Hassan Soleimani
Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
[ 1 ] - The effect of increase in task cognitive complexity on Iranian EFL learners’ accuracy and linguistic complexity: A test of Robinson’s Cognition Hypothesis
Designing a task with a reasonable level of cognitive complexity has always been important for syllabus designers, teachers, as well as researchers. This is because task manipulation may lead to different results in oral production. The present study was an attempt to explore the effect of this manipulation - based on Robinson’s resource-directing model (reasoning demands, number of el...
[ 2 ] - 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...
[ 3 ] - Next or Beyond Next: Effect of Contrastive Phrase-Based Treatment on Stage Gain Across Self-Paced and More Time-Constrained Tasks
This study explored the effect of contrastive phrase resynthesis instruction ongaining the teachability hypothesis stages in self-paced versus time-constrained oralproduction and recognition. Three groups (i.e., 23 learners) of high beginner femalelearners in an English language institute were randomly selected from a cohort oflearners. One group received contrastive metalinguistic instruction ...
[ 4 ] - Self-, Peer-, and Teacher-Assessments in Writing Improvement: A Study of Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency
Alternative assessment approaches and, among them, self-assessment and peer-assessment are becoming increasingly important in educational contexts. Designed to compare self-assessment, peer-assessment, and teacher-assessment, this study included 90 EFL students from 3 intact classes divided into 3 groups: self-assessment, peer-assessment, and teacher-assessment. After taking the TOEFL Proficien...
[ 5 ] - A Dynamical System Approach to Research in Second Language Acquisition
Epistemologically speaking, second language acquisition research (SLAR) might be reconsidered from a complex dynamical system view with interconnected aspects in the ecosystem of language acquisition. The present paper attempts to introduce the tenets of complex system theory and its application in SLAR. It has been suggested that the present dominant traditions in language acquisition research...
[ 6 ] - The Impact of Training EFL Learners in Self-Regulation of Reading on their EFL Literal and Critical Reading Comprehension: Implementing a Model
Self-regulation is the ability to regulate one’s thoughts and actions to attain goals. Accordingly, self-regulated learning (SRL) involves plans and behaviors to achieve learning goals. With this in mind, in this study we investigated whether training English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners on the basis of a Self-regulated Learning (SRL) model improved their literal and critical reading co...
[ 7 ] - The Effect of Mixed and Matched Level Dyadic Interaction on Iranian EFL Learners’ Comprehension and Production of Requests and Apologies
Drawing upon sociocultural theory of Vygotsky, the current study aims to investigate the effect of dyadic interaction in mixed and matched level proficiency pairings on comprehension and production of request and apology speech acts. The participants were 125 EFL learners who were randomly assigned to control and experimental (interaction) groups. Based on their scores in the pretest including ...
[ 8 ] - The Effect of Variations in Integrated Writing Tasks and Proficiency Level on Features of Written Discourse Generated by Iranian EFL Learners
In recent years, a number of large-scale writing assessments (e.g., TOEFL iBT) have employed integrated writing tests to measure test takers’ academic writing ability. Using a quantitative method, the current study examined how written textual features and use of source material(s) varied across two types of text-based integrated writing tasks (i.e., listening-to-write vs. reading-to-write) and...
[ 9 ] - تأثیر آموزش خودنظم‌بخشی خواندن و درک‌مطلب به زبان‌آموزان سطوح پیشرفته و متوسط بر نگرش آنان به خواندن در انگلیسی به‌عنوان زبان خارجی: اجرای یک مدل یادگیری خودنظم‌یافته
توانایی تنظیم و کنترل افکار، رفتار، انگیزه‌ها و اعمال برای رسیدن به اهداف خودنظم‌بخشی نام دارد، و یادگیری خودنظم‌یافته متضمن برنامه‌ها و رفتارهایی استراتژیک برای تحقق اهداف یادگیری است. این پژوهش درصدد پاسخ به این سؤال است که آیا آموزش مدل یادگیری خودنظم‌یافته زیمزمن و مویلان به گروهی از دانش‌آموزان ایرانی بر نگرش آنان به خواندن در انگلیسی به‌عنوان زبان خارجی تأثیر مثبت دارد. دیگر هدف آن ...
[ 10 ] - تأثیر حمایت از طریق ساختاردهی و مسئله‌سازی بر روی مهارت‌های خودسازمان‌دهی نوشتار، توانایی نوشتن مقاله و زمان برنامه‌ریزی کلی زبان‌آموزان
تحقیق حاضر به بررسی تأثیر سازکارهای ساختاردهنده و مسئله‌ساز حمایت کننده بر روی مهارت‌های خودسازمان‌دهی نوشتار، توانایی نوشتن مقاله و زمان برنامه‌ریزی کلی در مرحله پیش نوشتار از مراحل نوشتن مقاله و همچنین بررسی نقش سطح زبان‌آموزان به عنوان متغیر تعدیل کننده در میان صد و بیست زبان‌آموز سطح پیش متوسط و صد و بیست زبان‌آموز سطح پیشرفته پرداخته است. پس از فرض نمرات پیش‌آزمون به عنوان همگام، محققان نت...
[ 11 ] - بازنگری فناوری در یادگیری: خود کنترلی و خودتنظیمی در یک دوره تلفیقی
در سال های اخیر، سهم خود کنترلی و خود تنظیمی در برنامه های یادگیری تلفیقی نگرانی اصلی محققان بوده است. این مطالعه سعی در ارزیابی نقش خود کنترلی و خود تنظیمی در یک دوره تلفیقی با 64 دانش آموز در ایران دارد. خود کنترلی به عنوان قابلیت و عاملیت بالقوه یادگیرندگان در دستیابی به اهداف خود و خود تنظیمی به عنوان شیوه های واقعی آن ها در دستیابی به آن می باشند که از طریق مقیاس خودکنترلی و راهبردهای با ا...