Mohammad Aliakbari
Biographic Data
| ID | 904513 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mohammad Aliakbari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mohammad |
| FAMILY NAME | Aliakbari |
| SIGNATURE | ALIAKBARI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ilam University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5974-9708 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Social semiotic analysis of photographic portrayals of Iranian elders on websites
Considering the popularity of online platforms and their significant force in producing collective discourses, attitudes, and patterns of behaviours, this study critically examined the photographic portrayal of old Iranians on websites during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study focuses on this age group, which has been identified as the most vulnerable to the virus. Photographs of old people during COVID-19 are semiotic resources that enable researc…
Kinship terms variation among speakers of Bahmaie dialect in Khuzestan Province of Iran
Language indicates the social and cultural identity of the nations, and literature is of great value in reflecting ideas, beliefs and visions in language. Considering the fact that the local dialects that lack written literature are more subject to convergence and death, extensive research is required for further documentation and investigating the factors leading to their infrequency of use. Bahmaie, a variant of Luri dialect spoken in the south…
Efficacy of Focused and Unfocused Written Corrective Feedback on EFL Learners’ Grammatical Accuracy
The potential effectiveness of various kinds of written corrective feedback (CF) has been the focus of CF investigations that did not reach firm conclusions about which methods of correction can more successfully facilitate students’ grammatical development. A good majority of the studies investigated an unfocused approach to CF while a focused approach has received far less attention. In line with this argument, the current study employed a pre-…
The Relationship between Iraqi EFL Teachers’ Professional development and Their Classroom Management
The present study investigated the relationship between Iraqi EFL teachers’ professional development (PD) and their classroom management techniques. The former is a general term that means developing yourself professionally and the latter relates to improving your classroom management abilities by learning new strategies and techniques, motivating students, and having all students practicing by asking questions. The study included participation o…
Mobile-Assisted Language Learning and Its Effects on Learners’ Speaking Development
This comparative study was to determine the impact of mobile learning classes on English Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ speaking skill development and their motivation to participate in class discussions. The level of students’ satisfaction with this approach was also investigated. 60 students from Kish institute in Ilam, Iran, were assigned through purposive sampling to comparable groups. One group participated in face-to-face classes, and the…
“They Now Respect Me and Send Me to the Best Schools!”
This article presents the findings related to the identity construction processes of an Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher in the context of Iran. Data were collected using a life history approach with a critical-event focus and analyzed via social ecology of identity (Wenger, 1998). The findings indicated that the participating teacher’s identities are highly socially constructed and constrained with no room for personal agency.…
Foreign language identity and Iranian learners’ achievement
Categorization of writing tasks in Iranian senior high school English textbooks
Using Littlejohn's (2011) task analysis sheet, this study examined writing tasks in Iranian ELT textbooks developed by Iran's Ministry of Education since 1979 to see whether their underlying aspects reflected universal SLA principles. Almost all of the writing tasks were found to be writing‐as‐a‐means type engaging the students with aspects of language other than the writing itself. Also, the textbooks relied heavily on mechanical writing drills …
The role of sociocultural mediational tools in EFL teachers’ development
The sociocultural orientation in general education, which has gradually leaked into second language teacher education, argues that teachers usually employ social relations, cultural artefacts, and theoretical concepts to mediate their thinking and practice. Against this background, the present study aimed to explore how three male Iranian English as a foreign language teachers have capitalised on the three sociocultural tools to mediate their dev…
Communicating sociocultural norms and social and religious practices in Iranian death notices
Drawing on a corpus of 100 randomly collected death notices published in an Iranian national newspaper, this study examined generic structures as well as their lexico-grammatical patterning to reveal what communicative functions are articulated by these generic components. Basing our identification of moves on Swales [1990. Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Settings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press], we identified 12 rhetoric…
On Language Distribution in Ilam Province, Iran
As is still the case in many parts of Iran, the distribution of languages and dialects in Ilam Province, western Iran, is unevenly documented. There have been several studies on specific language varieties spoken throughout the province but, in large part because of conflicting perspectives on the relationship between language and ethnicity, the situation for the region as a whole has until now remained unclear. The present study first of all bri…
On the realization of refusal strategies by Persian and Kurdish speakers
Investigation of the proxemic behavior of Iranian professors and university students
Foreign language identity and Iranian learners’ achievement
Mobile-Assisted Language Learning and Its Effects on Learners’ Speaking Development
This comparative study was to determine the impact of mobile learning classes on English Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ speaking skill development and their motivation to participate in class discussions. The level of students’ satisfaction with this approach was also investigated. 60 students from Kish institute in Ilam, Iran, were assigned through purposive sampling to comparable groups. One group participated in face-to-face classes, and the…
Communicating sociocultural norms and social and religious practices in Iranian death notices
