Iranian Students' Emotional Perceptions of the Effects of Interactive Tasks on Self-Monitoring, Self-Regulation, and Willingness to Communicate
Subject Areas :Fereshteh Abkhoo 1 , Roya Baharlooie 2 , Hadi Salehi 3 , Omid Tabatabaei 4
1 - , English Department, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
2 - , English Department, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
3 - , English Department, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
4 - , English Department, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
Keywords: Interactive task, Self-monitoring strategy, Self-regulation strategy, Willingness to communicate strategy,
Abstract :
Engagement and interaction have recently been considered practical activities essentially in educational settings. Due to the importance of this notion, this research paper reviewed the qualitative study aimed to find out the evaluation of Iranian EFL students' emotional attitudes and perceptions towards interactive tasks on self-monitoring, self-regulation, and willingness to communicate in learning. Accordingly, the study as personality assessment developed the semi-structured interviews with 40 students in an experimental group and 40 students in a control group to explore students' motivational beliefs and their attitudes towards interactive tasks influencing their performance in learning and assisting them to communicate successfully. Based on the attitudinal analysis as the results of this study, using the Transcribed Interview Sample with coding (an extract) clearly identified that students with interactive tasks mainly outperformed those with regular instruction. Furthermore, the findings of the research indicated that students' achievement was improved in terms of their motivation, autonomy, and empowerment as contributed to their learning. However, this study revealed that teachers could increase the academically collaborative talk as well as social-emotional behavior of students in their teaching and learning environments to share feeling safe, taking risks, and enjoy constructive effects.
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