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...

to be able to reach the level of ultimate attainment in the second language, learners need to acquire not only the grammar of the l2 but also the language processing mechanisms involved in the comprehension of sentences in real time. contrary to its importance, very little is known yet about online l2 processing. this study examines whether advanced iranian learners of english reactivate disloc...

This study examined the relationship among foreign language enjoyment (FLE), second L2 grit, online learning self-efficacy (OLSE), and engagement Iranian English as a (EFL) learners. The involved 578 EFL learners who completed self-report measures of four constructs. Confirmatory factor analysis structural equation modeling were employed to confirm validity scales test hypothesized model. findi...

L2 research has shown that instruction in L2 pragmatics is necessary. The current study evaluated the impact of explicit instruction on EFL learner's awareness and production of three speech acts of request, apology, and complaint. It also probed whether learners’ language proficiency plays any role in incorporating pragmatic instruction into the L2 classroom. Iranian undergraduate students maj...

Contrastive  analysis  of  hypothesis  is  the  comparison  of  the linguistic system of two or more languages and it is based on the main difficulties in  learning  a  new  language  that  caused  by  interference  from  the  first  language. The present study intended to investigate the effect of contrastive analysis on Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ knowledge of L2 adjectives. The questi...

The aim of the current study was to investigate whether L2 dialogue shadowing practice would have an effect on Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ conversation ability. For this purpose, 30 Iranian intermediate EFL learners at Padideh language center participated in the experiment of the study. The participants were divided into two groups of 15 who were assigned to the experimental and co...

The Unitarianist Interface Hypothesis proposed by Lotfi (ms.) concerns only one interface level -the Semantico-Phonetic Format which both performance systems can have access to various types of features of a lexical item. This paper hypothesizes the existence of an iconic relationship between formal and phonological features, and the influence of formal features on intonation in Persian speaker...

The Unitarianist Interface Hypothesis proposed by Lotfi (ms.) concerns only one interface level -the Semantico-Phonetic Format which both performance systems can have access to various types of features of a lexical item. This paper hypothesizes the existence of an iconic relationship between formal and phonological features, and the influence of formal features on intonation in Persian speaker...

This study reports an investigation of Iranian test-takers’ use of cognitive and metacognitive strategies while performing on IELTS reading tests. Specifically, the study set out to investigate: a) the relationship between Iranian test-takers’ use of cognitive and metacognitive strategies and their L2 reading test performance on the reading section of the IELTS test; and b) the role gender migh...