Evaluating multimodal literacy: Academic and professional interactions around student-produced instructional video tutorials

Evaluating web-sources: Internet literacy and L2 academic writing

Using the World Wide Web (hereinafter the ‘Web’) has become an increasingly viable way to source information in academic writing. However, the Web is a fundamentally different type of resource from conventional sources such as books and journals. This paper argues that there is a need among learners for a heightened critical awareness of web-source nuances. Specifically, although the Web contai...

The Instructional Effect of Online Reading Strategies and Learning Styles on Student Academic Achievement

The purpose of this study was to examine the instructional effectiveness of different online reading strategies for students identified as possessing different learning styles, either internal or external locus of control styles, on tests measuring different learning objectives. Participants were 169 undergraduate students, randomly assigned to four online reading treatments: none, rereading st...

Investigating the Impacts of Teacher-Student Interactions on Improving Learners' Academic Achievements: The Role of Academic Interest

Various predictive research designs have been used to discover the relationship between learners' aca- demic achievement and the degree of teacher-student interactions they receive individually or in a group and the mediating role of their academic interest in learning. How these relation- ships/correlations work in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) setting, however, has remained a r...

Student initiation of academic interaction and language background: A comparison of NESB and ESB students in tutorials

Disciplinary-based (Professional) Information Literacy of Iranian Students in the Academic Year of 2017-2018

Background and Aim: Information literacy is a foundation for all information-related professional skills for preparing them for better performing their careers. This applied survey aimed at determining the rate and level of DIL skills among Iranian students in the academic year 2017-2018. Method: A 20 item  researcher-made valid and reliable questionnaire on DIL was prepared by conducting a com...