Number of Articles: 6
Using Multiple-Variable Matching to Identify EFL Ecological Sources of Differential Item Functioning
Volume 38, Issue 4 , March 2020, Pages 1-42
Abstract
Context is a vague notion with numerous building blocks making language test scores inferences quite convoluted. This study has made use of a model of item responding that has striven ... Read More
Agile Development of a Custom-Made Vocabulary Mobile Application: A Critical Qualitative Approach
Volume 38, Issue 4 , March 2020, Pages 43-93
Abstract
There have been some observed studies and developed applications (apps), with a concentration on Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL), and no consideration of communicative needs ... Read More
Learner-Centered Education in the Iranian EFL Context: A Glance through the Impediments
Volume 38, Issue 4 , March 2020, Pages 95-121
Abstract
Though learner-centered paradigm of education has long been introduced to pedagogy in general and language teaching in particular, it seems that scant heed has been given to its implementation ... Read More
Exploring the Factors Iranian EFL Institute Teachers Consider in Grading Using Personal Construct Theory
Volume 38, Issue 4 , March 2020, Pages 123-164
Abstract
Although grades are the most ubiquitous currency of educational measurement around the globe, their meaning, particularly in understudied settings as in Iran, is still shrouded in mystery. ... Read More
The Effect of “Narrow Reading” on Learning Mid-Frequency Vocabulary: The Role of Genre and Author
Volume 38, Issue 4 , March 2020, Pages 165-203
Abstract
This study investigated the effect of Narrow Reading (NR) on learning mid-frequency words. Vocabulary Size Test (VST) designed by Nation and Beglar (2007) was administered as the first ... Read More
The Effect of Open vs. Closed Tasks on Improving Iranian EFL Learners’ Oral Performance
Volume 38, Issue 4 , March 2020, Pages 205-238