Self-Reflection vs. Group-Reflection Training: The Investigation of Iranian In-Service EFL Teachers’ Performance Development

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Sajjad Fathi ¹ , Ahmad Mohseni ² , Hossein Rahmanpanah ³

1 - Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 - Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
3 - Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2022-08-28 Accepted : 2022-11-09 Published : 2023-09-01

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