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Mostafa Azari Noughabi; Mohammad Davoudi – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2024
In spite of the proliferation of research studies on vocabulary knowledge, investigating the relationship between self-regulation, vocabulary size, and collocational knowledge among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners has received scant attention. The current study aimed to investigate whether vocabulary and collocation size can explain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Independent Study
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Roohani, Ali; Heidari Vincheh, Maryam – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL), which provides access to learning without the constraints of place and time, is worthy of exploration for pedagogical purposes. Given the use of gaming applications and social media as potential instructional methods for MALL, this study investigated the effect of these two methods, along with traditional…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Game Based Learning
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Ghoorchaei, Behrooz; Mamashloo, Fatemeh; Ayatollahi, Mohammad Ali; Mohammadzadeh, Ayesheh – Cogent Education, 2022
Investigations have been too limited and inconclusive to find out whether written corrective feedback improves grammatical accuracy of learners. This study aimed at investigating the comparative effects of direct and indirect corrective feedback on short-term and long-term retention of the subject-verb agreement by Iranian EFL writers. The design…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Direct Instruction, Error Correction, Feedback (Response)
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Goldouz, Elnaz; Baleghizadeh, Sasan – MEXTESOL Journal, 2021
This study was conducted to identify Iranian EFL teachers' perceptions regarding the most serious written errors made by young adult EFL learners, along with the most effective types of written corrective feedback to deal with them. Data were collected from 253 Iranian EFL teachers through a questionnaire made by the researchers and were analyzed…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Barghamadi, Maryam – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2021
Citation is an essential part of academic writing and allows writers to make strong arguments, review previous research, and express their opinions. This study investigates reporting verbs as a part of citation practice in the research articles published in Iranian and international journals (with different linguacultural backgrounds) in…
Descriptors: Verbs, Research Reports, Citations (References), Periodicals
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Farshi, Najmeh; Tavakoli, Mansoor – Language Teaching Research, 2021
The purpose of this study was to find out, whether three methods of presenting input, were effective in relation to language aptitude. Persian-speaking learners of English were provided with 20 grammatical collocations (verb-preposition collocations) embedded in authentic passages, lexically/grammatically elaborated passages, and…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Linguistic Input, Grammar, Indo European Languages
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Asadi, Mozhgan; Zarifian, Talieh; Kazemi, Mehdi Dastjerdi; Ghaedamini Harouni, Gholamreza – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
This mixed two-way experimental, cross-sectional study investigated fast-mapping (FM) of novel nouns and verbs in 63 Persian-speaking toddlers aged 30 months, including 31 late-talking (LT) and 32 typically developing (TD) matched with respect to age and maternal education. Toddlers were classified as LT if they had limited expressive vocabulary…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Indo European Languages, Cognitive Mapping, Nouns