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The Impact of Electronic vs. Human Observer Feedback on Improving Teaching of Translation Skills to Iranian EFL Students(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلیدواژه‌ها: Electronic observer feedback human observer feedback translation skills translation software

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In the area of teaching translation, investigating the effectiveness of technological solutions in developing translation skills is both timely and in demand. As the first step, one can try to explore feedback generated by machines compared to humans. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of electronic feedback provided by the designed translation software on the translation skills of Iranian EFL students compared to the feedback given by an expert human observer. To this end, 60 intermediate male and female students were selected as participants after the administration of Oxford Placement Test (OPT), followed by a translation skill test as pretest and posttest. The analysis of the pretest and posttest data revealed that after receiving the two types of feedback, both groups performed significantly better on posttest. Further analysis of the data, however, indicated that sustained electronic observer feedback was superior to human observer feedback in terms of developing translation skills. It can be discussed that taking advantage of an efficient electronic tool which enjoys the potential of providing some feedback would drive the focus away from the repetitive mistakes and frees up the time and focus on students’ personal problems. The findings may have implications for translation education, training, and practice.
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بررسی مقایسه ای آرایش واژگانی برمبنای دیدگاه رده شناسی هاکینز(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلیدواژه‌ها: آرایش واژه ترکی آذری فارسی معیار رده شناسی دیدگاه هاکینز

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شاخة مطالعاتی رده شناسی قدمتی250ساله دارد. رده شناسی زبان مطالعة نظام مند تنوع بین زبان هاست و این تعریف این پیش انگاره را در خود دارد که برخی اصول کلی نیز بر تنوع میان زبان ها حاکم هستند (کامری،2001، به نقل از دبیرمقدم،2:1392). موضوع ترتیب واژه ها در تعیین تفاوت ها و شباهت های موجود میان زبان ها یکی از حوزه های مورد توجه در رده شناسیزبان است. هاکینز یکی از زبان شناسان برجسته است که علاوه بر آشنایی با دستور زایشی، گرایش خاصی به حوزة رده شناسی به ویژه ترتیب واژه دارد و اصول و همگانی هایی گوناگون را در زمینة ترتیب واژه ارائه کرده است (هاکینز،10:1983). مطالعات گویش شناسی در ایران طی چند دهة اخیر گسترش بسیاری یافته است، به گونه ای که بسیاری از زبان شناسان و رده شناسان ثبت و مطالعة گویش ها و زبان های ایرانی را آغاز کرده و پژوهش های فراوانی در زمینة گویش های مختلف به انجام رسانده اند. هدف از پژوهش حاضر آن است که پس از معرفی فرضیه، اصول و همگانی های هاکینز در حوزة ترتیب واژه، به تحلیل مقایسه ای آرایش واژگانی میان گونة زبانی ترکی آذری و فارسی معیار پرداخته شود. این تحقیق با استناد به پیشینة عملی، چارچوب نظری و داده های پرسش نامة گویشی و به روش توصیفی- تحلیلی صورت گرفته و نتایج حاصل از این گفتار علاوه بر تأیید شباهت ها و تفاوت هایی میان آرایش واژگانی زبان فارسی معیار و ترکی آذری، انطباق برخی از دیدگاه های هاکینز بر زبان های مذکور را اثبات می کند.
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A Model of Iranian EFL Learners' Cultural Identity: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلیدواژه‌ها: Iranian Cultural Identity Identity culture

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This study aimed, firstly, to investigate the underlying components of Iranian cultural identity and, secondly, to confirm the aforementioned components via Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis. In order to achieve these goals, the researchers reviewed the extensive local and international literature on language, culture and identity. Based on the literature and consultations with a group of 30 university undergraduate and post graduate learners English language learners and a cadre of four university professors in the field of sociology, an Iranian EFL Language Learners’ Cultural Identity Model with six components (Nationality, Religion, Arts, Persian Language and Literature, Media, and Globalization) was hypothesized. In order to test and validate the model, a questionnaire was developed. To probe the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach’s Alpha was used. The reliability of all the items in the questionnaire was 0.78. To estimate the construct validity of the model, Exploratory Factor Analysis using PCA was performed, which indicated five components (Religion, Arts, Persian Language and Literature, Media, and Globalization) underlying Iranian Cultural Identity. Then, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis through AMOS 22 was performed to test the model and the interaction among the components. The SEM results confirmed the existence of five factors. Finally, statistical results are discussed and implications are provided.
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Comparative Textbook Evaluation: Representation of Learning Objectives in Locally and Internationally Published ELT Textbooks(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلیدواژه‌ها: Textbook Evaluation learning objectives Bloom’s revised taxonomy Prospect & Vision series Four Corners series

