most universities across iran tend to develop english tests for placement, exit, achievement, and other purposes. examining the various features of such tests is imperative for making informed decisions about learners’ achievement level. the present study examined the features of a university-wide administered english language achievement test at iran university of science and technology (iust)...

The attitude one has towards language learning determines the success or failure of learning the language. To this effect, this study aimed to explore EFL learners’ attitudes towards communicative language learning and the relationship between learners’ attitudes and English language achievement. To address these objectives, the study adopted a survey research design. Two hundred seventeen grad...

The attitude one has towards language learning determines the success or failure of learning the language. To this effect, this study aimed to explore EFL learners’ attitudes towards communicative language learning and the relationship between learners’ attitudes and English language achievement. To address these objectives, the study adopted a survey research design. Two hundred seventeen grad...

many researchers have investigated different aspects of learning styles. nevertheless, few studies have considered interactions between the notions of learning styles and “good language learners’” achievement. the present study aimed at exploring dominant learning style preferences by senior high-school students and comparing their preferences with those by “good language learners”. to this goa...

The present study is an investigation into the relationship between Iranian EFL teachers’ degree of creativity and language learners’ academic achievement. To this end, six female English teachers and 81 male and female advanced English learners from a private language institute were asked to take part in the study. Data were collected through Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) and stude...

Willingness to communicate and motivation can be two important affective variables to cause success in language achievement. The current study aimed to investigate the role of willingness to communicate (WTC) and second language motivational self-system (L2MSS) in relation to learners’ language achieve- ment. To this end, 100 homogeneous learners both male and female aged from 16 to 20 were cho...