There is controversy on the conditions under which cooperative learning methods can improve academic achievement. Group-specific motivational aspects might contribute to the effectiveness of cooperative learning among which classroom goal structures were focused on. More specifically, the study aimed at investigating the efficiency of cooperative writing technique through performance versus mas...

having in mind the high level of challenge in writing as a foreign language, this research provided iranian efl learners with audiovisual feedbacks as an alternative of common written feedback and focused on its’ meaningfulness in order to provide an incentive medium for the participants and increase their moti-vation. one hundred young adult female learners in addition to six english language ...

This paper looks at young ESL writers in Hong Kong and describes an action research project which involved the implementation of a new ESL writing programme designed to enhance students’ motivation and engagement by taking more account of the young learners’ own socio-cultural context. The study examined both the students’ and teacher–researcher’s perspectives on the new programme and looked at...

background: letters to the editor provide an opportunity for readers to state their views about published articles. research on this issue has been mainly on western journals and there is no study on the iranian journals. the present study aimed to investigate this subject in iranian biomedical journals. materials and method: this was a bibliometric study. the databases of iran medex, medlib, a...