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L’objectif de cette recherche est d’analyser les caractéristiques des tâches numériques proposées dans les manuels de FLE et sa mise en place par les enseignants iraniens. Les outils de la collecte des données comprennent donc des manuels de FLE utilisés dans les instituts de langues en Iran et les entretiens avec 18 enseignants iraniens. Deux dispositifs d’analyse de données ont alors été adoptés : une grille d’analyse des tâches numériques et le logiciel MAXQDA. L’analyse des manuels montrent que les tâches numériques ont pris une place croissante dans les méthodes étudiées. Les résultats obtenus de l’analyse des entretiens révèlent que la majorité des enseignantes n’effectuent pas les tâches numériques proposées par les manuels dû à plusieurs facteurs notamment le manque de temps et d’installation numérique dans leurs instituts. Pour certaines interviewées la mise en œuvre des tâches numériques équivaut à l’utilisation des sites Internet pour proposer des exercices aux apprenants ou à l’enseignement à distance. Nous pouvons conclure des résultats que le besoin des stages de formation est ressenti de la part des enseignants pour d’abord les initier au concept de tâche et de tâche numérique et ensuite les former à la mise en place des outils numériques dans le processus d’enseignement, selon un choix raisonné compte tenu de leur contexte, en vue de créer un environnement authentique d’enseignement/apprentissage du FLE en Iran.

An intervention study was conducted to investigate whether individuals with Down syndrome would benefit from teaching alphabetic skill and single word reading in foreign /second language despite their phonological, cognitive, memory, and intellectual disabilities. This study is a part of a longitudinal case study focusing on developing a program for reading English done at three stages which comprised teaching English alphabet, vocabulary, and reading. The study focused on a Persian speaking girl with Down syndrome who demonstrated phonological deficit prior to intervention. Data were collected by video recording, documentation, and keeping diaries. Assessments of progress were made at the beginning of a new session following the last teaching session and maintenance of gains was held three months after the last teaching session. The result showed significant gains in reading monosyllabic words. The findings demonstrated that Down syndrome individuals can learn basic reading skill in second / foreign language using "combined approach of phonics and reading" along with multisensory language learning approach (MSL).

This study attempted to explore to what extent each of the three techniques of culture narratives, culture capsules and culture training activities significantly affect the critical cultural awareness of Iranian EFL learners by comparing their means from pretest to post-test questionnaire after ten-session treatment. Furthermore, it investigated whether there are any differences in the effectiveness of these techniques. Regarding the participants, the testing group was 154 undergraduate English language translation students, including both male and female students, forming three experimental groups. This investigation used the quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design. The sampling method was convenience sampling. The homogeneity test and a pre-post critical cultural awareness questionnaire were used to collect data. The collected data were analyzed through Repeated Measures ANOVA and Simple Effect Analysis. Based on the obtained results, there were significant differences between the pretest and the post-test, which means that by applying the techniques mentioned above, the critical cultural awareness of learners increased. Also, there were significant differences between the three groups’ overall means on pre-post critical cultural awareness questionnaires. Considering the three groups, culture narratives, culture capsule and culture training activities, the former outperforms the others. Furthermore, between culture training activities and culture capsule groups, the culture training activities group performed better than the culture capsule group.