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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Heydarnejad, Tahereh – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2023
In recent years, more attention has been paid to the psychological and physical well-being of educators. Nevertheless, inadequate attention has been paid to the mediator function of teacher immunity (TI), teacher emotion regulation (TER), teacher resilience (TR), and teacher autonomy (TA) in higher education. This study developed a model to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Ali, Zulfiquar; Palpanadan, Sarala Thulasi; Asad, Muhammad Mujtaba; Churi, Prathamesh; Namaziandost, Ehsan – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2022
Reading is an essential skill for students to perform effectively and successfully in any academic setting. This skill is vital for foreign language learners as it provides chances for students to be exposed to English in input-poor settings. English as a foreign language students' reading skills in diverse contexts remain substandard due to the…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Nasri, Mehdi; Rahimi Esfahani, Fariba; Neisi, Leila; Ahmadpour KarimAbadi, Farahnaz – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2020
Using a contrastive analysis approach, this study aimed to study emotive words (EWs) in Persian and English short stories for children. It actually tries to find the similarities and differences between the two languages in terms of using emotive words based on different types and tokens of emotions introduced by Wierzbicka (Emotions across…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, English, Language Usage, Emotional Response
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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Dehkordi, Elham Saberi; Shafiee, Sajad – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2019
The present study aimed to investigate the comparative impacts of input-based and output-based activities on vocabulary knowledge of Iranian EFL learners. To fulfil this objective, 54 intermediate EFL students out of 70 from a private language institute were chosen through administering the Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT). The selected…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Nasri, Mehdi; Ziafar, Meisam – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2019
Considering the vital role of comprehensible input, this study attempted to compare the effects of input with various difficulty levels on Iranian EFL learners' reading comprehension and reading motivation. To fulfil this objective, 54 Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners were selected from two intact classes (n = 27 each). The selected…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Linguistic Input
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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Hafezian, Mitra; Shafiee, Sajad – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2018
This study was intended to investigate the relationship between working memory, anxiety and Iranian EFL learners' listening comprehension. For the purpose of this study, 60 Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners were selected among 80 students at a private language institute in Hamadan, Iran. They participated in a homogeneity test (Oxford Quick…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Short Term Memory, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)