Collaborative learning has placed an emphasis on co-constructing knowledge by sharing and negotiating meaning for problem-solving activities, and this cannot be accomplished without governing the self-regulatory processes of students. This study employed a Web-based tool, Google Docs, to determine the effects of Webbased collaboration on vocabulary improvements among learners of English as a fo...

Sharing a common context of perception is a prerequisite in order for several agents to develop a common understanding of a language. We propose a method, based on a simple imitative strategy, for transmitting a vocabulary from a teacher agent to a learner agent. A learner robot follows and thus implicitly imitates the movements of a teacher robot. While bounded by mutual following, learner and...

  Abstract The present study aims at analyzing EFL learners’ attitudes towards motivating factors in learning vocab-ulary. A mixed-methods approach was used to conduct the study. In the qualitative analysis, Iranian EFL learners’ attitudes towards learning vocabulary were investigated through a semi-structured interview en-compassing 36 participants. Subsequently, a 56-item ‘motivation for v...

The main objective of the present study was to investigate the differences between Iranian EFL monolinguals and bilinguals in terms of vocabulary language learning strategies. In fact, it was an attempt to investigate whether bilingual/ monolingual learners differ significantly in using vocabulary learning strategies. To this end, 70 EFL, 45 monolingual (Persian) and 25 bilingual (Arabic-Persia...

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between Iranian EFL learners’ use of vocabulary learning strategies and their autonomy with a focus on the gender. To meet this objective, 82(39 males and 43 females) sophomore and junior students majoring in English Language Teaching who had passed at least 45 credits at Tabriz Azad University, in Iran were asked to take part...

The goal of this paper is to examine the vocabulary learning strategies used by Turkish learners at an advanced level. Current research suggests that vocabulary is an important component of language proficiency. Nevertheless, for a long period of time it was a neglected aspect during foreign language teaching and learning. Vocabulary learning strategies play a crucial role in vocabulary acquisi...

In order to confirm the effectiveness of language learning strategies in theIranian context in junior high schools, this study was designed to examine thepatterns of strategy use, the effects of strategy instruction on the students’ strategyuse, and the relationship between the participants’ strategy use and their Englishachievement. To achieve this objective, 57 junior high school participants...

Using behavioral, structural, and functional imaging techniques, we demonstrate contrasting effects of vocabulary knowledge on temporal and parietal brain structure in 47 healthy volunteers who ranged in age from 7 to 73 years. In the left posterior supramarginal gyrus, vocabulary knowledge was positively correlated with gray matter density in teenagers but not adults. This region was not activ...

Acquiring adequate vocabulary in a foreign language is very important but often difficult. Considering the importance of learner’s vocabulary learning and retention, the present study aimed at examining the impact of playing word games on young Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary learning and retention at Irandoostan language Institute in Tabriz. To that end, 50 female learners at the age range of...