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Examining Construct Validation of the English Language Teachers Competency Test
The major purpose of this study was to examine the construct validity of English Language Teachers Competency Test (ELT-CT) designed by Pishghadam, Baghaei and Shahriari (2010). In this study, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to examine...
Predictive Validity of the English Language Teacher Competency Test
This study intends to examine the predictive validity of the English Language Teacher Competency Test (ELT-CT) designed by Pishghadam (2010). To achieve this end, 100 teachers were asked to take ELT-CT and 700 students were asked to determine...
Perceptions and Experiences of the Teachers and Educational Administrators of the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Professional Rankings Plan of Teachers
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the perception and experience of teachers and educational managers about the implementation of the professional ranking plan of teachers in the education system of the Iran...
Factors Underlying the Attributes and Behaviours of Best Motivating Teachers: A Student Perspective
This study explores the attributes and behaviours of high school teachers who motivate
their learners best. Upon eliciting them from eighty freshmen university students, the
attributes and behaviours were discussed in length in class...
Development and Validation of an English Language Teacher Competency Test Using Item Response Theory
The major aim of this study was to design and validate a competency test measuring English language teachers` knowledge for the purpose of teaching in language institutes. To this end, initially based on the guidelines laid down by eminent scholars...
An Exploration of EFL Teachers' Teaching Styles and Emotions
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The present study aims at delving into English as foreign language (EFL) teachers' preferred
teaching style and the emotions that they experienced in their classes. For this purpose,
Grasha's Teaching...
Probing Language Teachers’ Stroking and Credibility in Relation to Their Success in Class
Given the significance of teacher success in the adequacy of teaching and learning, the present study aims to examine the roles of two factors, namely teacher stroking and teacher credibility in teacher success. To do so, a total of 301 English as a...
Does “experience” bring about any significant difference in EFL teacher talk
The rationale for the present study is based on the fact that understanding the teaching pro- cess and the development of teachers is incomplete unless the teachers' classroom behavior, especially their talk, is objectively explored. To this end...
Teacher as envolver: a new role to play in English language discussion classes
of emotioncy, the present study is an attempt to introduce envolver as a new role for teachers. Sense-related emotions towards a word or an entity that can relativise cognition fluctuate from avolvement (having no feelings) and exvolvement (having heard, seen...
Social Conceptions of Intelligence and their Influence on English Language Teacher Care
The major objectives of this study were first to delve into the mindsets of Iranian EFL teachers on the association between intelligence and language learning, and second to examine the ways these teachers perform diverse caring practices in class...