This issue will be concentrated on language teaching, learning, testing and any analysis of language that will be related to classroom situations in schools or institutes. The focus is on second or foreign language but first language acquiring can also be included. In other words the aim of the issue will be to achieve the top goals of language learning in classrooms as much as possible. Any new method, strategy or thought in this area will be welcome.
02Meet the Guest Editors
Our distinguished editors bring deep subject-matter expertise to curate high-quality research and ensure a rigorous peer-review process.
Lead Guest Editor
Mojtaba Maghsoudi
Farhangian University, Arak branch, Iran
Guest Editor
Chei-Chang Chiou
Department of Accounting, College of Management, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan
Guest Editor
Vuyisile Msila
South African Society for Educators (SASE) , South Africa
Guest Editor
Fahime Farjami
Goldasht University of Klardasht, Nowshahr, Iran
03Published Articles
The following articles have been published in this special issue.
Abstract: Teachers’ ideas, their views of the world, their values and conceptions of their environment will affect seriously on their actions in the classroom. And these actions consequently will lead to some reactions in learners which cannot be separated from those of teachers. So based on the importance of these insights and views, the current paper investigates the effects of language teachers’ beliefs on learners’ intake in language learning classrooms. Among different areas of language learning, vocabulary was selected to examine because of its significant role in learning to communicate through language. So the research attempts to identify which one of the teachers' lexicon teaching beliefs is more effective in enhancing learners' vocabulary intake. The beliefs which are under question are divided into two groups: Memory-based and Function-based beliefs about teaching lexicon. The purpose of the study is to examine the effects of teachers’ actions (closely related to their stated beliefs) on learning vocabulary by Iranian EFL learners. 100 learners and their teachers were selected randomly based on Morgan’s table for sampling. The findings indicate that: a) the learners who were taught by teachers that placed more emphasis on function-based beliefs are more successful in learning lexicon than those who were taught by teachers focusing more on Memory-based beliefs; b) the result is the same for both genders.Abstract: Teachers’ ideas, their views of the world, their values and conceptions of their environment will affect seriously on their actions in the classroom. And these actions consequently will lead to some reactions in learners which cannot be separated from those of teachers. So based on the importance of these insights and views, the current paper inves...Show More
Abstract: This paper aims at describing language educational situations in Iranian schools and comparing the conditions with those ones in Iranian Language institutes. In fact the study concentrates on comparing different educational programs, text books, educational goals and etc. in schools and language institutes. The main aim of the study is to answer this question” what are the main reasons which may lead learners or their parents to trust on language institutes instead of schools to learn a foreign language, i.e. English in Iran?” The answer will assist program designers in schools in editing the design more properly and language teacher/learners to compensate the deficiencies by some substituted techniques which may reduce the failures. Totally the paper concentrates on those missing elements in Iranian language educational program in schools which may have clear effects on its failure or success. Through recognizing them, it will be possible to solve the problems or minimize the deficiencies.Abstract: This paper aims at describing language educational situations in Iranian schools and comparing the conditions with those ones in Iranian Language institutes. In fact the study concentrates on comparing different educational programs, text books, educational goals and etc. in schools and language institutes. The main aim of the study is to answer th...Show More
Abstract: In this paper we review the role of electronic technologies and one of the most recent one of them “Smart Boards” in foreign or second language classrooms. In fact the analysis of the effects of these kinds of boards is what we aims at, in this article. Technologies are changing our world and learning classrooms cannot be separated from this new universe. We should move toward it to be able to alleviate our new obstacles. Although whether we are ready to move across it or not it won’t stop. Electronics technologies can be introduced as one of the most fast-developing kinds of technologies. All over the world we can observe its steps and effects in our lives. Smart boards are one of the interactive electronic technologies that attracted the peoples’ attention all over the world. They can be useful in conferences sessions, meetings, learning classrooms, Here the concentration is on their applicability in language learning/teaching classrooms. The discussion will be about their efficiencies and deficiencies in language situations.Abstract: In this paper we review the role of electronic technologies and one of the most recent one of them “Smart Boards” in foreign or second language classrooms. In fact the analysis of the effects of these kinds of boards is what we aims at, in this article. Technologies are changing our world and learning classrooms cannot be separated from this new un...Show More
