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2016, Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods
Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research
From Extensive Reading to Expository Paragraph Writing: Focusing on Advanced EFL Learners' Grammatical AccuracyIt is generally suggested that exposure to language through extensive reading can enhance the learners' language competence. This study aims at exploring the effect of extensive reading (ER) on advanced EFL learners' expository paragraph writing. A total of 42 advanced-level students were concentrated on in the study who belonged to three groups, namely the extensive reading group, intensive reading group and a control group, the latter one of which was mainly engaged in oral activities during the research. For extensive reading, three prose fictions, i.e. Animal Farm, The Grapes of Wrath, and A Farewell to Arms were chosen. Towards the end of the study, which took two semesters, the participants were asked to write four expository paragraphs on four topics already chosen based on brainstorming and random selection. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and the complementary tests indicated that the grammatical accuracy in terms of Mean value of Error-Free T-Units (EFTUs) differed si...
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Finding effective ways to improve L2 idioms recall has been a long-standing concern of many practitioners. This study compared the effects of meaning-focused and form-focused tasks with varying involvement load indices on EFL learners' recall of L2 idioms. One-hundred eighty intermediate level EFL learners participated in this study and were randomly assigned to one of the six experimental groups. In three form-focused groups, the participants received multiple-choice, sentence-completion and sentence-making tasks with involvement indices of 2, 3, and 4, respectively. In three meaning-focused groups, they were asked to perform summary writing, writing with glossary, and writing without glossary with involvement degrees of 2, 3, and 4, respectively. A 30-item test in fill-in-the-blank format was administered to all groups to assess their recall of idioms after the treatment. To analyze the data, a two-way ANOVA and a series of independent-samples t-tests were used. The results sh...
Iranian Journal of English for Academic Purposes
L2 Idioms Recall: On the Effectiveness of Task Focus and Involvement Loadrnal of English for Academic Purposes2021 •
Finding effective ways to improve L2 idioms recall has been a long-standing concern of many practitioners. This study compared the effects of meaning-focused and form-focused tasks with varying involvement load indices on EFL learners' recall of L2 idioms. One-hundred eighty intermediate level EFL learners participated in this study and were randomly assigned to one of the six experimental groups. In three form-focused groups, the participants received multiple-choice, sentence-completion and sentence-making tasks with involvement indices of 2, 3, and 4, respectively. In three meaning-focused groups, they were asked to perform summary writing, writing with glossary, and writing without glossary with involvement degrees of 2, 3, and 4, respectively. A 30-item test in fill-in-the-blank format was administered to all groups to assess their recall of idioms after the treatment. To analyze the data, a two-way ANOVA and a series of independent-samples t-tests were used. The results showed that the tasks with higher degrees of involvement were more efficient on the recall of idioms. The results also revealed that although form-focused tasks were significantly more effective than meaning-focused tasks at lower loads of involvement, at higher involvement load, the difference between form-focused and meaning-focused tasks was not significant. The findings of the present study can have theoretical as well as pedagogical implications for learners, teachers, textbook designers, and curriculum developers.
Iranian Journal of English for Academic Purposes
L2 idioms Recall: On the Effectiveness of Task Focus and Involvement Load2021 •
Finding effective ways to improve L2 idioms recall has been a long-standing concern of many practitioners. This study compared the effects of meaning-focused and form-focused tasks with varying involvement load indices on EFL learners' recall of L2 idioms. One-hundred eighty intermediate level EFL learners participated in this study and were randomly assigned to one of the six experimental groups. In three form-focused groups, the participants received multiple-choice, sentence-completion and sentence-making tasks with involvement indices of 2, 3, and 4, respectively. In three meaning-focused groups, they were asked to perform summary writing, writing with glossary, and writing without glossary with involvement degrees of 2, 3, and 4, respectively. A 30-item test in fill-in-the-blank format was administered to all groups to assess their recall of idioms after the treatment. To analyze the data, a two-way ANOVA and a series of independent-samples t-tests were used. The results sh...
Cogent Education
Raising Text Structure Awareness: A strategy of Improving EFL Undergraduate Students’ Reading Comprehension Ability2019 •
One of the relatively neglected aspects of today's English language pedagogy is the differences between written and spoken grammar. Many language learners often find that what they have learnt in their grammar classes is either irrelevant or (sometimes) even contrary to what they need to use the target language for oral communicative purposes. To fill part of the existing gap in the literature on this issue, This study was carried out. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of competitive and cooperative explicit and task-based instruction of spoken grammar features of heads, tails and ellipses on Iranian EFL learners’ awareness of these features. To this end, 90 female pre-intermediate EFL learners of Ghana Language Institute in Tehran were selected through convenience sampling. The participants were randomly assigned to four experimental groups, receiving explicit and task-based instructions in competitive and cooperative contexts. Prior to the treatment, a pre...
