Masoud Zoghi

Department of English Language Teaching, Ahar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahar, Iran

[ 1 ] - Listening Pre-tasks in Motivational and Cognitive Strategies Instruction and Quality of Subjective Experience: EFL Learners’ Perspectives

 EFL learners may advocate the desire to have a fulfilling experience while doing tasks rather than focus solely on finishing them. However, learners' perspectives have been virtually ignored in the classroom task implementation. Thus, the current study attempted to explore the perceptions of Iranian EFL learners towards listening pre-tasks in motivational and cognitive strategies instruction a...

[ 2 ] - The Role of Willingness to Communicate and Motivation in Language Learning in Iran

Willingness to communicate and motivation can be two important affective variables to cause success in language achievement. The current study aimed to investigate the role of willingness to communicate (WTC) and second language motivational self-system (L2MSS) in relation to learners’ language achieve- ment. To this end, 100 homogeneous learners both male and female aged from 16 to 20 were cho...

[ 3 ] - The Effect of Modified Collaborative Strategic Reading on EFL Learners' Reading Anxiety

The present study was an attempt to investigate the effectiveness of reading instructional approach called MCSR- Modified Collaborative Strategic Reading on reducing intermediate EFL learner's reading anxiety. Based on a pretest-posttest design, MCSR was implemented with 64 EFL learners at intermediate level. They received EFL reading instruction according to MCSR over two and a half months. A ...

[ 4 ] - Effects of Pre-Task Strategic Planning on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Writing Motivation and Accuracy

Considering the benefits of preparation for writing in the pre-writing phase, this study attempted to examine the effects of different pre-task strategic planning activities (i.e., pre-task form-focus planning, content-focus planning, and no planning) on writing accuracy and motivation. To achieve the objectives of this study, sixty intermediate EFL learners were selected from an English langua...

[ 5 ] - تأثیر روش آموزش معکوس بر خودمختاری و اضطراب زبان آموزان ایرانی

فناوری بخشی از فرهنگ است که تقریبا در تمام کارهای زندگی‌مان به کار می‌بریم و با آدمی چنان درهم تنیده که گویی جدایی آنان ناممکن‌است. پس از پدیداری اینترنت و رواج رایانه، شمار بسیاری از مردم، از اپلیکیشن‌ها و نرم‌افزارهایی برای ارتباط، ارسال و دریافت پیام و کاربردهای آموزشی و غیره استفاده می‌کنند. در این راستا، یکی از روش‌های نوین آموزشی‌، معروف به‌روش آموزش معکوس‌، باعث افزایش سرعت در یادگیری می...

[ 6 ] - Psychometric Properties of the EFL Learning Plateau Inventory for Medical Students

This study was designed to examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of the English as a Foreign Language Learning Plateau Inventory (FLLPI) for medical students. English as a Foreign Language (EFL) plateau refers to the cessation of progress in language learning in intermediate and upper-intermediate level. A total of 210 medical students whose English level was rated as interme...