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this study attempts to investigate iranian efl teachers’ perception of the application of ellis’s (2005) principles for successful instructed language learning in their language classes. to this end, a group of efl teachers comprising high school and private language institute teachers took part in the study. the required data were gath- ered through a self-completion questionnaire developed by...

collocations are one of the areas generally considered problematic for efl learners. iranian learners of english like other efl learners face various problems in producing oral collocations.  an analysis of learners' spoken interlanguage both indicates the scope of the problem and the necessity to spend more time and energy by learners on mastering collocations. the present study specifically f...

abstractthis study investigated the effect of digital games on vocabulary acquisition of low-proficiency iranian male and female efl learners. in order to select homogeneous learners in terms of their english language proficiency, the standard nelson proficiency test was administered, and based on the obtained results, 60 low-proficiency efl learners were selected (31 females and 29 males). the...

Student-directed teaching and assessment techniques are gradually dominating educational systems almost all over the world. This study investigated a cohort of male and female Iranian EFL students’ attitudes toward self-, peer-, and teacher-assessment experiences. Sixty three students at Urmia University and Tabriz Islamic Azad University, in the form of three intact classes, experienced self-,...

The current observational and descriptive study makes an attempt to present the interactional discourse patterns of corrective feedback (CF) and uptake occuring in a communicative adolescent EFL class. Using Lyster and Ranta’s corrective discourse model (1997), this study intends to investigate, describe, and analyze the discourse patterns of corrective feedback utilized by an Iranian teacher a...

The present mixed methods study examined the relationships among Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ turnover intentions, occupational stress, psychological well-being, and grit in light of their teaching experience. participants were total 325 EFL teachers (138 novice 187 experienced). To collect data, four instruments grit, well-being administered to participants, followed b...

In spite of the existence writing courses for postgraduate students in English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) contexts, their academic proficiency remains low. Therefore, EFL students’ experiences and expectations need to be explored identify needs. To this end, a dynamic narrative approach was adopted examine 21 Iranian qualitatively. The narratives were analyzed based on plots, values, significa...

The aim of this research was to explore the effect flipped classroom on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ reading skill and anxiety. For purpose, sample 44 Iranian EFL learners recruited randomly assigned group (N =23) non-flipped =21). Using quasi-experimental design, researchers employed an experimental that received instruction control were instructed based regular method for per...

abstract the role of efl lecturers’ first language (l1) in the efl courses has been an ongoing debate. a monolingual approach to efl suggests that the use of the target language solely in foreign language (fl) classroom improves learning of the target language. accordingly, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the attitude of iranian lecturers and efl learners towards using l1 as...