Today’s classrooms are linguistically diverse. Nonetheless, English language teaching still uses a separatist model in which other languages and identities reduced subalternized. This evident separation of has forced many speakers to identify with the non-native label, prevented them from using linguistic resources they have previously acquired communicate learn given settings, made different w...

Despite the abundance of research on teachers’ repair practices in language classroom interaction, there are not enough conversation analytic studies on repair organization with the focus on the details of interaction in the context of EFL. Drawing on sociocultural and situated learning theories, this study explores the contingent nature of English language teachers’ org...

understanding the opinions of major role players in education (i.e. teachers, students, and policy makers) on all aspects of learning and teaching is influential to the success of the educational process. the purpose of this study was to investigate efl (english as a foreign language) teachers' views on measuring reading comprehension. a cohort of 50 iranian efl teachers teaching at university,...

This paper discusses user study outcomes with teachers who used Language Muse SM a webbased teacher professional development (TPD) application designed to enhance teachers’ linguistic awareness, and support teachers in the development of language-based instructional scaffolding (support) for their English language learners (ELL). System development was grounded in literature that supports the n...

The purposes of this study were to explore second-language acquisition theory and the factors in language that most influenced a non-English speaker who studied U.S. setting. Qualitative data collected from an interview, classroom observations, documents, researcher’s field notes provided information on how participant strengthened her English ability. findings indicated affective such as motiv...

In order to address a lack of motivation to learn a second language, second/foreign language teachers must overcome a multitude of impediments in which to bring students to higher levels of language learning. Research on the integration of digital voice recording software into the language learning curriculum has focused primarily on the perceptions of veteran instructors and their students. Ho...

This paper discusses user study outcomes with teachers who used Language Muse SM a webbased teacher professional development (TPD) application designed to enhance teachers’ linguistic awareness, and support teachers in the development of language-based instructional scaffolding (support) for their English language learners (ELL). System development was grounded in literature that supports the n...

Nowadays, English is the leading foreign language enjoying a prestigious position in many countries, including Iran. In recent years, English is more and more popular in the world and the importance of learning English cannot be overstated in an increasingly interconnected and globalized world. In this regard, studying the status of language of the educated class of the society such as teachers...