Zia Tajeddin
Allameh Tabataba’i University
[ 1 ] - Interface between Linguistic Noticing and Fossilization of Grammatical, Lexical, and Cohesive Features among Advanced EFL Learners
Fossilization has become the focus of many L2 studies since its introduction in 1972 as many learners fail to achieve native-speaker competence. Researchers have tried to unravel the causes of fossilization, among which noticing has been claimed to be of great importance. This study aimed to explore the effect of noticing on fossilization. To achieve this aim, a mixed-methods app...
[ 2 ] - Interface between L2 learners’ pragmatic performance, language proficiency, and individual/group ZPD
One of the theories accounting for pragmatic development of L2 learners is Vygotsky’s (1978) sociocultural theory. This study investigated the development of EFL learners' pragmatic competence through the lens of an important concept of Vygotsky’s theory, i.e. the zone of proximal development. The study was conducted to answer two questions. The first question was wheth...
[ 3 ] - Scaffolding Comprehension and Recall Gaps: Effects of Paratextual Advance Organizers
Although filling the gap in reading comprehension gained momentum with the rise of the top-down approach, Vygotsky’ concept of scaffolding and the dual code theory provided a strong support for the use of paratext to enhance comprehension. Scaffolding is dependent on other-regulation, one type of which is object-regulation. From this vantage-point, various types of paratext can function as sou...
[ 4 ] - L2 Learners’ Use of Metadiscourse Markers in Online Discussion Forums
This study aimed to investigate the use of interactional metadiscourse markers in 168 comments made by 28 university students of engineering via an educational forum held as part of a general English course. The students wrote their comments on six topics, with a total of 19,671 words. Their comments during educational discussions were analyzed to determine their use of five metadiscourse categ...
[ 5 ] - (Non)native Language Teachers’ Cognitions: Are They Dichotomous?
In view of native/nonnative language teacher dichotomy, different characteristics have been assigned to these 2 groups. The dichotomy has been the source of different actions and measures to clarify the positive and negative points of being (non)native teachers. In recent years, many researchers have revisited this dichotomy. The challenge to the dichotomy can be a source of motivation to explo...
[ 6 ] - Monologic vs. Dialogic Assessment of Speech Act Performance: Role of Nonnative L2 Teachers’ Professional Experience on Their Rating Criteria
Few, if any, studies have investigated the effect of professional experience as a rater variable and type of assessment as a task variable on raters’ criteria in the assessment of speech acts. This study aimed to explore the impact of nonnative teachers’ professional experience on the use of criteria in monologic and dialogic assessment of 12 role-plays of 3 apology speech acts. To this end, 60...
[ 7 ] - Individual and Collaborative Output Tasks: Effects on the Acquisition of English Inversion Structures
This study investigated the effectiveness of individual and collaborative outputbasedfocus-on-form instructional tasks on the acquisition of English inversionstructures by EFL learners. Moreover, it explored the developmental trend oflearners’ inversion acquisition. To this end, 60 homogeneous EFL learners wereassigned to individual and collaborative output groups. They were exposed to textsenc...
[ 8 ] - Willingness to Communicate in L2 English: Impact of Learner Variables
Due to the growing emphasis of modern language pedagogy on meaningfulcommunication, L2 willingness to communicate (WTC) has recently become animportant concept in second language learning and communication. The presentstudy investigated the effects of individual differences on Iranian EFLlearners' willingness to communicate. As many as 431 students who were learningEnglish as a foreign language...
[ 9 ] - Investigating the structural patterns and pragmatic functions of compliments made by Iranian EFL learners
This study aims to delve into the unobservable dimensions of deciding and acting in a pragmatically significant speech event. Utilizing a Discourse Completion Test questionnaire, it seeks to find out the structure and pragmatic functions that lie behind EFL learners’ choice of specific wording while engaged in performing a recurrent speech act in Iran i.e. compliments. To this aim, 30 EFL learn...
[ 10 ] - Sociological and Aesthetic Senses of Culture Represented in Global and Localized ELT Textbooks
The relationship between language and culture has become a rich source of inquiry in the context of English language teaching. Learning materials can depict cultural content in different cultural senses, namely aesthetic, sociological, semantic, and pragmatic. The present study aimed to investigate the way cultural aspects are represented in the reading and dialog sections of global (American E...
[ 11 ] - The Construct of Interlanguage Pragmatic Learning Strategies: Investigating Preferences of High vs. Low Pragmatic Performers
Interlanguage pragmatics (ILP) has witnessed a growing body of research in the past two decades. One of the under-explored domains of L2 pragmatics is the role of learning strategies specifically tailored for the development of ILP knowledge. Therefore, this investigation aimed to determine the significant interlanguage pragmatic learning strategies (IPLS) used by high vs. low L2 pragmatic achi...
[ 12 ] - The Impact of Deductive, Inductive, and L1-Based Consciousness-Raising Tasks on EFL Learners' Acquisition of the Request Speech Act
The necessity and importance of teaching pragmatics has come to light by many researchers (e.g. Rose & Kasper, 2001). Due to the consensus over the need to teach pragmatic competence, the main issue now centers on the question of how we should teach this competence in the most effective way. Consistent with this line of research, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of deduc...
