Tackling Iranian Epileptic EFL Learners’ Foreign Language Anxiety and Vocabulary Learning via a Social, Meta-cognitive, and Problem-Solving Skills Training Package: Online and Traditional Contexts in Focus

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Title: Tackling Iranian Epileptic EFL Learners’ Foreign Language Anxiety and Vocabulary Learning via a Social, Meta-cognitive, and Problem-Solving Skills Training Package: Online and Traditional Contexts in Focus
Authors: Vale Jalali, Mina Rohanizadeh, Neda Fatehi Rad
Source: Research in English Language Pedagogy, Vol 12, Iss 2, Pp 353-369 (2024)
Publisher Information: Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Theory and practice of education
LCC:English language
Subject Terms: epileptic efl learners, foreign language anxiety, social, meta-cognitive and problem-solving skills training package, vocabulary learning, Theory and practice of education, LB5-3640, English language, PE1-3729
Description: The problems of epileptic EFL learners are more serious than those of normal learners. Mostly, in the context of language learning, they perform weakly in productive and verbal skills. This study investigated whether a social, meta-cognitive, and problem-solving skills training package affects foreign language anxiety, and vocabulary learning of epileptic EFL learners. The participants were selected through purposive sampling from among those referring to the Long Term Video EEG Monitoring Center in Kerman. To collect the data, the FL Anxiety Scale, TOEFL Vocabulary Test, Quick Placement Test, and the Social, Meta-cognitive, and Problem-solving Skills Training Package were recruited. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics, and ANCOVA were run. The findings of the study showed that the effectiveness of the mentioned training package on Iranian epileptic EFL learners’ FL anxiety and vocabulary learning in online was more effective than in the traditional context. The results have implications for the epileptic EFL learners and EFL teachers.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2588-3259
2538-4244
Relation: https://sanad.iau.ir/journal/relp/Article/897164; https://doaj.org/toc/2588-3259; https://doaj.org/toc/2538-4244
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/06028b9dc64648d0a971f7a62e7cae0f
Accession Number: edsdoj.06028b9dc64648d0a971f7a62e7cae0f
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Abstract:The problems of epileptic EFL learners are more serious than those of normal learners. Mostly, in the context of language learning, they perform weakly in productive and verbal skills. This study investigated whether a social, meta-cognitive, and problem-solving skills training package affects foreign language anxiety, and vocabulary learning of epileptic EFL learners. The participants were selected through purposive sampling from among those referring to the Long Term Video EEG Monitoring Center in Kerman. To collect the data, the FL Anxiety Scale, TOEFL Vocabulary Test, Quick Placement Test, and the Social, Meta-cognitive, and Problem-solving Skills Training Package were recruited. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics, and ANCOVA were run. The findings of the study showed that the effectiveness of the mentioned training package on Iranian epileptic EFL learners’ FL anxiety and vocabulary learning in online was more effective than in the traditional context. The results have implications for the epileptic EFL learners and EFL teachers.
ISSN:25883259
25384244