Improving EFL Learners’ Performance on Receptive-Response and Productive-Response Listening Comprehension Items through Diagnostic vs. Dynamic Assessment
Improving EFL Learners’ Performance on Receptive-Response and Productive-Response Listening Comprehension Items through Diagnostic vs. Dynamic Assessment

Ghazaleh Zandi; Kobra Tavassoli; Fateme Nikmard

Volume 39, Issue 3.1 , October 2020, , Pages 217-252

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.38116.2865

Abstract
  Listening comprehension is a challenging skill in EFL contexts and it is necessary to research various aspects of this skill. Therefore, this study tried to investigate EFL learners’ ...  Read More
Effects of Audio-Visually Prompted Collaborative Dialogue on EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension Development
Effects of Audio-Visually Prompted Collaborative Dialogue on EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension Development

Shima Beheshti; Mohammad Ahmadi Safa

Volume 39, Issue 2 , August 2020, , Pages 1-42

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.37967.2858

Abstract
  This study investigated the comparative effects of audio-visually prompted collaborative dialogue on the listening comprehension development of symmetrical, asymmetrical, and asymmetrical ...  Read More
Examining the Association between T-unit and Pausing Length on the EFL Perception of Listening Comprehension
Examining the Association between T-unit and Pausing Length on the EFL Perception of Listening Comprehension

Sedigheh Vahdat; Zohreh Gooniband Shooshtari; Mehdi Saba

Volume 39, Issue 2 , August 2020, , Pages 203-236

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.38139.2868

Abstract
  Listening taking over half of the learners’ time and effort (Nunan, 1998), forms a basis for acquiring much of a language. There are factors affecting listening comprehension ...  Read More
Motivational Beliefs, Self-Regulation and EFL Listening Achievement: A Path Analysis
Motivational Beliefs, Self-Regulation and EFL Listening Achievement: A Path Analysis

Alieh Nasrollahi-Mouziraji; Parviz Birjandi

Volume 35, Issue 3 , October 2016, , Pages 91-118

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2016.3923

Abstract
  Informed by the expectancy-value and social cognitive theories of learning, the present study proposed a path model to investigate the impact of motivational beliefs as defined by listening ...  Read More