[ 13 ] - The Effect of Dynamic Assessment on EFL Learners' Acquisition of Request and Apology
Originating from Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory, dynamic assessment (DA) proposes a novel approach to second language acquisition (SLA) research according to which a dialectical relationship is envisaged between instruction and assessment. Although DA has been applied to some areas of SLA, there are areas, such as interlanguage pragmatics (ILP), that have been neglected. To address the issue,...
[ 14 ] - بررسی و مقایسه ترکیبات جفتی در زبانهای فارسی و قرقیزی
ترکیبات جفتی در زبان فارسی و قرقیزی مشترکات و تفاوتهای بسیاری دارند و در هر دو زبان با ترکیبات مختلفی از جمله ترکیبات پیرو، همپایه، کسره اضافه، مجانب و حرف اضافه آمده است. در این تحقیق، ترکیبات بر اساس طبقهبندی اجزای سخن، بومی یا غیر بومی بودن و تعداد اجزای تشکیل دهندۀ آنها به صورت مجـزا در دو زبان فارسی و قرقیزی بررسی شدهاند و نتیجه گرفته شد که ترکیبات جفتی در زبان فارسی ترکیبی دوتایی و د...
[ 15 ] - A Discourse-Historical Analysis of Two Iranian Presidents’ Speeches at the UN General Assembly
The present study compared speeches by Iranian President Rouhani, following a moderate political ideology, and his predecessor Ahmadinejad, a seemingly conservative/ principalist president, at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The discourse-historical approach was employed to analyze the two corpora. Other discoursal features such as the representation of self and identity were also inc...
[ 16 ] - A Conversation Analysis of Ellipsis and Substitution in Global Business English Textbooks
Despite the body of research on textbook evaluation from the discourse analysis perspective, cohesive devices have rarely been analyzed in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) textbooks. The acquisition and use of cohesive devices is inherent to naturalistic communication, including business interactions. Hence, L2 learners of business English should be exposed to these devices through cohesion-...
[ 17 ] - تاثیر روش تدریس آموزش محور بر تولید کاربردشناختی، آگاهی فراکاربردشناختی، و خودسنجی کاربردشناختی فراگیران زبان انگلیسی
هدف این پژوهش بررسی تأثیر روش تدریس فعالیت محور بر تولید کاربردشناختی، آگاهی فرا کاربردشناختی، و خودسنجی کاربردشناختی زبان آموزان بود. بدین منظور75 زبان آموز همگن و در سطح متوسط انتخاب و به طور تصادفی به سه گروه تقسیم شدند: 27 نفر در گروه تأکید بر کاربردشناسی در مراحل قبل و بعد فعالیت (گروه آزمایشی اول)، 26 نفر در گروه تأکید بر کاربردشناسی در مرحله حین فعالیت (گروه آزمایشی دوم)، و 22 نفر در گرو...
[ 18 ] - گروه بندی و متغیرهای پراکنده کننده قوای ذهنی مرتبط با پیچیدگی شناختی: تاثیر بر تولید زبانی زبان آموزان
گرچه بررسی های متعددی جهت ارزیابی تاثیر مؤلفه های پیچیدگی شناختی فعالیت ها بر اساس متغیرهای متمرکزکننده قوای ذهنی ( رابینسون، 2001) انجام شده است، تحقیق کمتری برای بررسی همین تاثیر در راستای متغیرهای پراکنده کننده قوای ذهنی انجام شده است. علاوه بر این، بررسی اثرات تقابلی این متغیرها و شرایط فعالیت بر تولید زبانی زبان اموزان بررسی نشده است. همچنین در بررسی این متغیرها، زبان آموزان کمتر در انجام ...
[ 19 ] - در دادههای منظورشناختی ضمنی « درخواست » توجه به ساختار کنش کلامی
هدف این تحقیق بررسی آگاهی منظورشناختی-زبانی زبانآموزان در اثنای پردازش دادههای منظورشناختیضمنی و نیز ارتباط این آگاهی با توانایی زبانی و انگیزه بود. بدین منظور ارتباط بین توجه به درخواستدوجملهای با سطح زبانی و انگیزه درونی و بیرونی سنجیده شد. آزمودنیهای این تحقیق شامل 121 زبان-آموز سطح پیشرفته بودند که به پرسشنامه انگیزه و آزمون توانایی زبانی پاسخ دادند. در ابتدا بر اساس نتایجپرسشنامه، ساختار ع...
[ 20 ] - باورهای معلمان زبان انگلیسی در مورد کارآمدی خود: تاثیرات جنسیت، تجربه و پیشینه تحصیلی
در سالهای اخیر مفهوم تحول حرفهای در حیطه آموزش زبان دوم خصوصا عوامل تاثیرگذار بر آن در دوره پساروش از اهمیت بسیار برخوردار شده است. این تحقیق با استفاده از پرسشنامه دلینگر و همکاران به ارتباط بین مولفههای این پرسشنامه و سه عامل معلم شامل جنسیت، تجربه، و پیشینه تحصیلی میپردازد. نتیجه تحقیق در مورد 59 معلم نشان می دهد که این عوامل عمدتا تاثیری بر برداشت معلمان ار کارآمدی خود ندارند. نتایج دال...
