectively. However, assessment literacy (AL) has remained a relatively unexplored area. Given the centrality of AL in educational settings, in the present study, we identified the factors constituting AL among university instructors and examined the ways English Language Ins...

[ 5 ] - Rater Errors among Peer-Assessors: Applying the Many-Facet Rasch Measurement Model

In this study, the researcher used the many-facet Rasch measurement model (MFRM) to detect two pervasive rater errors among peer-assessors rating EFL essays. The researcher also compared the ratings of peer-assessors to those of teacher assessors to gain a clearer understanding of the ratings of peer-assessors. To that end, the researcher used a fully crossed design in which all peer-assessors ...

[ 6 ] - Randomness among Teacher Raters Rating Language Learners’ Essays: A FACETS Approach

[ 7 ] - Cloze-Elide Test as an Alternative Test Method: Linking Personality Types to Test Method Performance

More innovative test methods may measure language learners’ test performance more accurately, contributing to much fairer decisions. This study examined Iranian language learners’ performance on cloze-elide test as an innovative, integrative test method. It specifically focused on investigating whether personality types correlated with their performance and whether personality types could predi...

[ 8 ] - Psychometric Properties of 3-, 4-, and 5-Option Item Tests: Do Test Takers’ Personality Traits Make a Difference?

Prior research has yielded mixed results regarding what contributes to psychometrically sound multiple-choice (MC) items. The purpose of the present study was, therefore, twofold: (a) to compare 3-, 4-, and 5-option multiple-choice (MC) tests in terms of psychometric characteristics, and (b) to investigate the relationships between three MC tests and five personality traits. To that end, 150 st...

[ 9 ] - سواد دیجیتالی معلمان زبان انگلیسی در محیط های آموزشی ایران: ضرورت حرفه ای سازی معلمان در دنیای دیجیتال

تکنولوژی دیجیتالی تاثیر بسیار مهمی در آموزش زبان داشته است؛ به نحوی که می تواند معلمان زبان انگلیسی را در انتقال دانش به زبان آموزان کمک شایانی بکند و کیفیت آموزش معلمان را نیز بهبود بخشد. هدف اصلی تحقیق حاضر، از طرفی، ارزیابی سواد دیجیتالی معلمان زبان انگلیسی ایران و از طرف دیگر، تاثیر عوامل جنسیت، تجربه تدریس و سطح تحصیلات بر این سواد می باشد. به همین منظور، 239 معلم زبان انگلیسی از شهرهای مخ...

[ 10 ] - The Effects of Task Orientation and Involvement Load on Learning Collocations

This study examined the effects of input-oriented and output-oriented tasks with different involvement load indices on Iranian EFL learners' comprehension and production of lexical collocations. To achieve this purpose, a sample of 180 intermediate-level EFL learners (both male and female) participated in the study. The participants were in six experimental groups. Each of the groups was random...

[ 11 ] - On the Effects of Linguistic, Verbal, and Visual Mnemonics on Idioms Learning

Finding more effective ways of teaching second language idioms has been a long standing concern of many teaching practitioners and researchers. This study was an endeavorto explore the effects of three linguistic mnemonic devices (etymological elaboration, keyword method, and translation) on EFL learners’ recognition and recall of English idioms. To achieve the purpose of the study, ninety male...