March 2009 home | PDF | SWF |

  Foreword: Profs. Askarzadeh and Robertson.

  Welcome to the third  Edition of the Iranian EFL Journal. The Iranian EFL Journal is proud to announce it has grown  in readership over its relatively short life – supported by the  Asian EFL Journal and Linguistics Journal. Readership now totals over 10,000 readers a month in what is becoming a very important source for knowledge and learning into the acquisition of the English language. The Iranian EFL Journal is a major source of accessible on-line  information into the study of Second Language Acquisition.

We present seven articles in this edition. In the first article Rahman Sahragard and  Afsaneh Baharloo endeavored to investigate the relationship of Iranian EFL learners' fear of success and imposter phenomenon with their academic achievement and language proficiency. They report,   based on the results obtained in this study, one can conclude that there is a significant relationship between students' fear of success and their experience of impostorism which indicates that students who fear the outcomes of success feel more like imposters and think that they do not deserve their current position.
          In the second article, the learned authors, Reza Pishghadam and  Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh investigated the effect of teacher self-disclosure on the speaking ability of the EFL learners. They conclude qualitative and quantitative analyses of the data demonstrated that teacher self-disclosure is effective in developing the speaking ability. In the third article, the aim of author Mohammad Rahimi  was to see if it was possible to create positive attitudes in Iranian EFL learners by familiarizing them with the format of a new test and practicing with it. As a result of practicing with the test, the students both developed positive attitudes toward the test as a test of language proficiency and became familiar with the format and content of the test. Consequently, their performance on the test improved.
            Khalil Motallebzadeh & Hamed Ghaemi explored the effect of online reading strategies on the choice of offline reading strategies of the participants. The results of their study revealed something special. Based on the statistical results reported in their study, problem solving online reading strategies and compensation (offline) reading strategies were the most significant priorities for language learners while reading in online and offline environments. In the next article. S.A. Razmjoo,  R. Sahragard,  & M. Sadri aimed at identifying the relationship between multiple intelligences (MI), vocabulary learning knowledge and vocabulary learning strategies among the Iranian EFL learners. Behrooz Ghoorchaei & Zohreh Kassaian investigated whether risk-taking, as a personality factor, is related to the speaking fluency and grammatical accuracy of Iranian EFL students. Finally, authors Firouz Sadighi, Rahman Sahragard, & Seyed Mohammad Jafari. investigated the relationship between Iranian EFL learners’ listening comprehension (LC) and their foreign language classroom anxiety.
            Our congratulation and thanks go to the authors who have written such authoritative works and helped towards the understanding of English in the Iranian context. And our sincere thanks go to the growing  readership of the Iranian EFL Journal

Volume 3. March 2009.

PDF E-book version
SWF version

Foreword: Drs. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh & Paul Robertson

1. Rahman Sahragard & Afsaneh Baharloo.  Fear of Success, Imposter  Phenomenon, Academic Achievement, and Language Proficiency among  some Iranian EFL Learners: a correlational study

2. Reza Pishghadam & Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh. The Impacts  of  Teacher Self-disclosureon the Speaking Ability of EFL Learners

3. Mohammad Rahimi. The Effect of Coaching on Test-Takers Attitudes toward and Performance on C-Test
                                
4. Khalil Motallebzadeh & Hamed Ghaemi. The Relationship between  Online Reading Strategies and the Choice of Offline Reading Strategies of Intermediate  EFL Learners

5. S.A. Razmjoo,  R. Sahragard,  & M. Sadri. On the Relationship  between Multiple Intelligences, Vocabulary Learning Knowledge and Vocabulary Learning Strategies among the Iranian EFL Learners

6. Behrooz Ghoorchaei & Zohreh Kassaian. The Relationship between Risk-taking, Fluency and Accuracy in the English Speech of Iranian EFL Students

7. Firouz Sadighi, Rahman Sahragard , & Seyed Mohammad Jafari.  Listening Comprehension and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety among Iranian EFL learners