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Direct linkMohammad Ahmadi Safa; Fateme Motaghi – Language Teaching Research, 2024
Studies have documented the significance of scaffolding as a sociocultural theory driven type of assistance for the development of English as foreign language (EFL) learners' language skills in general; however, the comparative efficacy of various cognitive and/or metacognitive scaffolding procedures for EFL learners' listening comprehension…
Descriptors: Correlation, Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Download full textKhajavy, Gholam Hassan; Aghaee, Elham – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2023
Research has indicated the importance of vocabulary knowledge and background knowledge in second/foreign language (L2) listening comprehension. However, previous studies treated these two factors separately, and no study has examined the simultaneous contribution of these two factors to L2 listening comprehension. Therefore, the aim of this study…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension
Ebadi, Saman; Karimi, Elham; Vakili, Shokoufeh – Language Testing in Asia, 2023
As a part of a more extensive computerized dynamic assessment (CDA) project delivered through a dedicated website, www.lingeli.com, this study explores EFL learners' perspectives on an online listening comprehension dynamic assessment software focusing on inferential listening skills while trying to minimize the guessing effect. The study…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Listening Comprehension Tests, Language Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
Meysam Muhammadpour; Amir Mahdavi Zafarghandi; Abdorreza Tahriri – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2024
EFL listening comprehension has been a stark challenge for language learners, but little is known about the combined effect of individual differences, such as working memory capacity, and metacognitive intervention. Thus, the present experimental study investigates the effect of metacognitive intervention on the listening performance and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Listening Comprehension, Metacognition, Second Language Learning
Pileh Roud, Leila Fekri; Hidri, Sahbi – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
The current study addressed the impact of computerized dynamic assessment (C-DA) on the TOEFL "i"BT listening comprehension test administered to Iranian EFL learners (n = 185) who took part in preparation courses on the TOEFL exam in some language centres in Iran. To mediate the test-takers with hints to process the listening questions,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
Ebadi, Saman; Goodarzi, Ahmad – Reading Psychology, 2023
This study presents the results of a sequential explanatory mixed-method approach to investigate the Iranian English language non-gainers of a computerized dynamic reading comprehension test (CDRT) by utilizing a learning style survey. Using an interventionist approach, the researchers used the CDRT software to explore English learners' perceptual…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Tests
Mohammad Saber Khaghaninejad – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
This study attempted to examine the impacts of conceptual and perceptual primes on the word recognition and sentence comprehension of beginner, intermediate and advanced EFL learners. Consequently, 246 EFL learners were recruited for study and categorized into three English proficiency levels. The needed data was collected via Lexical Decision…
Descriptors: Priming, Word Recognition, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
Ghavamnia, Maedeh; Kashkouli, Zohreh – Reading Psychology, 2022
The present study aimed to explore the relationship between reading motivation, reading engagement, strategy use, and L2 reading proficiency and the predictability of the first three factors on L2 reading proficiency in a group of Iranian EFL learners. The participants were selected based on a nonrandom purposive sampling technique. They were…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Reading Comprehension, Foreign Countries
Kheirzadeh, Shiela; Malakootikhah, Maryam – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2023
The present study aimed to investigate the role of procedural and content repetition in enhancing intermediate EFL learners' reading fluency (measured by reading rate) and comprehension. To this end, 45 intermediate EFL learners were recruited and randomly divided into three groups: procedural repetition (PR), content repetition (CR), and control…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Repetition, Reading Comprehension
Madani, Behnaz Sadat; Kheirzadeh, Shiela – International Journal of Listening, 2022
The present study investigated the extent to which four pre-listening activities, "pre-teaching vocabulary", "content discussion", "pre-reading questions" and "topic discussion," assisted EFL learners with their performance on listening comprehension tests across two different proficiency groups (elementary…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learning Activities
Ritonga, Mahyudin; Tazik, Khalil; Omar, Abdulfattah; Saberi Dehkordi, Elham – Language Testing in Asia, 2022
Assessment is an inseparable part of teaching and learning, and it helps teachers and students to modify their teaching and learning processes. One type of assessment is peer assessment (PA), and its effects were examined on developing Iranian EFL learners' reading comprehension (RC), reading motivation (RM) and vocabulary learning (VL) in this…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension
Nilforoushan, Somayeh; Rashtchi, Mojgan; Abbasian, Gholam-Reza – SAGE Open, 2023
This mixed methods study examined whether perceived metacognitive reading strategies differed in Iranian EFL learners with different reading abilities. It also compared their actual (real) utilization of metacognitive reading strategies in different English text types (narrative and expository). Four hundred Iranian university students studying…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Metacognition, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Ali Akbar Boori; Mohammad Ghazanfari; Behzad Ghonsooly; Purya Baghaei – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
The purpose of this study was to compare the functioning of five restrictive CDMs, including DINA, DINO, A-CDM, LLM, and RRUM, against the G-DINA model to identify the best-fitting CDM which can better explain the interaction underlying the attributes of the reading comprehension section of an Iranian high-stakes language proficiency test. To this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Students, Reading Comprehension, Language Tests
Effectiveness of a Negotiated Syllabus on the Reading Achievement of Intermediate-Level EFL Learners
Khademi, Abdolvahab – SAGE Open, 2022
Few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of a negotiated syllabus on the reading skill of learners. The present study attempts to establish if a negotiated syllabus had any effect on the reading achievement of female EFL learners at intermediate level English proficiency. The study was conducted with the participation of 61 learners placed…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Achievement, Females
Ahmed Abdel-Al Ibrahim, Khaled; Cuba Carbajal, Nestor; Zuta, Manuel Enrique Chenet; Bayat, Sania – Language Testing in Asia, 2023
This research set to examine the impacts of collaborative learning (CL), scaffolding instruction, and self-assessment on reading anxiety, reading motivation, and reading comprehension of Iranian EFL learners. Based on Preliminary English Test (PET) results, a sample of 58 students was chosen to represent the study's sample subject out of a total…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Self Evaluation (Individuals), Reading
