the main purpose of this paper has been to predict english students’ academic achievement on the basis of achievement goals, motivational –usefulness beliefs and the kind of mobile usages. the population of the study consisted of english language students in the faculty of foreign language at isfahan university from both undergraduate and graduate levels in 2011-2012. by applying a random sampl...

The aim of this paper is to assess the efficient cognitive English teaching methods for college students. The methodology is composed of the literature review and quantitative study explained as followed: 1 .Literature review: literature review includes knowledge management, behavior English learning approach and cognitive English learning approach-direct method. 2. Quantitative research: Asses...

This study investigated how ubiquitous game-based system influence learning motivation for junior high school students. The English course was conducted on a campus by using a ubiquitous learning system called the Handheld English Language Learning Organization (HELLO). Two group students participated in the learning activities prescribed in a curriculum by separately using ubiquitous game-base...

Textbooks play a very crucial role in the process of language teaching and learning. The present study carries out an evaluation of two series of ELT textbooks used for teaching English language in Iranian high schools since 1970 to 2010. For this purpose, Tucker’s (1975) textbook evaluation model (see Appendix) has been employed. The results suggest that one of the main factors for the student...