Behzad Ghonsooly
Biographic Data
| ID | 198857 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Behzad Ghonsooly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Behzad |
| FAMILY NAME | Ghonsooly |
| SIGNATURE | GHONSOOLY B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7642-1053 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Examining the e-assessment literacy of Iranian English as a Foreign Language teachers
It is critical for language teachers to be assessment literate. At present, many English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers are constantly integrating Internet English lessons into their class programmes simply because they have witnessed the numerous advantages offered by this teaching and learning medium. The present mixed-methods study aimed at exploring Iranian EFL teachers’ e-assessment literacy. The participants of the study consisted of …
Modeling the associations between EFL teachers’ immunity, L2 grit, and work engagement
Due to the novelty of the concept of language teacher immunity, scant research attention has been dedicated to exploring its personality-based and psychological correlates in language teaching research. To expand the line of research investigating the contributing factors to language teachers’ immunity, the present study, informed by positive psychology, aimed to test a structural model of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ L2 grit, wo…
Probing the relationship among reading anxiety, mindfulness, reflective thinking, and reading comprehension ability of Iraqi intermediate and advanced EFL learners
While students can benefit from mindfulness and reflective thinking practices in their academic success, few studies grasp the entire scope of individuals’ experiences. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship among mindfulness, reflective thinking, reading anxiety, and reading comprehension ability in two groups of lower intermediate and advanced Iraqi EFL learners. The research questions investigated role of mindfulness, reflecti…
Morality Strives to Precede Society But Fails
A meta-analysis of relative effectiveness of flipped learning in English as second/foreign language research
Development and validation of students’ attitudes towards teacher’s pet phenomenon scale in the higher education setting
Role of Social Media Application in Promoting Motivation and Listening Skill of Iraqi EFL Learners
This study seeks to investigate the possible role of the social media applications in promoting and developing both the motivation and listening skill of Iraqi EFL learners at an academic environment. As a case study, seventy-majoring English sophomores at Mustansiriya University in Iraq were randomly divided between two groups, experimental and control groups. The pretest and posttest were conducted to the participants of the study based on a cu…
Engagement in doctoral dissertation discussion sections written by English native speakers
Bilingualism, monoliteracy, and third language writing
Studies on third language (L3) acquisition have shown that biliteracy has a facilitative effect on L3 writing. By comparing performances of bilinguals and monolinguals in subsequent language (English) writing, this study attempts to find whether being bilingual but not biliterate is of help to L3 writing. To this end, 52 Turk-Fars bilingual and 57 Fars monolingual females participated in the study. Data were collected through the participants’ co…
Exploring syntactic complexity and its relationship with writing quality in EFL argumentative essays
To predict syntactic complexity in second/foreign language writing, some studies have advocated the use of T-unit and clausal subordination measures while others have argued for the use of phrase-based measures. This study seeks to identify syntactic features that can be regarded as discriminators among different levels of writing quality. For this purpose, a corpus of argumentative essays by EFL learners was compiled and then the essays were rat…
Student Evaluation Apprehension
Evaluation apprehension is the anxiety arising from a concern that one’s knowledge or expertise may be evaluated unfavorably by an audience. In this regard, the educational field comprising students’ discussions, lectures, presentations, and interactions is not an exception. Plethora of studies on student apprehension demonstrated that the construct is under the influence of different factors and can create various consequences. The aim of the pr…
Second language teachers’ reasons for doing/not doing action research in their classrooms
This study aims to explore the extent to which Iranian teachers do research, and their reasons for doing so in the English as a foreign language context, with a special emphasis on action research (AR). The present study used a mixed methods design, i.e. questionnaire and interview, to gain a richer understanding of the teachers’ reasons for doing AR. The participants were 65 English teachers from 5 private English language teaching institutions.…
A Practical Model for Integrating Action Research Time into Second Language Education Schedule
Time limitation has always been considered a major problem in conducting action research (AR) in the field of second/foreign language teacher education. In order to overcome the lack of time obstacle to research engagement, a comprehensive framework was set up in this study that allowed teachers the flexibility to plan and incorporate research activities into their current teaching schedule. Seven Iranian teachers of a private English language te…
Proposing a working definition for the concept of teacher’s pet in the Iranian higher education context
Learning a Foreign Language
A Mixed Methods Study of the Relationship Between Cultural Capital of Senior High School English Teachers and Their Self-Efficacy in Iran’s English Language Classrooms
The present study sought to investigate the relationship between cultural capital of senior high school English teachers and their self-efficacy in Iran’s English language classrooms using a mixed methods approach. To this end, all senior high school English teachers in seven districts of Mashhad city in Iran were selected as the study population, out of whom 242 cases were chosen as the sample population using Morgan Sample Size Table. This is a…
A Mixed Methods Research on Teachers' Beliefs about Action Research in Second Language Education
Despite the fact that the beliefs about action research (AR) are considered essential for teachers’ professional development, teachers’ beliefs about AR have not been studied in any systematic way in second language education. This study is thus an attempt to fill the gap through examining Iranian teachers’ beliefs about AR. The present study used a mixed methods design, i.e. questionnaire and interview, to gain a richer understanding of the part…
Predictors of willingness to read in English
The aim of the present study is twofold. First, it tests a model of willingness to read (WTR) based on L2 motivation and communication confidence (communication anxiety and perceived communicative competence). Second, it applies the recent theory of L2 motivation proposed by Dörnyei [2005. The Psychology of Language Learner: Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum; Dörnyei, Z. 2009. “The L2 Motivational…
Attitude Toward Reading
L2 reading attitude has been the subject of more recent studies in English as a Foreign Language (EFL), and many have attempted to define this construct and find its correlates such as gender and L1 and L2 proficiency level. This study builds on the previous studies and aims at highlighting the connection between L2 and L1 reading attitudes and the degree L2 reading attitude contributes to L2 reading achievement in Iranian EFL context. Participan…
Willingness to Communicate in English
This study examined willingness to communicate ( WTC ) in English among Iranian EFL learners in the classroom context. For this purpose, a second language willingness to communicate (L2 WTC ) model based on WTC theory (MacIntyre, Clément, Dörnyei, & Noels, 1998) and empirical studies was proposed and tested using structural equation modeling ( SEM ). This model examined the interrelationships among WTC in English, communication confidence, motiva…
An exploration of the interrelationships among EFL learners’ English self-efficacy, metacognitive awareness, and their test performance
This study examined the interrelationships among selected cognitive characteristics of Iranian EFL learners including English self-efficacy, metacognitive awareness, and their test performance. For this purpose, a model was proposed based on empirical studies and was tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). Following this, two questionnaires were administrated to 200 Iranian EFL learners of two language institutes in Mashhad, Iran. Result…
Willingness to Communicate in English Among Iranian Non-English Major University Students
The purpose of the present study is to examine willingness to communicate in the second language (L2WTC) construct and its underlying variables among non-English major students in Iran. The study used WTC and socioeducational models for examining L2 communication and L2 learning. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and t test were used with a sample of 158 non-English major university students. An L2 communication model was also proposed…
Willingness to Communicate in English
This study examined willingness to communicate ( WTC ) in English among Iranian EFL learners in the classroom context. For this purpose, a second language willingness to communicate (L2 WTC ) model based on WTC theory (MacIntyre, Clément, Dörnyei, & Noels, 1998) and empirical studies was proposed and tested using structural equation modeling ( SEM ). This model examined the interrelationships among WTC in English, communication confidence, motiva…
Willingness to Communicate in English Among Iranian Non-English Major University Students
The purpose of the present study is to examine willingness to communicate in the second language (L2WTC) construct and its underlying variables among non-English major students in Iran. The study used WTC and socioeducational models for examining L2 communication and L2 learning. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and t test were used with a sample of 158 non-English major university students. An L2 communication model was also proposed…
Modeling the associations between EFL teachers’ immunity, L2 grit, and work engagement
Due to the novelty of the concept of language teacher immunity, scant research attention has been dedicated to exploring its personality-based and psychological correlates in language teaching research. To expand the line of research investigating the contributing factors to language teachers’ immunity, the present study, informed by positive psychology, aimed to test a structural model of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ L2 grit, wo…
Predictors of willingness to read in English
The aim of the present study is twofold. First, it tests a model of willingness to read (WTR) based on L2 motivation and communication confidence (communication anxiety and perceived communicative competence). Second, it applies the recent theory of L2 motivation proposed by Dörnyei [2005. The Psychology of Language Learner: Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum; Dörnyei, Z. 2009. “The L2 Motivational…
Attitude Toward Reading
L2 reading attitude has been the subject of more recent studies in English as a Foreign Language (EFL), and many have attempted to define this construct and find its correlates such as gender and L1 and L2 proficiency level. This study builds on the previous studies and aims at highlighting the connection between L2 and L1 reading attitudes and the degree L2 reading attitude contributes to L2 reading achievement in Iranian EFL context. Participan…
A Mixed Methods Research on Teachers' Beliefs about Action Research in Second Language Education
Despite the fact that the beliefs about action research (AR) are considered essential for teachers’ professional development, teachers’ beliefs about AR have not been studied in any systematic way in second language education. This study is thus an attempt to fill the gap through examining Iranian teachers’ beliefs about AR. The present study used a mixed methods design, i.e. questionnaire and interview, to gain a richer understanding of the part…
Willingness to Communicate in English Among Iranian Non-English Major University Students
The purpose of the present study is to examine willingness to communicate in the second language (L2WTC) construct and its underlying variables among non-English major students in Iran. The study used WTC and socioeducational models for examining L2 communication and L2 learning. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and t test were used with a sample of 158 non-English major university students. An L2 communication model was also proposed…
An exploration of the interrelationships among EFL learners’ English self-efficacy, metacognitive awareness, and their test performance
This study examined the interrelationships among selected cognitive characteristics of Iranian EFL learners including English self-efficacy, metacognitive awareness, and their test performance. For this purpose, a model was proposed based on empirical studies and was tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). Following this, two questionnaires were administrated to 200 Iranian EFL learners of two language institutes in Mashhad, Iran. Result…
Willingness to Communicate in English
This study examined willingness to communicate ( WTC ) in English among Iranian EFL learners in the classroom context. For this purpose, a second language willingness to communicate (L2 WTC ) model based on WTC theory (MacIntyre, Clément, Dörnyei, & Noels, 1998) and empirical studies was proposed and tested using structural equation modeling ( SEM ). This model examined the interrelationships among WTC in English, communication confidence, motiva…
A Mixed Methods Study of the Relationship Between Cultural Capital of Senior High School English Teachers and Their Self-Efficacy in Iran’s English Language Classrooms
The present study sought to investigate the relationship between cultural capital of senior high school English teachers and their self-efficacy in Iran’s English language classrooms using a mixed methods approach. To this end, all senior high school English teachers in seven districts of Mashhad city in Iran were selected as the study population, out of whom 242 cases were chosen as the sample population using Morgan Sample Size Table. This is a…
A Mixed Methods Research on Teachers' Beliefs about Action Research in Second Language Education
Despite the fact that the beliefs about action research (AR) are considered essential for teachers’ professional development, teachers’ beliefs about AR have not been studied in any systematic way in second language education. This study is thus an attempt to fill the gap through examining Iranian teachers’ beliefs about AR. The present study used a mixed methods design, i.e. questionnaire and interview, to gain a richer understanding of the part…
Predictors of willingness to read in English
The aim of the present study is twofold. First, it tests a model of willingness to read (WTR) based on L2 motivation and communication confidence (communication anxiety and perceived communicative competence). Second, it applies the recent theory of L2 motivation proposed by Dörnyei [2005. The Psychology of Language Learner: Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum; Dörnyei, Z. 2009. “The L2 Motivational…
Attitude Toward Reading
L2 reading attitude has been the subject of more recent studies in English as a Foreign Language (EFL), and many have attempted to define this construct and find its correlates such as gender and L1 and L2 proficiency level. This study builds on the previous studies and aims at highlighting the connection between L2 and L1 reading attitudes and the degree L2 reading attitude contributes to L2 reading achievement in Iranian EFL context. Participan…
A Practical Model for Integrating Action Research Time into Second Language Education Schedule
Time limitation has always been considered a major problem in conducting action research (AR) in the field of second/foreign language teacher education. In order to overcome the lack of time obstacle to research engagement, a comprehensive framework was set up in this study that allowed teachers the flexibility to plan and incorporate research activities into their current teaching schedule. Seven Iranian teachers of a private English language te…
Proposing a working definition for the concept of teacher’s pet in the Iranian higher education context
Learning a Foreign Language
Exploring syntactic complexity and its relationship with writing quality in EFL argumentative essays
To predict syntactic complexity in second/foreign language writing, some studies have advocated the use of T-unit and clausal subordination measures while others have argued for the use of phrase-based measures. This study seeks to identify syntactic features that can be regarded as discriminators among different levels of writing quality. For this purpose, a corpus of argumentative essays by EFL learners was compiled and then the essays were rat…
Student Evaluation Apprehension
Evaluation apprehension is the anxiety arising from a concern that one’s knowledge or expertise may be evaluated unfavorably by an audience. In this regard, the educational field comprising students’ discussions, lectures, presentations, and interactions is not an exception. Plethora of studies on student apprehension demonstrated that the construct is under the influence of different factors and can create various consequences. The aim of the pr…
Second language teachers’ reasons for doing/not doing action research in their classrooms
This study aims to explore the extent to which Iranian teachers do research, and their reasons for doing so in the English as a foreign language context, with a special emphasis on action research (AR). The present study used a mixed methods design, i.e. questionnaire and interview, to gain a richer understanding of the teachers’ reasons for doing AR. The participants were 65 English teachers from 5 private English language teaching institutions.…
Role of Social Media Application in Promoting Motivation and Listening Skill of Iraqi EFL Learners
This study seeks to investigate the possible role of the social media applications in promoting and developing both the motivation and listening skill of Iraqi EFL learners at an academic environment. As a case study, seventy-majoring English sophomores at Mustansiriya University in Iraq were randomly divided between two groups, experimental and control groups. The pretest and posttest were conducted to the participants of the study based on a cu…
Engagement in doctoral dissertation discussion sections written by English native speakers
Bilingualism, monoliteracy, and third language writing
Studies on third language (L3) acquisition have shown that biliteracy has a facilitative effect on L3 writing. By comparing performances of bilinguals and monolinguals in subsequent language (English) writing, this study attempts to find whether being bilingual but not biliterate is of help to L3 writing. To this end, 52 Turk-Fars bilingual and 57 Fars monolingual females participated in the study. Data were collected through the participants’ co…
A meta-analysis of relative effectiveness of flipped learning in English as second/foreign language research
Development and validation of students’ attitudes towards teacher’s pet phenomenon scale in the higher education setting
Probing the relationship among reading anxiety, mindfulness, reflective thinking, and reading comprehension ability of Iraqi intermediate and advanced EFL learners
While students can benefit from mindfulness and reflective thinking practices in their academic success, few studies grasp the entire scope of individuals’ experiences. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship among mindfulness, reflective thinking, reading anxiety, and reading comprehension ability in two groups of lower intermediate and advanced Iraqi EFL learners. The research questions investigated role of mindfulness, reflecti…
Morality Strives to Precede Society But Fails
Modeling the associations between EFL teachers’ immunity, L2 grit, and work engagement
Due to the novelty of the concept of language teacher immunity, scant research attention has been dedicated to exploring its personality-based and psychological correlates in language teaching research. To expand the line of research investigating the contributing factors to language teachers’ immunity, the present study, informed by positive psychology, aimed to test a structural model of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ L2 grit, wo…
Examining the e-assessment literacy of Iranian English as a Foreign Language teachers
It is critical for language teachers to be assessment literate. At present, many English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers are constantly integrating Internet English lessons into their class programmes simply because they have witnessed the numerous advantages offered by this teaching and learning medium. The present mixed-methods study aimed at exploring Iranian EFL teachers’ e-assessment literacy. The participants of the study consisted of …
Psychology (19 works) · Mathematics education (12 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · English as a foreign language (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works)