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ادبیات اقتصاد تاریخ تربیت بدنی جغرافیا حقوق روانشناسی زبان شناسی علم اطلاعات و دانش‌شناسی علوم اجتماعی علوم اسلامی علوم انسانی علوم تربیتی علوم سیاسی فلسفه و منطق مدیریت مطالعات زنان هنر و معماری
زبان شناسی چیست؟ زبان شناسی کاربردی زبان شناسی نظری سیر تحول زبان شناسی (تاریخچه) علوم مرتبط میان رشته ای ها نقد و بررسی کتاب
ترتیب بر اساس: جدیدترینپربازدیدترین
فیلترهای جستجو: فیلتری انتخاب نشده است.
نمایش ۹۶۱ تا ۹۸۰ مورد از کل ۱۰٬۵۱۵ مورد.
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Academic Vocabulary in Applied Linguistics Research Articles: A Corpus-based Replication Study(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

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منبع: جستارهای زبانی دوره ۱۵ آذر و دی ۱۴۰۲ شماره ۵ (پیاپی ۷۷) ۲۲۱-۱۹۹

کلیدواژه‌ها: Academic vocabulary wordlist research Applied linguistics replication research Research Articles EAP ERPP

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With the global spread of English as the lingua franca for academic publishing, non-native researchers and university students are constantly facing linguistic barriers including insufficient vocabulary knowledge in writing for publication. This persistent need motivated the development of a good number of corpus-based word lists for frequently used academic and technical words in research articles across disciplines. Nevertheless, despite its importance in corpus-based study of language for word list development, replication research has received far less attention in this line of inquiry. The current study aimed to address this gap and replicated two published studies that investigated the use of academic vocabulary in applied linguistics research articles. To this end, research articles published from 2010 to 2020 in 20 well-known journals in the field were collected, and a corpus with around 48 million words was compiled and analyzed. The findings indicated that academic vocabulary accounted for 11.46% of the corpus, which is similar and close to the reported coverage of the AWL in replicated studies. However, regarding the frequently occurring academic and non-academic content words, the findings showed considerable variation with respect to the results reported earlier. In light of these findings, the study highlighted the importance of replication research to test the reliability of corpus-based vocabulary studies that developed field-specific academic word lists. Finally, the study developed an updated version for applied linguistics academic word list, that might be regarded as a resource and guide for the vocabulary learning component of the relevant EAP programs in the field.
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A Dialogism: The Narrative of Resistance in Patrick McCabe’s The Butcher Boy

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منبع: Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Translation Studies, Vol. ۸, No. ۱, Winter ۲۰۲۳ 101 - 116

کلیدواژه‌ها: Bakhtin dialogism dialogue Patrick McCab polyphony resistance The Butcher Boy

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This article aims to analyze Patrick McCabe’s The Butcher Boy (1993) in light of Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of dialogism. The present study explores the significance of dialogism in the given novel which tells the story of a marginalized young boy living in neo-colonized Ireland in the 1960s. Bakhtin believes that the development of signification between the “self” and the “other” is called dialogue through which human beings define their existence as individuals in polyphonic societies. The protagonist of The Butcher Boy is a non-conformist, unwilling to follow social rules. He creates his very own way of dialogism with his surroundings and ends up in a mental hospital and finally a prison, showing the author’s approval of Bakhtin’s viewpoint towards the importance of dialogue in shaping human beings’ consciousness and existence in the world. Moreover, this article attempts to clarify the resistance of the main character before his society’s hierarchical structure that makes him a perfect example of a marginalized hero disobeying rules and regulations imposed by the authorities to gain an independent resolution.
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طراحی و هنجاریابی پرسشنامه انرژی معلّم: گامی به سوی فرادلی(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

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منبع: مطالعات زبان و ترجمه سال پنجاه و ششم بهار ۱۴۰۲ شماره ۱ 1 - 38

