scholarly journals Relation between Iranian students’ attitudes subscales with the kind of internet usage in universities

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 2694-2698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila Dehghani Poude ◽  
Bibi Eshrar Zamani ◽  
Ahmad Abedi
Keyword(s):  
Internet Usage ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Iranian Students

scholarly journals The Effect of Portfolio Assessment on General English Learners’ Locus of Control and Achievement

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-87
Author(s):  
Majid Elahi Shirvan ◽  
Seyyed Ehsan Golparvar
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Portfolio Assessment ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Traditional Group ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Iranian Students ◽  
Experimental Group

Portfolio assessment as an alternative to assessing L2 competence is an interesting endeavour in Applied Linguistics. Previous research has shown that portfolio assessment impacts learning as well as certain psychological constructs. One important factor which is related to success in learning a language is Locus of Control (LOC) introduced by Rotter (1954). Previous research has shown that EFL learners’ achievement is partially related to their LOC. However, the effect of types of assessment on General English (GE) students’ LOC has scarcely been examined within General English context. This study aimed to find out the effects of portfolio assessment on the locus of control and the General English achievement of Iranian students. The researchers also analyzed the opinions of such students on portfolio assessment. To do so, 80 students of GE were divided into two groups: a control group and an experimental one. The experimental group’s LOC and GE achievement were assessed through portfolios but those of the control group were assessed traditionally. Moreover, the attitudes of the experimental group students towards portfolios were explored. The independent T-test, Man-Witney U test, and Chi- square along with a semi-structured interview with 10 students of each group were conducted. The findings showed that portfolio assessment significantly improved GE students’ LOC and affected their achievement; however, the findings did not reveal the same results for the students in the traditional group. The results of the interviews also corroborated the quantitative ones. Furthermore, the analysis of students' attitudes towards portfolio assessment showed that the experimental group students had positive attitudes towards this kind of assessment. The findings of the study are discussed within a GE context.

An Investigation of Iranian EFL Learners' Attitudes towards the Use of Critical Awareness Techniques in Reading English Academic Texts

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 810
Author(s):  
Pasha Mohtadi ◽  
Davud Kuhi
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Academic Reading ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Critical Awareness ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Iranian Students

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the Iranian EFL students' attitudes towards the use of critical awareness techniques in academic reading. To this end, 30 Iranian students who were studying English for several years were selected as the subjects of the study. The selected participants were given an introduction to the course. The participants went through a course in which ten reading comprehension passages were covered. In teaching reading comprehension passages to the language learners, a critical-based framework was selected and adopted based on the tenets of critical reading as well as Van Dijk's (2000) socio cognitive model. In effect, in teaching the reading passages the students' consciousness and awareness were raised to encourage the students to get a deeper understanding of the texts. The subjects discussed their experiences from going through a critical-based approach. In effect, the subjects argued about the advantages and disadvantages of the worked model in terms of the learning and retention of the materials. The results of the study indicated that the students had a positive perspective towards the critical awareness techniques utilized in the academic reading passages. The subjects emphasized that English language learners need to learn diverse strategies to improve their reading comprehension rate. Effectively, the results of the study indicated that the students prefer to be taught utilizing a critical-based approach to be able to improve their critical thinking towards the perspectives and ideologies behind the texts. They added that consciousness raising equips them to be able to get access to the profound meanings of the texts. 

scholarly journals Iranian students' attitudes towards the facilitative and debilitative role of code-switching; types and moments of code-switching at EFL classroom

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
Ali Rahimi ◽  
Zohreh Jafari
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Gender Preferences ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Efl Classrooms ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Iranian Students

Recently, the use of language learners' mother tongue, code-switching, alongside English in EFL classrooms has received considerable attention. The main objectives of this study were to present the results of a qualitative study which investigated the types and functions of code-switching at an intermediate English Proficiency level in EFL classrooms. Moreover, gender preferences were investigated. To this end, 50 hours of four class performances were observed, audio-recorded and analyzed to answer the proposed research questions. The results of this study suggested that teachers applied code-switching more frequently when they tried to give Persian equivalents of English words and expressions. It should be pointed out that the application of intersentential code-switching turned out to be more salient among both teachers and students. Code-switching was more frequent while students were carrying out the assigned tasks. Male students switched when they said humorous remarks while their female classmates switched more frequently when they asked and/or gave L1 equivalents.  Filling in the attitude questionnaire, the majority of students believed that in several cases neither teachers nor students should apply Persian as much as possible, even though it facilitated their interactions.

Iranian students’ attitudes toward premarital sex, marriage, and family in different college majors

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saba Mokhtari ◽  
Seyed Vahid Shariat ◽  
Mehrdad Eftekhar Ardebili ◽  
Mohammadreza Shalbafan
Keyword(s):  
Premarital Sex ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
College Majors ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Iranian Students

scholarly journals Students’ attitudes toward the internet usage for learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-77
Author(s):  
Dodi Erwin Prasetyo
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
School Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Use Of Internet ◽  
Senior High School Students

This paper examined students’ attitudes toward the use of internet for their learning and measured the differences between male and female students on the usage of internet-assisted in their learning. The participants of this study were 27 senior high school students in East Java, Indonesia, consisted of 6 male and 21 female. The data was gathered through questionnaire. The findings proved that majorities of students felt positive attitudes toward the use of internet for their learning. There were no differences between male and female students on their attitude of internet usage. Suggestions are for pedagogical as well as future researches.   DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v6i2.6583

scholarly journals Iranian Students’ Attitudes towards English as a Bilingual Language in Iran

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-299
Author(s):  
Sajad Faramarzi ◽  
Atefeh Elekaei ◽  
Akbar Afghari
Keyword(s):  
Bilingual Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
General Attitude ◽  
Attitudes Toward English ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Iranian Students ◽  
Learning English

The current study examined Iranian students’ attitudes towards English language in social and academic domains, and their attitudes toward English as part of a bilingual system in Iran. A 5-point likert scale questionnaire was used to investigate the extent for which students use English in their daily lives, its significance, students general attitude towards using English and their attitudes towards a bilingual system. The results indicate that a large number of participants (n=200), whom were selected among undergraduate students in Iran, reacted positively towards English language in general and having English as part of a bilingual system in particular. Data from the questionnaire indicates that students are interested in learning English for both social and professional reasons. Additionally, the results of this study highlight the greater preference of students in bilingual education which is statistically significant. Finally, some pedagogical implications related to the use of English are presented.

scholarly journals Grammar Consciousness-Raising Activities and Iranian EFL Learners' Attitudes toward English Language

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-272
Author(s):  
Farrokhlagha Heidari ◽  
Nurullah Mansourzadeh
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Consciousness Raising ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Attitudes Toward Learning ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Iranian Students ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Grammatical Structures ◽  
Learning English

The first purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of consciousness-raising (C-R) activities on learning grammatical structures by Iranian EFL learners. The second one was to investigate the effect of gender through C-R activities and tasks. Finally, this study wanted to investigate the Iranian students’ attitudes toward learning English prior to and after applying the C-R activities. An attitude questionnaire was use to investigate the participants' attitudes toward learning English before and after applying C-R activities. Data analysis indicated that using C-R activities in is significantly more effective than the traditional approaches. Regarding gender, male outperformed females. Therefore, it is recommended that other teachers consider C-R activities as useful options in teaching other aspects of language. Based on the statistics and findings, Iranian students’ attitudes toward learning English language were not much different prior to and after applying C-R activities.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document