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One of the psychological variables which may have a long-lasting effect on our life is labeling, and students’ accomplishments might be severely undermined through the teacher’s labeling. In spite of this issue, few studies have been carried out on the ramifications of labeling in the educational contexts, in general, and EFL classrooms, in particular. The current study is an attempt to investigate the occurrence possibility of negative labeling and how such labels eventually influence students’ psychological/academic potentials. Since it was not possible to expose the students to the experience of negative labels in their real situations, the 100 high-school female participants of the study were asked to make predictions on social/academic success of a fictitious student who was labeled as dyslexic (Hunt, 2006). Besides, they were given a modified 11-item questionnaire (Mwania & Muola, 2013) about their experiences of being labeled. The participants were also asked to fill in the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory (SEI) (1967) to determine if there is a relationship between their labeling experiences, their self-esteem and their reported academic achievements. The collected data was then processed using SPSS. The findings of the study indicate that teacher’s negative labeling was significantly related with students’ self-esteem, their academic potentials, and their future life/success/expectations.The study bears some significant implications for teachers’ education since the findings show that the negative ramifications of labeling in EFL contexts should be taken into more serious consideration in teaching.

در تئاتر امه سزر شاهد قهرمانانی هستیم که رسالت خود را در هدایت مردم برای بازیابی هویت و استقلال از دست رفته می دانند. آنان که در پی آزادی این مردم هستند، با کج فهمی ها، طرد و انزوا مواجه می شوند. نوعی سوء تفاهم محنت بار سبب می شود که قهرمان های داستان به عنوان یک چهره استعماری جلوه کنند. سخت گیری ها و تلاش پر شور و جنون آمیز برای نجات ملت به زنجیرکشیده شده، سر انجام آنها را به ورطه ای اندوه بار می کشاند و نوعی شکست سیاسی را برای آنان رقم می زند. این ناکامی ناشی از آن است که آنها خود را به عنوان مبارزی یکه و تنها مطرح می کنند، که تندروی پیشه کرده است. با این همه، ملتی که هیچ گاه حاضر نیست از تعهدات خود به آزادی روی بگرداند، به اصالت آرمانی قهرمان سزِر پی می برد و از او یک اسطوره همیشه زنده می سازد. بر این اساس، مرگ قهرمان سزر، به مرگی رهایی بخش تبدیل می شود که راه را برای انقلاب هموار می سازد.

Technology mediated learning brings together the users with shared interests. This method makes learners informally engaged in language learning. This study intended to investigate the effect of technology mediated instruction on cognitive scaffolding, academic performance and motivation. Employing a quasi-experimental research, 80 learners from two intact classes at Islamic Azad University, Osku Branch were selected as the experimental and control groups. Telegram as a tool was used in the experimental group, while the control group received traditional way of instruction. Critical ethnography approach was implemented to consider the amount of cognitive scaffolding. To measure the students’ motivational level in both groups, Course Interest Survey (CIS) was administered at the end of the semester. The total average score for each group was calculated. To compare students’ academic achievement, their average scores in the final academic test were considered. An Independent samples t-test in was used to compare the mean scores. The results indicated that technology mediated learning brought about cognitive scaffolding and the students in the experimental group outperformed the control group in terms of motivation and academic achievement. The results of the study suggest that to bring about academically successful students, practitioners should use technology mediated instruction.