Drawing on a corpus of 100 randomly collected death notices published in an Iranian national newspaper, this study examined generic structures as well as their lexico-grammatical patterning to reveal what communicative functions are articulated by these generic components. Basing our identification of moves on Swales [1990. Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Settings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press], we identified 12 rhetoric…
On Language Distribution in Ilam Province, Iran
As is still the case in many parts of Iran, the distribution of languages and dialects in Ilam Province, western Iran, is unevenly documented. There have been several studies on specific language varieties spoken throughout the province but, in large part because of conflicting perspectives on the relationship between language and ethnicity, the situation for the region as a whole has until now remained unclear. The present study first of all bri…
Investigation of the proxemic behavior of Iranian professors and university students
On the realization of refusal strategies by Persian and Kurdish speakers
On Language Distribution in Ilam Province, Iran
As is still the case in many parts of Iran, the distribution of languages and dialects in Ilam Province, western Iran, is unevenly documented. There have been several studies on specific language varieties spoken throughout the province but, in large part because of conflicting perspectives on the relationship between language and ethnicity, the situation for the region as a whole has until now remained unclear. The present study first of all bri…
Communicating sociocultural norms and social and religious practices in Iranian death notices
Drawing on a corpus of 100 randomly collected death notices published in an Iranian national newspaper, this study examined generic structures as well as their lexico-grammatical patterning to reveal what communicative functions are articulated by these generic components. Basing our identification of moves on Swales [1990. Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Settings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press], we identified 12 rhetoric…
Categorization of writing tasks in Iranian senior high school English textbooks
Using Littlejohn's (2011) task analysis sheet, this study examined writing tasks in Iranian ELT textbooks developed by Iran's Ministry of Education since 1979 to see whether their underlying aspects reflected universal SLA principles. Almost all of the writing tasks were found to be writing‐as‐a‐means type engaging the students with aspects of language other than the writing itself. Also, the textbooks relied heavily on mechanical writing drills …
The role of sociocultural mediational tools in EFL teachers’ development
The sociocultural orientation in general education, which has gradually leaked into second language teacher education, argues that teachers usually employ social relations, cultural artefacts, and theoretical concepts to mediate their thinking and practice. Against this background, the present study aimed to explore how three male Iranian English as a foreign language teachers have capitalised on the three sociocultural tools to mediate their dev…
“They Now Respect Me and Send Me to the Best Schools!”
This article presents the findings related to the identity construction processes of an Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher in the context of Iran. Data were collected using a life history approach with a critical-event focus and analyzed via social ecology of identity (Wenger, 1998). The findings indicated that the participating teacher’s identities are highly socially constructed and constrained with no room for personal agency.…
Foreign language identity and Iranian learners’ achievement
The Relationship between Iraqi EFL Teachers’ Professional development and Their Classroom Management
The present study investigated the relationship between Iraqi EFL teachers’ professional development (PD) and their classroom management techniques. The former is a general term that means developing yourself professionally and the latter relates to improving your classroom management abilities by learning new strategies and techniques, motivating students, and having all students practicing by asking questions. The study included participation o…
Mobile-Assisted Language Learning and Its Effects on Learners’ Speaking Development
This comparative study was to determine the impact of mobile learning classes on English Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ speaking skill development and their motivation to participate in class discussions. The level of students’ satisfaction with this approach was also investigated. 60 students from Kish institute in Ilam, Iran, were assigned through purposive sampling to comparable groups. One group participated in face-to-face classes, and the…
Kinship terms variation among speakers of Bahmaie dialect in Khuzestan Province of Iran
Language indicates the social and cultural identity of the nations, and literature is of great value in reflecting ideas, beliefs and visions in language. Considering the fact that the local dialects that lack written literature are more subject to convergence and death, extensive research is required for further documentation and investigating the factors leading to their infrequency of use. Bahmaie, a variant of Luri dialect spoken in the south…
Efficacy of Focused and Unfocused Written Corrective Feedback on EFL Learners’ Grammatical Accuracy
The potential effectiveness of various kinds of written corrective feedback (CF) has been the focus of CF investigations that did not reach firm conclusions about which methods of correction can more successfully facilitate students’ grammatical development. A good majority of the studies investigated an unfocused approach to CF while a focused approach has received far less attention. In line with this argument, the current study employed a pre-…
Social semiotic analysis of photographic portrayals of Iranian elders on websites
Considering the popularity of online platforms and their significant force in producing collective discourses, attitudes, and patterns of behaviours, this study critically examined the photographic portrayal of old Iranians on websites during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study focuses on this age group, which has been identified as the most vulnerable to the virus. Photographs of old people during COVID-19 are semiotic resources that enable researc…
Psychology (11 works) · Linguistics (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works)