This experimental study evaluated the possible effects of textual input- based enhancement on the acquisition of passive form on Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners. Sixty Iranian EFL learners at the pre-intermediate level of proficiency were randomly assigned into three groups; two experimental group and one comparison group. The first experimental group received passages in which the passiv...

Grammar is a foundation of language, as all languages consist rules and usage. Learning English grammar challenging for Thai EFL learners because the contrastive grammatical features between English. even more difficult deaf hard-of-hearing students since they have limited tools cues acquiring grammar. This paper discusses possible challenges in teaching to reviews some methodologies that might...

The present study was conducted to examine empirically and systematically the effect of explicit instruction of comprehension strategies on EFL learners’ reading anxiety and reading comprehension in Iranian high schools. To this end, two intact classes (65 students) participated in this study as members of control and experimental groups. The experimental group underwent 10 sessions of reading ...

The present study aimed to review the instruction of the L2 speech acts in English pragmatics in the Iranian context during the last two decades from 2000 to 2020. To this end, upon the completion of the study search, the retrieved articles were selected and analyzed based on the research domain.  The results of our synthesis from 54 studies carried out on the instruction of the speech act not ...

This study intended to investigate the interplay of critical thinking explicit instruction, academic writing performance, critical thinking ability, and critical thinking dispositions of Iranian students. To this end, 140 students of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences (73 males and 67 females) were selected. They were divided into the experimental and control groups. Both groups received ins...

Abstract The present study uses an acoustic analysis to examine the effects of implicit and explicit pronunciation instruction on acquisition German final devoicing in L2 classroom. Twenty-nine English-speaking learners at a North American university were assigned or condition. Learner speech samples recorded, following pre/post/delayed-post-test design. Four correlates medial obstruent voicing...