this study aims at uncovering the effect(s) of genre-based instruction (gbi) on listening proficiency among iranian efl learners. moreover, it seeks to explore the relationship between effectiveness of gbi and listening proficiency. for this purpose, 68 efl learners in two different groups at zabol university were selected. group a included 30 participants (12 males and 18 females), and group b...

This paper presents a system that makes use of machine listening techniques to analyse an incoming musical audio signal and determine various musical properties such as dynamics, tempo, and style. With this knowledge, the system generates an expressive drumbeat to accompany the input audio signal in real time. These drumbeats are created with a set of genetic algorithms which are designed to mo...

OBJECTIVE Concussions can result in auditory processing deficits even in the absence of hearing loss. In children and adolescents, the extent to which these impairments have functional consequences for everyday listening, such as the ability to understand speech in noisy environments, is unknown. RESEARCH DESIGN Case-control study. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Forty youth comprised the participants...

the aim of the current study was to examine the effect of metacognitive instruction on efl learners’ metacognitive awareness of listening strategies, listening comprehension, and oral language proficiency. fifty students of two upper-intermediate english courses participated in the study and were sampled as the experimental and control groups. for sixteen weeks the experimental group participat...

the applicability of second language instruction to various situations including academic settings provides great opportunities for students and researchers to access fresh sources of knowledge. this is extended to the majority of iranian students receiving courses such as english for specific purposes (esp) and english for academic purposes (eap) who may not find instruction compatible with th...

The major aim of this study was to examine the role of emotional intelligence in second language learning. At the end of the academic year, 508 second year students at four universities in Iran were asked to complete the Emotional Intelligence Inventory (EQ-i). EQ-i data were matched with the students’ academic records, scores in reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Predicting second lang...

We develop a web-based assessment and student profiling system which can evaluate and analyze students’ academic performance in English classes at university level. The system is designed to qualitatively as well as quantitatively assess different language skills such as vocabulary, reading, listening, and writing. Apart from being used as a tool for semi-automatically creating web-based tests,...