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This study was an attempt to examine the relationship between EFL students’ EI, their gender, and writing performance. To this end, 30 female and 27 male English B.A. students, studying at Allameh Tabataba’i University, participated in this study. After checking the homogeneity of the participants through a TOEFL test, Bar-On EQ-i questionnaire (Bar-On, 1997) was administered in order to measure the participants’ emotional intelligence. Besides, their writing performance was measured by their writing course final grades. Three Pearson product moment correlation coefficients and a Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) were run to analyze the relationships and interactions among the variables of emotional intelligence, gender, and writing performance. The findings revealed that there was a positive relationship between the participants’ EI and their writing performance. Furthermore, the female participants had a higher emotional intelligence compared to the male participants. However, no difference was found between the male and female participants’ writing performance. The obtained results of this study have had several implications in the fields of English teaching, language testing, and syllabus design and materials development.

با وجود اینکه تعداد بسیاری از تحقیقات در مورد مسایل منظورشناختی در کل و به صورت اختصاصی تر در مورد موضوعرعایت ادب صورت گرفته است، موضوع عدم رعایت ادب بسیار نادیده گرفته شده است. در این تحقیق از شرکت کنندگان درخواست شده که به نسخه های فارسی و انگلیسی یک پرسشنامه کتبی تکمیل گفتگو (WDCT) پاسخ دهند. پاسخ های جمع آوری شده به منظور تجزیه و تحلیل رابطه میان عدم رعایت ادب و قدرت بررسی شدند. بعلاوه پاسخ های پرسشنامه فارسی با پاسخ های معادل انگلیسی آن مقایسه شدند تا تفاوت آنها از نظر رابطه میان عدم رعایت ادب و قدرت بررسی گردد.نتایج حاصله بر اساس تعداد موارد عدم رعایت ادب نشان داد که علیرغم وجود رابطه ای مستقیم میان عدم رعایت ادب و قدرت در داده های زبان فارسی، هیچ رابطه ای در پاسخ های جمع آوری شده به زبان انگلیسی مشاهده نشد. از نظر رابطه میان عدم رعایت ادب و قدرت تفاوت معناداری میان داده های زبان فارسی و انگلیسی مشاهده شد. می توان نتیجه گرفت که زبان آموزان انگلیسی به عنوان زبان دوم، علیرغم آگاهی از رابطه میان عدم رعایت ادب و قدرت در زبان اول خود، دانش کافی در مورد این ارتباط در زبان دوم خود ندارند.

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.

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.

This study was aimed at investigating the effect of collaborative assessment, as compared to that of static assessment, on the EFL learners’ reading comprehension, metacognitive strategies, and critical thinking. In this mixed-methods research design study, 62 intermediate EFL learners out of a population of 79 English language learners, were randomly selected and divided into two groups of experimental and control with 31 participants in each group. They were both female and male, who were administered a meta-cognitive strategy and critical thinking questionnaire and a reading comprehension test at the pretest and posttest stage of the study. Furthermore, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 participants and six sessions of the course were picked for observation. A multivariate ANOVA (MANOVA) test was run and the obtained results revealed that the students in the experimental group showed statistically significant gains on the reading comprehension and metacognitive strategy as compared with the participants in the control group but did not show any significant difference on their critical thinking. Similarly, the analysis of the interviews and classroom observations provided important themes which revealed that the students found collaborative assessment a very fruitful and practical way of promoting their reading skills and strategies mainly metacognitive strategies.

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.

