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Iranian and Turkish EFL Professors’ Perceptions about the (De)merits of Virtual Learning Platforms: Issues Related to Instruction, Assessment and Materials/Resources

کلید واژه ها: Assessment instruction Materials/Resources Virtual Learning Platforms

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تعداد بازدید : ۹۷ تعداد دانلود : ۹۱
Prior to Covid-19 pandemic, online education was given little importance in the educational system of different countries, including Iran and Turkey. Actually, previously there was no need for online education. However, in pandemic situation the need for online classes and its significance in language learning became more ubiquitous. Thus, in view of the paucity of research on perceptions toward the efficacy of virtual learning, particularly the sheer dearth of comparative work on the issue, the researchers in the current study intended to investigate the practicality of commonly used online platforms in Iran and Turkey, i.e. Adobe Connect and Zoom. To this end, a total of 10 EFL professors (5 Iranian and 5 Turkish) participated in the interview session to deeply investigate their attitudes on the platforms of Zoom and Adobe Connect as regards issues related to materials and resources, instruction, and assessment. As the results of the interview showed, both Turkish and Iranian university professors had similar ideas towards the online platforms and they listed some merits such as easy access, attractiveness, and applicability for teaching and learning in Covid-19. Also, the demerits were low interaction and communication, being demotivating for non-disciplined learners, and so on. In general, based on the participants’ points of view, both online platforms were useful in terms of materials and resources as well as instruction; however, they had less control on cheating of tests, in terms of assessment. Different parties such as teachers, syllabus designers and materials developers will benefit from the outcomes study.
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Iranian EFL High School Teachers' Perceptions of Virtual Learning System Opportunities, Challenges and Threats

کلید واژه ها: High School Teachers' Perceptions Opportunities Problem Solving Virtual Learning Systems

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تعداد بازدید : ۱۸۰ تعداد دانلود : ۱۳۳
Based on the importance of virtual classrooms and due to the inevitability of using them in difficult situations such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the current study was an attempt to investigate the perception of high school EFL teachers toward virtual learning systems' experience. Also, probing the perception of high school EFL teachers toward virtual learning systems' opportunities, exploring the perception of high school EFL teachers toward virtual learning systems' challenges and threats, and informing the educational society of the solutions to the barriers of virtual learning systems based on the perception of high school EFL teachers were the other objectives of the current study. To this end, the attitudes of 120 EFL teachers (males=67, females=53) with the age range of 30 to 50 who were teaching at different high schools of West Azerbaijan province, Urmia, Iran, were gathered via a researcher-made questionnaire. The results of the study show that although high school teachers faced some barriers such as low internet access, low interaction, and low concentration by learners, actually they actually have positive attitudes toward the use of digital learning, particularly in virtual classrooms. Furthermore, the findings showed that data retention power and quick and easy access were favored by most of the teachers, and they believed these two items can be regarded as positive opportunities. In addition, teachers presented some comments such as adding visuals to the virtual classrooms, using chat boxes, and planning interaction hints to resolve the virtual classrooms’ existing problems such as poor connection and low concentration. The implications of the study will be discussed.
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Enhancing EFL learners' Pragmatic Performance: The Case of Suggestions

کلید واژه ها: Discourse completion task Pragmatic performance Role play with discussion Speech Act Suggestion

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تعداد بازدید : ۲۳۸ تعداد دانلود : ۱۰۹
The present study aimed to explore whether Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ pragmatic performance of making suggestions improve after receiving discourse completion task (DCT) and role-play with discussion. One Hundred twenty intermediate Iranian EFL learners whose scores ranged between 41 and 59 at the Oxford Proficiency test were selected for participation in the study from several Iranian language schools through convenience sampling. They were assigned to the control group receiving no treatment and discourse completion group, and role plays with the discussion group. Before the treatments, the experimental groups received instruction on the exemplar forms, conversational practice, and performance of suggested activities in the book "Function." After the familiarity of the participants with various suggestion forms and their appropriate use, the first experimental group was provided with a discourse completion task and the second one received role play with discussion. The learners were provided with an explicit explanation of formality, and status as socio-pragmatic factors influencing the selection of appropriate suggestion forms. Then, they were supposed to act out the scenarios and discussed and evaluated the appropriateness of the responses. After the two treatments, the participants took a post-test with 4 sample conversations. The findings were indicative of the effectiveness of the two treatments. The conclusion drawn from the results was that EFL learners could benefit from pragmatic instruction via pragmatic awareness-raising tasks in their pragmatic performance.  
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بررسی نقش توضیحی پریشانی و اجتناب اجتماعی، انگیزه و خودکارآمدی تحصیلی در تبیین اضطراب کلاس زبان خارجی(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلید واژه ها: اضطراب کلاس زبان خارجی پریشانی و اجتناب اجتماعی انگیزه تحصیلی خودکارآمدی تحصیلی

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تعداد بازدید : ۳۲۸ تعداد دانلود : ۲۳۷
اضطراب یادگیری زبان خارجی، تنش مرتبط با یادگیری زبان است که با احساس عمومی اضطراب متفاوت است و مانع مهمی در دستیابی به هدف یادگیرندگان به شمار می آید. هدف از پژوهش حاضر بررسی نقش تمییزی پریشانی و اجتناب اجتماعی ، انگیزه تحصیلی و خودکارآمدی تحصیلی، در تبیین اضطراب کلاس زبان خارجی(انگلیسی) در دانشجویان بود. جامعه آماری تحقیق شامل کلیه دانشجویان دانشگاه ارومیه به تعداد16750 نفر بودند که با استفاده از روش خوشه ای چند مرحله ای 223 نفر از دانشجویان انتخاب شدند و به ابزارهای تحقیق شامل پرسشنامه اضطراب زبان خارجی FLCA))، پرسشنامه پریشانی و اجتناب اجتماعی واتسون و فرند(SAD)(1969)، خودکارآمدی تحصیلی(ASES) و انگیزه تحصیلی AMS) ( پاسخ دادند. برای تحلیل داده ها از روشهای آماری همبستگی پیرسون و روش تحلیل رگرسیون چندگانه به روش گام به گام(SW) با نرم افزار SPSS نسخه 22 استفاده گردید که نتایج آن روشن ساخت که همبستگی بین پریشانی و اجتناب اجتماعی و خودکارآمدی تحصیلی با اضطراب کلاس زبان خارجی به ترتیب366/0 و 329/0 بود. همچنین سهم متغیرهای پیش بین پریشانی و اجتناب اجتماعی و خودکارآمدی در تبیین اضطراب کلاس انگلیسی به ترتیب 134/0 و 108/0 بدست آمد. در این تحقیق متغیر انگیزه تحصیلی سهم قابل تبیینی بدست نداد. یافته های پژوهش، الگوی روابطی را با خودکارآمدی و پریشانی و اجتناب اجتماعی که بر اضطراب کلاس زبان خارجی تأثیر می گذارند، پیشنهاد می کند.
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Do Perceived Communication Behavior and International Posture Impact Iranian English Learners’ Communication in English?(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلید واژه ها: International Posture Perceived Communication Behaviors willingness to communicate

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تعداد بازدید : ۳۰۸ تعداد دانلود : ۱۹۵
Many studies have been conducted on the ways of promoting willingness to communicate in learners in EFL/ESL contexts. While different scholars have undertaken studies on many of these variables, few of these studies have aimed at EFL university students in Iran. This study reports on the role of international posture and perceived communication behavior on Iranian EFL learners’ communication in English. The participants who accepted to attend the survey completed questionnaires on WTC, international posture and perceived communication behaviors. The results driven based on this research indicated that Iranian English BA students are generally tended to speak in English. The participants' willingness to communicate in English was found to have a significant relationship with their perceived communication behaviors and international posture. The findings of this study will be beneficial for various policy makers and practitioners, including those dealing with curriculum development and teacher education to focus more on the elements influencing communication in English. Many studies have been conducted on the ways of promoting willingness to communicate in learners in EFL/ESL contexts. While different scholars have undertaken studies on many of these variables, few of these studies have aimed at EFL university students in Iran. This study reports on the role of international posture and perceived communication behavior on Iranian EFL learners’ communication in English. The participants who accepted to attend the survey completed questionnaires on WTC, international posture and perceived communication behaviors. The results driven based on this research indicated that Iranian English BA students are generally tended to speak in English. The participants' willingness to communicate in English was found to have a significant relationship with their perceived communication behaviors and international posture. The findings of this study will be beneficial for various policy makers and practitioners, including those dealing with curriculum development and teacher education to focus more on the elements influencing communication in English.
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The Effect of Summary Training on Intermediate EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension in Individual and Collaborative Conditions(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلید واژه ها: Summary training Reading Comprehension collaborative learning Individual learning Sociocultural theory

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تعداد بازدید : ۴۹۵ تعداد دانلود : ۲۴۴
Inspired by Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory (SCT), the current study intended to investigate the effect of summary training (i.e., oral and written) on intermediate EFL learners’ reading comprehension in different conditions (i.e., individual and collaborative). Data collection tools and procedures encompassed PET test, First Certificate in English (FCE) reading pre-test, and post-test. First, to ensure that the instruments, scoring, as well as summary training procedures were reliable, the researchers conducted a pilot test. During the main study, 120 Iranian EFL intermediate male and female learners aged from 16-18 were considered as the main participants. Learners were divided into 6 groups (i.e., three individual and three collaborative conditions). Furthermore, each condition included three groups with oral summary, written summary groups, and no summary group. A post-test followed the treatment that lasted for 6 sessions. A series of ANOVA with follow up pair-wise comparisons and a series of independent-samples t-tests indicated that: (1) summary training, especially the oral one, was more effective in enhancing the EFL learners’ reading comprehension, and (2) members of the collaborative groups outperformed the members of the individual groups regarding their reading comprehension development. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed concerning enhancing the EFL learners’ reading comprehension.

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