Development and Validation of Language Assessment Literacy Scale for High School EFL Teachers: A Mixed Methods Approach [PDF]
Teaching English Language, 2021 Teachers need to keep up to date with a set of clear and common expectations and formidable challenges that arise in classroom assessment practices.
Salah Addin Rahimi +3 more
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Cognitive Study of Compound Adjectives in Hawrami Kurdish of Paveh [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2023 In this descriptive-analytic study, firstly, compound adjectives of Hawrami Kurdish of Paveh gathered from Persian-Kurdish Dictionary (Mardukh Ruhani et al., (3 Vols.), 2006), along with 25 others added by one of the authors who is the speaker of Hawrami
Payman Safiei +3 more
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A Path Analysis of Autonomy Supportive Teaching, EFL Learners’ Willingness to Communicate, Self-regulation, Academic Engagement, and Perceived Locus of Control [PDF]
Journal of Modern Research in English Language Studies, 2022 The current study investigated whether autonomy-supportive teaching (AST) could predict EFL learners’ willingness to communicate (WTC), self-regulation (SR), academic engagement (AE), and perceived locus of control (LOC).
saeedeh Javidkar +3 more
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An Investigation into the Effect of Foreign Language Learning on the Use of Taboo Words in the Learners' First Language Discourse [PDF]
Teaching English Language, 2020 This study investigated if learning a foreign language like English, French or Arabic was effective on the learners' use of first language (Persian) taboos in their daily written and spoken discourse.
Mohammad Saber Khaghaninejad +2 more
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Journal of Modern Research in English Language Studies, 2021 This correlational research used the association between norm-referenced (NRTs) and criterion-referenced tests (CRTs) to predict CRT scores on the basis of NRT scores, homogenize English proficiency of university students, and design a structural ...
Kazem Barzegar +3 more
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Heritage language and linguistic theory [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 This paper discusses a common reality in many cases of multilingualism: heritage speakers, or unbalanced bilinguals, simultaneous or sequential, who shifted early in childhood from one language (their heritage language) to their dominant language (the language of their speech community). To demonstrate the relevance of heritage linguistics to the study
Scontras, Gregory +2 more
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Cross-linguistic and intra-linguistic influence in the use of L3 French prepositions: A stimulated recall content analysis [PDF]
Issues in Language Teaching, 2023 Investigation of cross-linguistic influence (CLI) using stimulated recall can be revealing at the level of cognition. Cross-linguistic and intra-linguistic influence in the use of French prepositions for Iranian L1 Persian/L2 English/L3 French learners ...
Farhang Daneshfard, Mahboobeh Saadat
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The Differences in the Lexical Structure of Children’s Authored and Translated Books Based on the Principles of Natural Morphology: A Case Study of Persian Linguistic Database (PLDB) [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2023 All over the world, translated books make up a significant part of children’s literature. Therefore, studying the linguistic structure and features of these books, and also the factors based on which children, their parents, and Children’s Books Council ...
Sara Rezghi +3 more
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Journal of Modern Languages, 2023 Female circumcision is a relatively understudied topic in the Malaysian context. It is also a topic that is considered sensitive due to its strong association with culture and religion.
Nik Nur Ainin Soffiya Nik Mat +2 more
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A Critical Genre Analysis of Covert Advertising Through Short-Videos in : The Chinese Version of
SAGE Open, 2022 Short-video social media is becoming a major advertising tool in the digital age. Covert advertising is increasingly used as a major strategy to effectively promote a product.
Dongmei Li +2 more
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