Reading & Writing Quarterly
Development of Argumentative Writing Ability in EFL Middle School Students2023 •
Although competent argumentative writing is important for academic success and daily life, it is difficult to teach, especially in middle schools where English is taught as a foreign language (EFL). Previous research has indicated that extensive reading or writing improves the descriptive writing skills of EFL students. However, it is not certain whether the positive effect of extensive reading or writing applies to other domains such as argumentative writing, which is demanding but crucial. In this study, we explored whether the argumentative and descriptive writing skills of middle school EFL students could develop naturally, i.e., via extensive reading or writing, without direct instruction, using descriptive writing as a comparative variable. A total of 297 EFL middle school students in South Korea were divided into three groups: the first group read books (n ¼ 119), the second wrote about various topics (n ¼ 117), and the third (control) received extended regular instruction (n ¼ 61) over two semesters. Pre-and postwriting tests assessed argumentative and descriptive writing. Our results indicated that reading and writing exercises significantly improved argumentative and descriptive writing competence, but regular instruction did not. However, descriptive writing improved more than argumentative writing, particularly in terms of organization, content, and mechanics. Extensive reading or writing may constitute a feasible option for improving general writing skills. However, more context-specific methods to enhance adolescent argumentative writing in EFL schools are required.
2nd Conference on New Trends in English Language Teaching and Testing Ardabil, August 28, 2017, At Ardabil, Iran
An investigation into attribution of failure-oriented EFL university students2017 •
Schumann’s (1986) Acculturation Model recognizes accent as a means of language learners’ identification with either their mother tongue (MT) culture or the target language (TL) culture which will consequently affect the learners’ language learning effort. Taking up a critical stance, the present study, thus, aimed to examine the role that learners’ attitudes and beliefs play in their adoption of MT (i.e., Persian) culture or TL (i.e., English) culture while speaking in the TL in an instructed foreign language context. The triangulated data were elicited from a number of 213 Iranian male elementary EFL learners, aged 12 to 19 years using a questionnaire consisting of both close-ended and open-ended questions, focus-group interviews and class observations. The questionnaire and the interview questions required the participants to voice their opinions freely regarding the accent they assumed and preferred when using the target language and the reasons for their preferences and the class observations focused on the participants’ reactions to MT-accented as well as TL speech of their peers. The findings revealed that 81.3% of the participants displayed strong preferences for the TL accent (i.e., English) while only 18.7% of the participants privileged speaking English with their MT accent. The rationale for the TL accent preference was found to be composed of nine categories of reasons with ‘intelligibility’, ‘beauty and effectiveness of TL accent’, and ‘resemblance to native speakers and avoidance of mockery’ cited as the most primary reasons. On the other hand, the major reason for assuming a MT accent was to reveal one’s identity through the MT accent. The study therefore highlighted the strong inclination among EFL learners to acculturate into the TL culture through assuming its accent.
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International Journal of English Language & Translation Studies
Effect of Text Type on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners' Verb Learning through GlossingInternational Journal of Research in English Education
The Effect of Unfocused versus Focused Metalinguistic Feedback on the Iranian EFL Learners’ Use of Dependent Clauses in Writing2021 •
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European Journal of English Language Teaching
Effects of Extensive Reading on Efl Learners’ Writing Performance2021 •
Universal Journal of Educational Research
A Review of Research on the Effects of Music upon Second Language AcquisitionLinguists : Journal Of Linguistics and Language Teaching
The Impacts of Explicit and Implicit Instructions of English Connectors on EFL Students’ Reading Comprehension2021 •
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Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods
The Impact of Frequent Exposure to Authentic Audio Visual Material on Enhancement of Iranian Efl Learners' Listening Comprehension Ability2014 •
Applied Research on English Language
The Effect of Argument Mapping Instruction on L2 Writing Achievement across Writing Tasks and Writing Components: A Case of Iranian EFL Learners2018 •
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Theory and Practice in Language Studies
The Effect of Semantic Mapping Strategy Instruction on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension2015 •
2012 •
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education
The effect of structured versus unstructured collaborative pre-writing task on writing skills of the Iranian EFL studentsReading in a foreign language
Readings on L2 Reading: Publications in Other Venues 2016-20172015 •
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal
The Effects Of Structure-Based Production Tasks On English Non-Majored Students’ Attitudes And Grammatical PerformanceAsia Pacific Journal of Educators and Education
Using Pictures in the English as Foreign Language (EFL) Classrooms: Exploring its Potential Contribution for Developing Students’ Writing Skill2019 •
JURNAL EDUSCIENCE
The effect of extensive reading on EFL learners writing performance2021 •
Education Research International
A Sociocultural Perspective on Second Language Writing: The Effect of Symmetrical versus Asymmetrical Scaffolding on Intermediate EFL Learners’ Writing Accuracy, Fluency, and Complexity and Their Attitudes2020 •
International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature
The Effect of Note Taking vs. Summarizing Strategy on Iranian EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension2018 •
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International Journal of English Linguistics
The Effect of Register Instruction on EFL Learners’ Writing Performance2017 •
International Journal of Language and Applied Linguistics
Does the Type of Task Affect Learning Collocations? Focused vs. Unfocused Tasks2016 •
Reading in a foreign language
Readings on L2 Reading: Publications in Other Venues 2017-20182018 •
International Journal of Linguistics
The Effect of an Extensive Reading Program on the Writing Performance of Saudi EFL University Students2014 •