Reflective practice is becoming an increasingly dominant paradigm in both general education and EFL. It refers to teachers consciously taking on the role of a reflective practitioner, critically analyzing their own beliefs about teaching and learning, taking responsibility for their actions in the classroom, and continually trying to improve their teaching practice. Locus of control is a psychological factor heavily affecting ones motivation. People with an internal Locus of control orientation believe their success and failure depends on their efforts, while those with an external Locus of...

The effect of Locus of Control (LOC) on L2 learners achievement has scarcely been examined within the context of Iran. This study is concerned with examining the relationship between EFL learners LOC and their L2 reading and L2 writing achievement. It also explores the relationship of LOC with use of language learning strategies among EFL learners. To do so, the researcher first validated the Persian version of Internal Control Index (Duttweiler, 1984) to measure the particpants LOC. The Persian version of Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (Tahmasebi, 1999) was also used to measure the...