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This study compared the effects of two types of form-focused tasks on proceduralization and transfer of linguistics knowledge in case of English modals. All participants of the study attended pretests, posttests and delayed posttests. The procedural comprehension and production knowledge were measured through the groups’ performance on a timed dual task test that resembled the context of practice. The transfer of knowledge was measured by evaluating the performance of participants on a timed dual task test in a context dissimilar from or reverse to the practice context. Three intact classes of intermediate EFL learners were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The output group (n= 27) received explicit grammar instruction and a combination of three output practice, while the input group (n=25) received explicit instruction and a combination of three input practice. Identical texts were exposed to the control group (n=25) through listening and reading tasks. The texts were followed by some questions irrelevant to English modals. On the procedural knowledge posttests, the experimental groups outperformed the control group. The participants were able to transfer the knowledge to dissimilar contexts. The results may help language teachers design more effective activities for the learners considering the institutional constraints

باورهای معلمان در طول زندگیشان تحت تأثیرعوامل مختلف شکل می گیرد. بنابراین،آگاهی از افکار و عقاید معلمان در خصوص زندگی وشرایط کاریشان کمک شایانی به درک صحیح ما از تعریف واقعی معلمان در یک محیط فرهنگی و اجتماعی بخصوص می کند. هدف این مطالعه موردی، بررسی زندگی شخصی و کاری شش معلم زبان انگلیسی در مدارس دولتی و مؤسسات خصوصی زبان به منظورارائه تصویر صحیحی از باورها و تجربیات معلمان بر فرآیند یادگیری زبان دومشان، تجربیات تدریس، انتظارات و شرایط کنونی آنها، و تلاشهایشان برای ایجاد نوآوری در روش هایتدریس شانمی باشد. بدین منظور هدف، مصاحبه ها و مشاهدات مکرر به مدت یک سال برای جمع آوری اطلاعات لازم انجام شده و سپس توسط شیوه مقوله بندی معنایی تجزیه و تحلیل شدند. نتایج حاکی از آن بود که بیشتر معلمان چه در مدارس دولتی ویا مؤسسات خصوصی زبان از شرایط کاری و زندگی خود راضی نبودند. همچنین آنها با عوامل ناامید و دلسردکننده بسیاری، همچون نداشتن امنیت شغلی، شغل دائمی، تعادل میان کار و زندگی، بیمه و در عین حال، داشتن حجم کاری بالا، حقوق کم، محیط کاری پر استرس، شغل یکنواختو راکد، محیط کاری خسته کننده، محدودیت در نوآوری، مشکلات در ادامه تحصیل،و دوره های آموزشی غیرعلمی، ناشی شده از سیاست های داخلی و خارجی مسئولان، روبرو بودند. امید است با بها دادن به صحبت های معلمان زبان انگلیسی، موقعیت و وضعیت حقیقی آنها در جامعه کنونی آشکار گشته و به دنبال آن شاهد برطرف شدن برخی از نیازها و انتظاراتشان باشیم.

The present study investigated the effects of selected presentation techniques including the keyword method, the peg word method, the loci method, argument mapping, concept mapping and mind mapping on L2 vocabulary comprehension and production. To this end, a sample of 151 Iranian female students from a public pre-university school in Islam Shahr was selected. They were assigned to six groups. Each group was randomly assigned to one of the afore-mentioned treatment conditions. After the experimental period, two post-tests in multiple choice and fill-in-the-blanks formats were administered to assess the participants’ vocabulary comprehension and production. Two independent One-Way ANOVA procedures were used to analyze the obtained data. The results showed that the differences among the effects of the above-mentioned techniques were statistically significant in both vocabulary comprehension and production. These findings can have implications for learners, teachers, and materials’ developers.

The current study investigated the effect of collaborative prewriting activities on learners’ identity construction and L2 writing development. To this end, 43 sophomore upper-intermediate university students majoring in Teaching English as a Foreign Language at an Iranian university who had enrolled in a course called Advanced Writing were randomly divided into two experimental groups (groups A and B) and one control group (group C). While the students in group A were involved in group activities, the students in group B were engaged in pair activities. The students in control group (group C) worked individually. As a pre-test, a pen-and-paper writing task was given to all the students at the beginning of the semester. During the semester, all the participants were exposed to the same materials and were taught by the same teacher for one semester. The only difference was the type of activities in which the participants were engaged. At the end of one semester, a pen-and-paper writing task was given to all the three groups. The findings of the post-test revealed that all the students could significantly improve their writing skills. Nevertheless, the students in group B significantly outperformed their counterparts. Most importantly, the results of identity analysis showed that the students in group A used authorial plural pronouns along with adjectives more frequently. The findings of this study confirmed two issues: first, the significant efficacy of prewriting activities were confirmed at the end of the semester. Second, each type of prewriting activity could affect the learners’ identity construction

Investigating the “knowing”, a module of the KARDS model proposed by Kumaravadivelu (2012) for teacher education, of Iranian teachers of learner autonomy, this study is an attempt to illuminate some of the yet unexplored areas of teachers’ various types of knowledge of learner autonomy. Furthermore, it attempts to illustrate how Iranian Non-EFL teachers’ knowing affects their practices with regard to learner autonomy and how this could differ from that of Iranian EFL teachers. To that end 112 EFL and Non-EFL teachers were purposefully cluster-sampled. Based on convenient sampling but only after data saturation was reached were 12 teachers interviewed. Based on the result of the interviews and the data gleaned from the literature a questionnaire was developed. The sample were asked to complete the questionnaire and then through negative case analysis some were interviewed. The questionnaire tapped into the social, political, psychological and personal aspects of learner autonomy. The results indicated the informants, be it EFL or non-EFL, found learner autonomy to be a psychological construct, which can be traced back to their personal knowledge. Finally, with regard to the feasibility and desirability of learner autonomy implementation in the education system, the informants see learner autonomy as more of a desirable concept than feasible. It is hoped that teachers and teacher educators find the results as well as the suggestions-for-action made at the end of the study helpful and that the results have tangible implications for the Iranian education system when fed into professional development activities and strategic planning.

