This study examined the direct and indirect associations of general and smoking-specific parenting practices with Chinese adolescents' smoking behaviors. Adolescents aged 14-17 years (N = 658) and their parents were recruited from three high schools in mainland China. Adolescents completed an anonymous online survey on their smoking behaviors, perceptions of parenting behaviors, and smoking-rel...

Despite the abundance of research on teachers’ repair practices in language classroom interaction, there are not enough conversation analytic studies on repair organization with the focus on the details of interaction in the context of EFL. Drawing on sociocultural and situated learning theories, this study explores the contingent nature of English language teachers’ org...

While it is increasingly recognized that teachers have a crucial role to play in motivating learners, language teacher cognition research focuses on beliefs about second (L2) learner motivation and motivational practices still rare, particularly English for specific purposes (ESP) settings Asia. Furthermore, much of what available does not employ stimulated recall interviews facilitate comparis...

This study explores the relationship and interconnections between EFL teachers’ beliefs and their motivational practices in the classroom. The present study combined qualitative and quantitative methods of research. First, the motivational practices of 30 teachers in two private language schools in Tehran were explored with a classroom observation instrument, the Motivation Orientation of Langu...

The metaconstruct of parenting covers a wide variety of more narrowly defined constructs, including parenting practices, parenting style (see Darling and Steinberg 1993), and parental social cognitions. Parenting practices refer to sets of specific parenting behaviors that parents are observed to do, report that they do, or say they would do in interactions with their own children. They vary by...

This study explores the relationship and interconnections between EFL teachers’ beliefs and their motivational practices in the classroom. The present study combined qualitative and quantitative methods of research. First, the motivational practices of 30 teachers in two private language schools in Tehran were explored with a classroom observation instrument, the Motivation Orientation of Langu...

Recent innovations in formative assessment have turned the spotlight on the implementation of assessment for learning in the classroom. Notwithstanding a considerable wealth of research on assessment for learning in mainstream education, few research studies in the field of language teaching thus far have touched upon assessment for learning. This quantitative study investigated Iranian English...