Iranian Learners' strategies for Retaining Their English Proficiency

ISBN-13: 9786139918416 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 164 str.

Mohammad Barzegar; Gholam Reza Kiany

Opis

Using a foreign language is one of the greatest talents anyone can have. However, if it is not required to use a foreign language in everyday life, the risk of losing proficiency is big. There are several practical strategies that can be helpful in a foreign language setting. Hence, this study mainly aimed at identifying the English proficiency retention strategies which were adopted by Iranian adult advanced English language learners. It also aimed at investigating the effect of gender and education level on second language proficiency retention.

O autorze

Barzegar, Mohammad
Mohammad Barzegar is a lecturer at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. He has published a few books and research papers and has presented in some international conferences. His areas of interest are English as a Lingua Franca, language attrition, teaching methodology, and teacher education.