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Exploring the Role of 5E-Based Online Activities in English Language Students’ Critical Thinking and Creativity(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلید واژه ها: 5E Learning Cycle Model 21st-century learning skills Critical thinking Creativity Easyclass

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The 5E Learning Cycle Model (Bybee, 1990) is an instructional design model which has roots in inquiry-based learning and constructivism and has received much support in non-EFL-related literature as a way to improve 21st-century skills, such as critical thinking and creativity, among students and to prepare them for an amazing occupational future. However, little work has been done on the model concerning English language students; hence, this study dealt with the effect of 5E-based online activities on English language students’ critical thinking and creativity. The study utilized a mixed method grounded theory method approach. A sample of 60 adult English language students studying in a pre-IELTS class at a private language academy took part in the study during a 12-session semester, in addition to an extra session at the beginning of the semester, in which they received instruction with regard to the platforms to be used, namely Easyclass and Nearpod. Student interviews and self-reflections, teacher interviews, self-reflections, and field notes were applied to extract qualitative data, and student self-assessment checklists were used to gain quantitative data. The analysis of the quantitative and qualitative data via an independent sample t-test, inductive thematic analysis, and grounded theory demonstrated that the employment of 5E-based online activities culminated in the improvement of EFL learners’ critical thinking and creativity. The findings have theoretical and practical implications not only for 21st-century language practitioners’ education and competencies but also for curriculum development.
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Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategy Use in Reading: The Case of Iranian EFL Students’ Test Performance(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

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Individual characteristics and differences, namely strategy-use behavior have been gaining much attention among researchers due to influences that they may have on test takers’ performance on reading tests. From a language testing perspective, however, further experimental studies are needed in this regard. This study investigated the relationship between test-takers’ strategy-use behavior and their reading test performance. Five hundred and twenty Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners (both male and female) participated in this study. They were assigned to high- and the low-reading ability groups based on their scores on a teacher-made reading comprehension test. They were also required to sit for a teacher-made TOEFL-based reading comprehension test and answer the adapted version of Phakiti’s (2008) Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategy Questionnaire with 30 items immediately after the test. The reliability of both instruments was approved through Cronbach alpha and the validity was assured through content and construct evidences of validity. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) on the questionnaire indicated that three factors were identified as cognitive (comprehension, retrieval, memory) and three as metacognitive strategies (planning, monitoring, evaluation) for both ability groups. Moreover, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis showed that metacognitive strategies had a regulating function on cognitive strategies in both groups. Furthermore, the results showed that in the high ability group Comprehension (COM) and Memory (MEM) strategies and in the low-ability group, Retrieval (RET) strategies were the best predictors of reading test performance. Finally, some implications and suggestions for further research are presented.
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استفاده از گروه های مجازی آموزشی (VLT) جهت بهبود سواد ارزشیابی زبان (LAL) برای مدرسان انگلیسی به عنوان زبان خارجی(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلید واژه ها: Virtual Learning Team (VLT) Language teacher education Technology Language Assessment Literacy (LAL) teacher professional development

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با وجود این که آموزش و ارزشیابی دو امر جدایی ناپذیر به شمار می روند، بسیاری از مدرسان توانمند، امکانات خود را برای تدوین/به کارگیری فعالیت های ارزشیابی در کلاس هایشان ناکارآمد می یابند. همچنین، این امکان نیز وجود دارد که مدرسان زبان با روش شناسی آموزش زبان و نظریه های فراگیری زبان دوم آشنایی داشته باشند، اما کماکان میزان کاردانی آن ها در خصوص ارزشیابی آموزشی کم یا صفر باشد. در حقیقت، بسیاری از مطالعات نشان می دهد که اکثر مدرسان زبان، از سواد ارزشیابی زبان (LAL) بی بهره هستند. بنابراین، و هم راستا با نظریه های امروزی در حیطه آموزش که مشوق مشارکت و کار گروهی هستند، تشکیل گروه مجازی آموزشی (VLT) به عنوان راه حلی بالقوه برای این مسئله و مشکلات مشابه در روند تربیت مدرس پیشنهاد می شود: در بررسی پیش رو، سامانه خودآموز مدیریت آموزشی (DIYLMS) به عنوان ابزار فناوری مورد استفاده قرار گرفت و یک گروه مجازی اموزشی با هدف افزایش سواد ارزشیابی زبان (LAL) در مدرسان انگلیسی به عنوان زبان خارجی تشکیل شده و به کار گرفته شد. پروژه گروه مجازی کاملاً موفقیت آمیز بود و عوامل موثر بر اثربخشی آن، به واسطه نظرسنجی صورت گرفته توسط پژوهشگران در قبل و بعد از برگزاری دوره (پیوست الف) و نیز انجام مصاحبه های نیمه ساختار یافته پس از برگزاری دوره (پیوست ب) تعیین شدند. نتایج این بررسی نشان داد که در گروه های مجازی آموزشی، چهار عامل موثر وجود دارد، ازجمله: فناوری، مربی/سرپرست گروه، تعامل، و افزایش دانش/مهارت ها (هم در مورد محتوای دوره و هم در حیطه سواد دیجیتالی). همچنین، مشخص شد که این چهار عامل به صورت جداگانه عمل نمی کنند و با یکدیگر ارتباط پیچیده دارند. نتایج بررسی پیش رو می تواند جهت تدوین برنامه های آتی در حیطه پیشرفت حرفه ای برای مدرسان مفید واقع شود.
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Collaborative Flipped Learning through CALL: A Recipe for Realizing Social Presence in Virtual Learning Environments

