this research chiefly focused on the application of mitigation strategies and traditional form of feedback in writing development of the fifth semester university students majoring in tefl and english translation fields based on vygotsky’s sociocultural theory in general and the notion of “zone of proximal development” in particular. to that end, this study relied on a pre-posttest experimental...

Introduction In recent decades, large-scale English language proficiency testing and testing research have seen an increased interest in constructed-response essay-writing items (Aschbacher, 1991; Powers, Burstein, Chodorow, Fowles, & Kukich, 2001; Weigle, 2002). The TOEFL iBT, for example, includes two constructed-response writing tasks, one of which is an integrative task requiring the test-t...

Recent versions of international high-stakes tests like TOEFL and IELTS have made use of integrated tasks in addition to the traditional independent tasks in a claim to provide a more realistic estimation of the test takers’ language abilities. The present study aimed to investigate how test takers’ performance may differ on such tasks. As such, the test takers’ performance was compared on IELT...

PURPOSE To evaluate expansion of image-guided interventional cryoablation techniques usually employed for pain management to address the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of treatment for a urologic condition with otherwise limited treatment options, premature ejaculation (PE). MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospective institutional review board approval was obtained, and 24 subjects with PE were enr...

The purpose of this paper was to see whether any significant relationship exists among EFL learners’ autonomy, left/right brain dominance, and reading comprehension of the Academic Reading and General Reading Modules of IELTS examination. To this end, 100 female EFL learners were randomly selected from those who were attending IELTS preparatory courses at a language school in Tehran. All partic...

IELTS test is one of the well-known international standard level English language ability for those who intend to use as communication in country or regions study work. This was conducted Mainland China with a number 12 senior high school students, aiming explore washback listening and based on findings give some suggestions teaching learning. Thirty percent original paper revised quantitative ...

There now exists an established body of work outlining the challenges international students can face as part acculturation process, including a range academic and non-academic pressures to overcome. For many students, writing essays in English for first time is problematic. This article considers pedagogical approaches IELTS test preparation prior university admission, potential introducing sk...

As one of the most commonly utilised assessment means English language, IELTS is attracting a sheer volume test candidates in China, which unambiguously has social implications China. This article briefly discussed impact including shift profession, life-changing potential and anxiety. At end this paper, there call for more body knowledge on impacts international examination such as towards eco...

Abstract Corpus tools are known to be effective in helping L2 learners improve their writing, especially regarding use of words. Most corpus-based writing research has focused on university students while little attention been paid secondary school students. This study investigated whether senior China, upon receiving training under the framework data-driven learning (DDL), could vocabulary use...