کلیدواژه‌ها: انرژی معلم انرژی افزایی انرژی کاهی دغدغه مندی فرادلی

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هدف پژوهش حاضر، طراحی و اعتبارسنجی پرسشنامه انرژی معلّم در پرتو مفهوم «فرادلی» است. بدین منظور، ابتدا مدرّسان به 5 دسته انرژی آفرین، انرژی افزا، انرژی ده، انرژی کاه و انرژی کُش طبقه بندی شدند. سپس براساس آن، مقیاسی متشکل از 30 گویه طراحی شد و جهت سنجش و اعتباریابی آن، با انتشار برخط و نمونه گیری در دسترس، 283 زبان آموز (170 زن و 113 مرد) با رده سنی 15 تا 51 سال به پرسشنامه پاسخ دادند. برای تجزیه وتحلیل داده ها از مدل معادلات ساختاری (SEM) استفاده شد. نتایج نشان داد به نظر می رسد این مقیاس به دلیل شباهت گویه ها و عدم تمایز سطوح توسّط زبان آموزان از روایی مطلوب را ندارد؛ بنابراین مقیاس به 12 گویه در دو سازه کلّی انرژی افزایی و انرژی کاهی تقلیل یافت و مجدد مدل سازی «SEM» اعمال شد که مدل دوم به لحاظ روایی و پایایی در سطح مطلوبی بود. در پایان نتایج مورد بحث و بررسی قرار گرفت و پیشنهادهایی برای پژوهشگران و مدرّسان ارائه شد.
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تأثیر ایدئولوژی در ترجمه: بررسی برگردان فارسی خبری از واشنگتن تایمز(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

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منبع: مطالعات زبان و ترجمه سال پنجاه و ششم بهار ۱۴۰۲ شماره ۱ 195 - 218

کلیدواژه‌ها: تحلیل گفتمان انتقادی ترجمه ایدئولوژی واشنگتن تایمز خبرگزاری فارس

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خبرهای سیاسی از متونی است که ظرفیت بالایی در تقابل های ایدئولوژیکی از خود نشان می دهد. این پژوهش سعی دارد راهبردهای مورد استفاده مترجم در فرآیند انتقال از متن مبدأ به مقصد را مورد واکاوی قرار دهد و پُربسامدترین آنها را در یک متن سیاسی مشخص کند. از سوی دیگر نشان می دهد که چگونه مترجم در آنِ واحد از چندین راهبرد مختلف استفاده می کند تا یک سازه نحوی را در جهت پیشبرد اهداف ایدئولوژیکی خود تغییر دهد. به این منظور خبری از واشنگتن تایمز در مورد روابط ایران و چین با برگردان فارسی آن در خبرگزاری فارس مقایسه شده و با تکیه بر چارچوب نظری «هتیم و میسون» و رویکرد «ون دایک» مورد واکاوی قرار گرفته است. یافته های پژوهش حاکی از آن است که مترجم بیش از همه از راهبردهای حذف و تقلیل، افزایش و تفصیل، پیوند واژگانی، قطبی سازی و توصیف کنشگر استفاده کرده است؛ امّا در این میان وی با تأکید بر راهکار حذف و تقلیل، تمایل خود را بیشتر به قطبی سازی متن مقصد نشان داده است.
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Exploring Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge among Iraqi High School English Teachers: A Comparative Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

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منبع: Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies,Vol ۱۵, No. ۱, ۲۰۲۳ 141 - 154

کلیدواژه‌ها: TPACK Perceptions Iraqi English teachers public and private high schools Covid-19 pandemic gender differences

