The purpose of this study was to describe the proficiency level English for Foreign Language (EFL) students based on their TOEFL scores. samples descriptive quantitative consisted 30 Education Department from Syiah Kuala University and Ar-Raniry State Islamic University. scores gathered organised test were analysed according CEFR reference levels categorise students. total showed that, average,...

The application of zone of proximal development (ZPD), as a major tenet of Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory (SCT, 1978), has recently been invited in the L2 learning/teaching profession. This study mainly examined whether Iranian EFL learners’ interactions in diverse ZPD-activated proximal contexts through the use of storytelling instruction could improve their oral (speaking) proficiency and at...

The purpose of this study was twofold. Firstly, it attempted to investigate whether language learning strategies (LLSs) can predict foreign language (FL) proficiency. Secondly, it examined what kind of LLSs Iranian learners of English use more frequently in FL institutes. To do so, 112 intermediate Iranian EFL learners participated in the study. Oxford’s Strategy Inventory for Language Learning...

Many factors may be involved in determining why some students are more and some are less proficient in language. This study tried to explore the factors affecting Iranian EFL learners’ proficiency. 221 students at second, third and fourth year of university, including 50 male and 171 female were selected randomly to participate in the study. A researcher-made questionnaire and a proficiency tes...

Abstract. EFL student teachers should support learner-centered approach to learning because it developed autonomy and benefited them in life-long pursuit of knowledge. However, anecdotal evidence showed that some still preferred teacher-centered approach. This mixed-method study was conducted find out: (1) whether there a significant relationship between the preference learner- or instructions ...

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...

This research aims at investigating the relationship between learner autonomy including technical, psychological, political, and sociocultural language proficiency of Indonesian university EFL learners. Forty second-year undergraduate students majoring in English a public Indonesia participated this research. The data were collected through questionnaire skills scores. outcome showed that varia...

This paper seeks to investigate the relationship between learner factors and the reported choice of language learning strategies (LLSs) in both an EFL context (Japan) and an ESL context (Australia). The study used a revised version of the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) designed by Oxford (1990) to ascertain the choice of LLSs and a specifically designed questionnaire to identif...

This study attempted to test the hypothesis that Korean evaluators can score L2 speech appropriately, even when rate features are unavailable. Two perception experiments―preliminary and main―were conducted sequentially. The purpose of preliminary experiment was categorize English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) speakers into two groups―advanced learners lower-level learners―based on proficiency sco...