The aim of the current study was twofold: (1) to validate the internal structure of the general English (GE) section of the university entrance examination for Ph.D applicants into the English programs at state universities in Iran (Ph.D. UEE), and (2) to examine the factor structure invariance of the Ph.D. UEE across two proficiency levels. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyz...

although some piecemeal efforts have been made to investigate the validity and use of the iranian phd exam, no systematic project has been specifically carried out in this regard. the current study, hence, tried to attend to this void. as such, to ensure a balanced focus on test interpretation and test consequence, and to track evidence derived from a mixed–method study on the validity of irani...

The current global status of the English language as a lingua franca has been running several discussions in realm Teaching Foreign Language (TEFL) (ANJOS, 2019; 2017; SIQUEIRA, 2020; DUBOC; 2020). Accordingly, many research works, mostly those Lingua Franca (ELF) (JENKINS, 2009; SCHMITZ, 2012), corroborate need for new orientations TEFL based on native-speaker standards. In this paper, we argu...

Reflecting one of the state-of-the-art issues in SLA, this study aimed at inspecting correspondence between Persian and English writing skills to see whether or not they emerged from a single entity called multi-competence (Cook, 1991, 2016). Besides, impact genre on was examined explore if their possible source were genre-sensitive not. In so doing, 50 MA TEFL students, intermediate level lang...

La condición inherentemente metodológica del Sistema Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación y la relación Universidad, Empresa Estado definen las condiciones requeridas para que en Instituciones Educación Superior Colombia se incluya a como competencias carácter investigativo. El escrito analiza el papel promotor cumple SNC&Ti país con (UEE) formación profesionales investigación; los ...

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...