Zahra Alimorad
, Shiraz University
[ 1 ] - I'm No Longer a Child: A Closer Look at the Interaction Between Iranian EFL University Students' Identities and Their Academic Performance
Although university EFL students represent a wide array of social and cultural identities, their multiple and diverse identities are not usually considered in foreign language classrooms. This qualitative case study attempted to examine identity conflicts experienced by Iranian EFL learners at the university context. To this end, two Shiraz University students' identities were investigated. Sem...
[ 2 ] - Examining Identity Options in Native and Nonnative Produced Textbooks Taught in Iran: A Critical Textbook Evaluation
Considering the crucial role textbook evaluation plays in any educational system, this study evaluated 2 textbook series with respect to the identity options they offer to Iranian learners of English. Data were gathered based on reading passages, dialogues, and pictures of Right Path to English (RPE) and Cambridge English for Schools (CES). Although this study is mainly qualitative in nature, q...
[ 3 ] - TEXTUAL AND INTER-TEXTUAL ANALYSES OF IRANIAN EFL UNDERGRADUATES’ TYPES OF ENGLISH READING TOWARDS DEVELOPING A CAREFUL READING FRAMEWORK
This study investigated textual and inter-textual reading of a group of Iranian EFL undergraduates’ careful English reading types. In this research, Khalifa and Weir’s (2009) reading framework was used to propose a more inclusive aspect of a careful reading framework and the reading construct for instructional and assessment goals. The participants of this study were B.A. students of English Tr...
[ 4 ] - Discursive motivation construction: A case of two Iranian EFL learners
Investigating the discursive construction of EFL learners’ motivation is a relatively new area of inquiry. Hence, there is a dearth of research into how foreign language learners’ discourse mediates their motivation construction. This study attempted to examine the discursive construction of two (one male and one female) Iranian EFL learners’ motivation in Shiraz University, Iran by examining t...
[ 5 ] - استفاده از منابع دانش و راهبردهای استنباط معنی واژههای فارسی با ریشة عربی: مقایسة خوانندگان عرب‌زبان موفق و کمترموفق
هدف از این پژوهش، بررسی و مقایسۀ نوع و تعداد راهبردهای استنباط معنی و منابع دانشی است که خوانندگان موفق و کمترموفق فارسی‌آموز در هنگام خواندن متون فارسی و مواجهه با واژههای فارسی دارای ریشۀ عربی که دچار تغییر معنایی شده‌اند، استفاده می‌کنند. برای این منظور، در ابتدا 64 واژۀ فارسی با ریشۀ عربی خارج از بافت و سپس، در قالب یک داستان کوتاه به 10 نفر فارسی‌آموز عرب‌زبان اهل کشور لبنان داده شد. در ...
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