List of Articles زهره جراح زاده

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  1 - Discrepancies between the Speech of Male and Female in Lecturing: Language Management in Focus
  زهره جراح زاده محمد حشمدار
  10.30495/lct.2022.1951506.1055
  The purpose of this case study is to shed light on differences between the speech of male and female students in presenting a lecture in academic settings. It also aimed to discover which gender more follow essential steps in line with language management. This qualitat More

  The purpose of this case study is to shed light on differences between the speech of male and female students in presenting a lecture in academic settings. It also aimed to discover which gender more follow essential steps in line with language management. This qualitative study discussed the discrepancies from multiple perspectives containing standard form, using grammar, pronunciation and intonation, using synonyms, expanding the topics, and conversational style. In addition, to consider these components, this research attempts to discover which gender follows different phases to prepare a lecture before presenting it. This qualitative study was conducted throughout observation protocol, writing diary, and semi-structured interviews consisting of seven Iranian participants who have General English course with ages ranging from 19-25. To sum up, the researchers concluded that female students outperformed in the whole process of this inquiry. The study tries to provide insight to genders to understand each other's discrepancies which is a need and act as a key to better communication. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Effect of Distributed Leadership on Teacher Engagement, Teacher Accountability, and Teacher Competencies
  زهره جراح زاده زهره محمدی زنوزق
  10.30495/lct.2022.1959960.1063
  The current study is mixed-method research that inspected the effect of distributed leadership on 3 factors of teacher engagement, accountability, and competencies on 15 EFL instructors and their improvements toward the abovementioned elements. To this end, the research More

  The current study is mixed-method research that inspected the effect of distributed leadership on 3 factors of teacher engagement, accountability, and competencies on 15 EFL instructors and their improvements toward the abovementioned elements. To this end, the research was conducted through 2 phases, comprised of a quantitative inquiry which was intended to determine the teachers’ level of engagement, accountability, and engagement through implementing 3 questionnaires. Then, the participants took part in online workshops concerning various issues of each questionnaire to share their perspectives toward them. The effect of online discussions regarding distributed leadership was depicted through implementing the questionnaires as the posttest. The second phase was qualitative and aimed to illustrate the participants’ attitudes, opinions, experiences, and solutions toward the abovementioned components through writing a reflective essay. Results of the study indicated a good amount of difference between the participants’ performance on the pretest and posttest of the teachers’ engagement, accountability, and competencies questionnaires. The contents of the participants’ reflective essays were analyzed and presented in the second phase of the study. The outcomes showed that distributed leadership was a novel concept for all the participants and with presented various issues concerning each component, they achieved new insights toward their students, society, colleagues, and profession. Moreover, the resulted manifested that the participants accomplished benefit solutions and perspectives through online discussions and could find ways to develop themselves toward clinical, technical, critical, and personal competencies, all of which can lead to having a better educational atmosphere and students’ achievement. Manuscript profile