Behzad Ghonsooly
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
[ 1 ] - The Lyrical Sensibility in English Nature Writing: An Appraisal Analysis
Abstract: This study explores emotive language in lyrical nature writing from the perspective of ecolinguistics in four nature books. In fact, embodied mind style is explored by considering emotive language as a linguistic phenomenon that can inject into the readers' minds the sensorial, emotional, and psychological experiences of the lyricist. The interrogation of emotive language...
[ 2 ] - Strategic Competence and Foreign Language test Performance in Iranian Context
A number of studies have accounted the integral role of foreign/second language learning and learner strategy use. However, a few of these studies have considered the relationships between strategic competence and its use and foreign language performance (FLP). This study applied structural equation modeling to deeply investigate the relationships between test takers’ strategy use and their per...
[ 3 ] - Culture and Identity: Linking Iranian Identity Components and Cultural Dimensions
Iranian identity cannot be conceived of as a uniform monolithic concept. But, thanks to certain upheavals in the history of the country, it has turned into the triple concept of national/Islamic/modern. Hofstede’s (2001) cultural framework represents a well-validated operationalization of culture based on six cultural dimensions (power distance, individualism/collectivism, masculinity/feminini...
[ 4 ] - Mixed Effects of Input Enhancement, Explicit Instruction, Corrective Feedback, and Pushed Output in an Input-Output Mapping Practice
This investigation examined the mixed effects of visual input enhancement, explicit instruction, pushed output, and corrective feedback on noticing and intake of English conjunctive adverbs. Participants included 83 intermediate EFL students enrolled in a grammar and writing course. They were assigned to a control group (n = 22), explicit instruction + pushed output + explicit corrective feedba...
[ 5 ] - On the Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Directive Speech Acts Preference
Language and emotion are two related systems in use, in that one system (emotions) impacts the performance of the other (language). Both of them share their functionality in communication. Since the nature of foreign language classrooms is ideally interactional, emotional intelligence (EI) gains importance. The aim of this study was to find out whether one's total emotional quotient and its com...
[ 6 ] - Do Heavy-NP Shift Phenomenon and Constituent Ordering in English Cause Sentence Processing Difficulty for EFL Learners?
Heavy-NP shift occurs when speakers prefer placing lengthy or “heavy” noun phrase direct objects in the clause-final position within a sentence rather than in the post-verbal position. Two experiments were conducted in this study, and their results suggested that having a long noun phrase affected the ordering of constituents (the noun phrase and prepositional phrase) by advanced Iranian EFL le...
[ 7 ] - طراحی و اعتبارسنجی مدلی برای تعیین سطح رایانه‌ای توانایی ترجمه انگلیسی به فارسی دانشجویان از طریق سنجش پویا
در پژوهش حاضر با استفاده از نظریه فرهنگی-اجتماعی ویگوتسکی و یافته‌های محققان در سنجش پویا تلاش شده‌است تا روشی نوین برای تعیین‌سطح توانایی ترجمه فارسی-انگلیسی دانشجویان مترجمی ارائه شود. در این روش از دو مؤلفه ظرفیت یادگیری و مهارت کنونی ترجمه برای تعیین‌سطح دانشجویان استفاده شد. با استفاده از رویکرد تداخل‌گرا در سنجش پویا و طراحی آزمون رایانه‌ای و تشریحی تعیین‌سطح ترجمه، دانشجویان طی دو مرحله،...
[ 8 ] - تهیه و تدوین کتاب های دوزبانه داستان محور، مبتنی بر تقویت سواد عاطفی دانش آموزان 8 تا 14 سال
این پژوهش بر آن است که کتاب داستان هایی دو زبانه، با هدف تقویت مهارت های سواد عاطفی در دانش آموزان 8 تا 14 سال را تدوین کند، زیرا بیشتر کتاب ها و ابزارهای آموزشی موجود در بازار، بر پایهء روش هایی تهیه شده اند که ریشه در زبان شناسی، روانشناسی و یا مکتب های اجتماعی داشته است و هیچ کدام جنبه های هیجانی را در سواد آموزی بصورت دو زبانه در نظر نگرفته اند. بدین منظورکتاب داستان هایی دو زبانه با تمرین ...
[ 9 ] - واکاوی موردی فرایند درک نوشتاری در زبان فارسی
واکاوی موردی فرایند درک نوشتاری در زبان فارسی یک دانشجوی کُرهای بهزاد قنسولی [1] سیده مریم فضائلی [2] تاریخ دریافت: 23/12/89 تاریخ تصویب: 10/2/91 چکیده در چند دهۀ اخیر، تحقیقات مرتبط با کشف فرایندهای درک نوشتاری (خواندن) در زبانهای اول و دوم فراگیرندگان زبان با استفاده از روش برونفکنی اندیشه، سیری افزایشی را نشان میدهد. در مقاله حاضر، دادههای بیانی یک دانشجوی کرهای را ...
