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0000-0001-5458-3369
Current Organisations
Islamic Azad University Khorasgan Branch
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Amin Institute of Higher Education
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Deakin University
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Publications
Towards developing a multi-aspectual framework for systematic evaluation of locally prepared ELT materials
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 07-09-2015
DOI: 10.1108/ETPC-03-2015-0022
Abstract: – This paper aims to develop a multi-aspectual framework for evaluating locally prepared English language teaching (ELT) materials used for Iranian senior high school students. Many practitioners of the field assert that the inappropriate development of ELT materials would leave an adverse effect on the potential value of the realistic ways which translate the educational beliefs on language learning into operational goals defined by local educational systems. – Using a stratified s ling method, 120 high school students along with 60 ex-students attending Isfahan (Khorasgan) University as well as 30 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers teaching English courses at high schools were selected. To measure the participants’ attitudes toward the pedagogical effectiveness of English textbooks (i.e. Right Path to English series), a 30-item questionnaire developed based on the comprehensive guidelines suggested by Nation and Macalister (2010) about materials development was used. To improve the credibility and dependability of respondents’ perceptions, a focused-group interview was further utilized as a source of triangulation. – The findings revealed that the multi-aspectual framework is a comprehensive and valid model utilized for post-use materials evaluation. The results also depicted that the target textbooks published by the Iranian Ministry of Education did not satisfy the actual needs of students. – The findings may offer certain benefits to teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) teachers, policy makers and materials developers engaged in locally ELT material design. – The present study used a comprehensive list of criteria dominating not only the curriculum development but also the principles governing the EFL classroom practices. Considering the principles as a litmus test for evaluation, the study used a principle-driven approach to evaluate the Iranian English textbooks used in senior high school level.
A Contrastive Analysis of the Links of Textuality in Abstracts Written by Persian and English Writers in Clinical Psychology Journals
Publisher: Australian International Academic Centre
Date: 15-06-2014
Analysing the Potential of Social Networking Sites on EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Mastery: A Situated-learning Approach
Publisher: Academy Publication
Date: 11-08-2015
Designing collaborative problem solving assessment tasks in engineering: an evaluative judgement perspective
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 26-10-2021
Cyber-communic@tion etiquette: The interplay between social distance, gender and discursive features of student-faculty email interactions
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 20-06-2016
DOI: 10.1108/ITSE-09-2015-0026
Abstract: Research has shown that the discursive patterns students use in their email interactions with their teachers are not linguistically and socio-culturally appropriate. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to try to explore how socio-cultural conventions influence the Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ choices of discourse strategies in their email communications within an academic context. The study, then, investigates the impact of social distance and gender on the stylistic features of students’ email texts. The email texts written by 180 university students majoring in Applied Linguistics were systematically analyzed based on such patterns as opening and closing moves, reduced forms, text connectives, symbolization and emoticons. Alternatively, three semi-structured interviews were conducted to gauge the participants’ motives underlying the selection of particular discourse features. The findings revealed that students, despite many statements to the contrary, were aware of the socio-cultural conventions governing email writing style and could write status-appropriate email messages, which rightly reflected the etiquette of email communication within an academic context. The findings may offer certain benefits to EFL teachers and students. The paper highlights understanding of a specific social group in relation to their interaction with different status social groups in the context of a specific communication technology and to some extent the perceived effectiveness of such approaches by those invoking them.
A Cross Cultural Analysis of Textual and Interpersonal Metadiscourse Markers: The Case of Economic Articles in English and Persian Newspapers
Publisher: Australian International Academic Centre
Date: 28-04-2014
The Relationship between Multiple Intelligences and Iranian EFL Learners’ Level of L2 Lexical Knowledge: The Case of Gender
Publisher: Australian International Academic Centre
Date: 03-06-2014
BIM education assessment: Guidelines for making it authentic
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 21-06-2021
Incorporating collaborative problem solving (CPS) principles in BIM education
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 21-06-2021
Related Organisations
Islamic Azad University Khorasgan Branch
Location: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Amin Institute Of Higher Education
Location: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Related Funding Activities
Developing First Year Students' Evaluative Judgement Of Academic Writing
Start Date: 2018
End Date: 2021
Funder: Deakin University
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