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Download full textMolavi, Ahmad; Biria, Reza; Chalak, Azizeh – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
This study aimed at examining the possible effects of teacher motivational practices and student demotivation on the way Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners produce request and refusal speech acts. Subsequently, four instruments were selected and administered to the participants under scrutiny. They were: (a) a Quick Placement…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ghaedrahmat, Mahdi; Alavi Nia, Parviz; Biria, Reza – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2016
This pragmatic study investigated the speech act of thanking as used by non-native speakers of English. The study was an attempt to find whether the pragmatic awareness of Iranian EFL learners could be improved through explicit instruction of the structure of the speech act of "Thanking". In fact, this study aimed to find out if there…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Speech Acts, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Rooholamin, Amir; Biria, Reza; Haghverdi, Hamid Reza – English Language Teaching, 2016
The present study provides a report on an experiment seeking the effect of proactive intensive form-focused instruction on the grammatical development of intermediate and advanced Iranian EFL learners. More specifically the aim of the study was to discern (a) whether the grammatical knowledge of Iranian EFL learners at different proficiency levels…
Descriptors: Grammar, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Pourakbari, Ali A.; Biria, Reza – English Language Teaching, 2015
One of the most significant current discussions in L2 classroom research has been related to the necessity of vocabulary in language learning.Undoubtedly, EFL learners with high levels of lexical knowledge perform better in writing and oral tasks. Accordingly, the present study sought to investigate the efficacy of Task-induced Involvement in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Boshrabadi, Abbas Mehrabi; Biria, Reza; Zavari, Zahra – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This study was an attempt to investigate the functional role of textual and interpersonal metadiscourse markers in English and Persian Economic news reports. To this end, 10 news articles, 5 in each language, were randomly selected from the Economic sections of the leading newspapers published in 2013-2014 in Iran and the United States. Based on…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, English, Indo European Languages, Newspapers
