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Problems in appropriately using the article system in English are globally known simply because they are observed in learners with different L1 backgrounds. The present study is dedicated to an investigation of the nature and degree of such problems when it comes to using articles for mass nouns by Persian-speaking learners. Data is elicited and analyzed from three proficiency groups. It is shown that even highly advanced learners do not have native-like mastery over the issue. It is also shown that L1 transfer is present in many cases of error. Explicit contrastive instruction based on the two languages is suggested as a more efficient way out. The results are also discussed within the framework of the Interpretability Hypothesis as they do not seem to support it.

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.

This study scrutinized the relationship between utilizing language learning strategies, academic fields, and reading ability in reading comprehension test performance of Iranian postgraduate EAP students. The participants were 947 students, who answered a reading comprehension test and a learning strategy questionnaire successively in one session. The gathered data were subjected to a set of parametric statistical analyses, including descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variance, Tukey HSD and Duncan tests. The findings manifested significant differences among the participants in different fields in employing overall, direct, and indirect strategies. A statistically positive relationship was found between the participants’ reading ability and use of overall, cognitive, compensation, metacognitive, and affective strategies. The findings reflected that the actual ability of language learners was significantly influenced by some nonlinguistic factors, and the observed scores did not represent their true ability. The findings can provide an empirical evidence for Bachman’s (1990) as well as Bachman and Palmer's (1996, 2010) conceptual frameworks of language use due to the impact of nonlinguistic factors on language ability of L2 learners in test-taking process. The findings can help language teachers improve instructional reading programs, decrease error of measurement, and narrow the gap between more successful and less successful learners in different fields of study.

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.