Siros Izadpanah

• Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics
• Faculty Member at Islamic Azad University of Zanjan

Due to the development of English as an international language and dominance of fever of it, researchers were interested in the influential factors in learning English as a foreign or second language, and their relationship with English learning, such as; gender, different kinds of identity, religion, and etc. However, there are few studies on the...

The present article is an investigation about the effects of mnemonic vocabulary teaching to improve content vocabulary learning in EFL classrooms. A major issue with the most of the past studies was that they paid little or no attention to the effects of using mnemonic strategies to improve content vocabulary learning. The purpose of this paper is...

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between Kolb's learning styles and learning slang among Iranian EFL students with a gender-based focus. To this end, 63 EFL students of Tehran University were selected as the participants of the study out of 70 through the proficiency test by simple random sampling. The participants were both genders...

Listening is a fundamental and challenging component of second language learning. To decrease its difficulty, Advance Organizer activities (pre-listening supports) can be used leading to more effective listening and better comprehension. This study aimed to investigate the effects of three different Advance Organizers (AOs), i.e. pre-teaching key v...

This study is an exploratory study, which was conducted in relation to the study of the proficiency and performance of Iranian Air Traffic Controllers: attitude, work experience, and specific Aviation English courses. Few studies have been conducted in this field. The Aviation English Courses in Iran are very similar to Content-Based Language Train...

The flipped classroom approach involves restructuring traditional classroom instruction and facilitating students' active involvement with educational resources beyond the classroom setting. This approach allows for in-class activities that promote active learning and collaboration. The present study directed to investigate the influence of the fli...

This study examines the associations between speaking accuracy and fluency among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners and emotional intelligence (EI), creative thinking (CT), and academic enthusiasm (AE). Quantitative data was used in a thorough analysis that was carried out utilizing a cross-sectional design. Three hundred and twenty EFL l...

The proliferation of smart devices in educational settings has prompted a need to investigate their influence on learners’ attitudes and language learning outcomes. Recent advancements in smart technology (ST) have ignited curiosity regarding their impact on academic eagerness (AE), (AS), and academic performance (AP) among elementary English langu...

Introduction: This study attempted to investigate the impact of flipped teaching (FT) on EFL (English Foreign Language) students’ academic resilience (AR), self-directed learning (SDL), and learners’ autonomy (LA). Method: To do this, the researcher selected 354 participants by the twostage cluster sampling method. This research was quasi-experimen...

Recent developments in EFL) English Foreign Language) have intensified the need for computer games (CGs). However, far too little attention has been paid to this issue. The sample was selected using the two-stage cluster sampling method in this descriptive and correlational study. In the first stage, two institutes for males were randomly selected...

Introduction: In recent years there has been an increasing interest in the field of educational computer games (ECGs). Although ECGs have been researched, more analyses still need to be performed on these variables to check their effects on language learning. Methods: To this end, 74-third grade female state high school students from two schools in...

This investigation scrutinized the relationship between Willingness to communicate (WTC) and Self-regulation (SR), while Self-efficacy (SE) was considered a mediator. Up to now, still, there has been little debate about this issue. English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners were the group from which the study’s participants were chosen. The entir...

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the efficiency of the lecture and flipped classroom instruction method (FCIM) on EFL students’ academic passion (AP) and responsibility. Although these variables have been studied before, more studies still need to be conducted in this field. The statistical population of this study includes...

Recent developments in( EFL) English Foreign Language) have intensified the need for computer games (CGs). However, far too little attention has been paid to this issue. The sample was selected using the two-stage cluster sampling method in this descriptive and correlational study. In the first stage, two institutes for males were randomly selected...

This study aims to determine the relationship between educational technology (ET) and academic passion (AP) with Eng-lish Foreign Language (EFL) learners' creative self-efficacy (CSE) and academic achievement (AA). Few studies have been conducted in this field. The sample of the present study includes all intermediate language learners, including 5...

