List of Articles Azizeh Chalak

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  1 - Navigating Turn-Taking System in an Online Synchronous Course: The Case of Gender and Language Proficiency
  عزیزه چالاک مهراد کریمی
  10.30495/lct.2022.1952423.1057
  English learners' turn-taking system has been impacted due to the sudden shift from traditional face-to-face classes to virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the study was to obtain a closer understanding of how students and teachers constructed More

  English learners' turn-taking system has been impacted due to the sudden shift from traditional face-to-face classes to virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the study was to obtain a closer understanding of how students and teachers constructed turns during their interactions. The data were collected from the audio transcripts of 55 students of two intermediate and two advanced EFL classrooms that were held on the Zoom platform. After collecting the data, they were transcribed through the modified version of Sacks, Schegloff, and Jefferson's Model and analyzed by the SPSS, through the Chi-Square tests. The results showed that the students were mostly addressed by their teachers. Moreover, the male students took more turns, and there was a meaningful difference in the turn-taking system of the intermediate and advanced EFL learners. Therefore, both gender and the level of proficiency influenced the patterns of turn-taking in online classrooms. The results might contribute to raising teacher awareness towards the preferred turn-taking patterns in a virtual synchronous classroom. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Iranian EFL Learners’ Attitudes Toward Autonomous English Learning Through the HelloTalk Mobile Application
  علی صادقی عزیزه چالاک
  10.30495/lct.2023.1990574.1093
  This study investigated Iranian intermediate EFL learners' attitudes toward using the HelloTalk app to improve their independent learning ability. Moreover, it examined the experts’ and learners’ attitudes toward utilizing the application. The study enjoyed More

  This study investigated Iranian intermediate EFL learners' attitudes toward using the HelloTalk app to improve their independent learning ability. Moreover, it examined the experts’ and learners’ attitudes toward utilizing the application. The study enjoyed a quasi-experimental design. In doing so, 54 intermediate EFL learners were selected from Fargooyan Language Institute in Isfahan, Iran. In this connection, six experts in the field were also asked to review the app, complete a questionnaire, and provide written feedback to add multiple perspectives to the design. They received the TAM questionnaire for better results on the use of the app. Furthermore, the interview adopted from the TAM questionnaire was used to explore the external and internal factors involved in this type of mobile learning. The results revealed that utilizing the HelloTalk app significantly and positively affected Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ autonomy. Besides, experts and learners had a positive attitude toward using the application. The findings of this study could be fruitful for learners with enough competence but who do not know how to be autonomous through mobile applications. It could also provide insight into how technology tools and computer programs could facilitate teaching and learning English. Manuscript profile