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Mobaraki, Mohsen; Nazarloo, Saber Atash; Toosheh, Elaheh – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2017
In the educational system of Iran, in which English is a foreign language, the duration of primary school is six years. After that, these English as a foreign language students enter high school and start to learn English during an additional six-year period. In years seven and eight, English textbooks are embossed in alphabetic English braille;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Braille, Second Language Learning
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Alibakhshi, Goudarz; Dehvari, Najibeh – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2015
English, particularly regarding a foreign language teachers' professional development, has been studied in depth. However, it is not known how Iranian English as a foreign language teachers perceive continuing professional development. This study explored the perceptions of Iranian English as a foreign language teachers of continuing professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Kiomrs, Razavipour; Abdolmehdi, Riazi; Rashidi, Naser – English Language Teaching, 2011
It is by now well established that teacher characteristics play a major role in the way high stakes tests impact education (Alderson and Hamp-Lyons, 1996). What remains an open question, however, is specifying the type of characteristics that have the potential to moderate the backwash effects of tests. This study was designed to isolate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Literacy, Case Studies
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Khonamri, Fatemeh; Salimi, Mahin – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2010
Research on teacher development has been the focus of attention in recent decades. The overall aim of this study was to explore the impact of reading strategy training on high school teachers' reading instructional practices. The study was conducted in the EFL context of Iran. To meet this aim, four EFL high school teachers voluntarily took part…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods