Mohammadtaghi Shahnazari

University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran

[ 1 ] - The development of a Persian reading span test for the measure of L1 Persian EFL learners’ working memory capacity

This study describes  working  memory and developing and validating of an  L1 Persian reading span test for the measurement of working  memory of L1 Persian EFL learners. The test, which included  64  Persian  sentences,  was  developed  based  on  Daneman  and Carpenter’s (1980) reading  span  test.  The  shortcomings  of  the  test  were  identified  and  removed  over  three  pilot studies  ...

[ 2 ] - Evaluating an English Teacher Training Course for Iranian Private Language Institutes' Teachers

Initial teacher training courses are of utmost importance because they are the first entry point to the teacher professional career and determine the quality and quantity of teachers. Despite the importance of initial teacher training courses and their influence on the professional lives of teacher applicants, English teachers, and language learners, there is a dearth of research evaluating the...

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