درخت حوزه‌های تخصصی

حوزه ارتباطات سیار با تلفیق ویژگی های رایانه ها و تلفن های همراه عرصه را برای ارتباط سریع فراگیران با دست اندرکاران آموزش و پرورش فراهم ساخته است. هدف این پژوهش بررسی تأثیر ابعاد گوناگون تهیه و تدوین محتوای آموزشی در آموزش زبان انگلیسی به 123 نفر از فراگیران کم سواد ایرانی (70 نفر زن و 53 نفر فراگیر مرد) از بازه سنی 35 تا 55 سال از طریق فناوری های نوین ارتباطی بود. اعضای نمونه آماری در این مطالعه از میان فراگیران سازمان نهضت سوادآموزی واقع در پنج شهرستان استان اصفهان انتخاب شدند. با توجه به اهمیت نقش دستورالعمل در آموزش محتوا برای پردازش و یادگیری اطلاعات، این مطالعه سعی در بررسی تأثیر شیوه ارائه دستورالعمل به طور خاص (سبک رسمی و غیررسمی دستورالعمل) و کاربرد پیوست بر عمل کرد کم سوادان فارسی زبان در یادگیری واژگان زبان انگلیسی از طریق تلفن همراه دارد. در جهت نیل به این مقصود، در طی پنج هفته 36 واژه جدید زبان انگلیسی به سبک غیررسمی و رسمی از طریق تلفن همراه با کاربرد پیوست در اختیار سوادآموزان قرار گرفت. سوادآموزان در پایان، در آزمون جامعی متشکل از سه خرده آزمون چهارگزینه ای، یادآوری و نوشتاری شرکت نمودند. در مقایسه با روش های پیشین، نتایج پژوهش نشان داد ماهیت اختصار پیامک امکان استفاده از سبک غیررسمی برای پیشبرد آموزش زبان انگلیسی به شهروندان کم سواد را پدید می آورد. به علاوه کاربرد پیوست تصویری در تسهیل یادگیری و عمل کرد بهتر سوادآموزان فارسی زبان نقش عمده ای را ایفا می نماید.

Audiovisual devices such as satellite and conventional televisions can offer easy access to authentic programs which are considered to be a rich source of language input for SLA (Second Language Acquisition). The immediacy of various audiovisual programs ensures that language learners’ exposure is up-to-date and embedded in the real world of native speakers. In the same line, in the present paper, some anecdotal as well as experimental studies conducted to highlight the pedagogical values of various audiovisual programs such as news broadcasts, movies, cartoons, series and documentary films are reviewed. The related literature indicates that most of the studies are anecdotal which highlight the pedagogical values of various audiovisual programs as sources of authentic language input particularly in an EFL context where access to social interaction in English as a potential source of language input is limited. As a result, teachers are encouraged to expose the language learners to various audiovisual programs to enhance second language acquisition.  

The sway of the pendulum in language pedagogy towards conscious learning processes marks the paramount role of metalinguistic awareness. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to compare the impact of teacher-oriented vs. learner-generated metalinguistic awareness activities on Iranian TEFL students’ writing accuracy. Sixty participants in three intact classes were randomly assigned as one control, and two experimental groups. All the participants received the same process-oriented instruction based on identical teaching materials. In the first experimental group, the teacher-focus metalinguistic awareness (TFMA) group, however, a collection of various form-focused activities, compiled by the teacher, was assigned and reviewed in the class weekly. In the learner-focused metalinguistic awareness (LFMA) group, the same assignments were assigned as supplementary self-study activities. The control group did not receive any structural assignments. The treatment perpetuated for six sessions and the analyses of the data obtained from the writing post-test revealed that both TFMA and LFMA groups outperformed the control group by producing more accurate writing and that the TF group surpassed the LF group. The findings lend credence to the significance of language awareness in EFL contexts and offer a number of pedagogical implications.

The present study sought to investigate the evidence for cross-linguistic transfer in a partial English immersion and non-immersion educational setting. To this end, a total of 145 first, third and fifth graders in a partial English immersion program and 95 students from the same grade levels in a non-immersion program were chosen. Six different English and Persian tests were administered: the Cambridge English for Young Learners (YLE) Test for Reading, a Persian reading achievement test, the English and Persian Phonological Awareness Sound Detection tests and the English and Persian Rapid Automatized Naming Tests. Given the nature of the research question and the design of this study, linear regression analysis was run through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings suggest that there is an apparent cross-linguistic transfer between English reading achievement and Persian cognitive predictors in both educational settings. Relatively speaking, Persian cognitive predictors can moderately predict English reading achievement in Grades 1 and 5 and can weakly predict English reading achievement in Grade 3.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the new version of Iranian EFL junior high school textbook (Prospect1) from the teachers’ perspectives. The participants included90experienced English teachers (42 females and 48 males) randomly selected from different junior high schools in different districts of Gilan province, Iran. The evaluation of the textbook was conducted quantitatively through a 5-point Likert scale with seven criteria including subject and content, activities, skills, physical layout, practical consideration, language and general criteria. However, it was accompanied by some open-ended questions that solicited teachers' views about each criterion and the book in general. The descriptive statistics including standard deviation, mean, percentage and frequency were used in the data analysis.The findings revealed that teachers have positive perceptions toward this book.They had a positive view about the prospect1 because of its content and topic relevancy to learners' needs, including real life situations, enjoying challenging subject, having communicative pair and group works and attending to four skills equally. However, they intensified some problems in their open ended questions such as insufficiency of teaching time that is 1.5 hour during a week, not focusing on explicit presentation of some words and grammatical points and not paying attention to some sub-skill strategies. These findings can be helpful for curriculum designers and textbook writers to design some valuable textbooks for other levels and to consider correspondence between time of teaching and volume of the book.