for the vast majority of the iranian m.a. students of tefl, thesis writing is the first individual engagement with research. despite having some pedagogical merits, such an academic activity generally poses some intellectual and affective challenges to such students. during thesis completion, if students are not effectively scaffolded by supervisors and not supported by universities, they are l...

This paper aims to review the challenges wider adoption of VR technologies for language education at university level, focusing on teaching English as a foreign (TEFL). The first portion classifies these challenges, outlined in current literature, into seven main themes: “Lack TEFL-Specific Content,” “Difficulty Integrate Learning and Evaluation,” “Supporting Various Approaches,” “Uncertainty O...

Indigenization of English in many Asian ESL countries and partial learning of English in EFL countries are two major hindrances to Asian Englishes today. Although Englishes are growing day by day, we have not had any common ground on which we can compare our English with other English varieties. The authors of this article were organizing members of the Committee of Revising the JACET List of B...

plagiarism is considered to be a very serious offence in most academic communities, particularly among western academia. there has been much discussion regarding the influential factors which result in plagiarism, such as ignorance and cultural attitudes. in the case of efl/esl students, it has been suggested that acts of plagiarism are often committed because students lack the proficiency to p...

the purpose of the present study was to compare writing high achievers and low achievers tefl (teaching english as foreign language) learners’ writing self-beliefs. subjects, based on their officially recorded scores on the writing course, were assigned in two 22-member groups of high and low achievers. the adapted english version of mills’ and péron’s (2008) questionnaire and the foreign langu...

Student-University Identification (SUI) of virtual students in higher education is one area identity that receives less attention. This study aimed to explore the SUI a purposive sample five studying Teaching English as Foreign Language (TEFL) at Ph.D. level Iran. Investigating among TEFL candidates potentially contributes demystifying complex relationship factors, such cultural experiences, li...

The increasing importance of computers in today's world forces teachers and educators to become technology-proficient teachers, and to make use of technology in the classroom practices. All over the world most countries acknowledging the need for technologically proficient teachers, have started to infuse some degree of technological competency into pre-service teacher training programmes. Turk...