Faculty of English Language Studies - Publications

Research Interests

Research interests of academic staff in the Faculty of English Language Studies (FoELS) include:

  • Genre analysis
  • Paragraphing practice
  • Writing pedagogy
  • Discourse analysis
  • Experiential learning 
  • Language learning strategies
  • Learner autonomy 
  • Teaching methodologies
  • Second language acquisition
  • Teaching and Testing
  • Second language dynamic assessment 
  • Interlanguage pragmatics
  • Learning styles
  • Language and literature 
  • Critical pedagogy in TESOL
  • Classroom discourse  
  • Classroom ethnography

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 Teaching59(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.

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