The aim of this quasi-experimental study was to investigate the impact of a metacognitive training program on university freshmen's reading comprehension skill in a three-credit General English (GE) Course. The participants ...

This experimental study evaluated the possible effects of textual input- based enhancement on the acquisition of passive form on Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners. Sixty Iranian EFL learners at the pre-intermediate ...

For centuries the speculations on man's mental functioning posed a great challenge for the scholars in various disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, sociocultural studies, education, ethnolinguistics, discourse ...

This paper reports on a study thatinvestigated Iranian EFL high school students' perceptions of written grammar feedback to specify their reasons for preferring comprehensive or selective feedback and choosing some feedback ...

In an attempt to dispel the persisting fallacy that an individual's grammar knowledge is indicative of the way they put this knowledge into practice, this study seeks to highlight the inconsistency which resides between ...

Different methods of language teaching have tried to help EFL learners to develop good language skills based on their various perspectives. Research findings have underscored the effect of using task types in promoting ...

Emerging within Systemic Linguistics, Appraisal/Evaluation is a framework for analyzing the language of evaluation, providing techniques for the systematic analysis of evaluation and stance as they operate in whole texts ...

Learning a foreign language is a challenging process in which learners need motivation and encouragement through the use of modern techniques. The present paper investigates the effects digital stories may have on Iranian ...