[ 21 ] - مهندسی هوش هیجانی زبان آموزان از طریق تفکر فازی و مهندسی هیجان
از بین رویدادهای قابل ملاحظه در طول تاریخ فعالیت ها و تحقیقات در حوزه روان شناسی و روان شناسی زبان می توان به ﭘیدایش نظریه بحث انگیز هوش هیجانی در اواسط دهه 90 میلادی اشاره کرد. هر چند متعاقب ظهور این رشته، مطالعات متعددی از جانب بسیاری از رشته های مرتبط با آن در راستای کشف ماهیت واقعی این زمینه علمی نوین به انجام رسید، هنوز به نظر می رسد در تحقیقات مرتبط با یادگیری زبان دوم برخی از جنبه های هو...
[ 22 ] - تبیین خاستگاه همگانی های زبانی و کاربردهای آن در آموزش زبان فارسی به غیرفارسی زبانان
تفکر رایج در میان شمار چشمگیری از زبانشناسان و روانشناسان زبان این است که راه حل مسئلهی فراگیری زبان که مسئلهی فرافکنی یا مسئلهی افلاطونی نیز خوانده میشود، در دانش پیشین نهفته است. فرضیهای که شالودهی این تفکر را تشکیل میدهد این است که شکاف بین دادههای موجود برای کودک (دادههای اولیه) و نظام زبانیای (توانش زبانی) که در او ایجاد میشود، به قدری عظیم است که فراگیری زبان را میتوان فقط ب...
[ 23 ] - Input-induced Variation in EFL Learners’ Oral Production in Terms of Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency
Researchers have extensively studied phenomena that affect a second language learner’s oral production while there is scant evidence about input-related factors. Accordingly, the present study sought to investigate how variation in oral production is caused by the input they receive from different course materials. To this end, the study included a micro-evaluation study of three course materia...
[ 24 ] - L2 Learners' Acquisition of English Nominal Clauses: Effects of Textual Enhancement, Metalinguistic Explanation, and Self-Regulation
This study aimed to investigate the impact of textual enhancement and metalinguistic explanation as focus-on-form tasks tending to encourage the acquisition of nominal clauses (NCs) in English. It explored (a) whether textual enhancement and metalinguistic explanation would promote and enhance the knowledge of NCs, (b) whether these two tasks would differ in terms of enhancing learners' knowled...
[ 25 ] - Beliefs about Non-Native Teachers in English as an International Language: A Positioning Analysis of Iranian Language Teachers’ Voices
The unprecedented growth of English and arrival of English as an International Language (EIL) has generated a new fledged argument about English language teachers’ role and status around the world. To date, much of the debate on the native/non-native distinction in EIL settings and factors contributing to sharpen distinctions has remained unsettled. This gap motivated this study on the English ...
[ 26 ] - EFL Textbooks, L2 Contacts, and Teacher Self-Efficacy: Impact on Learners’ Development of Oral Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency
Researchers have extensively compared different L2 learning contexts, such as EFL versus study-abroad, for their impacts on oral production; however, scant attention, if any, has been paid to comparing EFL settings in terms of input factors such as textbooks, amount of contacts in L2, and teachers. Accordingly, the effects of these factors on the oral production skills were investigated in this...
[ 27 ] - Native and Non-Native Teachers’ Changing Beliefs about Teaching English as an International Language
In view of the paucity of evidence on teachers’ conceptions of teaching English an International Language (EIL), the present study used panel discussions to investigate the beliefs of 10 native and 10 non-native English-speaking teachers about their roles in teaching English in the EIL contexts and the perceptions of EIL. The findings revealed that some aspects of teachers’ beliefs about their ...
[ 28 ] - Persian-Speaking Teachers’ Perspectives on Methods and Materials for Teaching English as an International Language
Despite the global spread of English, it seems that voices from Persian-speaking teachers concerning English as an international language (EIL) teaching methods and materials are underrepresented. The present study set out to explore how nonnative Persian-speaking English language teachers respond to the increasing global dominance of EIL and native- and non-native-speakers’ language norms with...
[ 29 ] - نگرش فراگیران زبان انگلیسی به عوامل موثر بر کاهش انگیزش و راهبردهای کاهش آن
گرچه پژوهشگران به عوامل عدم انگیزش زبان آموزان پرداخته اند، تا کنون تحقیقات اندکی در مورد راهبردهایی زبان آموزان برای کاهش عدم انگیزش انجام شده است. بدین منظور، پژوهش حاضر برای بررسی عوامل مرتبط با عدم انگیزش و راهبردهای زبان آموزان برای مقابله با آن انجام شد. شرکت کنندگان در این مطالعه 30 زبان آموز ایرانی در سطوح مختلف بسندگی زبانی بودند که بر اساس روش نمونه گیری قابل دسترس از بین زبان آموزان...
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