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

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

تحقیق حاضر به منظور بررسی تاثیر آموزش مستقیم بعضی از تکنیک های تحلیل گفتمان انتقادی بر خواندن و درک مطلب زبان آموزان ایرانی صورت گرفته است. در این راستا تلاش شده است تا هر گونه تغییر مثبت در توانایی زبان آموزان در درک معنای ضمنی متن خوانشی سنجیده شود. ضمنا، هرگونه تغییردرنقطه نظرات زبان آموزان در خصوص شیوه یادگیری زبان انگلیسی پس از آموزش مهارت خوانش انتقادی از طریق تکنیک های تحلیل گفتمان انتقادی نیز مورد بررسی قرار گرفته است. بدین منظور دو مقاله خبری از منابع آنلاین در نظر گرفته شد. جامعه آماری شامل 60 دانشجوی دوره کارشناسی رشته حقوق بودند که بطور تصادفی به دو گروه 30 نفره تقسیم شدند. از گروه آزمایشی خواسته شده بود درک خود را از هر متن در قالب یک مقاله بنویسند. آنها همچنین باید به پرسشنامه ای معطوف به بررسی تغییر نگرش یا انگیزه آنها نسبت به یادگیری زبان انگلیسی پاسخ می دادند. نتایج حاکی از آن بود که گروه آزمایشی پس از آموزش خواندن از طریق تکنیک های تحلیل گفتمان انتقادی بهتر از گروه کنترل شده عمل کردند. انگیزه آنها نیز نسبت به یادگیری زبان انگلیسی پس از آشنایی با حوزه تحلیل گفتمان انتقادی افزایش یافت.

تحقیق حاضر به بررسی اثرات دو نوع از انواع حاشیه نویسی تعاریف واژگان بر درک مطلب خواندن در میان دانشجویانی که در سطح متوسطی از مهارت زبانی هستند پرداخته است.بدین منظور، دو گروه آزمایشی مورد مطالعه به خواندن 10 متن آکادمیک تحت شرایط مختلف مبادرت ورزیدند. یکی از گروه ها، هنگام خواندن متن چندرسانه ای کامپیوتری، از تعاریف متنی که با اشاره گر ماوس بر صفحه نمایش ظاهر می شد استفاده کرد. گروه دیگر، هنگام خواندن متون، از تعاریف ترکیبی(متن و تصویر) که به آشکارسازی معانی کلید واژگان کمک می کرد بهره جست. گروه کنترل، در مقابل،از هیچ نوع حاشیه نویسی استفاده نکرد و تنها بر متد حدس زدن تکیه کرد. نتایج تحقیق نشان داد که گروه آزمایشی که از حاشیه نویسی ترکیبی استفاده کرده بود میانگین بالاتری را نسبت به دو گروه دیگر در آزمون درک مطلب کسب نمود. در عین حال، گروهی که از تعاریف متنی استفاده کرده بود نسبت به گروه کنترل میانگین بالاتری اخذ کرد. یک توجیه آن است که به احتمال زیاد حاشیه نویسی ترکیبی تعاریف واژگان در آشکارسازی بهتر و مؤثرتر واژگان کلیدی متن خواندن کمک بیشتری می کند که در نتیجه آن درک مطلب به نحو عمیق تری صورت می گیرد.

مطالعه حاضر به پردازش بندهای موصولی مبهم توسط فارسی زبانان فراگیر انگلیسی به عنوان زبان دوم که دارای درجات متفاوتی از ظرفیت حافظه فعال و تسلط به زبان انگلیسی هستند می پردازد. بندهای موصولی مورد مطالعه از آن جهت مبهم هستند که میتوانند به یکی از دو عبارت اسمی ماقبل خود اشاره کنند. هدف اصلی مقاله بررسی تاثیر معنا بر نحوه رفع ابهام این گونه جملات می باشد. بدین ترتیب رابطه معنایی بین فاعل/فعل عبارت اصلی و یکی از دو عبارت اسمی که قبل از بند موصولی آمده اند ایجاد شد. طبق پیش بینی مدل انتشار فعال سازی، احتمال این که عبارت اسمی که به واسطه ارتباط معنایی با فاعل/فعل در ذهن فعال شده به عنوان مرجع بند موصولی انتخاب شود بیشتر خواهد بود. نتایج دو آزمایش صورت گرفته نشان داد که ارتباط معنایی نقشی در رفع ابهام بندهای موصولی ندارد. بلکه فارسی زبانان فراگیر انگلیسی تحت تاثیر اطلاعات نحوی جمله میباشد. همچنین نتایج نشان داد که ظرفیت حافظه فعال افراد به میزان معناداری با نحوه ابهام زدایی از این گونه جملات ارتباط معکوس دارد.