One of the most significant current discussions in educational psychology is academic passion. This research aimed to investigate the mediating role of academic passion in the relationship between goal orientation and academic self-regulation with students’ academic burnout. However, so far, there has been little discussion about these variables to...

Introduction In recent years there has been an increasing interest in the field of educational computer games (ECGs). Although ECGs have been researched, more analyses still need to be performed on these variables to check their effects on language learning. Methods To this end, 74-third grade female state high school students from two schools in...

Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) is a method of personal communication. This study aimed to determine the effect of NLP strategies on academic achievement, emotional intelligence, and critical thinking. Although NLP has been studied, more studies still need to be conducted on this variable contributing to language learning success. This experiment...

Introduction In the academic context, social networking sites (SNSs) have reshaped the way university students connect and communicate with each other and the way they learn, thus influencing their identities and dimensions. This research investigates the effect of social networks on academic self-handicapping with the mediating role of self-regula...

Introduction The present research investigates the causal explanation of academic enthusiasm based on the interaction between teachers and English learners: self-regulation, academic hope, and academic engagement among English language learners. Methods The implementation method of this descriptive research and research design was structural equat...

Introduction This study attempted to investigate the impact of flipped teaching (FT) on EFL (English Foreign Language) students’ academic resilience (AR), self-directed learning (SDL), and learners’ autonomy (LA). Method To do this, the researcher selected 354 participants by the two-stage cluster sampling method. This research was quasi-experimen...

This study investigated the effects of metacognitive listening strategy instruction (MLSI) and learners’ locus of control orientation on the listening comprehension of EFL learners. 100 EFL students at the University of Zanjan and Imam Khomeini International University of Qazvin were randomly chosen. The participants were randomly assigned to an ex...

One of the most significant current discussions in language learning is cultural intelligence. is research aims to study cultural learning determinants in EFL and ESP learners concerning their metacognitive, cognitive, motivational, and behavioral knowledge toward cultural intelligence in Iran. e studies so far indicate that cultural intelligence i...

Recent developments in the field of education have led to a renewed interest in the mediating role of critical thinking abilities (CTA) in the relationship between language learning strategies and the intermediate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ writing performance. Oxford Placement Test (OPT) was run to homogenize the participants, a...

The flipped classroom is a teaching approach that can afford additional face-to-face communication with students in the classroom. Although there are some studies that have already investigated the flipped classroom in general, few studies have investigated critical thinking and performance in learning grammar, in particular. The design of the stud...

Vocabulary as an inseparable part of language learning has a vital role in communication, which requires to be taught in new approaches. A quasi-experimental method was used to achieve the aims of the current study. In doing this, 48 Iranian female adolescent elementary learners (13–17) were assigned based on the Oxford Quick Placement Test from 70...

Vocabulary as an inseparable part of language learning has a vital role in communication, which requires to be taught in new approaches. A quasi-experimental method was used to achieve the aims of the current study. In doing this, 48 Iranian female adolescent elementary learners (13-17) were assigned based on the Oxford Quick Placement Test from 70...

The portfolio assessment is a purposeful and systematic collection of students’ work that is intended to show progress over time. The researchers employed the Oxford quick placement test, autonomy questionnaire, and topic-based paragraph writings as the pretest and posttest. The design of the study was quasiexperimental. To this end, researchers ch...

e portfolio assessment is a purposeful and systematic collection of students' work that is intended to show progress over time. e researchers employed the Oxford quick placement test, autonomy questionnaire, and topic-based paragraph writings as the pretest and posttest. e design of the study was quasiexperimental. To this end, researchers chose 12...

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the assessment of Iranian English teachers' performance. Besides, it was aimed to examine and compare the performance of teachers based on their gender differences and teaching experience. To the first aim, the Delphi technique was used to develop a questionnaire and the reliability of the D...

One of the most significant current discussions in writing is self-assessment and peer assessment. This study aimed to investigate the impact of writing self-assessment and peer assessment on autonomy and metacognitive awareness of Iranian EFL learners. One hundred and twenty participants were selected using convenience sampling. Four instruments w...

This study attempted to investigate the influences of cultural background knowledge on improving Iranian pre-intermediate EFL students' vocabulary and idiomatic expressions. To reach this purpose, the Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT) was performed on 100 English as a foreign language (EFL) learners and 60 of them were selected. The selected respo...

The present study was an investigation of the relationship between the EFL learners' critical thinking, their frequency, and types of informal fallacy and evidence in argumentative writing. Few studies have been conducted to investigate these issues. To this end, 356-second grade female senior state high school students from four schools in Zanjan...

Abstract The present study was an investigation of the relationship between the EFL learners’ critical thinking, the frequency, and types of informal fallacy and evidence in argumentative writing. Few studies have been conducted to investigate these issues. To this end, 356-second grade female senior state high school students in Zanjan/ from 4 sen...

As more various types of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) programs have been incorporated into language classrooms over the recent decades, it has become more important to uncover whether, to what extent, and under which moderator variables CALL can be yield more effective outcomes than traditional language instruction. The issue of educa...

Abstract The present study was an investigation of the relationship between the EFL learners’ interpersonal intelligence, the frequency and types of informal fallacy and evidence in argumentative writing. Few studies have been conducted to investigate this issues. To this end, 356 second grade female senior state high school students in Zanjan/Iran...

Flipped Learning is a rather new approach to teaching. In this approach, the place of teacher’s lectures in the classroom and homework assignments are exchanged to enhance active learning, engagement, and motivation. The aim of this research was to determine the effect of the flipped classroom model on intermediate and upper-intermediate learners’...

The globalized era together with demographic, geographical, and structural changes to English has reshaped the landscape of English language teaching (ELT) and emphasized the importance of preparing language learners for intercultural communication. It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the relations of language and culture. The aim of th...

In recent years, learner-centered teaching has emphasized the demand for making healthy environment where learners’ preferences, interests, personal experiences, cultural backgrounds and lifestyles are taken into account when making decisions about various characteristics of language learning/teaching The choice of topics, which are used in EFL dis...

A great number of investigations have focused on the subject of task rehearsal (repetition) and its likely influence on language learning. Giving language (L2) learners an opportunity to repeat the task may help them to redistribute their focus on form, since they have already become fairly familiar with the content. Several studies have also docum...

Background: The characteristics of maternal schemas play an important role in children’s psychological health. Identifying the mechanism of the relationship between maternal schema and temperament problems can be the focus of therapeutic interventions. Objectives: The aim of the present study was to investigate the ways to predict the relationship...

Vocabulary as an undeniable part of language learning is a main component in communication which requires to be taught in innovative ways. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of musical mnemonic on vocabulary recalling, and long-term retention of words by young learners. The design of study was experimental. Sixty teenagers from Sho...

Among the factors influencing students’ educational performance of English language course, critical thinking is thought to be of crucial importance. Thus, the present study set out to explore the relationship between critical thinking, its subscales and English language achievement. Also, the predictability of English language proficiency based on...

Despite the great number of interlanguage pragmatic (ILP) studies on different speech acts, only a few studies have been conducted on the correction speech act and its production strategies. Thus, the main purpose of this study is to discover Persian speakers’ corrective strategies. It also aims at comparing and contrasting Persian correction strat...

The present article was an investigation of mnemonic vocabulary teaching to improve reading comprehension in the EFL classrooms. A major problem with the most of the past researches was that they paid no or little attention to the effects of using mnemonic strategies to improve reading comprehension. The purpose of this paper was to investigate how...

Reading is one of the language skills, which is imperative in English learning and the requirement for exploring the effect of instructional strategies on instructing reading to the students have elevated in recent years. The purpose of this study was to determine what knowledgable and expert teachers of ELLs in the junior high schools make out as...

This study examined the relationship between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and mental health on writing proficiency of Iranian EFL learners. The data included two groups of males and females in intermediate and advanced level of English language learning from International Center (IT) and Iran Zamin institutes, Zanjan, Iran. The groups were compared...