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The present study evaluated the learning objectives represented in the recent Iranian nation-wide ELT textbooks, i.e. Prospect and Vision series, and compared them to those in the internationally-published textbook of Four Corners. To this end, Bloom’s revised taxonomy of learning objectives was utilized as the analytical framework to scrutinize the tasks and exercises of the textbooks using a researcher-made coding scheme based on the taxonomy and investigate the extent to which they represent lower-order thinking skills (LOTS) (i.e. remembering, understanding, and applying) and higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) (i.e. analyzing, evaluating, and creating). Inter-coder reliability procedure was carried out to ensure the consistency of the scheme (Phi-coefficient =.89). Results of chi-square analysis revealed that Four Corners series dealt with LOTS and HOTS significantly more and above Prospect and Vision series. Furthermore, while Prospect and Vision series portrayed a completely imbalanced view towards LOTS and HOTS, Four Corners provided a somehow balanced representation in the tasks and exercises. The findings make the ELT teachers aware of the cognitive levels in the textbooks and recommend them to add supplementary materials when needed. Moreover, the results point to the significance of modifying the cognitive load of the Prospect and Vision series.
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Language Socialization and Essay Writing: The Appropriation of Academic Discourse in an Iranian English L2 University Class(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلیدواژه‌ها: Socialization Essay Writing Sociocultural theory academic discourse community of practice

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L2 language socialization asks how learners come to gain the ability to write appropriately and sufficiently in an institutional academic community of practice. In the same line, this study focuses on the process of socialization of an Iranian English L2 essay writing class in the context of higher education. The theoretical backgrounds rely on the socialization and Vygotsky's sociocultural theories. Three case studies were analyzed throughout six weeks. The learners' essays, outlines, and reflective diaries were analyzed to trace their development in appropriating academic discourse and argumentation. Also, an interview session was held at the end of the study in which the issues regarding the whole experience of socialization were discussed with the participants. The results suggested that each learner pursued their path of socialization based on their individual and social needs of the academic discourse community. Accordingly, a model demonstrating their paths of development is presented. The model shows that the new-comers to this social site of engagement were mediated by the old-timer agent of practice (instructor) to appropriate the values, principles, and behaviors of this community of practice through the activities they were engaged in.
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Impact of Wiki-based Feedback on Grammatical Accuracy of Iranian EFL Learners’ Writing Skill(مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)

کلیدواژه‌ها: Feedback Grammatical accuracy writing skill wiki attitude

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This study was designed to investigate the effects of providing feedback in the interactive environment of wiki on improving the grammatical accuracy of Iranian EFL learners’ writing skill as well as the attitudes of Iranian EFL learners’ toward receiving feedback via wiki. To do so, 50 intermediate Iranian EFL learners, who were chosen by an OPT (Oxford Placement Test) participated in this study and they were divided into two groups, experimental and control group. Both groups were given identical writing tasks. In control group, though, the first drafts were reviewed traditionally in a pen and a paper fashion, whereas in the experimental group, they were reviewed by peers through wiki to provide feedback on the grammatical accuracy of writings. The second drafts all were reviewed by the instructor. The results revealed that using wikis to provide feedback on students’ writing can have a significantly positive effect on improving their grammatical accuracy in a writing task. Moreover, the experimental group was found to outperform the control group on the post-test indicating that there was a significant difference between the effects of providing feedback in wiki vs. providing traditional feedback on the grammatical accuracy of Iranian male and female EFL Learners. With regards to the students’ attitude toward using wiki, a majority of the learners welcomed the application of wiki for EFL writing.
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Impact of Using Web-quests on Learning Vocabulary by Iranian Pre-university Students(مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)

کلیدواژه‌ها: attitude Computer-assisted language learning Vocabulary Learning Web-quest

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Web-quests are internet-based technology applications in which groups of students follow a specific set of steps toward the completion of a final project on a specific subject or a multi-disciplinary subject. The present study aimed to investigate the impacts of using web-quests on learning vocabulary by Iranian pre-university students. The sample of the study consisted of 72 students assigned into two groups. One of the groups represented the control group, and included 23 students; the other group represented the experimental group and comprised 49 students. The two groups were chosen from a population of pre-university students in Chadegan, Isfahan, Iran. The web-quest strategy was used in teaching the experimental group, while the traditional method was used with the control group in the second term of the school year 2015-2016. An Oxford Placement Test (OPT), a vocabulary pretest, a vocabulary posttest, and an attitude questionnaire were the data elicitation tools employed in this study. The collected data were analyzed using independent-samples t test, which was used to determine the existence of possible significant differences between the groups both before and after the instruction. The results indicated that there were statistically significant differences between both groups in favor of the experimental group. The conclusion, thus, could be that the students in the experimental group, who used the web-quest resources for learning vocabulary, performed significantly better than the students in the control group, who learnt vocabulary through traditional method of learning vocabulary. Finally, questionnaire data analyzed via one-sample t test indicated that the experimental group learners had a positive attitude towards the treatment they experienced in the experiment.
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تحلیل زبان بدن در نهج البلاغه بر اساس نظریه «پُل اکمن و والس فریسن» با سه رویکرد «منشأ-رمزگذاری – کاربرد»(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلیدواژه‌ها: نهج البلاغه زبان بدن والس فریسن و پل اکمن منشأ کاربرد رمزگذاری

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نشانه های مورد استفاده ارتباطات مطمئناً محدود به زبان (زبان شناسی) نمی شود. بسیاری از مفاهیم به صورت غیرکلامی بیان می شوند. ارتباط غیرکلامی از حوزه های مطالعاتی جدید است که به بررسی و تجزیه و تحلیل پیام هایی می پردازد که افراد با رفتارهای غیرزبانی مانند: حالات چهره، تماس چشمی و ژست ها پیام را منتقل و به درک خواننده از متن کمک می کنند. «پل اکمن» و «والس فریسن» تحقیقاتی گسترده را در زمینه فعالیّت های غیرکلامی انجام داده اند که هدف آنان، شناخت بهتر احساسات و رفتار افراد می باشد. آنان فعالیت های غیرکلامی را به سه طریق تحلیل کرده اند که عبارت اند از: 1. منشأ 2. رمزگذاری 3. کاربرد. منشأ؛ منبع هر عملی است که می تواند (ذاتی، ثابت گونه و آموزش فرهنگی) باشد. رمزگذاری؛ رابطه عمل با معنی آن است که می تواند (قراردادی، تصویری و غریزی) باشد. کاربرد؛ شامل میزان اطلاع رسانی رفتار غیرکلامی است که می تواند (ارتباطی، تعاملی و اطلاعاتی) باشد. این پژوهش با روش تحلیلی توصیفی بر اساس رویکردهای ذکر شده از «اکمن» و «فریسن» زبان بدن در نهج البلاغه را، اعم از؛ چهره، چشم، دست و حالت های لامسه ، توصیف و مورد بررسی قرار داده است. نتایج حاصله از تحلیل نمودن نمونه های زبان بدن موجود در نهج البلاغه با نظریه «اکمن» و «فریسن»، نشان می دهد که ظرفیت نهج البلاغه چنان گنجایش دارد که می توان آن را با نظریه های نوین ارتباطات غیرکلامی مورد تحلیل و بررسی قرار داد و منشأ «زبان چهره»، که از بسامدی بالا در نهج البلاغه برخوردار است، ذاتی است و به صورت غریزی رمزگذاری شده و کاربرد آنها اطلاعاتی است.
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Collective teacher efficacy, teacher self-efficacy, and job satisfaction among Iranian EFL Teachers: The mediating role of teaching commitment(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلیدواژه‌ها: Collective teacher efficacy teacher self-efficacy Job satisfaction teaching commitment EFL Teachers

