Learning and Assessment in a Reading Group Format

passivity in waiting for godot and endgame: a psychoanalytic reading

this study intends to investigate samuel beckett’s waiting for godot and endgame under the lacanian psychoanalysis. it begins by explaining the most important concepts of lacanian psychoanalysis. the beckettian characters are studied regarding their state of unconscious, and not the state of consciousness as is common in most beckett studies. according to lacan, language plays the sole role in ...

assessing metacognitive awareness and learning strategies as positive predictors in promoting l2 learners’ reading comprehension

the purpose of this thesis was to investigate how differently metacognitive, cognitive, and social/affective strategies affect l2 learners’ reading comprehension. to this end, the study employed a quasi-experimental design with a placement test as a proficiency test to find the homogeneity of groups. three classes were randomly selected as the experimental groups (n =90), and each class was tau...

identifying the strategies persian efl learners use in reading an expository text in english and examining its relation to reading-proficiency and motivation: a think-aloud study

هدف اصلی از این مطالعه بررسی نوع و میزان استراتژی هایی بود که دانشجویان فارسی زبان رشته ی زبان انگلیسی در حین خواندن یک متن انگلیسی به کار گرفتند. این مطالعه همچنین به بررسی تفاوت های استراتژی های مورد استفاده بین دارندگان سطح بالا و پایین درک مطلب پرداخت. نوع همبستگی بین استراتژی به کار گرفته و درک مطلب از یک سو و استراتژی به کار گرفته و انگیزه از سوی دیگر نیز در این تحقیق مورد آزمایش قرار گرف...

assessment of deep word knowledge in elementary and advanced iranian efl learners: a comparison of selective and productive wat tasks

testing plays a vital role in any language teaching program. it allows teachers and stakeholders, including program administrators, parents, admissions officers and prospective employers to be assured that the learners are progressing according to an accepted standard (douglas, 2010). the problems currently facing language testers have both practical and theoretical implications but the first i...

Computer Assisted Reading (CAR) versus Traditional Print Format in EFL Academic Reading Comprehension