Elyas Barabadi
University of Bojnord
[ 1 ] - The Emergence of Various Contradictions in Iranian High School English Education under the New CLT-Based Curriculum
Recent research has indicated that the adoption of CLT in an EFL contexts will create certain challenges. Using Engeström’s (1999) human activity system model, the present study investigated the implementation of CLT-based curriculum which was initiated in 2013 in Iranian public schools. Four groups of participants including 23 language teachers, 17 teacher directors, 23 students, and 20 parent...
[ 2 ] - An Activity Theory Analysis of ELT Reform in Iranian Public Schools
The present study takes Engeström human activity system model (1987, 1999) as a theoretical framework to investigate the CLT-based English curriculum reform in Iran which was initiated in 2013 by the Ministry of Education in public schools. With the premise that human activity is artifact-mediated and goal-directed, activity theory makes it possible to demonstrate the complex and dynamic relati...
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