Web-quests are internet-based technology applications in which groups of students follow a specific set of steps toward the completion of a final project on a specific subject or a multi-disciplinary subject. The present study aimed to investigate the impacts of using web-quests on learning vocabulary by Iranian pre-university students. The sample of the study consisted of 72 students assigned ...

Web-quests are internet-based technology applications in which groups of students follow a specific set of steps toward the completion of a final project on a specific subject or a multi-disciplinary subject. The present study aimed to investigate the impacts of using web-quests on learning vocabulary by Iranian pre-university students. The sample of the study consisted of 72 students assigned ...

Abstract This study investigated the potentials of face –to- and computer mediated conversation (CMC) as two speaking modalities on students’ engagement. To this end, 30 Iranian male intermediate EFL learners were selected basis their performance OPT (Oxford Placement Test) assigned into research groups. The progression face- to- CMC groups from limited to elaborate engagement at verbal, parali...

The present quasi-experimental study with a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design investigated the impact of back-translation teaching collaborative activities on Iranian English translation students’ achievement. To this end, 30Iranian EFL students studying at Islamic Azad University North Tehran Branch were nominated based convenience sampling. Oxford Placement Test (OPT) and p...

To explore the effects of formative assessment on student engagement in classroom, 60 upper-intermediate level EFL students, were chosen out of a convenience sample of 120, using the Oxford Placement Test and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. After the intervention, the students were asked to complete the Student Course Engagement Questionnaire. Independent sample t-tes...

Drawing upon cognitive writing process theory and research, this study investigates the influence of language writing, foreign (FL) proficiency gender on revision processes 77 undergraduate students studying at an English-medium college in Oman. Their first (L1) was Arabic their FL English. The participants produced two argumentative authentic texts, one L1 FL. English assessed using Oxford Pla...

this study set out to investigate the distribution of the syntactic properties associatedwith the prodrop parameter by persian-speaking l2 learners of english in an attemptto examine the (un)attainability of native-like knowledge and (in)accessibility of ugin adult sla. to do so, 92 participants were assigned into different levels of l2knowledge based on their performances on the oxford placeme...

Numerous studies have been carried out to find the relation between neighborhood effect and retention of lexical items. This study was an attempt to find such a relationship among Iranian EFL learners. Participants, advanced second English learners, were chosen based on the Oxford Placement Test. Participants completed a lexical decision task that was designed and performed by a computer softwa...