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A significant research base has increasingly substantiated that teachers are among the most significant players affecting student achievement in second language classrooms. As a result, teacher-related variables have enjoyed much research attention over the recent decades in both mainstream education and English Language Teaching (ELT). Likewise, the present study was set to test a structural model of collective teacher efficacy, teacher self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and teaching commitment, and specifically to examine the hypothesis that teaching commitment mediates the effects of collective teacher efficacy and teacher self-efficacy on job satisfaction. Using a sample of 312 Iranian EFL teachers, structural equation modeling (SEM) was conducted to establish the structural model. The findings of a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) confirmed the fitness of both the employed scales and the structural model.  The findings and implications of the present study are finally discussed.
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بررسی ساخت بند موصولی در کردی کرمانجی(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلیدواژه‌ها: بند موصولی موصولی نما هسته اسنادی کرمانجی

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بند موصولی در زبان های ایرانی به طور معمول به صورت بند پیرو در جمله ظاهر می شود و در نقش توصیف گر، اسم یا گروه اسمی پیش از خود را توصیف می کند. در پژوهش حاضر ساخت بند موصولی در کردی کرمانجی بررسی شده است؛ به این منظور، نظرات آر ام دبلیو دیکسون (2010) مبنای انجام پژوهش قرار گرفت. از نظر دیکسون این ساخت را به طور کلّی می توان به دو گونه متعارف و نا متعارف تقسیم کرد که هریک مشخّصه های نحوی خود را دارند. وی همچنین بند های موصولی را به لحاظ اطّلاعی که درمورد هسته پیش از خود می دهند، به بند های تحدیدی و غیر تحدیدی تقسیم می کند؛ از آنجا که بندهای تحدیدی اطّلاع لازمی درمورد هسته ارائه می دهند، غیر قابل حذف هستند و بندهای غیر تحدیدی را چون اطّلاع اضافه می دهند، می توان حذف کرد. در کرمانجی افزون بر این دو نوع، ساخت موصولی دیگری باعنوان ساخت اسنادی وجود دارد که در آن بر هسته اسمی تأکید می شود. در این گویش هیچ بند موصولی ای وجود ندارد که بدون هسته اسمی به کار رود و باید به طور قطع دارای هسته اسمی باشد. بند های موصولی در کرمانجی برونی هستند و پس از هسته واقع می شوند. داده های پژوهش حاضر از راه مصاحبه با چند گویشور و کتاب ئه ز ئنسانم (قلیکی میلان، 1380) جمع آوری شده اند.  
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The Construction and Validation of a Q-matrix for a High-stakes Reading Comprehension Test: A G-DINA Study

کلیدواژه‌ها: Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment Test Reading Comprehension Q-Matrix construction Q-matrix Validation

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Investigating the processes underlying test performance is a major source of data for supporting the explanation inference in the validity argument (Chappelle, 2021). One way of modeling the cognitive processes underlying test performance is through the construction of a Q-matrix, which is essentially about summarizing the attributes explaining test takers’ response behavior. The current study documents the construction and validation of a Q-matrix for a high stakes test of reading within a generalized-deterministic inputs, noisy “and” gate (G-DINA) model framework. To this end, the attributes underlying the 20 items of the reading comprehension test were specified through retrospective verbal reports and domain experts’ Delphi techniques. In the ensuing stage, the Q-matrix thus developed along with item response data of 2625 test-takers were subjected to empirical analysis using the procedure suggested by de la Torre and Chiu (2016). Item-level results showed that, except for one item, the processes underlying the other items were captured by compensatory and additive models. This finding has significant implications for model selection for DCM practitioners.
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Studying the Effect of Retrieval Direction during Reading on Productive and Receptive Knowledge of Vocabulary(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلیدواژه‌ها: Retrieval receptive recall productive recall

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Retrieval tasks provide learners with an opportunity to focus both on meaning and on form. There are four different retrieval directions. The present study aimed to identify the optimal direction of recall type retrievals during reading and to investigate the outcomes of each one. Forty-eight intermediate EFL learners took part in the study. One of the experimental groups was provided with the productive retrieval version of the reading text, and the other experimental group with the receptive retrieval version. A Posttest was conducted in both productive and receptive directions for all the groups. Delayed posttests were administered two weeks after the treatment without prior notice to evaluate the time effect on participants' performance in each group. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference in participants' performance in immediate and delayed posttests based on the method of retrieval. Further explanation of the effect of each retrieval direction on immediate and delayed posttests has been presented.
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Impact of Teacher Training Course on Iranian EFL Teachers’ Beliefs(مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)

کلیدواژه‌ها: Teacher Training Course teacher beliefs beliefs about language learning Field of Study

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Beliefs are an important aspect of any learning program as they affect the way teachers and students define their roles, and the way they approach their duties and responsibilities. Besides, they highly affect teachers’ practices, methods, and lesson plans. The importance of beliefs inspired the present researchers to evaluate and compare EFL teachers’ beliefs before and after a teacher training course (TTC) at language institutes in Isfahan to see if teacher training program influence the enrolled teachers’ beliefs about different aspects of a learning situation. To this purpose, a modified version of Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory (BALLI) was administered to a total of 110 Iranian EFL teachers in Isfahan. The teachers came from different majors (TEFL, translation, English literature, and other non-English majors), and were further divided into two groups: those who had participated in at least a TTC, and those who had no experience of attending a TTC. The BALLI scores of the teachers were then classified and analyzed by a t test and an ANOVA. The results revealed that beliefs about language learning did not significantly change in the wake of attending a TTC, and that no significant difference was observed as far as the participants’ field of study was concerned.
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Using Mobile Phone Applications in Teaching and Learning Process

کلیدواژه‌ها: LEARNING SMS mobile phone applications teaching browsing downloading camera

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This quantitative, qualitative study investigates the usage of mobile phone applications in teaching and learning processes. The study aims to identify the benefits, difficulties, and resolutions of using mobile phone applications. The study was conducted in the English Department at Hebron University at the second semester of the academic years 2015/2016. The study focuses on the Business English course. A questionnaire was used to show the general attitudes of the students towards the effects of using mobile phone applications in the classroom. Interviews were administered to reveal the general attitudes of the students and instructors towards the difficulties and the solutions. The results showed that most students responded positively to using mobile applications in teaching and learning processes. In addition, all students had smart phones, and they used varied brands applications in the learning process. Moreover, the results indicated that students understand and learn better through using the applications.
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Ideational Grammatical Metaphor in Merry Shelly’s Frankenstein and its Cinematic Adaptation(مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)

کلیدواژه‌ها: grammatical metaphor systemic functional grammar

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Within Systemic Functional Linguistics, Grammatical Metaphor (GM) is a meaning-making resource lying at the experiential level that extends the meaning potential through cross-stratal re-mappings between the grammar and the semantics, boiling down, in one of its manifestations to expressing something that should have been a process (verb) in terms of a thing (noun). This study is an attempt at seeing how the frequency of GM used in the novel ‘Frankenstein’ written by Mary Shelly plays out in its cinematic adaptation. It is an attempt at investigating possible differences in the use of GM in the novel as a type of literary prose fiction and in one of its cinematic adaptations, the respective frequencies, along with what implications these differences carry in terms of generic features and functions of GM. In the 4200-word corpus analyzed for the movie adaptation, there were 70 instances of GM emerging upon analysis. In the 4200-word purposively sampled excerpt of the novel, there were above 330 instances of GM emerging. So the frequency of instances of GM in the written version was much more than that in the cinematic adaptation. This significant difference carries many possible cognitive, semantic, discursive, generic and textual implications. A number of pedagogical implications accrue to this research, such as increasing the knowledge of teachers and English language instructors with regard to the role of GM in making metaphorical forms in different texts, increasing knowledge of how to approach the teaching of the skill of reading and writing in upper-intermediate and intermediate classes, deeper critical reading abilities for learners, etc. 
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Textbook Mediation in EFL University Students’ Learning(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

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کلیدواژه‌ها: Sociocultural theory Mediation Artifacts Textbooks EFL university students

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Driven by the concept of mediation, this study is set out to use sociocultrual theory as the theoretical framework to explore the mediation role of textbooks, specifically, the series Northstar in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) university classes in Vietnam. Learning journals with guided questions are employed to collect data on how different aspects of English textbooks assist students’ learning in the classroom. Besides, transcripts of recorded classroom obervations are analysed to interpret how the textbooks formulate and faciliate students’ ideas related to the given tasks and generate their interaction in both the target language and the mother tongue. It is found from the students’ journals that the textbooks assist them in understanding the lesson contents and the images help them with visualizing the lessons. Besides, the students make use of the tasks/activities when practising language skills, especially the listening skill. The transcripts reveal the process in which students refer to their previous knowledge related to the topics/tasks provided in the textbooks to interact with one other. More speficially, the tasks and the ideas of other group members mediate more thoughts of the students, leading to collective knowledge construction and task completion. From the findings, recommendations for the use of textbooks in the framework of sociocultrual theory are put forward.
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A Survey on Intercultural Contact (IC) among Iranian EFL Students: Validating a Questionnaire(مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)

