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Rikhtegar, Omid; Gholami, Javad – English Language Teaching, 2015
The purpose of this study was to find out the possible effects of pre-versus post-presentation input flooding via reading on simple past tense acquisition among young Iranian EFL learners. Sixty one elementary EFL learners were divided into two experimental and one control group. The experimental groups were exposed to pre and post presentation…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
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Nahavandi, Naemeh; Mukundan, Jayakaran – English Language Teaching, 2013
The present study investigated the impact of textual input enhancement and explicit rule presentation on 93 Iranian EFL learners' intake of simple past tense. Three intact general English classes in Tabriz Azad University were randomly assigned to: 1) a control group; 2) a TIE group; and 3) a TIE plus explicit rule presentation group. All…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Linguistic Input
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Tabatabaei, Omid; Yakhabi, Masumeh – English Language Teaching, 2011
The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between morphological awareness and vocabulary knowledge of Iranian high school students. Nation's Vocabulary Level Test (VLT) was used to test students' knowledge of words drawn from the 2000, 3000 and 5000 most frequent occurring word families. Two morphological awareness tasks (a morpheme…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Vocabulary, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Khatib, Mohammad; Alizadeh, Mehrasa – English Language Teaching, 2012
EFL Learners often have problems using the past tense accurately. In an attempt to solve their problem, this study was carried out to examine the effects of using two different types of output tasks on noticing and learning the English past tense. Sixty female school-age EFL learners were divided into groups of 18, 19, and 23 participants. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning