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Receiving Different Types of Input for Learning and Retention of English Grammatical Collocations in EFL Classrooms
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Farshi, Najmeh; Tavakoli, Mansoor; Ketabi, Saeed – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2019
The present study examined the effects of different types of written input on the learning and retention of collocational knowledge. Eighty-three second language (L2) learners from four intact classes were divided into a control group and three treatment groups. The treatment groups were provided with infrequent grammatical collocations embedded…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Second Language Instruction, Written Language
Using a Person-Centred Future Time Perspective Intervention to Enhance EFL Learners' Willingness to Communicate
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Zarrinabadi, Nourollah; Ketabi, Saeed; Tavakoli, Mansoor – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2019
This study examined the effectiveness of a person-centred future time perspective (FTP) intervention on Iranian EFL students' willingness to communicate (WTC) in English. Through one-on-one interviews with the participants, the researchers tried to build a connection between students' English learning at school and their goals in future, and to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Time Perspective, Intervention, Second Language Learning
Metapragmatic Instruction (6Rs) versus Input-Based Practice: A Comparison of Their Effects on Pragmatic Accuracy and Speed in the Recognition and Oral Production of English Refusals
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Shirinbakhsh, Salva; Rasekh, Abbass Eslami; Tavakoli, Mansoor – Language Learning Journal, 2018
Recent findings in the field of pragmatics have revealed that pragmatic accuracy (knowledge) and pragmatic speed (processing ability) function as two distinct and non-parallel components of pragmatic competence. Anderson's adaptive control of thought--rational (ACT-R) model, which emphasises the development of skill through repeated practice,…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Investigating What Second Language Learners Do and Monitor under Careful Online Planning Conditions
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Ahmadian, Mohammad Javad; Tavakoli, Mansoor – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2014
This study used quantitative analyses complemented by the retrospective data obtained through a stimulated recall procedure to address three interrelated issues: (a) whether second language learners use online planning opportunities to carefully plan their speech to enhance the quality of the language they produce, (b) what kinds of self-repair…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Grammar, Accuracy, Statistical Analysis
The Combined Effects of Online Planning and Task Structure on Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency of L2 Speech
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Javad Ahmadian, Mohammad; Tavakoli, Mansoor; Vahid Dastjerdi, Hossein – Language Learning Journal, 2015
This study investigates the combined effects of task-based careful online planning and the storyline structure of a task on second language performance (complexity, accuracy and fluency). Sixty intermediate EFL learners were randomly assigned to four groups (n = 15). Participants were asked to perform two tasks with different degrees of storyline…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Second Language Learning, Scores, Task Analysis
The Effects of Simultaneous Use of Careful Online Planning and Task Repetition on Accuracy, Complexity, and Fluency in EFL Learners' Oral Production
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Ahmadian, Mohammad Javad; Tavakoli, Mansoor – Language Teaching Research, 2011
This article reports on a study that was primarily aimed at investigating the effects of simultaneous use of careful online planning and task repetition on accuracy, complexity, and fluency in the oral production of learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). The effects of four planning and task repetition conditions (i.e. careful online…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Fluency