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This study investigates the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) of Iraqi English teachers in public and private high schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also examines the potential impact of gender and school type on participants’ TPACK perceptions. The results, derived from a TPACK survey (Baser et al., 2015), indicate significant differences between public and private school Iraqi English teachers in terms of overall TPACK scores and perceptions of individual TPACK constructs of technological knowledge, technological content knowledge, technological pedagogical knowledge, and technological pedagogical content knowledge. However, no significant differences were observed in the constructs of content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and pedagogical content knowledge. Additionally, the study found no significant disparities between male and female Iraqi EFL teachers in overall TPACK scores or perceptions of individual TPACK constructs. These findings offer insights into TPACK in Iraqi public and private high schools and shed light on how male and female Iraqi EFL teachers perceive their competencies when utilizing information and communication technology in English language instruction. Considering these findings, it is recommended to implement training and professional development programs to support teachers in effectively integrating technology into language education, especially within their classrooms.
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EFL Teachers’ Conceptions of Alternative Assessment Strategies(مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)

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منبع: international Journal of Foreign Language Teaching & Research, Volume ۱۱, Issue ۴۴, Spring ۲۰۲۳ 43 - 52

کلیدواژه‌ها: Alternative Assessment assessment strategies traditional assessment

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EFL teachers’ conceptions of Alternative Assessment (AA) strategies in English language classrooms are of significance since they can affect the teachers’ overall performance in the classroom. This study aimed to explore Iranian EFL teachers’ conceptions of AA strategies. In so doing, a sequential mixed methods design was used. The participants of the study consisted of 30 (15 males and 15 females) Iranian EFL teachers with MA and Ph.D. degrees in English language teaching (ELT) who were selected through convenience sampling. To collect the required data, the Teachers’ Perceptions of Alternative Assessment Questionnaire (Elharrar) was used as an open-ended questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted through qualitative thematic analysis and presenting the extracted themes in frequency and percentage formats. It was found that most of the teachers perceived the positive influences of AA. Additionally, it was revealed that the teachers attached some advantages to AA that help them provide a more quality teaching environment. The findings of this study may render implications for EFL teachers, teacher trainers, and administrators.        
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Analyzing the Main EFL Learners' Writing Problems with Focus on Figurative Language: Metaphor and Metonymy Instruction(مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)

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منبع: international Journal of Foreign Language Teaching & Research, Volume ۱۱, Issue ۴۴, Spring ۲۰۲۳ 69 - 80

کلیدواژه‌ها: EFL context figurative language metaphor Metonymy writing skill

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This study was an endeavor to explore the main sources of EFL learners' writing problems through dialogic interactions. It also investigated the effect of metaphor and metonymy on EFL learners' writing achievement. To achieve this end, the researcher adopted mixed-method research with a sample of intermediate language students from both genders. In the qualitative section, 20 EFL learners were selected through purposive sampling, and in the quantitative section, 120 language students were selected through convenience sampling from a university in Gorgan. Data were gathered through Quick Oxford Placement Test (OPT), writing tests, and a semi-structured interview. After recording and transcribing the interviews, the transcripts of the interviews were formatted using the software NVIVO 11 Pro®. With the help of this software, the textual data were reduced into some statements which could reflect the main ideas of the participants’ lived experiences without any intervention from the researcher. However, the data of the tests were inserted into SPSS software and the ANCOVA test was run to indicate differences between the three groups in terms of their writing improvement. The main results suggested that metaphor and metonymy through dialogic interactions had significant effects on the participations’ writing achievement. As well as that, findings from the analysis of data revealed the four main sources of writing problems as linguistic, personal, epistemological, and ecological.       
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Functions of Reporting Verbs in the Result and Discussion Section of Research Articles over Sciences(مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)

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منبع: international Journal of Foreign Language Teaching & Research, Volume ۱۱, Issue ۴۵, Summer ۲۰۲۳ 53 - 69

کلیدواژه‌ها: Functions of RVs Reporting Verbs Result and Discussion Section Research Articles

