The present study is an attempt to shed light on the effect of Dynamic Assessment (DA) on diagnosing and developing the receptive vocabulary abilities of upper-intermediate learners learning English as a foreign language. Fifty L2 leaners participated in the First Certificate in English test and completed Vocabulary Knowledge Scale. Out of 50 students, ten learners who were identified as being ...

This investigation postulatesVygotsky’s (1978) concept of zone of proximal development (ZPD) and his related “scaffolding” metaphor as well as Norton’s (2006) principles of sociocultural identity as its theoretical foundation.Thisresearchintends to scrutinizethe socioculturally-oriented mediationalmechanisms utilized in student-student and student-teacher collaborationsin an Iranian EFL writing...

This research illustrates the efficacy of a new approach for collecting and analyzing family conversational data at museums and other informal settings. This article offers a detailed examination of a small data set (three families) that informs a larger body of work that focuses on conversation as methodology. The dialogic content of this work centers on biological themes, specifically adaptat...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss appropriate theoretical orientation for collaborative learning in a WBLE, identify current and potential challenges and solutions to collaborative learning on the web, and recommend future directions for research and development. The review of theoretical and empirical issues indicates, a research agenda is required to gain a better understanding of the s...

This study investigated the comparative effects of audio-visually prompted collaborative dialogue on the listening comprehension development of symmetrical, asymmetrical, and asymmetrical teacher-fronted EFL learner groups. Besides, it explored the attitude of the participants of the groups concerning the effectiveness of collaborative dialogue for their listening comprehension improvement. The...

VR has shown positive growth in the world recent years, which is mainly due to projects such as learning, games, entertainment and experiential activities. changed way of life users, providing users with more interesting interactions immersive experiences. This study aims investigate students’ practical capabilities learning effectiveness under instruction strategy integrating virtual reality i...

Precipitable water vapour (PWV) plays an important role in rain prediction; up to now, lots of different measuring methods and devices are developed observe PWV. In this paper, radiosonde techniques used compute PWV’s spatial temporal variations GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) using only. data (GPS GLONASS) from eight Egyptian stations were processed for the year 2014. Five period 20...