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Direct linkNourollah Zarrinabadi; Masoumeh Soleimani – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
This study examined the role of positive and negative feedback on goal commitment and energy investment among English as a foreign language learners who experienced directed motivational currents (DMCs). To this purpose, a systematic methodology was used to identify language learners with a DMC experience (six students, four females, two males,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement
Download full textMohammad Reza Khodadust – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2024
This quasi-experimental study aimed to investigate the effect of polite corrective feedback (CF) on Iranian EFL learners' immediate and delayed grammatical accuracy. The participants included a convenient sample of 60 intermediate male/female EFL learners (four 15-member groups) selected from a private language institute in Tabriz. After the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Students
Zarrinabadi, Nourollah; Rahimi, Sepideh – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2022
This study examined the effect of different types of praise on writing students' anxiety, motivation, mindsets, and perceived competence. In doing so, 180 English-majoring university students (102 female, 78, male) were randomly assigned to praise for effort, praise for intelligence, and no praise conditions (N = 60 for each group). The groups…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Psychological Patterns, Second Language Learning, Writing Skills
Zarrinabadi, Nourollah; Lou, Nigel Mantou; Darvishnezhad, Zeinab – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This study examined the effects of praise for intelligence and praise for effort on Iranian EFL learners' language mindsets, perceived communication competence, speaking anxiety, and willingness to communicate (WTC). The students in three English classes (N = 63, all junior high school students) in a private language institute filled in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Positive Reinforcement, Ability, Anxiety
Irajzad, Fatemeh; Shahriari, Hesamoddin – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2017
Supportive teacher-student relationships play a significant role in the trajectory of students' academic life. Teachers may use various strategies to improve this relationship, one of which is teacher stroke (teacher encouragement). The stroking behavior of teachers might be influenced by several factors, including the socioeconomic status (SES)…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Socioeconomic Status, Females, Teacher Student Relationship
Shabani, Mansour; Zeinali, Maryam – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The significance of pragmatic knowledge and politeness strategies has recently been emphasized in language learning and teaching. Most communication failures originate in the lack of pragmatic awareness which is evident among EFL learners while communicating with English native speakers. The present study aimed at investigating compliment response…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Indo European Languages, Native Speakers, Gender Differences