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The interaction between the writers and the experts while using citations is one of the main features of academic texts. For the integration of external experts into the text, writers usually use reporting verbs, which seem to function differently. Furthermore, selecting reporting verbs (RVs) by the researchers of disciplines seems to vary. This paper explored the functions of RVs across sciences. To this end, 200 “Results and Discussion” section of RAs from the four sciences, namely Life Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities, Physical Sciences and Engineering, and Health Sciences were gathered and used as the data, and their functions of RVs were analyzed based on Hyland’s framework (2002). Hyland (2002) considered three basic RV types based on their function, including research, cognitive, and discourse acts, subsequently dividing each category into several subcategories. The results showed that the writers in Life Sciences used more research acts in comparison to the other disciplines. In terms of cognition acts, the rates of tentative verbs were high in all sciences since the researchers tried to report the results with caution as they were uncertain about the findings. The results approved this claim, indicating the high frequency of tentative verbs under the category of discourse acts, across disciplines using verbs like hypothesize, indicate, and suggest to show doubt with different rates. The obtained results can guide novice writers of the above-mentioned four disciplines to advance an authorial perspective and adjust to the expert conventions of the relevant research areas.
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Becoming and Identity Change in No Longer at Ease Based on Deleuze’s theory(مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)

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منبع: international Journal of Foreign Language Teaching & Research, Volume ۱۱, Issue ۴۵, Summer ۲۰۲۳ 149 - 160

کلیدواژه‌ها: Achebe Deleuze and Guattari Becoming Re-territorializing Territorializing desire

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The main purpose of this essay is to investigate the role of becoming through political and social factors among the main character’s changing identity in Achebe’s No Longer at Ease. The researcher intends to depict the effects of political factors on the re-territorialization and territorialization of the main character through the framework of Deleuze’s theory. The current essay focuses on No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe to discover how becoming and transformation of identity take place throughout the novel and how the main character of the novel is going through constant change and becoming which are the result of different forces. Moreover, the researcher intends to investigate the character’s desires that result in the becoming process of identity deriving from social and capitalist factors in society. Since Deleuze and Guattari’s distinctive definition of literature investigates how minor literature is produced in the dominant narratives of major literature, it can critically assist the present research to discuss that Achebe prepares the ground for indigenous, anticolonial voices in his novel No Longer at Ease. It can be concluded that the main character of Achebe’s No Longer at Ease is in flux due to different forces, and his identity goes through constant becoming.
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Moving toward a Democratic Assessment Framework: Iranian EFL Teachers' Critical Language Assessment Literacy(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

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منبع: International Journal of Language Testing, Volume ۱۳, Issue ۲, Summer and Autumn ۲۰۲۳ 13 - 37

کلیدواژه‌ها: Assessment literacy critical language assessment critical language assessment literacy Iranian EFL teachers' assessment literacy

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In spite of the resurgence of interest in teachers' language assessment literacy (LAL), teachers' critical language assessment literacy (CLAL) has not garnered satisfactory prominence. This constitutes a substantial void in the extant corpus of literature that this study will address. To this illumination, a cross-sectional survey research approach utilizing the Critical Language Assessment Literacy (CLAL) scale (Tajeddin et al., 2022) was employed to accomplish the stated purpose of the study. The current study conveniently selected 120 Iranian EFL teachers in different language institutes and universities in Tehran and Kermanshah province. To analyze data, descriptive (e.g., mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (e.g., one sample t-test) were employed to illustrate a comprehensive answer to the study's primary research question. The results of the one-sample t-test and the mean value for all CLAL items showed that teachers have moderate or low knowledge of CLAL factors. In addition, the findings signposted that effective teachers must retain high linguistic competence, teaching/learning cognition, and knowledge of critical language assessment literacy factors; this could be accomplished by including these factors in teacher training programs. These findings displaying shortcomings and gaps in the critical language assessment literacy (CLAL) level of Iranian EFL teachers hold many theoretical and pedagogical implications for teacher development in the realm of assessment and testing at the practice, policy, and professional development levels.
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نقش ترس و اضطراب در فرایند یادگیری زبان های خارجی: بر اساس بررسی میدانی آموزش زبان آلمانی در ایران(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

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منبع: پژوهش های زبانشناختی در زبانهای خارجی دوره ۱۳ تابستان ۱۴۰۲ شماره ۲ 287 - 298

