Papers by masoud azizinezhad
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2012
During the past three decades, the need for emphasis on collocations has received increasingly at... more During the past three decades, the need for emphasis on collocations has received increasingly attention in the field of EFL teaching learning processes. Several researchers pointed out the benefits of learning collocations such as increasing learners' language competence, enhancing learners' communicative competence, and being toward native-like. So the aim of present study is to focus on investigating collocational error types made by the participants, in EFL learning, The issues for teachers during teaching collocations, the frequency of collocational errors, and the sources of collocational errors. The participants' perceptions of difficulty in collocations were also examined. Moreover, it attempts to find answers for these questions. What are instruction effects on learners' collocational competence? Which collocations need to be learned?) How should we teach collocations in the classroom? Hence, collocational knowledge is essential for EFL learners and collocation instruction in EFL courses is required for every teacher or student who is dealing with English.
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2011
In the present world, with the huge amount of cultural exchanges between nations and countries ha... more In the present world, with the huge amount of cultural exchanges between nations and countries happening, Literary Translation can act as a very useful approach toward introducing our native culture to the world and finding a proper place for ourselves within the global multicultural relations. The importance of this research is in providing the translators with a deep insight into preserving meaning as the basic part of a message and to transfer the cultural elements attached to deictic expression during translation.In this case study the researcher has found the deictic expressions inside a Persian version of Hafiz poetry (Divan) and then has examined their translations in two other English versions, analyzing the information gathered in order to find the sources of errors. Then attempts have been made to find solutions for them and finally present a pattern or some general formulas for the adopted strategies.
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2011
This paper puts focus on the traditional teaching tools. In order to find their answers the autho... more This paper puts focus on the traditional teaching tools. In order to find their answers the authors conducted a course of advanced translation using the traditional blackboard where students were only allowed to use paper dictionaries and conducted the same course in another class where data projectors and PowerPoint slides were used and students were allowed to bring all sorts of electronic devises and tools to the class including laptop and digital dictionaries. At the end of both courses students sat a test in order to see which method has been more successful. Students were also given a questionnaire to see which method is more appealing to them and motivates them more. Translation is one of the major contributing factors in the development of science and technology especially in non-English speaking countries. The reason is that an understanding of the flood of the new science and technology in these countries is gained mostly through translated texts. It is an open secret that providing translators who are the link between the world's science and technology and the university students with a teaching approach capable of capable of stimulating their internal talents and motivations is of prime importance. A major part of the teaching approach is the facilities used in the process of teaching. Today teachers have lots of new technologies, electronic instructional and communicational technologies at hand that are deemed as basis for institutional reforms and powerful agents for the development of new teaching strategies and material. Moreover, nowadays lots of pedagogues, psychologists, teachers and politicians are worried about the level of knowledge of the young people and wonder if they can keep up their steps with the development of science and technology.
Research in Applied Linguistics, 2019
In this study, the directed (deductive) content analysis approach was adopted to explore the comp... more In this study, the directed (deductive) content analysis approach was adopted to explore the components of translator trainers’ competencies through in-depth individual semistructured interviews conducted with 10 expert Iranian translator trainers at different universities around Iran. Theoretical model was the translator trainer profile proposed by The European Master’s in Translation (EMT) Group, including fundamental requirements, instructional competence, assessment competence, field competence, organizational competence, and interpersonal competence. Initial codes were extracted from the interview data and subsumed under the existing subcategories of the framework or formed new categories. Subcategories were, then, analyzed and subsumed under the existing main categories or caused new subcategories to emerge. As a result, for the theme fundamental requirements, the main categories ‘research skills’ and ‘linguistic-cultural-general knowledge,’ for the theme assessment competence...
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2011
There are two important poles in Iranian English language contexts: schools or universities (form... more There are two important poles in Iranian English language contexts: schools or universities (formal contexts) and Language Teaching Institutes (informal contexts). The difference of contexts entails different teaching methods, different attitudes and different students" needs. Teachers interact differently with these situations to meet these needs because their attitudes toward ELT contexts is not the same; some teachers are more experienced than others , some hold higher academic degrees , in addition, teachers may have been graduated from different universities , i.e., Islamic Azad and state-run universities. What may be the influence of these criteria on their attitudes toward teaching? Do these criteria contribute to their choice of teaching method and class activities in formal and informal teaching contexts? This investigation aims at designating differences among formal and informal language teaching contexts as well as teachers" perceptions of their roles and practices in these contexts.
Research in Applied Linguistics, 2017
To explore the effects of formative assessment on student engagement in classroom, 60 upper-inter... more To explore the effects of formative assessment on student engagement in classroom, 60 upper-intermediate level EFL students, were chosen out of a convenience sample of 120, using the Oxford Placement Test and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. After the intervention, the students were asked to complete the Student Course Engagement Questionnaire. Independent sample t-test results using SPSS revealed that the difference between the two groups’ engagement scores was statistically significant and that formative assessment and feedback were highly correlated with students’ engagement. Results also indicated that formative assessment and meaningful feedback can facilitate teachers’ efforts to improve student engagement in classroom activities.
Research in Applied Linguistics, 2019
In this study, the directed (deductive) content analysis approach was adopted to explore the comp... more In this study, the directed (deductive) content analysis approach was adopted to explore the components of translator trainers’ competencies through in-depth individual semistructured interviews conducted with 10 expert Iranian translator trainers at different universities around Iran. Theoretical model was the translator trainer profile proposed by The European Master’s in Translation (EMT) Group, including fundamental requirements, instructional competence, assessment competence, field competence, organizational competence, and interpersonal competence. Initial codes were extracted from the interview data and subsumed under the existing subcategories of the framework or formed new categories. Subcategories were, then, analyzed and subsumed under the existing main categories or caused new subcategories to emerge. As a result, for the theme fundamental requirements, the main categories ‘research skills’ and ‘linguistic-cultural-general knowledge,’ for the theme assessment competence...
Nowadays, the use of mobile technology has created a new form of learning called mobile learning ... more Nowadays, the use of mobile technology has created a new form of learning called mobile learning (M-Learning), where learning is supported by mobile devices, ubiquitous communications and intelligent user interfaces. There has been significant growth in learning by mobiles scientific studies in the past years. The present paper shows how short message (SMS), which is a popular mobile application among many people, can help EFL/ESL students learning English vocabulary. Firstly; we want to investigate the capabilities of this novel learning method, and students’ attitudes towards it. Secondly, we guide language learners to integrate mobile technology into their study plan and finally to be flexible in their learning activities. The findings of the various research projects show that SMS-based vocabulary learning can increase EFL/ESL language learners’ flexibility and may be highly motivating for them. The results also suggest that M-Learning improve the process of language learning to...
Procedia-Social and Behavioral …, 2012
Task-based teaching and learning is becoming more and more popular in the world and especially in... more Task-based teaching and learning is becoming more and more popular in the world and especially in Iran English classes now, and the aim of task is to create a real purpose for language use and provide a natural context for language study. This article is to introduce ...
Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2011
Constructivist teaching is based on constructivist learning theory. This theoretical framework is... more Constructivist teaching is based on constructivist learning theory. This theoretical framework is based on the belief that learning occurs through what a student already knows; this prior knowledge is called a schema. Because all learning should pass through the filter of the ...
Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2011
It is fundamentally essential for children to learn English from a young age in this rapidly glob... more It is fundamentally essential for children to learn English from a young age in this rapidly globalizing world. English knowledge will help to open many opportunities for them in the future and it will be invaluable in their future careers. However, teaching English to ...
Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2011
One of the major tasks of a teacher is, nowadays, believed to be trying to improve digital compet... more One of the major tasks of a teacher is, nowadays, believed to be trying to improve digital competence of students so that they are able to use ICT in the modern community. Blogging is having a weblog on the worldwide web and to maintain or add new entries to a blog, ...
Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2011
Oovoo and Skype are free chat and video communication tools which allow users to send pre-recorde... more Oovoo and Skype are free chat and video communication tools which allow users to send pre-recorded video messages, chat synchronously with other users, and participate in video conferences with up to three users at a time for free using the internet. With a paid ...
Procedia-Social and …, 2011
There are currently 1.7 billion mobile phones in use around the world, while the total world popu... more There are currently 1.7 billion mobile phones in use around the world, while the total world population is 6 billion (Keegan, 2004).! In the past 10 years, the increasing development of mobile phone technology has been unbelievably swift: from from plain and simple cell ...
Procedia-Social and Behavioral …, 2012
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the collocational errors in EFL college learn... more The purpose of the present study was to investigate the collocational errors in EFL college learners' writing. A total of 68 sophomores University students in Hamadan city participated in this study. Thirty-eight assignments and thirty-eight in-class practice were collected and ...
Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2011
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." Victor Borge Researchers have shown that l... more Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." Victor Borge Researchers have shown that laughter is crucial to our health and that the use of humour in class can do something of a miracle. Teaching experience has shown that humour helps keeping students interested and motivated. Humour and laughter can also help less sociable students in language classes to participate with the group, to feel a part of the peer group, join class activities and group work without feeling exposed or vulnerable. This is of particular importance in a communicative classroom where the emphasis is on veritable oral communication, pair works and interaction. It's a way of getting those students involved in class activities who are worried or nervous to try and talk their minds in a foreign language (Provine, 2000). Kristmanson (2000) emphasizes the necessity of creating a hospitable atmosphere for language learning.The present paper shows the impact/s of using humour and laughter in creating a relaxed and open atmosphere for language learning, to get and hold students' attention, increase retention of what is learned, foster a constructive attitude towards mistakes, and stimulate both creative and critical thinking during a language classroom. Humour in language classes reduces tension, improves classroom atmosphere, increases enjoyment and has a positive impact on the student-teacher interactions.
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Massoud Azizinezhad received his BA in English translation in 2002 from Shahid Chamran University... more Massoud Azizinezhad received his BA in English translation in 2002 from Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz, Iran. He received his MA in the same field from Isfahan University in 2005. His MA thesis was on translatability of figurative speech in Persian modern poetry. He's been ...
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