The present study examined the effect of four types of post reading-based tasks with different index of task-induced involvement load (Laufer & Hulstijn, 2001) on EFL learners' recognition and recall of unfamiliar L2 vocabularies. To this end, 88 intermediate EFL learners were randomly assigned to four groups and were instructed to employ four diff...

It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the role of PowerPoint presentation on reading comprehension of deaf and hard of hearing (D/HH) students in schools. Based on different studies, PowerPoint, a common multimedia tool, has a crucial role in teaching and learning through providing a suitable understanding of the text and motivating stude...

This study was conducted to explore the effect of computer-mediated communication tools in online setting on Iranian EFL learners’ teaching, social and cognitive existence. The population of the study included 60 English Language Teaching students (B.A) of Zanjan Islamic Azad University using convenient sampling method. Experimental group included...

This project examined the perceptions of Iranian EFL learners’ attitudes towards online computer-mediated communication tools usefulness. Few researches have been done to evaluate student perceptions of the helpfulness of CMC tools in online learning. In this regard, based on convenient sampling method, 60 English Language Teaching students (B.A) o...

Every single day, we use spoken and written words to communicate thoughts, ideas and emotions. Sometimes, we are successful in communication, and sometimes we are not quite successful. We can say what we mean by use of good vocabulary knowledge. Facing with a written text, a good vocabulary is a very important tool. By having a good knowledge of vo...

The goal of the current research was to study the relationship among learning contexts and, levels of metalinguistic knowledge of the Iranian intermediate EFL learners. This research explores the level of learners’metalinguistic knowledge in English in two different contexts (traditional and intensive courses). Participants included 44 intermediate...

Viable listening comprehension skills are essential as the world gets to be more and more worldwide. Multi media and the web get to be discussions for English communication. EFL learners struggle to grasp oral English writings in their listening comprehension categories. In this study, a group of 103 Iranian EFL learners participated in this study...

Our purpose of the study was to determine the learners’ educational level and their knowledge of true cognate words. 385 had been selected from 3,789 statistical population participated in 2014–2015 at three levels of associate, bachelor, and master of Islamic Azad University as well as teachers of English in English educational institutions in Zan...

Recent developments in the field of computer technology have led to a renewed interest in the process of learning. In order to investigate EFL learners' perception of technology use, a mixed method design was used to explore students' attitude. Quantitative data was collected through questionnaires and qualitative data using open-ended questions.Th...

This study was designed to explore the manipulation of cognitive task complexity along +/- single task dimension (a resource dispersing dimension in Robinson’s triadic framework) on the Iranian EFL learners’ writing production in terms of accuracy, fluency, lexical complexity, and syntactic complexity, and put two different views (Skehan’s [1998] l...

The purpose of this study was to investigate Iranian high school EFL students’ viewpoint of technology in general and CALL (computer-assisted language learning) in particular on their learning process of English. In order to collect data, a quantitative research design was applied. The quantitative data was collected through a validated questionnai...

The Study of the Effect of Educational Level of Students and English Language Teachers’ Awareness on True and False Cognates in Iran The ability to speak two languages in the non-English-speaking countries is a remarkable achievement. There is a good reason to believe that bilingualism is the norm for the majority of people in the world, because...

Various investigations have shown that the native language impacts foreign word recognition and this influence is adapted by the dexterity in the nonnative language. Cognates, words which area like beyond two or additional languages in some fields signify an attention-grabbing, illuminating, and crucial facet of foreign or second language learning...

This study explores the close relationship between language and culture. Nowadays, the issue of human communication is one of the most important subjects occupying the minds of linguists, anthropologists, psychologists, and philosophers. .Since it is the most important means for communication among human beings, the relation between language, cultu...

The aim of this paper is to introduce Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT), to carry out the method of TBLT in English classes and to create a real purpose for language use and provide a natural context for language study. Considering the principles of TBLT (i.e., authentic, learner-centered, using language, intentional and interactive), it seems ta...