Keywords = EFL Learners
Number of Articles: 13
DVL-integrated Instructions to Enhance EFL Learners’ Speaking Proficiency: The Digital Image Guide Method
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 06 March 2024
Abstract
The rapid development of technology and its impact on the creation of images have made it essential to provide students with digital visual literacy (DVL) practices to help them explore ... Read More
The Comparative Impacts of Modified Visual and Oral Input on the Vocabulary Retention of Iranian EFL Undergraduate Students
Volume 43, Issue 1 , February 2024, , Pages 121-150
Abstract
Poor vocabulary retention is one of the major difficulties experienced by English as a foreign (second) language (EFL/ESL) students. To tackle this problem, the current study explored ... Read More
The Effect of Online Interaction on the Use of Discourse Markers: A Comparison of Two Flipped Classes
Volume 41, Issue 2 , May 2022, , Pages 1-35
Abstract
Discourse Markers (DMs) are pragmatic ties representing the relationship between different concepts in a discourse. As Fraser (2009) puts it, these lexical expressions are free morphemes ... Read More
Validation of Spiritual and Emotional Intelligence questionnaire and Predictability Power of the Former for EFL Learners’ Performance
Volume 41, Issue 1 , February 2022, , Pages 1-31
Abstract
While the bulk of literature repletes with studies on emotional intelligence and its effect on teachers' performance and students' academic achievement, few have been released as to ... Read More
The Effect of Mindfulness-Cultivation Intervention on EFL Learners’ Reflective Thinking, Positive Orientation, and Language Achievement
Volume 41, Issue 1 , February 2022, , Pages 69-101
Abstract
The present article experimentally studied the impact of mindfulness-cultivating intervention on various dimensions of learning. The mindfulness-cultivation techniques employed in the ... Read More
Effects of Audio-Visually Prompted Collaborative Dialogue on EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension Development
Volume 39, Issue 2 , August 2020, , Pages 1-42
Abstract
This study investigated the comparative effects of audio-visually prompted collaborative dialogue on the listening comprehension development of symmetrical, asymmetrical, and asymmetrical ... Read More
Investigating Foreign Language Enjoyment and Public Speaking Class Anxiety in the EFL Class: A Mixed Methods Study
Volume 39, Issue 1 , May 2020, , Pages 115-152
Abstract
Foreign language enjoyment and speaking anxiety in the classroom are two potential emotion-inducing factors for foreign language learning. This sequential mixed methods study investigated ... Read More
Appropriation Based -Syllabus and Advanced EFL Learners’ Speaking Skill: The Case of Chunks-on-Card Activities
Volume 38, Issue 3 , October 2019, , Pages 39-80
Abstract
The impetus for conducting the present study came from Thornbury's (2005) approach to teach speaking in which he claimed that awareness-raising techniques, along with appropriation ... Read More
A Cross-sectional Study of Iranian EFL Learners’ Pragmatic Skills Development: The Case of Written Requests
Volume 38, Issue 2 , July 2019, , Pages 1-46
Abstract
This study attempts to investigate the pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic development of Iranian EFL learners cross-sectionally when making requests in different situations. To this ... Read More
An Investigation into the Effective Factors in Comprehending English Garden-Path Sentences by EFL Learners
Volume 38, Issue 1 , May 2019, , Pages 79-118
Abstract
The present study aimed at highlighting the possible effects of age, proficiency level, and the structural composition of Garden-Path (GP) sentences on EFL learners' comprehension. ... Read More
Investment in L2 learning among Iranian English language learners
Volume 37, Issue 3 , October 2018, , Pages 131-168
Abstract
Drawing on Norton Peirce's (1995) theory of investment and Darvin and Norton's (2015) expanded the model of investment, the present study aims to research investment in second language ... Read More
Second Language Learners' Phonological Awareness and Perception of Foreign Accentedness and Comprehensibility by Native and Non-native English Speaking EFL Teachers
Volume 36, Issue 4 , 2018, , Pages 103-140
Abstract
Phonological awareness has been defined as the speaker’s sensitivity to the phonological characteristics of a language. The present study is aimed at exploring the relationship ... Read More
A CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF EFL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING AND SELF-EFFICACY
Volume 30, Issue 1 , April 2011, , Pages 119-149