This study sought to compare Iranian EFL novice and expert teachers regarding their professional knowledge at Iranian language institutes and universities. To achieve the aim of study, a questionnaire was developed based on the literature, the theoretical framework and the results of a qualitative study carried out by Yazdanpanah and Sahragard (2017). This questionnaire was administered to the ...

The primary foundation of teacher evaluation is establishing standards for assessing the optimal characteristics of qualified teachers.  The present study aimed at exploring standards of professional competence of adult-level Iranian EFL teachers in the private sector and developing a questionnaire to assess their professional competence.  To this end, initially, the members of the professional...

Stance is a key and problematic domain for effective English Academic Purposes (EAP) reading writing. Insufficient awareness of stance, cultural attitudes about it, poor teaching have been identified as underlying sources stance-related difficulties. Focusing on stance may thus be pivotal reading-to-write lens to improve academic literacy. However, few studies investigated pre-service teachers’...

There have been a good number of research studies on ‘engaged reading’ in general but not much literature is known about the that makes connections between theory and practice with special reference to ESL/EFL teachers. Hence, this paper aims examine efficacy engaged reading shows how it can be facilitated through mass awareness among ESL or EFL Teachers’ adequate knowledge perception only ensu...

This study sought to compare Iranian EFL novice and expert teachers regarding their procedural knowledge in Iranian language institutes and universities. A questionnaire was developed based on the literature, the theoretical framework, and the results of a qualitative study. This questionnaire was administered to the whole sample of the study who was 200 Iranian EFL teachers from different gend...

Phonological-based instruction, namely phonological awareness instruction (PA) and phonics instruction, has shown to be effective on early literacy skills among young children in western countries. Children who learn English as a foreign language (EFL) learn to read English differently from children in English-dominant societies. Effectiveness of the instruction in the EFL context is much less ...

one of the main concerns of teachers in modern learner-centered approaches is whether published teaching materials can meet the needs of students at a particular leaning situation or the teachers ought to prepare their own materials. this dilemma gets worse when the teaching situation includes a textbook prescribed by an authority such as the ministry of education. in such cases, the teacher ha...

The short-term in-service EFL teacher education programs are assumed to be of crucial importance in upgrading teachers' methodologies and gearing their teaching more closely to the students' needs. Therefore, a dynamic in-service program for EFL teachers is needed to keep abreast of the time.The present study aims to investigate the role of experience in EFL teachers' satisfaction of the in-ser...