the critical role and effect of teacher assessment in elt has been ratified by researchers among whom are darling-hammond (2000); knox (2002); bailey (2006); davison & cummins (2007); and blum (2009).taking this issue into account, this exploratory study seeks to investigate the underlying criteria of both recruiting and assessing in-service efl teachers in private language institutes of ir...

This study examined the effectiveness of Telegram social network on the writing performance of adult English as foreign language (EFL) learners at intermediate level. To achieve this, Oxford Quick Placement Test (2004) was administered to 46 EFL learners at Zaban-e No language institute in Talesh, Iran. Those who met the selection criterion, i.e., performed one standard deviation above and belo...

The effect of motivational self-regulatory strategies on L2 learners’ achievement has scarcely been examined within the context of our country, Iran. This study is concerned with examining the relationship between motivational self-regulatory strategies and their L2 reading and L2 writing achievement. It also explores the relationship of motivational self-regulatory strategies and use of langua...

Recent research has underlined the benefits of peer assessment (PA) as it helps learners write high-quality essays and increases their confidence writers. In terms this intervention study, 200 Greek Cypriot EFL learners’ (pre- post-tests) were evaluated taking into consideration four aspects writing quality after using either PA teacher (TA) (experimental groups, n = 100 students) or only TA (c...

Although the pedagogical value of portfolio assessment is widely investigated, its impact on students’ engagement still under-explored. Accordingly, this study intended to examine Moroccan EFL writing engagement. To end, two groups high school students were involved in study. The randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. group received treatment; accompanied with various reflectio...

This study examined the effectiveness of Telegram social network on the writing performance of adult English as foreign language (EFL) learners at intermediate level. To achieve this, Oxford Quick Placement Test (2004) was administered to 46 EFL learners at Zaban-e No language institute in Talesh, Iran. Those who met the selection criterion, i.e., performed one standard deviation above and belo...

The present study puts SFL-based genre approach under examination for its effectiveness in promoting EFL writers’ genre awareness and writing competence in a 16-week semester in a state-run college in the east part of China. Three sets of data from preand post-test writings, interviews and questionnaires, are collected and analyzed with the help of the software SPSS and Range 32. The study indi...