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Direct linkAli Derakhshan; Jalil Fathi; Miroslaw Pawlak; Mariusz Kruk – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study aimed to test a model of classroom social climate, growth language mindset, boredom, and student engagement among English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. In addition, the mediating role of boredom in this structural model was examined. To this end, 287 English major students from various universities in Iran participated in the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Lawrence Jun Zhang; Abdulbaset Saeedian; Jalil Fathi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Given much importance associated with willingness to communicate (WTC) in foreign language learning, many researchers have carried out studies to explore antecedents of second language (L2) WTC. To contribute to this research domain, this study sought to test a model of ideal L2 self, growth language mindset, boredom and WTC among English major…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Learner Engagement
Jones, Brett D.; Khajavy, Gholam Hassan; Li, Ming; Mohamed, Hanaa Ezzat; Reilly, Peter – SAGE Open, 2023
This study examined whether the five scales of the MUSIC Model of Academic Motivation Inventory produced valid scores when used in university English language courses across four different countries. We surveyed 1,147 students in English language courses in Iran, Mexico, China, and Egypt and analyzed their responses by performing measurement…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Download full textRezaeian, Mahbubeh; Seyyedrezaei, Seyyed Hassan; Barani, Ghasem; Seyyedrezaei, Zari Sadat – International Journal of Language Testing, 2020
Individuals are controlled by tests in every advanced society when they want to be admitted in educational courses, to proceed from one stage to the next, or to be given a certificate (Shohamy, 2001b). Accordingly, the present study was carried out to construct and validate educational, social, and psychological consequences questionnaires of…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Factor Analysis
Pishghadam, Reza; Saboori, Fahime; Samavarchi, Laila; Hassanzadeh, Tahereh – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
The present study pursued two goals: first, to construct and validate a masculinity/femininity scale (MFS); and second, to reveal and compare the dominant gender identity of English, Arabic, and Persian teachers. Regarding the first goal, a 30- item gender identity scale was designed and, using the data collected from 300 junior high school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexual Identity, Language Teachers, Masculinity
Sichani, Elham Fallahian; Tabatabaei, Omid – English Language Teaching, 2015
Many researchers were interested in validity of the language proficiency tests in the previous decades. The present study aims to study the construct validity of the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology Reading Comprehension module (MSRT) in the Iranian context. After administering a standard language proficiency test (OPT) 65…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Reading Tests, Statistical Analysis, Factor Analysis
Liaghatdar, Muhammad J.; Soltani, Asghar; Abedi, Ahmad – International Education Studies, 2011
The purpose of this study is providing a scale for measuring attitudes toward science among Persian secondary school students. A total of 300 (150 girls and 150 boys) of second grade students from all disciplines including science and mathematics in secondary education, participated in the study. Research instrument was, translated Persian version…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Attitude Measures
