Portfolio Assessment and EFL Learners' Writing Ability: Does Self-Regulation Have a Role to Play?

Maryam Taheri; Davood Mashhadi Heidar

Volume 8, Issue 2 , December 2019, , Pages 83-107

https://doi.org/10.22054/ilt.2020.47522.437

Abstract
  Due to the scarcity of quantitative studies as to the impact of portfolio assessment on EFL students’ writing ability and the significant impact of the interaction between portfolio assessment and self-regulation strategy, the present study aimed to explore whether portfolio assessment has any ...  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