Ali Kazemi

Yasouj University

[ 1 ] - Cross-Linguistic Transfer Revisited: The Case of English and Persian

The present study sought to investigate the evidence for cross-linguistic transfer in a partial English immersion and non-immersion educational setting. To this end, a total of 145 first, third and fifth graders in a partial English immersion program and 95 students from the same grade levels in a non-immersion program were chosen. Six different English and Persian tests were administered: the ...

[ 2 ] - Master’s Thesis Writing: Cinderella of Iranian ELT Education

For the vast majority of the Iranian M.A. students of TEFL, thesis writing is the first individual engagement with research. Despite having some pedagogical merits, such an academic activity generally poses some intellectual and affective challenges to such students. During thesis completion, if students are not effectively scaffolded by supervisors and not supported by universities, they are l...

[ 3 ] - The Relationship between English and Persian Phonological Awareness, Rapid Autamatized Naming and Students’ Reading Achievement in Partial Immersion and Non-Immersion Programs

The cognitive predictors (i.e.,Phonological Awareness, and Rapid Automatized Naming) underlying reading achievement have not been researched in Iranian partial English immersion and non-immersion programs. The present study sought to investigate the relationship between English and Persian Phonological Awareness (PA), Rapid Autamatized Naming (RAN) and reading achievementof Iranian students in ...

[ 4 ] - تعیین شاخص های سلامت روانی- اجتماعی در کودکان و نوجوانان استان کهگیلویه و بویر احمد

زمینه و هدف: نزدیک به یک دهه است که سازمان جهانی بهداشت تلاش کرده تعریف واحدی از سلامت روانی‌ـ اجتماعی ارایه دهد، اما به دلیل پیچیدگی ابعاد روانی ـ اجتماعی و بافت فرهنگی جوامع مختلف، تعریف و شاخص واحدی ارایه نشده است، هدف از  پژوهش­ حاضر، تعیین شاخص­های سلامت روانی ـ اجتماعی کودکان و نوجوانان استان کهگیلویه و بویراحمد بود. روش بررسی: پژوهش حاضر به روش ترکیبی(کمی و کیفی) انجام گردید. در بخش کیف...