Investigating Iranian EFL Instructor Evaluation Scheme from End-Users’ Perspective: Self-Evaluation vs. Students’ Ratings

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Fateme Naderian ¹ , Azizeh Chalak ² , Ahmad Ali Foroughi ³ , Hossein Heidari Tabrizi ⁴

1 - English Department, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran
2 - English Department, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Educational Sciences Department, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran
4 - English Department, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2017-09-18 Accepted : 2018-01-01 Published : 2018-09-01

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