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Moradkhani, Shahab; Haghi, Sara – Language Learning Journal, 2022
This study examined whether and how attending university-based teacher education programmes may alter EFL teachers' self-efficacy. Comparisons were drawn across teachers with no academic credentials in L2 teacher education (uncertified teachers), teachers with Bachelor of Arts in L2 teacher education (BA teachers) and teachers with master of art…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Moradkhani, Shahab; Rahimi, Masoud – TESOL Journal, 2020
This article explores the impact of students' proficiency level (i.e., beginning vs. advanced) and formal teacher education judged by academic credentials (i.e., BA vs. MA holders) on second/foreign language (L2) teachers' pedagogical knowledge base (PKB). To this end, eight L2 teachers teaching general English courses at four private language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, English Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Dara Tafazoli, M.; Parra, Elena Gómez; Abril, Cristina A. Huertas – Teaching English with Technology, 2019
The purpose of the present cross-cultural study was to explore the relationships of second and foreign language teachers' and students' attitudes towards Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in terms of their gender, age group, and educational level in two countries, Spain and Iran. The study was based on a sample of 318 language teachers…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Shafiee, Zahra; Sotoudehnama, Elaheh – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2019
This mixed methods study investigated the contextual and educational dimensions of engaging language teachers in second language acquisition (SLA) theory and research to inform second language pedagogy. To this end, 132 Iranian English teachers completed the questionnaire designed by Nassaji (2012) that includes both Likert-scale items and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Karimi, Mohammad Nabi; Nazari, Mostafa – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
While research on EFL teachers' beliefs and the realization of these beliefs in their classroom practices has recently gained momentum in the field of applied linguistics, the study of teachers' beliefs as they relate to listening has received insufficient attention in the literature. This study was conducted to investigate Iranian EFL teachers'…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Peyvand Robati, Alireza; Singh, Diljit – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2013
This paper presents the results of a study conducted with the aim of identifying competencies needed by special librarians in Iran at three different levels of library and information science education. A list of competencies was initially identified from the literature and 21 semi-structured interviews with managers of special libraries in Iran.…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Special Libraries, Competency Based Education, Information Technology