کلید واژه ها: Flipped Classroom social presence interactivity asynchronous communication CALL

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From the dawn of the third millennium, the utilization of state-of-the-art technology for educational purposes, especially computers and the Internet, has become prevalent across the globe. In this regard, flipping EFL classes appears to be an effective approach to practicing second/foreign languages through computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in order to extend the class time to asynchronous activities outside the class, and make the students more autonomous and actively engaged in the painstaking process of language learning. However, this question merits consideration why many current CALL programs run and taught through flipped learning do not seem to take full advantage of collaborative learning and peer-assessment, specifically taking place in asynchronous channels of communication, namely threaded comment forms and discussion boards. The present study investigates the prospect of realizing social presence as a shared feeling of community among the learners by restructuring and optimizing the existing methods for flipping language classes. Employing a qualitative research based on grounded theory and data triangulation, the researchers recorded, transcribed and analyzed 41 semi-structured group and individual interviews with 44 participants attending an online IELTS preparation course on the first researcher’s website for over one year. Additionally, the same interview questions were posed in an open-ended questionnaire accessible to the participants from the website. The obtained results suggested that learner-centered flipped classes in which asynchronous student-driven content development and out-of-class peer-assessment through commenting and replying are adequately practiced can tremendously increase student interactivity, thereby fulfilling the sense of social presence.
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The Status Quo of Language Assessment Literacy among Syrian EFL Teachers(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلید واژه ها: Language assessment literacy Language teacher education Factor Analysis

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With the increasing importance of Language Assessment Literacy in recent years, identifying the assessment literacy components in different contexts becomes essential to ensure that language teacher professional development is on the right path, thus providing students with proper evaluation. This paper describes a research project in which an adapted version of Fulcher's (2012) Language Assessment Literacy Survey was delivered via the Internet in an attempt to characterize the levels of assessment knowledge of English language teachers in Syria. Three hundred and thirty Syrian English language teachers participated in the study. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were applied to the data obtained from the constructed-response item, and qualitative data analysis procedures were applied to the open-response items. The results indicated that Language Assessment Literacy in the Syrian context mainly comprises four factors: social impact of tests; test prepping and administration; test design, development, and interpretation; and evaluating language tests. On the other hand, the content analysis applied to the responses given by Syrian English teachers to the open-response questions indicated failings in both theoretical and practical assessment literacy in Syria's education scene, particularly the former, calling for an immediate change in teachers' preparatory courses in Syria. It is hoped that the study results can help language teacher education programs specify EFL teachers' academic assessment goals and enhance the nature of future language assessment programs, particularly in Syria; it can further provide a basis for comparison with other contexts and countries, thus contributing to a cross-cultural understanding of language assessment literacy.
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Experiencing Collaborative Professional Development in a Blended CALL Teacher Education Course

کلید واژه ها: Blended Learning CALL teacher education collaborative learning EFL

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Years after the first coinage of the term blended or hybrid learning, this mode of learning and its related courses and programs are still widely underexplored in the context of CALL teacher education. In an attempt to shed more light into this research base, the present case study focuses on the potentials of collaborative learning experiences in a blended teacher education course for developing English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ pedagogical knowledge of CALL. Five female Iranian EFL teachers participated in the study and were engaged in different types of classroom collaborative discussions and tasks. An analysis of in-class collaborative tasks revealed that collaboration in online and face-to-face learning contexts significantly contributed to the development of different aspects of teachers’ knowledge of CALL integration.
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Exploring the Effect of Paper-and-pencil vs. Blog JW on L2 Writing in terms of Accuracy, Fluency, Lexical Complexity, and Syntactic Complexity(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلید واژه ها: Journal Writing Blog - writing fluency Accuracy lexical complexity Syntactic complexity

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In the field of second/foreign language learning, Journal Writing (JW) has been used as a tool for self-expression, acknowledged for its multiple benefits with regard to various aspects of language learning. With the advancements of technology, however, few studies have addressed the potentials of internet-based platforms such as blogs in the practice of JW. The present study, therefore, has attempted to juxtapose the traditional paper-and-pencil mode of JW with Blog JW to explore the potential impacts on L2 learners’ writing skill. To this end, four elements of accuracy, fluency, lexical, as well as syntactic complexity were examined in the participants’ writing samples through relevant measures. To analyze the data, (M)ANCOVAs and (M)ANOVAs were conducted, the results of which are summarized and presented. The general conclusion of the study was that, JW, in particular, in the form of blogging has the potential of enhancing the quality of language learners’ writing.
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VoA Special English for Persian Learners from the Perspective of Persian Speakers: A Critical Analysis(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلید واژه ها: Electronic colonialism theory (ECT) Indigenous Iranian Culture Opinionnaire Internet-mediated English education Interview VoA Special English for Persian Learners

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Using modern, electronic technology to promote the culture and worldview of technology producers and to subjugate its consumers is the gist of what McPhail (2006) calls electronic colonialism theory (ECT). As an example of electronic technology, Internet-mediated English educational materials are rapidly growing but they do not appear to have been critically analyzed in terms of their potential hidden agenda. With this concern, the researchers conducted a survey study on “VOA Special English for Persian Learners” which is one of the most popular websites among Iranian English learners (Karimi Alavijeh, 2014). For this purpose, all VoA lessons were closely investigated in a process of qualitative content analysis through which the main themes of this program were extracted. Real samples of the content were included in a 5-point, likert-type Indigenous Iranian Culture Opinionnaire developed by the researchers. After making sure of the reliability and validity of this opinionnaire, it was responded by 151 Iranians who had been selected through stratified random sampling from a variety of educational, linguistics, ethnic, religious and social backgrounds, residing in different Iranian provinces. To take care of the accuracy of the findings in the quantitative part of the study and to meet the triangulation criterion in the qualitative phase, in depth semi-structures interviews were also conducted. The analysis of the obtained data revealed the incongruity of the supposedly “special for Persian learners” materials with Iranians’ values, supporting ECT in the sense that this program plainly serves the promotion of American culture among the Iranian learners.
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تحلیلی کیفی از تجربه زبان آموزی دانش آموزان دارای نارساخوانی(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلید واژه ها: نارساخوانی زبان انگلیسی به عنوان زبان خارجی مصاحبه تجربه زبان آموزی مرور نظام یافته

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هدف: اگرچه پژوهش ها پیش از این به برخی ابعاد یادگیری زبان خارجی در نارساخوانی پرداخته اند، هیچ پژوهشی در ایران تاکنون دیدگاه دانش آموزان دارای نارساخوانی را در این زمینه بررسی نکرده، و دیدگاه والدین این دانش آموزان نسبت به تجارب زبان آموزی فرزندانشان نیز، با وجود اهمیت بسیار، در سطح بین المللی مغفول مانده است. پژوهش حاضر به منظور ارائه تحلیلی کیفی از تجربه های زبان آموزی دانش آموزان نارساخوان اجرا شد. . روش: پژوهش حاضر بخشی از پژوهشی بزرگتر با هدف آموزش زبان انگلیسی با روش آوایی چندحسی به دانش آموزان دارای نارساخوانی است. در این پژوهش، پس از اتمام دوره آموزشی، مصاحبه های نیمه ساختاریافته با نه نفر، شامل پنج دانش آموز دارای نارساخوانی و چهار مادر، که به شیوه نمونه گیری در دسترس انتخاب شده بودند انجام گرفت. سپس، متن مصاحبه ها پیاده سازی و با نرم افزار مکس کیو دی ای 2018 به روش تحلیل مضمون مورد بررسی قرار گرفت و مضامین فرعی به دست آمده درنهایت تحت عنوان 10 مضمون طبقه بندی شدند. همچنین مروری نظام یافته از مقاله های چاپ شده در مجلات علمی درباره نارساخوانی و مشکلات یادگیری زبان خارجی انجام شد. یافته ها و نتیجه گیری: نتایج مرور نظام یافته نشان داد که بیشترین مشکلات پیش روی زبان آموزان دارای نارساخوانی، مشکل در املاء، خواندن، دستور، و به یاد سپردن واژگان زبان خارجی است. همچنین، بر اساس نتایج تحلیل مصاحبه ها، دانش آموزان تجربه ناخوشایندی از یادگیری زبان انگلیسی در مدرسه دارند. در مقابل، دانش آموزان و مادران اثربخشی روش آوایی چندحسی در آموزش زبان انگلیسی را گزارش کردند. علاوه بر این، مادران تجربه مادری خود را تجربه سختی می دانستند چراکه رابطه مادر-فرزندی آنها دچار تنش بود. همچنین، در مواردی تناقض هایی میان دیدگاه های مادران و دانش آموزان ملاحظه شد.
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Iranian EFL Teachers' Language Assessment Literacy (LAL) under an Assessing Lens(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلید واژه ها: Language assessment literacy Factor Analysis Validation teacher education

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Despite being trained in pre-service teacher education programs, most EFL teachers are underprepared when faced with language assessment-related activities. Part of the problem emanates from the fact that Language Assessment Literacy (LAL) as a construct has not been well defined by experts. The purpose of this study was to pinpoint the components of LAL in the Iranian EFL context using an adapted version of Fulchers' (2012) LAL survey with two types of constructed and closed response items. The participants were 280 English language teachers from seventeen different provinces in Iran. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and cross validation were used to define LAL as a construct. Furthermore, qualitative data analysis procedures were employed to analyze the data obtained from constructed response items. The results indicate that LAL in the Iranian context is comprised of four factors, namely: test design and development, large-scale standardized testing and classroom assessment, beyond-the-test aspects (which mainly includes social and ethical aspects of language testing/assessment), and reliability and validity. Furthermore, the results show that the EFL teachers in this study believe that besides the theoretical issues of assessment, they should also receive hands-on skills-based instruction in language assessment. These results can have direct implications for future teacher education programs with the aim of enhancing EFL teachers' LAL.
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Peer-Assessment and Student-Driven Negotiation of Meaning: Two Ingredients for Creating Social Presence in Online EFL Social Contexts(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلید واژه ها: social presence Peer-assessment negotiation of meaning content-based instruction

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With the current availability of state-of-the-art technology, particularly the Internet, people have expanded their channels of communication. This has similarly led to many people utilizing technology to learn second/foreign languages. Nevertheless, many current computer-assisted language learning (CALL) programs still appear to be lacking in interactivity and what is termed social presence, which is in turn an obstacle to the learners assuming active roles in their online experience of L2 learning. Consequently, the existing CALL programs do not seem to have updated themselves from the obsolete behavioristic and communicative genres to reach for the integrative one to yield optimum interactivity. The present study has attempted to cast light on the prospect of creating an online learning community that could optimize the patterns of interaction among the students and the teacher with the intention of creating online social presence. Using a qualitative research based on grounded theory, the researchers attempted to collect and analyze the data vis-à-vis the participants’ feedback on the research questions that were cyclically obtained from 42 English students of the first researcher’s weblog through 41 semi-structured interviews at the end of each virtual class on Skype and Discord over one year. The results suggested that content-based instruction (CBI) in which the students can opt for and create the content of the course through engaging in asynchronous activities and performing peer-assessment in the comment forms and discussion boards before practicing negotiation of meaning in each synchronous class could maximize the level of student-student interactivity and social presence among the L2 learners.
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A Shift into Autonomous Education (حرکت به سمت آموزش مستقل: جستجوی الگوهای یادگیری مستقل در میان زبان آموزان ایرانی)(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلید واژه ها: آموزش زبان انگلیسی استقلال زبان آموز آموزش مستقل پرسشنامه ی یادگیری مستقل

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در ٢٠سال اخیر ترویج آموزش مستقل یکی از دغدغه های طراحان دوره های آموزشی و برنامه ریزان درسی بوده که به لحاظ ایدئولوژیک و روانشناسی نافذ شمرده می شود. با این وجود تخمین آمادگی زبان آموزان برای تغییر به سمت آموزش مستقل قبل از اعمال تغییرات از اهمیت ویژه ای برخوردار می باشد. بنابر این هدف پژوهش کنونی مطالعه ی الگوهای استقلال در میان زبان آموزان ایرانی بوده است. بر اساس تجزیه ی عاملی نتایج پرسشنامه ی میزان استقلال زبان آموزان، مشخص گردید که ٣ عامل زمینه ی رفتار مستقل زبان آموزان را توصیف می کرد. مقاله ی کنونی این ٣ فاکتور را به طور جداگانه تحلیل کرده و در نتیجه تاکید بر استفاده از این ٣ فاکتور در طراحی دروس مبتنی بر آموزش مستقل می نماید.
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دیدگاه های زبان آموزان در مورد مفهوم فرهنگ و بازتابِ آن در آموزش زبان انگلیسی به دانشجویان ایرانی(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلید واژه ها: فرهنگ تدریس فرهنگ یادگیری فرهنگ عقاید زبان آموزان

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در آموزش زبان انگلیسی، فرهنگ از اهمیت ویژه ای برخوردار است و تدریس یا عدم تدریس آن همواره مورد بحث بوده است. هدف از پژوهش حاضر، بررسی عقاید زبان آموزان ایرانی زبان انگلیسی دربارة تدریس و یادگیری فرهنگ مقصد (آمریکایی یا انگلیسی) در آموزش زبان انگلیسی می باشد. هم چنین، این پژوهش سعی بر ارائة تعریفی از فرهنگ بر اساس عقاید زبان آموزان ایرانی زبان انگلیسی دارد. به منظور رسیدن به این هدف، هشتاد و نه نفر از زبان آموزان دوره لیسانس دانشگاه الزهرا(س) مورد مطالعه قرار گرفتند. در این تحقیق، از روش پژوهش کیفی استفاده شده و داده ها، برای ایجاد سه گانه، از سه منبع اصلی پرسش نامه ، مصاحبه و مشاهده جمع آوری شدند. نتایج نشان داد که زبان آموزان ایرانی زبان انگلیسی فرهنگ را بیشتر شامل عقاید، سنّت ها، آداب و رسوم و روش زندگی می دانستند. به طور کلی، زبان آموزان موافق تدریس و یادگیری فرهنگ مقصد هستند اما بر اساس نظر آنها، تدریس و یادگیری فرهنگ مقصد باید در راستای معیارهایی صورت گیرد.
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The Representation of Iran in Englishcentral Educational Website: Unfolding the Hidden Curriculum(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلید واژه ها: Iran Critical discourse analysis Hidden Curriculum Van Leeuwen’s Social Actor Network Englishcentral English Language Teaching (ELT)

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Despite their widespread popularity and rapid growth, the Internet-mediated English educational materials for learners of English as a foreign/second language (FL/SL) have rarely been analyzed in terms of their potential hidden curriculum. Accordingly, the present study aims to address this need through conducting a CDA investigation into some lessons which are randomly selected from an English educational website called “Englishcentral.” Adapting, expanding, and adopting some elements of Van Leeuwen’s (2008) Social Actor Network, the researchers attempt to describe and explain the representation of “Iran” in Englishcentral. Investigating and thematizing the research data revealed that the keyword “Iran” was used in this website to refer to three groups of social actors, namely the Iranian government and officials, Iranian people, and Iranian people and/or government/officials. The way these social actors are associated and dissociated, activated and passivated, personalized and impersonalized creates remarkable findings which give support to the presence of particular hidden agenda in this program. In all, the results of this study reveal that the Iranian social actors are portrayed unfavorably in Englishcentral, which is an alleged English educational program.
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Reading English in the Computer Lab(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلید واژه ها: benefits Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) Online Reading WebQuests Multiliteracies Electronic Literacies Challenges

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The present study compares the performance of two TEFL reading classes: one taking place in a regular classroom and the other held in a computer lab, with the learners practicing reading online. The results of an independent samples t-test showed that the difference between the learners’ scores on their reading comprehension post-tests and pretests did not differ statistically significantly from one group to the other, indicating that the two groups’ progress was similar during the one-term period of instruction. In addition to this, learner interviews and teacher observations showed that some of the challenges of practicing reading in a computer lab included an over-reliance on copy/pasting; time wasted and stress induced due to Internet/technology problems, phobia, or lack of expertise; distractions created through working with technology; and occasional lack of learners’ awareness of the benefits of online reading. Yet, despite all this, reading online seems to have benefits which make it worth all the difficulties and extra effort.

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