The present study aims to trace the long term effects of different types of feedback--direct, indirect, and content-on EFL learners' writing accuracy (the major concern of SLA researchers) and overall writing quality (the primary aim of L2 writing researchers). Data was gathered from three groups of Iranian EFL learners (N=44) randomly assigned to an indirect feedback, a direct feedback, and a ...

abstract this study investigated the validity of processability theory proposed by pienemann (1998/2015) among iranian efl learners’ oral performance. the theory defines six procedural stages for learners in the process of second language acquisition. in order to conduct the study, 10 intermediate efl learners were selected based on their performance on oxford placement test. then, they partici...

As an academic endeavor in EFL setting especially the field of reading comprehension, this study intended to examine intercultural communicative competence (ICC) and effects cultural familiarity on comprehension based two specific ethnicities (Turk Fars). To end, participants, 130 students majoring English, were chosen from three universities Iran. The students’ examined by utilizing types proc...