کلیدواژه‌ها: intercultural contact Validity Reliability EFL students

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Intercultural contact (IC) among students has received a great prominence in EFL and ESL contexts in recent years; therefore, this study was an attempt to modify and validate a questionnaire as an instrument to elicit the resources from which Iranian EFL students obtain their IC information. To reach this aim, a modified version of Peng and Wu’s questionnaire with 26 items and five factors was administered among 200 male and female Iranian EFL students from different language institutes in Tabriz, Iran. To determine the reliability and validity of the modified questionnaire, the statistical analyses of the model and fitness of the questionnaire were conducted by SmartPLS3 software. The results of reliability analyses using three measures of Cronbach’s alpha, combined reliability (CR) and average variance extraction (AVE) demonstrated that the questionnaire has a good reliability. Moreover, the results of construct crossvalidated communality (Q²) proved the construct validity of the questionnaire. Additionally, the results of correlation coefficient matrix and p value for all the latent variables demonstrated that all the paths and relationships in the model are significant and the model is a good fit. This study also clarifies the implication of such a questionnaire for ELT and presents some suggestions for future studies.
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The Effect of EQ and Gender on Oral Cloze Performance of Simultaneous Interpreting Students(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلیدواژه‌ها: Simultaneous Interpreting Oral Cloze Performance Emotional Intelligence Gender

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This research sought to investigate the relationship between simultaneous interpreters’ oral cloze performance, their emotional intelligence, and gender. In other words, the study tried to predict the variability in performance on simultaneous interpreting (SI) oral cloze test based on the variability in gender, emotional quotient (EQ) and its subscales. To this end, a number of seventy participants majoring in English Translation attending the course Oral Interpretation were selected. The Emotional Quotient Inventory (Bar-On, 1997) questionnaire was given to participants to gather the data. The students were also asked to take an oral cloze exam. The results of the study showed that no significant relationship was found between total EQ and oral cloze performance. However, two of the subscales of EQ, i.e. Flexibility and Stress Tolerance were found to be positive predictors of SI oral cloze score together. The results of the study indicated that the mere acquisition of oral cloze skill as one of the skills required for simultaneous interpreting, cannot guarantee students’ achievement in interpreting. Rather the consideration of personality traits can have a facilitative effect. Moreover, with regard to gender no association was found between student interpreters’ performance and their gender.
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Cultuling Analysis of “Devaluation” in the Iranian Culture(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

کلیدواژه‌ها: ارزش کاهی الگوی مفهومی تحلیل زباهنگ هَیجامَد الگوی فرهنگی الگوی SPEAKING

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Based on multifarious levels of social status, education, and occupation, people have certain values which construct and reconstruct their identity. In the Iranian culture, “Devaluation” means blemishing these values that make people ignore individuals’ val ues and virtues through certain linguistic expressions. Studying these expressions, one can achieve its dominant culture in Iranian society. Therefore, the current research is an attempt to study Devaluation Cultuling (culture+language) in light of the conceptual model of cultuling analysis. By integrating the components of Hymes’s (1967) SPEAKING model, emotioncy model and cultural models, the conceptual model of cultuling analysis is the most comprehensive model for studying cultulings of the Persian language. Studying 712 linguistic structures and expressions containing devaluation cultuling and interviewing 140 individuals, the authors found that devaluation cultuling is commonly used in Iranian culture with high frequency, and individuals have negative feelings toward this cultuling. Iranians employ devaluation cultuling for various purposes such as destructing and belittling others’ achievements, insulting, questioning the culture of community members, flattering and hiding their weaknesses. Findings demonstrated that this cultuling could represent cultural models of indirectness, high context, low trust, and holistic thinking of Iranians. Informing people about devaluation cultuling enables us to modify and change this defective cultural gene.

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