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The Effect of Dynamic Assessment in Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication on Iranian EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension Ability at Upper-Intermediate Level
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Heidar, Davood Mashhadi; Afghari, Akbar – English Language Teaching, 2015
The present paper concentrates on a web-based inquiry in the synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) via Web 2.0 technologies of Talk and Write and Skype. It investigates EFL learners' socio-cognitive progress through dynamic assessment (DA), which follows Vygotsky's inclination for supportive interchange in the zone of proximal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension
Relationship between Reading Proficiency, Strategic Competence, and Reading Comprehension Test Performance: A Study of Iranian EFL Learners
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Ghafournia, Narjes; Afghari, Akbar – International Education Studies, 2013
The study scrutinized the interaction between reading proficiency and strategic competence via reading comprehension test performance of Iranian EFL learners. The further concern was to scrutinize the extent to which strategic competence affected the participants' test performance. The participants were 506 postgraduate students who took a reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension
Effects of Culture and Gender in Comprehension of Speech Acts of Indirect Request
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Shams, Rabe'a; Afghari, Akbar – English Language Teaching, 2011
This study investigates the comprehension of indirect request speech act used by Iranian people in daily communication. The study is an attempt to find out whether different cultural backgrounds and the gender of the speakers affect the comprehension of the indirect request of speech act. The sample includes thirty males and females in Gachsaran…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication, Speech Acts, Cultural Influences
The Interaction between Cognitive Test-Taking Strategies, Reading Ability, and Reading Comprehension Test Performance of Iranian EFL Learners
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Ghafournia, Narjes; Afghari, Akbar – English Language Teaching, 2013
The study scrutinized the probable interaction between using cognitive test-taking strategies, reading proficiency, and reading comprehension test performance of Iranian postgraduate students, who studied English as a foreign language. The study also probed the extent to which the participants' test performance was related to the use of certain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, English (Second Language)