کلیدواژه‌ها: ترس اضطراب یادگیری زبان خارجی یادگیری زبان دوم زبان آلمانی انگیزه

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ترس و اضطراب در کنار انگیزه و نگرش بخشی از فاکتورهای شخصیتی را تشکیل می دهند که در روند یادگیری زبان خارجی و زبان دوم مؤثر هستند. ترس زبانی یکی از انواع ترس های موقعیتی است و تأثیر آن بر روند یادگیری زبان خارجی مورد بررسی بسیاری از پژوهش گران قرار گرفته است. در این جستار، علاوه بر معرفی انواع ترس های مرتبط با یادگیری زبان خارجی و زبان دوم، به دنبال نشان دادن ارتباط میان میزان ترس و اضطراب با سطح زبانی هستیم. فرضیه پژوهش پیش رو بر این نکته تأکید دارد که هرچه زبان آموزان در سطح بالاتری از زبان قرار می گیرند، از میزان ترس آن ها کاسته می شود. برای دست یافتن به پرسش این پاسخ ها از مدل ارائه شده از سوی هورویتز و همکاران (1986) استفاده کردیم که برای سنجش میزان ترس در زبان خارجی مورد استفاده قرار می گیرد. این پرسشنامه در سه سطح A1 (سطح مبتدی)، B1 (سطح متوسط) و B2 (سطح بالای متوسط) در اختیار 45 زبان آموز در یکی از موسسات آموزش زبان آلمانی در ایران قرار گرفت. در هر یک از سطوح یادشده، 15 زبان آموز شرکت داشته اند. نتایج این پژوهش نشان داد که فرضیه مطرح شده مورد تأیید نیست. به این معنا که بالارفتن سطح زبانی لزوماً به کاهش میزان ترس و اضطراب زبان آموزان منجر نمی شود.
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تبیین استعاره های هستی شناختی و ساختاری مفهوم «دنیا» در اشعار سعدی و پروین(مقاله علمی وزارت علوم)

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منبع: زبان پژوهی سال پانزدهم تابستان ۱۴۰۲ شماره ۴۷ 99 - 129

کلیدواژه‌ها: زبان شناسی شناختی استعاره های هستی شناختی و ساختاری سعدی پروین دنیا

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بر اساس نظریه استعاره مفهومی، نظام مفهومی در ذهن انسان ماهیتی استعاری دارد و استعاره ها، پایه های اصلی انتقال مفاهیم انتزاعی هستند. در پژوهش پیشِ رو، مسئله اصلی آن است که با بررسی استعاره های هستی شناختی و ساختاری «دنیا» در قصیده ها و قطعه های سعدی و پروین، در یابیم تفاوت ها و شباهت های آن ها چگونه است؟ هدف اصلی مقاله حاضر آن است که به درک این مسئله بپردازیم که مفهوم سازی دنیا، دیدگاه غالب این دو شاعر نسبت به دنیا را چگونه بازنمایی می کند. پژوهش به روش توصیفی-تحلیلی انجام شد. یافته های به دست آمده از بررسی داده ها نشان می دهد فراوانی رخداد استعاره های مفهومی هستی شناختی در اشعار هر دو شاعر بیش از فراوانی رخداد استعاره های ساختاری است. استعاره هستی شناختی «دنیا شیء است» در اشعار سعدی و «دنیا انسان است» در اشعار پروین از فراوانی بالایی برخوردار است. استعاره های ساختاری «دنیا ساختمان است»، «دنیا سفر است»، «دنیا مزرعه است»، «دنیا دریاست»، «دنیا اقتصاد و تجارت است» و «دنیا جنگ است» در شعر هر دو شاعر یافت شد. هر دو شاعر با بهره گیری از استعاره های هستی شناختی «دنیا» کوشیده اند مخاطب را در درک موقعیتی که در دنیا دارد، راهنمایی کنند و با تکیه بر استعاره های ساختاری «دنیا» او را وادار به پذیرش دیدگاهی خاص نسبت به مفهوم دنیا و رفتارکردن بر اساس آن دید گاه کنند. بر اساس یافته ها هر دو شاعر، دنیا و وابستگی های آن را به دلایلی چون ناپایداری و فناپذیری، شایسته دلبستگی ندانسته اند. روی هم رفته، بدون توجه به جنبه آماری، کاربرد انواع استعاره های هستی شناختی و ساختاری در قصیده ها و قطعه های هر دو شاعر نمایانگر تشابه دیدگاه غالب آن ها در زمینه مفهوم سازی دنیا است.
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Rethinking Attitude towards English as a Foreign Language in Cameroon: A Case Study

