Abstract This study investigated Iranian EFL instructor evaluation scheme from end-users' perspective: self-evaluation vs. students' ratings. To do so, in the second semester of 2015-2016, 60 instructors and 1000 ...

The present study made attempts to evaluate the Iranian ELT PhD curriculum as compared to that of five high-ranking foreign universities from the United States, Turkey and Ireland. For this purpose, the corresponding ...

The technology of the flipped classroom is an innovation that allows learners to maximize their participation, increase their motivation, and improve their critical thinking and communication skills. This study investigated ...

Achieving proportionate levels of accuracy and fluency in oral proficiency seems extremely far-fetched to many adult learners whose enthusiasm to learn through participation in communicative tasks is adversely influenced ...

Evaluating teacher candidates' competencies, demonstrating that they are prepared to teach at high school level is inconceivable without clearly defined and agreed upon standards. Since EFL teachers' language proficiency ...

This study compared the effects of portfolio assessment and peer-assessment on EFL learners' critical thinking and speaking achievement. For this purpose, 32 EFL learners attending Diplomat Institute in Tehran were ...

Textbooks play a vital role in the realm of language teaching and learning particularly in formal contexts i.e. schools. In the investigation reported in the current paper, the researcher employed an eclectic checklist ...

As the role of vocabulary is very essential in language learners' ability to convey their intended messages, this study has tried to examine the use of self-regulated learning strategies in vocabulary learning of 100 EFL ...