Materials Development & Textbook Analysis
Iranian EFL Teachers’ Conceptions and Practices of Communicative Language Teaching Curriculum

Amir Kardoust; Abdulbaset Saeedian

Volume 10, Issue 2 , December 2021, , Pages 171-202

https://doi.org/10.22054/ilt.2021.58226.569

Abstract
  Enabling learners to communicate both in an inter-personal level and with people of other nations is greatly emphasized in language learning programs. The present study seeks to analyze the conceptions of Iranian teachers after they implemented the new communicative language teaching (CLT) curriculum. ...  Read More

Language Skills
The Role of Visual Scaffolding in Enhancing Iranian EFL Students’ Writing Ability

Mahnaz Mostafaei Alaei; Amir Kardoust; Abdulbaset Saeedian

Volume 8, Issue 2 , December 2019, , Pages 187-211

https://doi.org/10.22054/ilt.2020.51861.492

Abstract
  To better illuminate the link between scaffolding and visual aids, this quasi-experimental study attempted to scaffold an intact group of 14 intermediate-level Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners through providing graphs with the aim of enhancing their writing ability. Ensuring lack ...  Read More