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منبع: Research in English Education Volume ۸, Issue ۴ (۲۰۲۳) 1-16

کلیدواژه‌ها: attitude EFL official bilingualism Cameroon AMTB index

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The present work is a contribution to the debate around attitude towards English as a foreign language in Cameroon. By case-studying an under-searched area through a multi-component tool: the Attitude and Motivation Test Battery, it proposes a different reflection to the question. The test was administered to 211 Grade 11, 12, and 13 Francophone students from various urban and semi-urban schools in the city and its suburbs. It was based on the postulates that attitude is a dynamic characteristic that varies according to place and time on the one hand, and that it is far too complex to be examined from the prism of a single variable. The results revealed that of the six parameters that made up the three components of the tool, three were negative and three were positive, with the integrative orientation slightly outpacing the instrumental one. This underscores the need to envisage attitude as a multi-component variable, as well as the need to reckon with evolving social variables. In general, the results reveal that attitude towards EFL is not as desperate as usually thought. It can be intimated that recent socio-political initiatives aiming at reinforcing French-English bilingualism are gradually bearing fruits. Thus, socio-political ideologies appear to have significant effects on overall attitude towards EFL.
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Exploring Iranian ESP Teachers’ Assessment Practices in Online Specialized English Courses

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منبع: Research in English Education Volume ۸, Issue ۴ (۲۰۲۳) 51-60

کلیدواژه‌ها: classroom assessment practices Iranian ESP teachers online specialized English courses

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As an integral dimension of instruction, assessment determines whether or not the educational goals are being fulfilled. The present study was an attempt to investigate Iranian ESP instructors’ common classroom assessment practices. To this end, based on convenience sampling, eight different ESP teachers teaching BA students from a variety of departments at Rasht Islamic Azad University, Iran were selected. An observation checklist containing 31 items was used as the only data-gathering instrument of this study. The results of the descriptive statistics revealed that some assessment practices including using portfolio to assess student progress, assessing group class participation, conducting item analysis for teacher-made tests, and writing matching questions were applied less frequently in the ESP classes. However, some assessment practices such as incorporating attendance in the calculation of grades and recognizing unethical, illegal, or inappropriate uses of assessment information were more likely to be used in the observed ESP classes. The instructors were also more likely to incorporate classroom behavior in the calculation of grades, incorporate extra credit activities in the calculation of grades, recognize unethical, illegal, or inappropriate assessment methods, and inform students how grades are to be assigned. It is concluded that ESP teachers utilize both traditional testing and alternative assessment for achieving a complementary process of assessment, and they call for an integration of them due to their importance in assessing both the process and product of learning. The results of this study may hopefully be beneficial for curriculum developers, materials developers, course and syllabus designers, teachers and teacher trainers, and the other stakeholders in the fields of language teaching and learning as well.
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Effects of Immersive Learning and Communicative Language Teaching on the Oral Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency of Iranian EFL Learners with Expressive Language Disorder(مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)

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منبع: international Journal of Foreign Language Teaching & Research, Volume ۱۱, Issue ۴۶, Autumn ۲۰۲۳ 63 - 81

کلیدواژه‌ها: Oral Fluency EFL Learners Oral accuracy expressive language disorder oral complexity

