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Hosseinpur, Rasoul Mohammad; Pour, Hossein Hosseini – TESL-EJ, 2022
A compelling body of evidence suggests that EFL students have problem with logical connectors' appropriate use in writing. This study explored Iranian EFL students' adversative connectors use in their essay writing course. To this end, a Learner Corpus of 60393 words consisting of 156 essays was compiled. LOCNESS was chosen as the criterion…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
Mirzaei, Azizullah; Parhizkar, Reza – TESL-EJ, 2021
In the poststructuralist view, just as language learners' sense of self-identity impacts their language learning choices, the learners' variable investment in social-cultural-political processes and discourse practices can dynamically influence their identity (re)constructions across time and space. This interpretive case study examined how 2…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Tajeddin, Zia; Bagherkazemi, Marzieh – TESL-EJ, 2021
Research into second language (L2) pragmatics has addressed a number of learner variables likely to implicate in speech act knowledge. Subscribing to the same line of research, the present study addressed the development and validation of a pragmatic learning strategy inventory (PRALSI), and the relationship between English as a foreign language…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Tabari, Mahmoud Abdi – TESL-EJ, 2017
Much research has investigated the role of planning time in second language writing; however, the results show that there are inconsistent findings about the effects of planning time conditions on the complexity of the EFL learners' textual output. The current study attempted to consider the differential effects of planning time conditions in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Persuasive Discourse
Farsani, Mohammad Amini; Beikmohammadi, Maryam; Mohebbi, Ahmadreza – TESL-EJ, 2014
This study is grounded in three theories of self-regulation, goal-orientation, and the act of writing. The authors collected the data from 48 Iranian EFL B.A. level students majoring in English in different universities in Iran. The instruments consisted of two questionnaires: a goal-oriented questionnaire developed and employed by the authors,…
Descriptors: Metacognition, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Eslami-Rasekh, Zohreh; Eslami-Rasekh, Abbas; Fatahi, Azizollah – TESL-EJ, 2004
This study deals with the application of the pragmatics research to EFL teaching. The study explored the effect of explicit metapragmatic instruction on the speech act comprehension of advanced EFL students. The speech acts of requesting, apologizing, and complaining were selected as the focus of teaching. Teacher-fronted discussions, cooperative…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Multiple Choice Tests