Teacher education
EFL Teachers’ Conceptualizations of Well-Being: Enhancers and Threats Across Educational Contexts in Iran

Mahdieh Mofidi; Mohammad R. Hashemi; Mohammad Nabi Karimi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 15 April 2025

https://doi.org/10.30479/jmrels.2025.21464.2469

Abstract
  This qualitative study utilized a grounded theory approach to examine how Iranian English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) teachers perceive and navigate their well-being within the diverse contexts of high schools, language institutes, and universities. The primary objective was to identify the factors that ...  Read More

Relative Clause Attachment Ambiguity Resolution in L1-Persian Learners of L2 English: The Effects of Semantic Priming and Proficiency

Mohammad Nabi Karimi; Eskandar Samadi; Esmat Babaii

Volume 8, Issue 3 , July 2021, , Pages 153-185

https://doi.org/10.30479/jmrels.2020.13469.1666

Abstract
  The present study explored the effect of semantic priming in the resolution of ambiguous sentences containing Relative Clauses (RCs) preceded by a complex Noun Phrase (NP) by L1-Persian learners of L2 English. The type of semantic relationship examined was the one between the RC and one of the NPs in ...  Read More

Learning L2 Non-Congruent Collocations across Cumulative vs. Concurrent Group Dynamic Assessment Instructional Conditions

Mohammad Nabi Karimi; Parastoo Alizadeh Oghyanous

Volume 5, Issue 3 , September 2018, , Pages 118-99

https://doi.org/10.30479/jmrels.2019.10472.1304

Abstract
  Collocations play a crucial role in the efficiency of speaking in a second or foreign language. However, learning non-congruent collocations has always presented itself as a difficulty to foreign language learners. Against this background, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of two types ...  Read More

Literal and Inferential Listening Comprehension: The Role of L1 vs. L2 Auditory Working Memory Capacity

Mohammad Nabi Karimi; Reza Naghdivand

Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2017, , Pages 67-84

https://doi.org/10.30479/elt.2017.1532

Abstract
  Working memory capacity, especially as it relates to L1 vs. L2, has been found to play a significant role in language comprehension and processing. Majority of the related studies have, however, been focused around reading comprehension, either in L1 or L2 contexts. The present study is a further attempt ...  Read More