The use of effective multimedia instructions such as mobiles, computers, and the internet in language learning has turned out to be useful since the last decades. The impact of multimedia and synchronous approaches of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' learning of language skills and components has been studied to some extent. However, the impact of computerized mediated instruction through multimedia (text and graphics) on learning collocations requires further investigations. This study aimed at investigating whether synchronous and asynchronous multimedia components: text and text with added graphics had any effects on EFL learners' learning of collocations. In doing so, 150 male EFL learners at pre-intermediate proficiency level were selected through convenience sampling. They were divided into six groups. The results of the study showed that computerized mediated instruction was more effective than non-computerized instruction. Also, synchronous computerized instruction was more effective than asynchronous computerized instruction. The results also showed that presentation through text with added graphics was more effective than presentation through simple text. The results are discussed and some pedagogical implications are presented.

Pratiquer un enseignement utile et durable et maîtriser efficacement une langue étrangère est le désir de tous les enseignants et apprenants de langue étrangère. Cet article vise à examiner l’efficacité de l’activité en groupe dans le processus de l’enseignement/apprentissage du FLE chez les apprenants iraniens. Notre hypothèse principal repose sur le fait que, grâce à l’activité en groupe, les apprenants iraniens peuvent mieux parvenir aux capacités telles que l’autonomie actionnelle, la pensée de l’auto-évaluation, l’autocorrection, l’autocritique, l’évaluation des critiques des autres par rapport à eux-mêmes; de même ils peuvent profiter des critiques des autres sur la base de l’interaction avec leurs coéquipiers. Ainsi, Ce travail de recherche mettra l’accent sur les avantages et les inconvénients de l’activité en groupe. Les résultats acquis par l’étude du terrain nous amène à constater que le recours à des activités interactives maximisait la participation des apprenants, renforçait la motivation, développait la pensée critique. Ainsi, l’activité en groupe intégrait les situations du monde réel et immédiat au contenu et encourageait les apprenants à approfondir les connaissances enseignées.

The present study takes Engeström human activity system model (1987, 1999) as a theoretical framework to investigate the CLT-based English curriculum reform in Iran which was initiated in 2013 by the Ministry of Education in public schools. With the premise that human activity is artifact-mediated and goal-directed, activity theory makes it possible to demonstrate the complex and dynamic relationship between various institutional, social, and individual factors by revealing different contradictions that language teachers would experience as they attempt to implement CLT in their classroom contexts. In addition to 23 language teachers who consisted the main participants of this study, three other groups including 17 teacher directors, 23 students, and 20 parents took part. Document analysis, semi-structured interview, and classroom observation comprised the data collection instruments. The results indicated that despite their optimism about and keen interest in CLT-based reform, Iranian language teachers could not successfully implement CLT due to their inability to successfully resolve the contradictions that emerged in their activity system. These contradictions in turn stemmed from a number of difficulties that emanate from various sources including teachers themselves, students, their parents, school staff, educational system, and the new package. Based on the findings, a number of implications and suggestions are provided for the Iranian curriculum developers, language teachers, parents, and teacher directors

هر فرآیند آموزشی و یادگیری استوار بر مجموعه ایی از سبکهای یادگیری و آموزشی است که مبین سیاستهای کلی آموزشی بوده و شناسایی آنها شرط نخستین هر گونه اصلاح در سیستم آموزشی می باشد. هدف پژوهش کیفی و .... حاضر بررسی گرایش معلمان ایرانی زبان انگلیسی نسبت به پنج سبک یادگیری متخصص، دست اندرکار رسمی، الگوی شخصی، تسهیلگر، و مشارکتی و نیز مطالعه تمایلات زبان آموزان ایرانی نسبت به سه سبک یادگیری دیداری، شنیداری، و جنبشی-حرکتی بود. داده های تحقیق با استفاده از پرسشنامه سبکهای آموزشی گرآشا (1996) و نیز پرسشنامه سبکهای یادگیری بارش (1991) به دست آمد که از نمونه 30 نفری معلمان و 300 نفری زبان آموزان به دست آمده بود. آمار توصیفی داده های تحقیق نشان داد که بیشتر زبان آموزان ایرانی به سبکهای یادگیری دیداری و جنبشی-حرکتی و اکثر معلمان به سبکهای آموزشی تسهیل گر و مدل شخصی تمایل دارند، در حالیکه سبک یادگیری شنیداری و سبک آموزشی مشارکتی کمترین فراوانی ها را نشان می داد. نتایج ضرورت توجه معلمان به سبکهای یادگیری زبان آموزان را مورد توجه قرار می دهد تا بتوانند تدریس خود را هماهنگ با تمایلات زبان آموزان تعدیل نمایند.