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

Research in English Language Pedagogy

مقالات آماده انتشار، پذیرفته شده، انتشار آنلاین از تاریخ 21 اسفند 1402

نوع مقاله: Original Article

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.30486/relp.2023.1994105.1493

نویسندگان

Vale Jalali^{* 1}؛ Mina Rohanizadeh²؛ Neda Fatehi Rad³

¹English Language Department of Azad University, Kerman

²PhD Candidate, Department of English Language, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran.

³Assistant professor Department of English Language, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

چکیده

The problems epileptic EFL learners are more serious than normal learners. Mostly, in the context of language learning, perform weakly in productive and verbal skills. This study aimed at investigating whether a social, meta-cognitive and problem-solving skills training package has any effect on foreign language anxiety, and vocabulary learning of epileptic EFL learners. The participants, were selected through purposive sampling from among those referring to Long Term Video EEG Monitoring center in Kerman. To collect the data, 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 effectiveness of 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.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Epileptic EFL Learners؛ Foreign Language Anxiety؛ Social؛ Meta-cognitive and Problem-Solving Skills Training Package؛ Vocabulary Learning