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Mohammad Amini Farsani; Babak Daneshvar Ghorbani – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2024
Applied linguistics has recently seen a surge in research and methodological approaches to do stronger studies. One important factor affecting such a new movement is the researchers' individual differences in shaping their research repertoire. Therefore, this study, which employs a path-analytic approach, investigates the interrelationship between…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Anxiety, Motivation, Graduate Students
Saman Ebadi; Rana Rahimi; Maryam Salari – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
Using Kane's interpretive argument model and Messick's validity argument approach, this study rigorously examined faculty and PhD candidate's perspectives on PhD admission interviews in Iranian universities. We interviewed 10 professors and PhD interviewees which provided comprehensive insight into nuanced perspectives. We conducted rigorous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Students, Graduate School Faculty, Student Attitudes
Asaie, Mojtaba; Farsani, Mohammad Amini – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2023
Research Methodology (RM) is the backbone of any TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) MA programme. Although a burgeoning body of research has investigated students' attitude towards research and RM course in various disciplines, students' attitudes towards research and research methods courses in TEFL research has remained a relatively…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Student Attitudes, Graduate Students
Hassan Nejadghanbar; Mahmood Reza Atai; Catherine Elizabeth Snow – Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 2024
Despite the importance of academic reading in higher education, the current literature lacks a valid instrument comprising different components of academic reading at a graduate level. This article reports on the development of an academic reading instrument for (Iranian) MA students of applied linguistics. To this end, based on a thorough review…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Applied Linguistics, Test Construction, Test Validity
Farsani, Mohammad Amini; Rahimi, Fatemeh – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2023
Studies on the salient role of neoliberalism in education have increased rapidly in recent years. These studies highlighted the presence of neoliberalism in language teaching materials in different contexts. However, research exploring the reality of neoliberal mentality in young learners' (YL) English language teaching (ELT) materials are sparse.…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Marzieh Souzandehfar – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
This study represents the inaugural attempt at assessing the authenticity of the tasks encompassed in the IELTS Speaking Module. The evaluation is conducted from the vantage points of applied linguistics and general education, and serves to enhance comprehension of authenticity and authentic assessment. In order to achieve this objective, an…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Applied Linguistics
Farhad Ghiasvand; Zahra Banitalebi – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
A bulk of research has revealed that emotions play a crucial role in different aspects of second/foreign language (L2) education. However, the emotions that English as a foreign language (EFL) students experience during assessment have been neglected, so far. Against this backdrop, this qualitative study intended to unveil the typologies,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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
Meihami, Hussein; Esfandiari, Rajab – MEXTESOL Journal, 2021
Citation practices are considered to have a critical role in academic discourse across different disciplines. However, the citation practices of applied linguists have not been regularly investigated. Therefore, the researchers examined the factors affecting the use of citations of eleven Iranian applied linguists with differing research…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Applied Linguistics, Academic Language, Researchers
Karimi, Mohammad Nabi; Asadnia, Fatemeh – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2020
Research publication has increasingly turned into academics' top priority around the world. Since researchers' professional survival/growth in the current competitive academic atmosphere hinges upon their research profile, there is a need for investigating how researchers' possible selves may guide their research productivity. Therefore, in this…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Productivity, Competition, College Faculty
Farsani, Mohammad Amini; Babaii, Esmat – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2019
This nationwide study examines the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) faculty members' engagement in and with research in a major site of EFL context by surveying a representative sample of 140 faculty members. Further, the correlation between the respondents' levels of engagement in and with research and their demographic features concerning…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Faculty
Abdi, Jalil; Sadeghi, Karim – International Journal of English Studies, 2018
Marketization in all public spheres, including academic discourse, has led to the increased importance of promotion. One of the promotional tools usually used in Research Articles Introductions (RAIs) is claiming centrality. In this study, we aimed to explore differences between native and non-native writers in the use of strategies for claiming…
Descriptors: Marketing, Commercialization, Research Reports, Journal Articles
Hashemi, Mohammad Reza; Hosseini, Hosna – Advanced Education, 2019
This study tended to investigate the effect of culture, as depicted in language, on the use of stance in the applied linguistics research articles of two groups: native speakers of Persian, and native speakers of English. The two corpora comprising the discussion sections of forty research articles from reliable journals were compared for amounts…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Indo European Languages, Research Reports, Periodicals
Mehrparvar, Frough; Karimnia, Amin – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2018
Effective teaching is considered to be one of the factors that can facilitate learner achievement. The present study investigated the indicators that constituted good teaching from the perspective of higher-education students at Applied Linguistics departments, Iran. To do this, following a substantial review of the literature, the five major…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Applied Linguistics, Teacher Effectiveness
Karimi, Mohammad N.; Richter, Tobias – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2021
Readers are expected to construct balanced mental representations of socioscientific issues discussed across controversial documents. However, readers tend to be biased toward documents that present belief-consistent perspectives and tend to refute documents that argue against their stance (text-belief consistency effect). Published studies on…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Bias, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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