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The CTML served as the primary source of motivation for this investigation, which explored the effects of Immersive Learning (IL) and Communicative Language Teaching on the Oral Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency (CAF) of Iranian EFL learners with Expressive Language Disorder (ELD). Using a quasi-Solomon four-group design, the participants, who were all Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners with mild to moderate levels of ELD, were separated into experimental and control groups. There were a total of 36 participants in this study. The intervention consisted of virtual reality (VR) authoring eighty speech exercises in the form of learning chunks for twenty sessions lasting seventy minutes each. In the groups that served as controls, the content was presented using a method known as Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). Both the pre-test and the post-test were conducted orally using the CAF test. In terms of oral complexity (syntactic complexity and diversity), oral accuracy (error-free sentences and accurate verb forms), and oral fluency (number of vocally generated syllables), the findings revealed that individuals who received IL fared better than their counterparts in the CLT group. The findings may have important implications for teaching English as a foreign language and for rehabilitative education.
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The Surviving Nature: An Ecofeminist Study of Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses(مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)

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منبع: international Journal of Foreign Language Teaching & Research, Volume ۱۱, Issue ۴۶, Autumn ۲۰۲۳ 125 - 134

کلیدواژه‌ها: nature Social ecology Ecofeminism feminism Cultural ecology Spiritual Ecology

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The aim of the present study is to investigate McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses which revolves around the relationship between John and nature with a focus on the horses. Different aspects of the novel including social, cultural, and spiritual ecology are studied. In ecocriticism, the otherness of nature is one of the main themes that signifies the gap between humanity and nature that eventually results in the destruction of the environment and nature. This study also shows how the main characters, John and Alejandra, are linked in the novel which turns the present study to an ecofeminist research. The novel mostly depicts the image of John wandering in nature and searching for his identity, to be punished. Therefore, the researcher scrutinizes the link between John, nature and Alejandra and tries to examine how the novel shows similar attitudes towards both women and nature in All the Pretty Horses.
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Using Adobe Connect Platform: A Case of Iranian English Learners and Teachers in Sirjan(مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)

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منبع: international Journal of Foreign Language Teaching & Research, Volume ۱۱, Issue ۴۷, ۲۰۲۳ 41 - 54

کلیدواژه‌ها: E-Learning Online teaching Adobe Connect E-learning Platform

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created the most significant disruption of education systems in human history worldwide. In the present condition, E-learning platforms have gained more importance and become a permanent part of teachers’ and students’ lives. Consequently, studying E-learning platforms from a systemic approach gained the most prominence. One of the available and most used online platforms in Iran is “Adobe Connect”. Therefore, this study has investigated the challenges and benefits of using “Adobe Connect” in the Iranian E-learning system from the point of view of EFL students and teachers. This is a case study in which an in-depth understanding of language learning through the mentioned online platform was sought. The participants consisted of 10 EFL teachers and 158 students studying English at Islamic Azad University and Ilia Language Institute in Sirjan, who were selected based on purposive sampling. The data were collected using a researcher-made five-Likert scale questionnaire, including 27 items and semi-structured interviews. The results indicated a moderately positive attitude of language learners’ toward “Adobe Connect”. In addition, the EFL teachers presented a series of advantages and disadvantages of this platform. The obtained outcomes could serve the online platform creators and developers, teachers and learners as users of this platform and as a model for countries with similar technology infrastructure and cultural features wishing to improve their e-learning systems.
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Developing and Validating a Model of Iranian EFL Teacher Classroom Fairness(مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)

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منبع: international Journal of Foreign Language Teaching & Research, Volume ۱۱, Issue ۴۷, ۲۰۲۳ 115 - 127

کلیدواژه‌ها: perceptions Classroom fairness Distributive classroom fairness Interactive classroom fairness Procedural classroom fairness

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The present study aimed to develop and validate a model of Iranian EFL teacher classroom fairness using a sequential exploratory mixed methods design (QUAL + quan). The participants consisted of two groups. The first group consisted of 250 Iranian EFL teachers who were selected through available sampling through virtual groups in social networks. The second group of participants included 150 Iranian EFL learners at the intermediate level from different private language institutes in Iran were selected through available sampling from different virtual groups in WhatsApp or Telegram. The following instruments used for data collection in the present study: A Demographic information scale and a closed-ended questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted through thematic analysis by MAXQDA software and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis through SPSS and AMOS 24 software. Finally, the reliability of the developed model of Iranian EFL teacher classroom fairness was estimated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. According to the results, a model of Iranian EFL teacher classroom fairness developed in four main components, including teaching fairness, evaluation fairness, classroom management fairness, and classroom communication fairness. Finally, the proposed model of Iranian EFL teacher classroom fairness found to be valid and reliable. The findings have some implications for policymakers, teacher educators, teacher education administrators, and curriculum developers
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Relationship Between Vocabulary Learning Strategy Use and Learning Styles Using Structural Equation Modelling Across Age and Gender(مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)

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منبع: international Journal of Foreign Language Teaching & Research, Volume ۱۱, Issue ۴۷, ۲۰۲۳ 139 - 154

کلیدواژه‌ها: Learning Styles vocabulary learning strategies breadth and depth of vocabulary

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This study investigated Iranian English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners’ use of vocabulary learning strategies (VLSs) and its interrelationship with breadth of vocabulary knowledge (VK), depth of vocabulary knowledge and learning styles especially in relation to gender and age. There was a significant relationship between determination VLS and depth of VK. Learning styles of theorist, reflector and activist provided the basis for increasing and improving breadth of VK. Also, there was a significant and incremental (direct) relationship between theorist, reflector & activist learning styles with depth of VK. In three groups of theorist, reflector, and activist learning styles, social VLS provided the basis for increasing and improving breadth of VK. Also, in three groups of pragmatist, theorist & reflector learning styles, there is a significant and direct relationship between memory VLS and breadth of VK. In males group, there was a significant and direct effect between determination VLS and breadth of VK. Furthermore, in females group, there was a significant and direct relationship between social VLS and depth of VK. Considering the age of participants, in the age group of 20-24 years, there was a significant and direct relationship between metacognitive VLS and breadth of VK. However, in the age group of 25-30 years, there was a significant and direct relationship between cognitive VLS and breadth of VK. Given the important mediating effects of gender and age, it is proposed that vocabulary learning be strategically and stylistically integrated into the accumulative process of English learning.
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The Efficacy of the Inclusion of Recast and Prompts Corrective Feedback in Task- based Language Teaching on Iranian EFL Learners' Grammar Knowledge(مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)

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منبع: The Journal of English Language Pedagogy and Practice, Vol.۱۶, No.۳۲, Spring & Summer ۲۰۲۳ 177 - 201

کلیدواژه‌ها: corrective feedback recast prompt Oral Performance Test Untimed Grammatical Judgment Test

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This study was an attempt to explore the impacts of recast and prompt as two types of corrective feedback on the development of knowledge of past tense by Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners. This study followed quasi- experimental design including pre-test, treatment, an immediate post-test, and a delayed post-test procedure. Initially, the pretest data from learners' performance on the Oral Performance Test (OPT) and the Untimed Grammatical Judgment Test (UGJT) was collected. After administering the pretest, the researchers gave the treatment to two experimental groups. Recast corrective feedback was supplied to the first experimental group, prompt corrective feedback was provided to the second experimental group, and no specific corrective feedback was given to the control group. The immediate post-test was given immediately following the delayed post-test, which was performed three weeks later. The findings of the study showed that when it came to their explicit and implicit knowledge of past tense, students who received prompt or recast corrective feedback outperformed those who received no particular corrective feedback. The results also showed that in this area, students in the group receiving prompt corrective feedback still did significantly much better than those in the recast group. The findings of this study may be useful for all stakeholders in the field of education but particularly for language teachers and students. They would benefit language teachers, teacher trainers, and material developers interested in employing task-based approach with feedback in their pedagogical activities.

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