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Volume 17, Issue 1 (4-2014)
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Due to the potent role of critical thinking in learners’ academic success and its connection with factors conducive to learning such as argumentation ability, the present study seeks to primarily probe the correlation between Iranian EFL learners’ critical thinking ability and their argumentative writing achievement, and investigate the predictability of the students’ argumentative writing achievement based on their scores on critical thinking scale. Furthermore, the effect of gender on Iranian EFL learners’ argumentative writing achievement was investigated. In so doing, 'Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal' (2002) as well as an argumentative writing assignment was employed, and the participants of the study included 178 EFL learners in three universities in Mashhad, Iran. Structure Equation Modeling (SEM) was utilized to analyze the data. The results substantiated the positive correlation between critical thinking ability and argumentative writing revealing that these two variables significantly and positively related to each other among the predictors (subscales of the critical thinking) of argumentative writing, inference, assumptions, arguments were the stronger predictors. Finally, gender was not found to significantly affect Iranian EFL learners’ argumentative writing achievement. The conclusions and implications of this study are pointed out with reference to foreign language teaching context.
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Volume 19, Issue 1 (4-2016)
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Second or foreign language (L2) learners’ development of interlanguage pragmatic (ILP) competence to understand and properly interpret utterances under certain social and cultural circumstances plays a pivotal role in the achievement of communicative competence. The current study was designed to explore the effects of synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) and asynchronous computer-mediated communication (ACMC) course modules delivered through social media networks (SMN) on the development of the Iranian L2 learners’ comprehension of implicatures. The participants of the study were 90 English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) undergraduate students attending three intact classes. The classes were randomly assigned to one control and two experimental (SCMC and ACMC) groups. An open-ended implicature comprehension test was used to assess students’ ILP development in this pretest-posttest comparison-group study. The control group received the traditional teacher-fronted instruction, and the S/ACMC groups received instruction via synchronous and asynchronous modules of SMNs for 4 months, respectively. Students’ attitudes towards the CMC-based courses were also sought. Split-plot ANOVA results indicated that both experimental groups developed significant ILP ability to comprehend and interpret L2 implicatures after the instruction; however, by comparison, the ACMC group improved more considerably. It is concluded that, first, comprehending L2 implicatures is not impervious to computer-mediated instruction and, second, different CMC affordances may result in differential ILP developmental effects in teaching L2 pragmatics. The findings can help L2 teachers decide how to use CMC affordances and SMN modules to raise L2 learners’ pragmatic awareness
Ms Taghreed Al Sa'ad, Dr. Mohammad R. Hashemi,
Volume 27, Issue 2 (9-2024)
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The present study explored the challenges encountered in implementing the "English for Iraq" curriculum in Iraqi preparatory schools, from the perspective of the instructors. The evaluation of the curriculum was conducted using Stufflebeam’s model, which comprises four components: context, input, process, and product. Fifty English instructors completed an online survey to participate in the study. The results showed that issues related to teacher training, resource availability, and the contextual relevance of the curriculum significantly impeded the successful implementation of the program. The results indicate that the socio-political environment has an impact on implementation. The most important factors that determine the curriculum's success are primarily the sufficiency of resources provided and the efficacy of the teaching techniques used. The research concludes that implementing suggestions for enhancing teacher training and adapting curriculum to better cater to the requirements of Iraqi students is crucial for improving the overall quality of English language instruction in Iraq.
Ms. Negin Moscochi, Dr. Mohammad R. Hashemi,
Volume 28, Issue 1 (4-2025)
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This qualitative study employs the activity theory framework to investigate learners’ perceptions of engagement in a technology-based language learning environment. The participants were English language learners from a private language learning institute in Tehran that, during the covid-19 pandemic, worked with students in different cities in Iran through online classes. The primary data were gathered through observation of classes held on the Adobe Connect platform and a semi-structured interview with 20 learners, which were categorized using a typology study design to understand different aspects of engagement and the influencing factors on them, to justify the data and identify possible contradictions within the activity theory framework. Findings revealed that learners’ perception of engagement and language learning is related to interaction patterns, technology acceptance, and the quality of communication in the classes. Moreover, contradictions were found in the main elements of interaction patterns and how they are integrated with learners’ engagement and language learning.
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