Research Interests

The research interests of FoELS academic staff cover the following broad areas:

• Teaching methodologies
• Second Language Acquisition
• English Medium Instruction
• English for Academic Purposes
• English for Specific Purposes
• Teacher education
• Language assessment
• Language and literature

We are very much open to collaborative research, and invite you to contact the Head of Faculty in the first instance.

Recent presentations and publications by FoELS staff

Rassaei, E., & Ravand, H. (2023). Immediate versus delayed prompts, field dependence and independence cognitive style and L2 development. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching.

Rassaei E (2023) Editorial: Incorporating technology for teaching vocabulary to second language learners. Front. Psychol. 13:1081901. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1081901

Rassaei (2022). The effect of recasts on L2 Grammar: A meta-analysis. The Language Learning Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2022.2097298

Rassaei, E. (2022). Implementing Mobile-mediated Dynamic Assessment for Teaching Request forms to EFL Learners, Computer Assisted Language Learning. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2021.1912105

Kaveh, A. Rassaei, E. (2022). The Effects of Mobile-mediated vs. Face-to-face Dynamic Assessment on EFL Learners Writing Fluency and Strategy Awareness: A Sociocultural Perspective. Language and Sociocultural Theory.  https://doi.org/10.1558/lst.20288

Aeen, J. B., Rassaei, E., Riasati, M. J., & Zamanian, M. (2022). EFL Learners' Modified Output and their Perceptions of Recast during Face-to-Face, Audio-based and Video-based Synchronous Mobile-mediated Communication. TESL-EJ, 25(4). 

Rassaei, E. (2021). Effects of dynamic and non-dynamic corrective feedback on EFL writing accuracy during dyadic and small group interactions. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 59(2), 233-265.Bagheri, M. &

Rassaei, E. (2021). The Effects of Two Forms of Written Corrective Feedback and Ambiguity Tolerance on EFL Learners’ Writing Accuracy, English Teaching & Learning, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42321-021-00082-6

Rassaei, E. (2020). Effects of Mobile-mediated Dynamic and Non-dynamic Glosses on L2 Vocabulary Learning: A Sociocultural Perspective, Modern Language Journal, 104 (1), 284-303. 

Rassaei, E. (2020). The Separate and Combined Effects of Recasts and Textual Enhancement as Two Focus on Form Techniques on L2 Development, System, 89, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2019.102193  

Bagheri, M. & Rassaei, E. (2021). The Effects of Two Forms of Written Corrective Feedback and Ambiguity Tolerance on EFL Learners’ Writing Accuracy, English Teaching & Learning, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42321-021-00082-6

Azizi, M., Rassaei, E., Bagheri, M. (2021). Iranian EFL Learners’ Understanding of Ubiquitous Learning: Examining Factors Affecting L2 Learner’s Classroom Achievement Using Structural Equation Modeling. International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Research, 9(36), 77-90.

Boggu, A., (2021). Building Upon the Past, Envisioning the Future. In: 20th Oman International ELT Conference. [online] Muscat: Sultan Qaboos University Press, pp.130-143.

Rassaei, E. (2020). Effects of Mobile-mediated Dynamic and Non-dynamic Glosses on L2 Vocabulary Learning: A Sociocultural Perspective, Modern Language Journal, 104 (1), 284-303.

Rassaei, E. (2020). The Separate and Combined Effects of Recasts and Textual Enhancement as Two Focus on Form Techniques on L2 Development, System, 89, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2019.10219

Boggu, A. (2020) ‘The potential of Kolb’s experiential learning cycle on long term knowledge retention’, 20th Oman International ELT Conference, Sultan Qaboos University, 14-15 October.

The Career and Industry Engagement Office offers professional support to both current students at Majan and our alumni. The aim is to help students and alumni by improving their employability, supporting them in developing their skills, and improving their CVs. It also supports them in searching for jobs and finding and promoting internship opportunities.

Career and Industry Engagement Office Activities:

Majan believes that its students should be networking with potential employers. To support this the Career and Industry Engagement Office conducts the following activities and services:

Employer seminar and presentation

The Office invites companies and organisations to Majan to talk to students about their companies. Workshops are conducted regularly that help improve students’ employability, including:

• How to create a professional CV,
• How to prepare for an interview,
• Career planning,
• Time management,
• Career opportunities in Oman,
• Workshops on career development.
• Campus placement:

Campus placement:

The Career and Industry Engagement Office has initiated a unique approach that aims to match organisations’ recruitment requirements with students’ qualifications and skills.

Campus placement events give organisations an opportunity to interact with students who are about to graduate, to interview them and possibly select them as graduate trainees or summer interns.