Abbas Ali Zarei

Imam Khomeini International University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of English, Qazvin, Iran

[ 1 ] - The Effect of Mnemonic and Mapping Techniques on L2 Vocabulary Learning

The present study investigated the effects of selected presentation techniques including the keyword method, the peg word method, the loci method, argument mapping, concept mapping and mind mapping on L2 vocabulary comprehension and production. To this end, a sample of 151 Iranian female students from a public pre-university school in Islam Shahr was selected. They were assigned to six groups. ...

[ 2 ] - The Effect of Task Type and Task Orientation on L2 Vocabulary Learning

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of meaning-focused versus form-focused input-oriented and output-oriented task-based instruction on elementary level Iranian EFL Learners’ vocabulary comprehension and recall. For this purpose, a sample of 120 male students from a private school in Tehran was selected through convenience sampling and based on availability. The participants were...

[ 3 ] - The Effects of Collaborative Versus Non-collaborative Massed and Distributed Presentation on the Comprehension and Production of Lexical Collocations

To investigate the effect of massed and distributed collaborative and non-collaborative presentation on L2 learners’ comprehension and production of lexical collocations, 105 participants at Takestan Islamic Azad University in 4 groups were assigned to four different treatment conditions (collaborative-massed; collaborative-distributed; noncollaborative-massed; and noncollaborative-distributed ...

[ 4 ] - The Effects of Glossing Conventions on L2 Vocabulary Recognition and Production

To investigate the effects of different glossing conventions on vocabulary recognition and recall, 158 participants were given a pre-test to make sure that they did not have any prior knowledge of the target words. Reading passages with four different glossing conventions (interlinear, marginal, pre-text, and post-text) were given to eight groups. Four groups received interlingual glosses and f...

[ 5 ] - On the Relationship between Metacognitive Reading Strategies, Reading Self-Efficacy, and L2 Reading Comprehension

The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between metacognitive reading strategies, reading self-efficacy, and reading comprehension of Iranian EFL learners. The participants were 119 Iranian B.A and M.A students majoring in English at Imam Khomeini International University and Islamshahr Azad University. A Michigan Test of English language Proficiency was given to the par...

[ 6 ] - Shadowing and Scaffolding Techniques Affecting L2 Reading Comprehension

Scaffolding and shadowing techniques have been shown to improve language learners’ reading comprehension. However, little attention has been paid to the comparative effectiveness of these techniques. This study investigated the effect of three selected scaffolding techniques (peer scaffolding, distributed scaffolding, and reciprocal scaffolding) versus three types of shadowing (complete shadowi...

[ 7 ] - The Effect of Online Learning Tools on L2 Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Learning

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of various online techniques (word reference, media, and vocabulary games) on reading comprehension as well as vocabulary comprehension and production. For this purpose, 60 language learners were selected and divided into three groups, and each group was randomly assigned to one of the treatment conditions. In the first session of tre...

[ 8 ] - راهبردهای استنباط واژگانی تأثیرگذار بر ساخت و درک اصطلاحات زبان انگلیسی

برای بررسی تأثیر چهارنوع استراتژی بر ساخت و درک اصطلاحات انگلیسی. 120 دانش آموز دختر از طریق نمونه برداری خوشه ای انتخاب و به پنج گروه تقسیم شدند. هر گروه تحت یکی از شرایط آموزش قرار گرفت. یک پیش آزمون برگزار شد تا از عدم آشنایی شرکت کنندگان با اصطلاحات هدف اطمینان حاصل شود. سپس، به افراد هریک از چهار گروه آزمایشی یکی از استراتژی های استنباط واژگانی آموزش داده شد و گروه کنترل به شیوه عادی مورد ...

[ 9 ] - 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...

[ 10 ] - 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...