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Fadaee, Elaheh; Marzban, Amir; Najafi Karimi, Shaban – Cogent Education, 2021
Teacher autonomy (TA) in parallel with learner autonomy affects the standards of education. In this survey, the relationship between teachers' autonomy was focused on along with second language teaching styles and personality traits. To respond to three research questions, the required data were gathered through convenience sampling by online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Autonomy, Personal Autonomy, Second Language Instruction
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Vakilifard, Amireza; Ebadi, Saman; Zamani, Mahmood; Sadeghi, Bahador – Cogent Education, 2020
Learners' motivation has been widely accepted as a key factor which influences the rate, success, and failure of second/foreign language learning. On the other hand, demotivation is regarded as a flip side of motivation which has negative effects on language learning processes and outcomes. This study intended to examine what factors may…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Indo European Languages
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Shokrpour, Nasrin; Mirshekari, Zahra; Moslehi, Shadab – Cogent Education, 2019
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) on Iranian EFL learners' vocabulary learning. Furthermore, this study was an attempt to explore if there is any difference between the impact of CALL instruction on Iranian male and female EFL learners' vocabulary learning. Therefore, 50 homogeneous…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Instructional Effectiveness, English (Second Language)
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Aliakbari, Mohammad; Tabatabaei, Fatemeh Sadat – Cogent Education, 2019
This cross-sectional study employed a mixed method design to examine perspectives of EFL student teachers at Iranian teacher universities on their future teaching abilities in terms of California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP) that are stated in Commission on Teacher Credentialing. In the current study, 223 (109 female and 114 male)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Preservice Teachers
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Pakzadian, Maryam; Tootkaboni, Arezoo Ashoori – Cogent Education, 2018
Gender differences have always been controversial in pragmatics. This article reports on a study that examined the role of gender in the quality of conversational dominance in informal conversation by focusing on Persian EFL learners. To this end, both quantitative and qualitative conversational data from 10 Iranian dyads were analyzed. In this…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Ahmadi, Reza; Hasani, Morteza – Cogent Education, 2018
Over the last decades, attempts at empowering student voice have captured, cross-culturally, the attention of educators as a means for improving educational landscapes. Hence, students have been repositioned as invaluable resources in schooling, research, and reform movements. To this aim, this study is to capture how the Iranian MA TEFL students'…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Sabzevari, Amir; Hashemifardnia, Arash – Cogent Education, 2018
This study examined the impact of using cultural materials on listening comprehension among male and female Iranian EFL learners. To this end, 96 upper-intermediate male (n = 48) and female (n = 48) EFL learners out of 130, were chosen through administering an Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT). The participants of each gender were randomly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language), Listening Comprehension
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Riasati, Mohammad Javad – Cogent Education, 2018
The present study is an attempt to investigate the extent to which Iranian EFL learners are willing to speak English in language classrooms. Moreover, the relationship between willingness to speak (WTS) and language learning anxiety, language learning motivation, and self-perceived speaking ability is sought. Furthermore, the study seeks the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Attitudes
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Ho, Walter King Yan; Ahmed, Md. Dilsad; Keh, Nyit Chin; Khoo, Selina; Tan, Cheehian; Dehkordi, Mitra Rouhi; Gallardo, Mila; Lee, Kicheon; Yamaguchi, Yasuo; Wang, Jian; Liu, Min; Huang, Fan – Cogent Education, 2017
Numerous studies have been published heralding the benefits of physical education in school education. Sport and physical activities form the major content in learning and the arrangement serves as the major source of development in students. This paper identifies "quality" as an internationally concerned issue and within the concept,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Educational Quality, Questionnaires, Teacher Surveys
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Eshghinejad, Shahrzad – Cogent Education, 2016
Attitude is considered as an essential factor influencing language performance and received considerable attention from both first and second language researchers. Al-Mamun, Rahman, Rahman, and Hossaim argue that attitude is the feeling people have about their own language. Thus, attitude to language is a construct that explains linguistic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Aliakbari, Mohammad; Heidarzad, Mohsen – Cogent Education, 2015
This study aimed at analyzing Iranian EFL teachers' beliefs toward classroom management and the relationship between teachers' beliefs and their actual practices of classroom management in regard with individual variables such as gender, education degree, and teaching experience. The data were collected using a behavior and instructional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes