The present study was an attempt to investigate the washback effect of the TEFL MA University Entrance Exam on the teaching and learning behaviors of students and professors. The TEFL MA UEE consists of three sub-components that deal with particular aspects of applied linguistics; each of these parts measures the participants’ knowledge in linguistics, language testing, and teaching methodology...

Following Swales’ (1981) definition of genre analysis many scholars have attempted to characterize good academic writing; however, this can be difficult and worrying for non-native writers. Since a well-written abstract encourages readers more effectively, the present study intended to find differences in the rhetorical structures of abstracts by TEFL students from the University of Tehran (UT)...

Several novices but also veteran teachers face several challenges as they try to implement the competency-based approach in their EFL classes. However, can teach English better by deploying a number of innovative techniques and strategies instead trying teaching method. This descriptive research paper aims develop some reflections on TEFL at secondary school level with special reference Algeria...

The present study aimed at investigating Iranian TEFL teachers’ perspective toward the relationship between SLA research and ELT. The sample of this study consisted of 80 female and male TEFL teachers at different institutes and schools in the city of Tehran. The main instrument was a question- naire designed by Nassaji (2012). It enabled researcher to collect both qualitative and quantitative ...

Abstract It is acknowledged that assessment ethics an integral part of teacher education. Unlike sizable published research on students' perceptions in higher education, very little reported student teachers' across university-based education programs. This study aimed to explore Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) teachers’ the classroom. Qualitative (phone interview) data from 15 TE...

abstract reading strategies are seen as supportive means to help learners process and comprehend english texts effectively. the present research probed to posit a discipline-specific model of reading strategies for iranian tefl postgraduate students. the motive behind developing a local model of reading strategy is twofold: first, a variety of postgraduate students admitted for m.a and ph.d. pr...