areas of debate surrounding the concept of learning style. Reviewing the subject Cassidy (2004) highlights terminology, theoretical frameworks and models, measurement and application as areas where a lack of understanding, a lack of evidence and a lack of agreement continue to exist and to hinder the development of cohesive research and practice in field. In a further review of the area, Coffie...

The term "learning styles" refers to the concept that individuals differ in regard to what mode of instruction or study is most effective for them. Proponents of learning-style assessment contend that optimal instruction requires diagnosing individuals' learning style and tailoring instruction accordingly. Assessments of learning style typically ask people to evaluate what sort of information p...

It is widely believed that the major purpose of foreign language learning is to master the speaking skill of that language. Learners even evaluate their foreign language learning on the basis of their achievement in speaking proficiency. This study discusses different teaching methodologies aimed at the development of task-based language learning, drama and the manifestation of scenario-based t...

This study sought to promote EFL learners' speaking ability drawing on Bakhtin’s notion of dialogic discourse pattern (DDP) and to explore their perceptions towards implementing dialogic teaching (DT) in a speaking classroom. To this end, from the population of students in different language institutes, 47 students were selected based on a purposive sampling method. The data were collected at t...

In digital era, English educators are required to improve the quality of learning instruction by integrating technology in process. Yet, challenges occur speaking activity. The aim current study was seek for students’ perspectives on using online podcast as a activity classroom. used qualitative approach with total 47 Specific Purpose students coming from Tourism Management program participated...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect creative drama method on success in basic language skills (listening, reading, speaking, writing), grammar, and vocabulary teaching fields Turkish lessons by using meta-analysis method. 37 Effect sizes within 24 different studies were reviewed. Publication type, class level, skill areas, practice time used as moderator variables research. Co...

Learning curves have been proposed as an adequate description of learning processes, no matter whether the processes manifest within minutes or across years. Different mechanisms underlying skill acquisition can lead to differences in the shape of learning curves. In the current study, we analyze the tournament performance data of 1383 chess players who begin competing at young age and play tou...

The application of zone of proximal development (ZPD), as a major tenet of Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory (SCT, 1978), has recently been invited in the L2 learning/teaching profession. This study mainly examined whether Iranian EFL learners’ interactions in diverse ZPD-activated proximal contexts through the use of storytelling instruction could improve their oral (speaking) proficiency and at...

objectives the purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between the learning styles of postgraduate students in kerman university of medical sciences and their baseline characteristics. patients and methods in this cross-correlation study, 400 postgraduate students of kerman university of medical sciences were randomly selected. to collect data, the kolb’s learning styles question...