since the 1960s the age effects on learning both first and second language have been explored by many linguists and applied linguists (e.g lennerberg, 1967; schachter, 1996; long, 1990) and the existence of critical period for language acquisition was found to be a common ground of all these studies. in spite of some common findings, some issues about the impacts of age on acquiring a second or...

language learning courseware has been receiving growing attention by english educators since its advent. a variety of softwares have been designed by software designers and resorted to by language educators to supplement language textbooks. this experimental study investigated how the application of computerized version of language textbooks and the reception of the entire course through comput...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between teachers’ class management practices with students’ self- regulated learning and academic self-efficacy. in this study relating to the management class, three dimensions, (training management, people management and behavior management) and three style (interventionist, interactionist and non-interventionist) was considered. r...

Objective: The purpose of this study was investigate of the effectiveness of hope training on academic engagement, academic burnout and academic optimism in students with learning disorder. Method: This study was a semi-experimental design with pretest-posttest, control group and follow up period. The study population consisted of all students referring to to the Center for Learning Disabilitie...

abstract the first purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of consciousness-raising (c-r) activities on learning grammatical structures (simple present tense in this case) by iranian guidance school efl learners. the second one was to investigate the effect of gender on learning the simple present tense through c-r activities and tasks. finally, this study aimed to investigate the ...

Background: Students’ approaches to learning are vary from surface to deep approaches. These differences may be related to students’ perceptions from subject or educational environment, their prior academic experiences or performance assessment mechanisms. This study was aimed to examine the students’ Approaches to learning and its relationship with their academic engagement a...

Introduction: Studies have shown that academic achievement is not only the consequence of personal intelligence or the hardware consequences of the social environment, but is also influenced by the psychological aspects of individuals, So this research The aim of this study was to investigate the role of self-regulation learning strategies, academic participation and hope of education in predic...

abstract the present study was conducted in order to investigate the impact of an integrated model of form-focused and task-based instruction on iranian efl learners vocabulary learning and retention.it also aimed to detect efl learners attitude towards the implementation of form-focused task-based vocabulary instruction in the classroom. in order to address the purposes of this study, a sampl...

in the area of vocabulary teaching and learning although much research has been done, only some of it has led to effective techniques of vocabulary teaching and many language learners still have problem learning vocabulary. the urge behind this study was to investigate three methods of teaching words. the first one was teaching words in context based on a traditional method of teaching that is,...