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Sepasdar, Mansoreh; Soori, Afshin – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2014
Since age plays an important role in learning a second or foreign language, the present study investigated how different students in different age groups used language learning strategies. The participants of this study were 94 Iranian EFL students from four educational levels and different age groups as, primary (10-12), guidance (13-15), high…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Age Differences, Cohort Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
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Mirzaei, Azizullah; Domakani, Masoud Rahimi; Rahimi, Sedigheh – ReCALL, 2016
Lexis-based views of second or foreign language (L2) teaching place prime importance on the teaching of conventionalized multi-word lexical items, or unanalyzed chunks, as a useful mechanism for fostering learners' creative production of forms and their subsequent development of L2 competence. This pretest/posttest quasiexperimental study probed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Sa'd, Seyyed Hatam Tamimi; Qadermazi, Zohre – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2014
This study is an attempt to examine the possible effect that exposure to English has had on the use of refusal strategies in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners compared with those of non-English learners when refusing in their native language, Persian. The sample included 12 EFL learners and 12 learners of other academic majors including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Second Language Programs, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)
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Eslami-Rasekh, Zohreh; Valizadeh, Katayoon – TESL-EJ, 2004
The present study aimed at investigating learners' beliefs about different learning activities and the degree of discrepancy between learners' preferences and instructors' awareness of those preferences in foreign language learning. The study involved 603 EFL students majoring in different fields who responded to a questionnaire on their preferred…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Beliefs