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Azizi, Zeinab; Farid Khafaga, Ayman – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
Although a mass of studies has demonstrated the effectiveness of scaffolding through group-dynamic assessment (G-DA) in fostering English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' language skills and components, its contributions to developing psychological constructs, such as motivation, learning anxiety (LA), and willingness to communicate (WTC)…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Group Dynamics, Student Motivation, Anxiety
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Elyas Barabadi; Gordon L. Flett; Paul L. Hewitt; Seyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo; Mohsen Rahmani Tabar; Fatemeh Chasetareh – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2024
The current study investigated the associations among trait perfectionism, worry about mistakes, mistake rumination, L2 anxiety, and willingness to communicate in adolescents. A key element was examining the psychometric properties of a new measure of worry about mistakes as well as the Mistake Rumination Scale and the short Child-Adolescent…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Foreign Countries
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Mohammadi, Jahangir; Barati, Hossein; Youhanaee, Manijeh – English Language Teaching, 2019
This study aims at investigating the influence of using flipped classroom model on Iranian EFL eleven graders' English achievements and their willingness to communicate. A pre-experimental design was used in this study. The participants were students in four classes of two high schools in Sanadaj, Iran. Two classes functioned as experimental and…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ghorbandordinejad, Farhad; Ahmadabad, Roghayyeh Moradian – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2016
This study investigated the relationship between autonomy and English language achievement among third-grade high school students as mediated by foreign language classroom anxiety in a city in the north-west of Iran. A sample of 400 students (187 males, and 213 females) was assessed for their levels of autonomy and foreign language anxiety using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Personal Autonomy, Academic Achievement
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Mostafavi, Fatemeh; Vahdany, Fereidoon – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The current study aimed at investigating the possible effects of explicit teaching of affective strategies on Iranian EFL learners' oral language proficiency and the extent of their anxiety in EFL classroom. First, PET test was administered to a total number of 120 female third grade high school EFL students. Then, 60 participants whose score fell…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Pishghadam, Reza; Khodadady, Ebrahim; Rad, Naeemeh Daliry – English Language Teaching, 2011
This study attempts comprehensively to investigate the effect of form versus meaning-focused tasks on the development of collocations among Iranian Intermediate EFL learners. To this end, 65 students of Mashhad High schools in Iran were selected as the participants. A general language proficiency test of Nelson (book 2, Intermediate 200A) was used…
Descriptors: Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction