Esmat Babaii
Biographic Data
| ID | 5167900 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Esmat Babaii |
| GIVEN NAMES | Esmat |
| FAMILY NAME | Babaii |
| SIGNATURE | BABAII E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kharazmi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9998-8247 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A new scoring method for item response theory analysis of C-Tests
This study aimed to propose a new method for scoring C-Tests as measures of general language proficiency. In this approach, the unit of analysis is sentences rather than gaps or passages. That is, the gaps correctly reformulated in each sentence were aggregated as sentence score, and then each sentence was entered into the analysis as a polytomous item. Rasch partial credit model was applied to analyze the test. To investigate the effectiveness o…
Representation of women in English and Persian proverbs
The present study aims to investigate the portrayal of women in English and Persian proverbs using the multidisciplinary field of Cultural Linguistics as an alternative to critical discourse analysis. Utilizing a corpus analysis approach for Cultural Linguistics ( Jensen 2017 ), 124 English and 186 Persian proverbs representing the theme of ‘woman’ were compared and contrasted cross-culturally. Results of grounded-theory driven analysis revealed:…
How ‘good’ or ‘bad’ Others can be
Intercultural communicative competence has been offered as an open-minded replacement for ego-centric biases stemming from dogmatic national prejudice and its associated self-aggrandisement. While being a commendable proposal, its implementation in foreign language education has not been a widespread success story. Recent attempts to theorise intercultural communicative competence seem to emphasise negotiability in communication at the expense of…
Mixed-methods research proficiency for applied linguists
ELT as necessary evil
English language teaching has always been treated as a socio-cultural issue in post-revolutionary Iran. Fueled by anti-imperialist sentiment, the political authorities diagnosed Western influence as the major ailment of the society. Having to accommodate for the undeniable virtue of learning English for international communication, educationalists prescribed limited, censured doses of culture-free, localized English input to bring up a new genera…
“If a black hole is an oyster, then . . .”
Science fiction movies could play a pivotal role in making scientific discoveries available to the public. In this study, we explored the dialogue-based strategies these movies employ to appealingly communicate science. To investigate the discursive resources these movies use to represent science, we analyzed the content of 10 award-winning science fiction movies over the last decade (2010–2019). The findings demonstrated that although these movi…
Applied linguistics research in three decades
A call for international recognition of culture-specific words from the Middle East
This article attempts to probe into the biased state of English as an international language as far as culture-specific words from the expanding circle are concerned. To this end, two complementary
Interlanguage Pragmatics
In curricula where teachers have agency to make decisions on everyday classroom activities, their cognition exerts strong influences on their pedagogical practices. The present paper reports on a qualitative multiple-case study exploring Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ cognition of interlanguage pragmatics. Through triangulation of multiple methods and data sources, the study details descriptions of five Iranian EFL teachers…
Reliable predictors of reduced redundancy test performance
The present study intended to investigate whether test takers’ breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge can contribute to their efficient use of lexical bonds while restoring damaged texts in reduced redundancy tests. Moreover, the moderating role of general language proficiency was investigated in this interaction. In so doing, Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT), Word Associates Test (WAT), and a series of C-tests with high and low lexical bonds were…
The question of power in language classes from a critical discourse analysis perspective
Informed by the major tenets of critical discourse analysis, the present study attempted to expose the chasm between veteran English teachers enjoying a nation-wide popularity and those linguistically talented novices achieving locally mediocre fame in the Iranian EFL context. In so doing, two highly competent English teachers, each as a prime example of the above-mentioned camps, were selected to serve as the main participants of the research. T…
Traces of neoliberalism in English teaching materials
Textbooks, in general, and English teaching textbooks, in particular, are acknowledged as common sites for social reproduction and disseminating dominant ideologies. In an attempt to contribute to research on textbook ideology, the current study attempted to uncover neoliberal mentality in the highly popular ELT materials taught in Iranian private language institutes. Scrutinized though CDA methodology proposed by Fairclough [2001. Language and p…
Reply articles
This study analyses reply articles published in academic journals in the field of applied linguistics as an instance of academic conflict with regard to the realization of impoliteness. The study further explores the
Speaking self-assessment
Perceptual (mis)matches between teachers and learners are said to affect learning success or failure. Self-assessment, as a formative assessment tool, may, inter alia, be considered a means to minimize such mismatches. Therefore, the present study investigated the extent to which learners’ assessment of their own speaking performance, before and after their being provided with a list of agreed-upon scoring criteria followed by a practice session,…
The washback effect of Iranian high school final examinations on students’ test-taking and test-preparation strategies
English Language Learners
Discourse and Power in a Multilingual World. Adrian Blackledge. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 2005. Pp. x+252. ISBN 90-272-2705-5
Cooperative Test Construction
On the interplay between test task difficulty and macro-level processing in the C-test
The C-test
Traces of neoliberalism in English teaching materials
Textbooks, in general, and English teaching textbooks, in particular, are acknowledged as common sites for social reproduction and disseminating dominant ideologies. In an attempt to contribute to research on textbook ideology, the current study attempted to uncover neoliberal mentality in the highly popular ELT materials taught in Iranian private language institutes. Scrutinized though CDA methodology proposed by Fairclough [2001. Language and p…
The C-test
How ‘good’ or ‘bad’ Others can be
Intercultural communicative competence has been offered as an open-minded replacement for ego-centric biases stemming from dogmatic national prejudice and its associated self-aggrandisement. While being a commendable proposal, its implementation in foreign language education has not been a widespread success story. Recent attempts to theorise intercultural communicative competence seem to emphasise negotiability in communication at the expense of…
Reply articles
This study analyses reply articles published in academic journals in the field of applied linguistics as an instance of academic conflict with regard to the realization of impoliteness. The study further explores the
The C-test
On the interplay between test task difficulty and macro-level processing in the C-test
English Language Learners
Discourse and Power in a Multilingual World. Adrian Blackledge. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 2005. Pp. x+252. ISBN 90-272-2705-5
Cooperative Test Construction
The washback effect of Iranian high school final examinations on students’ test-taking and test-preparation strategies
Speaking self-assessment
Perceptual (mis)matches between teachers and learners are said to affect learning success or failure. Self-assessment, as a formative assessment tool, may, inter alia, be considered a means to minimize such mismatches. Therefore, the present study investigated the extent to which learners’ assessment of their own speaking performance, before and after their being provided with a list of agreed-upon scoring criteria followed by a practice session,…
The question of power in language classes from a critical discourse analysis perspective
Informed by the major tenets of critical discourse analysis, the present study attempted to expose the chasm between veteran English teachers enjoying a nation-wide popularity and those linguistically talented novices achieving locally mediocre fame in the Iranian EFL context. In so doing, two highly competent English teachers, each as a prime example of the above-mentioned camps, were selected to serve as the main participants of the research. T…
Traces of neoliberalism in English teaching materials
Textbooks, in general, and English teaching textbooks, in particular, are acknowledged as common sites for social reproduction and disseminating dominant ideologies. In an attempt to contribute to research on textbook ideology, the current study attempted to uncover neoliberal mentality in the highly popular ELT materials taught in Iranian private language institutes. Scrutinized though CDA methodology proposed by Fairclough [2001. Language and p…
Reply articles
This study analyses reply articles published in academic journals in the field of applied linguistics as an instance of academic conflict with regard to the realization of impoliteness. The study further explores the
Reliable predictors of reduced redundancy test performance
The present study intended to investigate whether test takers’ breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge can contribute to their efficient use of lexical bonds while restoring damaged texts in reduced redundancy tests. Moreover, the moderating role of general language proficiency was investigated in this interaction. In so doing, Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT), Word Associates Test (WAT), and a series of C-tests with high and low lexical bonds were…
Interlanguage Pragmatics
In curricula where teachers have agency to make decisions on everyday classroom activities, their cognition exerts strong influences on their pedagogical practices. The present paper reports on a qualitative multiple-case study exploring Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ cognition of interlanguage pragmatics. Through triangulation of multiple methods and data sources, the study details descriptions of five Iranian EFL teachers…
Applied linguistics research in three decades
A call for international recognition of culture-specific words from the Middle East
This article attempts to probe into the biased state of English as an international language as far as culture-specific words from the expanding circle are concerned. To this end, two complementary
“If a black hole is an oyster, then . . .”
Science fiction movies could play a pivotal role in making scientific discoveries available to the public. In this study, we explored the dialogue-based strategies these movies employ to appealingly communicate science. To investigate the discursive resources these movies use to represent science, we analyzed the content of 10 award-winning science fiction movies over the last decade (2010–2019). The findings demonstrated that although these movi…
Mixed-methods research proficiency for applied linguists
ELT as necessary evil
English language teaching has always been treated as a socio-cultural issue in post-revolutionary Iran. Fueled by anti-imperialist sentiment, the political authorities diagnosed Western influence as the major ailment of the society. Having to accommodate for the undeniable virtue of learning English for international communication, educationalists prescribed limited, censured doses of culture-free, localized English input to bring up a new genera…
How ‘good’ or ‘bad’ Others can be
Intercultural communicative competence has been offered as an open-minded replacement for ego-centric biases stemming from dogmatic national prejudice and its associated self-aggrandisement. While being a commendable proposal, its implementation in foreign language education has not been a widespread success story. Recent attempts to theorise intercultural communicative competence seem to emphasise negotiability in communication at the expense of…
Representation of women in English and Persian proverbs
The present study aims to investigate the portrayal of women in English and Persian proverbs using the multidisciplinary field of Cultural Linguistics as an alternative to critical discourse analysis. Utilizing a corpus analysis approach for Cultural Linguistics ( Jensen 2017 ), 124 English and 186 Persian proverbs representing the theme of ‘woman’ were compared and contrasted cross-culturally. Results of grounded-theory driven analysis revealed:…
A new scoring method for item response theory analysis of C-Tests
This study aimed to propose a new method for scoring C-Tests as measures of general language proficiency. In this approach, the unit of analysis is sentences rather than gaps or passages. That is, the gaps correctly reformulated in each sentence were aggregated as sentence score, and then each sentence was entered into the analysis as a polytomous item. Rasch partial credit model was applied to analyze the test. To investigate the effectiveness o…
Psychology (15 works) · Linguistics (10 works) · Mathematics education (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 works)