This paper reports on an experimental research study that aimed at investigating the effectiveness of employing a virtual task-based situated language learning (TBSLL) environment mediated by Second Life (SL) in developing EFL student teachers’ pragmatic writing skills and their technological self-efficacy. To reach this goal, a control-only experimental research design was employed to compare ...

This study explored the level and sources of EFL enjoyment among 120 Saudi college English majors. It also gender differences in correlation with achievement, autonomy self-efficacy. Students completed a researcher-developed 36-item questionnaire groping enjoyment, autonomy, self-efficacy enjoyment. Students’ GPAs were used as an index achievement. Data analysis revealed that associating studen...

This correlational study examined the relationship among some English teachers’ characteristics and their students’ foreign language learning. Eighty-two Iranian high school teachers who taught completed a battery of questionnaires. The scores students on final exam were collected as indicators achievement. results revealed that there was positive between self-efficacy, classroom management ori...