Hamid Marashi

[ 1 ] - Using Critical Discourse Analysis Instruction in Argumentative and Descriptive Writing Classes

The field of ELT is constantly witnessing the introduction of new instructional approaches: one such perhaps recent initiative is critical discourse analysis (CDA). Accordingly, the present study was an attempt to investigate the impact of CDA instruction on Iranian EFL learners’ descriptive and argumentative writing ability. To fulfill the aforementioned purpose, a sample TOEFL was primarily p...

[ 2 ] - Using Cooperative Learning to Boost Creativity and Motivation in Language Learning

This study sought to investigate the effect of cooperative learning on EFL learners’ creativity and motiva- tion. Accordingly, 66 pre-intermediate female learners were selected among 90 through their performance on a piloted sample Preliminary English Test. Learners were assigned into two control and experimental group. The Abedi-Schumaker Creativity Test (ACT) and the Attitude/Motivation Test ...

[ 3 ] - Using Teacher- and Student-Developed Graphic Organizers as a Writing Tool

This study investigated 1) whether the effect of teacher-developed graphic organizers vis-à-vis student-developed ones was more significant on improving intermediate EFL learners’ writing, and 2) whether the use of both graphic organizers had any impact on their writing. The participants were selected in two stages: 130 students sat for a piloted proficiency test. Those who scored above half of...

[ 4 ] - Comparing Competitive and Cooperative Content-Based Instruction in Reading and Writing Classes

[ 5 ] - Comparing Teacher-, Peer-, and Self-Assessment for Vocabulary Learning

The present study was an attempt to investigate the comparative effect of teacher-, peer-, andself-assessment on EFL learners’ vocabulary achievement. Accordingly, 90 female Englishlanguage learners selected out of an initial 140 intermediate EFL learners based on theirperformance on a sample piloted PET took part in the study. All three groups were taught bythe same teacher using the same cour...

[ 6 ] - مقایسه کارهای هوشیارسازی دستوری و برون داد مدیریت شده بر مهارت گفتاری زبان آموزان

هدف از این مطالعه، مقایسه کارهای ارتقای آگاهی دستوری و برون داد مدیریت شده بر مهارت گفتاری زبان آموزان بوده است. بدین منظور، 66 زبان آموز دختر در یکی از آموزشگاههای تهران با برگزاری آزمون ابتدایی انگلیسی (پت) بین 91 زبان آموز انتخاب گردیده و در دو گروه آزمایشی قرار گرفتند. در ابتدا، هر دو گروه در پیش آزمون گفتاری شرکت کرده و همگن شدند و تحت آموزش در یک دوره 18 جلسه ای با صرف زمان مساوی برای هر ...

[ 7 ] - Using Information Gap and Opinion Gap Tasks to Improve Introvert and Extrovert Learners’ Speaking

This study compared the effect of information gap and opinion gap tasks on introvert and extrovert EFL learners’ speaking. Accordingly, 138 learners out of 180 intermediate learners were chosen through their scores on a sample Preliminary English Test (PET). These learners further responded to the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) which categorized them into introverts and extroverts. Altoget...

[ 8 ] - Using Clinical Supervision to Lower EFL Teachers’ Burnout

The present study was an attempt to explore the effect of clinical supervision on EFL teachers’ level of burnout. For this purpose, a total number of 80 male and female EFL teachers within the age range of 26 and 47 who were working at a language school in Tehran participated in this study. Forty teachers in the experimental group underwent a clinical supervision program which comprised the thr...

[ 9 ] - EFL Teachers’ Adversity Quotient, Personal Growth Initiative, and Pedagogical Success

This study investigated the relationship among Iranian English teachers’ adversity quotient, personal growth initiative, and pedagogical success. The participants comprised 28 male and female English teachers and a total of 336 male and female EFL learners who attended the abovementioned teachers’ classes (12 for each teacher). Stoltz’ (1997) Adversity Response Profile (ARP) and Robitsc...

[ 10 ] - EFL Learners’ Language Aptitude, Foreign Language Anxiety, and Willingness to Communicate

This study was an attempt to investigate the relationship among EFL learners’ language aptitude, anxiety, and willingness to communicate (WTC). Accordingly, two questionnaires and a battery were used: Language Aptitude Battery for Iranian Learners (LABI), Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS), and WTC Scale. A total of 164 undergraduate students majoring in English literature and Eng...

[ 11 ] - مقایسه تأثیر آموزش خودمختاری و تفکر نقاد بر مهارت گفتار زبان آموزان انگلیسی

تفکر نقاد و خودمختاریِ فراگیران، ازجمله موضوعاتی است که بسیار در پیشینة پژوهش‌های آموزش زبان انگلیسی مورد بحث و بررسی قرار گرفته‌است. در این راستا، برای پی بردن به کارآمدی بیشتر این دو مقوله در زبان‌آموزی، مطالعه حاضر به مقایسه تأثیر آموزش تکنیک‌های تفکر نقاد با تکنیک‌های خود‌مختاری در پیشرفت مهارت گفتار زبان‌آموزان انگلیسی پرداخت. به این منظور، 90 نفر زبان آموز سطح متوسط کلاس‌های یکی از آموزشگا...