[ 10 ] - Effects of Conceptions of Intelligence and Ambiguity Tolerance on Teacher Burnout: A Case of Iranian EFL Teachers
This study investigated teachers’ conceptions of intelligence (TCoI) and ambiguity tolerance in the burnout levels of 202 Iranian EFL teachers. To this end, 3 inventories were utilized: Language Teachers’ Conceptions of Intelligence Scale (LTCI-S), Multiple Stimulus Types Ambiguity Tolerance Scale-II (MSTAT-II), and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Pearson multiple correlation coefficients and ...
[ 11 ] - The Impact of Task-based Instruction on the Enhancement of Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Speaking Skill and Emotional Intelligence
This study tried to investigate the impact of task-based instruction (TBI) on the enhancement of Iranian EFL learners’ speaking skill. The study also tried to scrutinize the impact of TBI on learners’ emotional intelligence. To meet these ends, 60 students were randomly divided into two groups, the experimental group and the control group. At the very first session of the term, two speaking exa...
[ 12 ] - Language Acquisition and English Achievement at Grade Four Senior High School
This study aimed to explore the relationship between language acquisition and grade four senior high school (G4SHS) students’ achievement in English as a foreign language (EFL). To this end the 41-item English Language Acquisition Scale (ELAS) designed by Khodadady and Younesi (2017) was administered to 518 G4SHS students. Also to find the probable relationship between ELAS, its latent variable...
[ 13 ] - Textual Engagement of Native English Speakers in Doctoral Dissertation Discussion Sections
Academic writing is no longer considered an objective and impersonal form of discourse. It is now seen as an attempt involving interaction between writers and readers; hence, academics are not only required to produce texts representing external realities but also to use language to recognize, build, and exchange social relations. The present study aimed to analyze how native English speakers, ...
[ 14 ] - بررسی برنامه درسی کارشناسی ارشد مترجمی زبان انگلیسی در دانشگاه‌های برجسته آسیا
هدف از پژوهش حاضر تحلیل کیفی-تطبیقی اهداف، محتوا، ساختار دروس، و تعداد واحدهای برنامه‌درسی دوره کارشناسی‌ارشد مترجمی زبان انگلیسی در ایران با چند دانشگاه برجسته کشورهای آسیایی است. برای دستیابی به این هدف برنامه درسی نه دانشگاه برجسته آسیایی مورد مطالعه قرار گرفت.در این پژوهش برنامه‌درسی دوره مذکور با پنج معیار: 1.عنوان دوره کارشناسی‌ارشد، 2. تعداد واحد ها و طول دوره، 3. ساختار دروس: اجباری و ...
[ 15 ] - Willingness to Write in EFL Contexts
This research was conducted to measure Persian EFL students’s degree of willingness to write in English. To reach the goal, semi-structured interviews were conducted, deriving inspiration from earlier works of McCrosky and Baer (1985), MacIntyre, Dornyei, Clement, and Noels (1998), and Yashima (2002) on willingness to communicate. The participants of the study were 29 individuals comprising 23 ...
[ 16 ] - Strategic Competence and Foreign Language test Performance in Iranian Context
A number of studies have accounted the integral role of foreign/second language learning and learner strategy use. However, a few of these studies have considered the relationships between strategic competence and its use and foreign language performance (FLP). This study applied structural equation modeling to deeply investigate the relationships between test takers’ strategy use and their per...
[ 17 ] - The Effect of Private Speech and Self-Regulation on Translation Quality among Iranian Translation Students: A Mixed-Methods Study
The current study presents findings from a mixed-methods study of investigating the self-regulatory role of private speech (self-talk) on students’ translation quality. The aim of the study was to validate the adapted version of a self-verbalization questionnaire. The construct validity and reliability of the scale were supported by the CFA which revealed that all items reached the acceptable f...
[ 18 ] - Induction of Emotions from TOEFL iBT Reading Tests as a Construct-irrelevant Factor and its Interference with Emotional Intelligence
Cognitive appraisal of individuals directs to the creation of an emotional response, which is related to emotional intelligence. The present study shows the presence of induced emotions as an unrelated factor on the construct of a TOEFL iBT reading test which can interplay with emotional intelligence for regulating the induced emotions towards reading passages. The present participants were 393...
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