Quality of ESP Courses for nursing Students: Expectations and Challenges [PDF]
Background: The present study set out to examine English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for nursing instructors’ perceptions of what constitutes quality ESP delivery and their perceptions on the challenges that may inhibit the provision of the quality in ...
Majid Farahian, Yusef Rajabi
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The Impact of Culture-bound Content on Learning Productive Skills within CBLT Program in EAP Classrooms [PDF]
Despite the determining role of culture-bound materials in the enhancement of EFL learners’ productive skills, a scarcity of investigation on the influence of culture-oriented content on their productive skills is staunchly perceived.
Esmaeil Hassannejad +2 more
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This article investigates the effects of stroke on students’ L2-grit levels in an EFL context in Northern Iraq. A model was created to find how various components such as verbal, non-verbal, valuing, and activities that determine stroke levels affect ...
Diyar J. M. Mohammed +3 more
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The Comparative Effect of Dynamic vs. Diagnostic Assessment on EFL Learners’ Speaking ability [PDF]
There has been a growing interest in the implementation of different types of assessment, including dynamic and diagnostic, in L2 settings recently.
Neda Kazemi, Kobra Tavassoli
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Constructing and validating a questionnaire on barriers to EFL learners’ reflective writing
The purpose of the current study was to develop and validate a scale to assess the inhibitors to reflective writing of Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers.
Fariba Salahi, Majid Farahian
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Assessment Knowledge Needs of EFL Teachers [PDF]
Within recent advances in education, teachers are expected to be aware of and apply effective procedures of instruction and assessment to enhance learning.
Kobra Tavassoli, Hossein Farhady
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Novice and Experienced EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of the Obstacles to the Implementation of Task-Based Language Teaching in SHAD Platform [PDF]
The present study attempted to investigate novice and experienced EFL teachers’ perceptions of the inhibitors to implementing task-based language teaching using SHAD platform in Iran.
Seyyed Dariush Ahmadi, Sadegh Heidari
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Research Article Introductions and Disciplinary Influences Based on Interactive Metadiscourse Markers [PDF]
Metadiscourse refers to the evolving text, to the writer, and to the imagined readers of that text. It is based on a view of writing as a social engagement. This study draws on an interpersonal model of metadiscourse to examine disciplinary influences on
Reza Abdi, Parisa Ahmadi
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Exploring Effective Classroom Management Constraints in EFL Context: A Phenomenological Inquiry [PDF]
For years, effective classroom management and the constraints which affect teachers’ classroom management have been of much concern to both teachers and teacher educators.
Mohammad Shakerkhoshroudi +2 more
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Second-language acquisition of the English past-tense: from rules to analogy [PDF]
The present study investigates the production of novel morphologically inflected forms in secondlanguage learners of English with Czech as L1. The study attempts to investigate which production model (single- or dual-route) best accounts for L2 learners’
Lucie Jiránková , Luca Cilibrasi
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