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Associations between EFL students’ L2 grit, boredom coping strategies, and emotion regulation strategies: A structural equation modeling approach
Solhi, Mehdi; Derakhshan, Ali; Ünsal, Büşra (Routledge, 2023)This study intended to explore the relations between 259 Turkish EFL students’ L2 grit (i.e. the persistence of effort and consistency of interest) and boredom coping strategies (i.e. cognitive approach, behavioural approach, ... -
The content analysis of the English as an international language-targeted coursebooks: English literature or literature in English?
Andarab, Mehdi Solhi (SciencePark Science, Organization and Counseling, 2019)The integration of literature and literary works has always played an undeniable role in language education. Despite the existence of a wealth of literature in non-native English-speaking countries, in the majority of the ... -
The effect of recorded oral feedback on EFL learners' writing
Solhi, Mehdi; Eǧinli, İlknur (Selcuk University, 2020)While there is general agreement among learners, teachers, and scholars that constructive feedback on writing is necessary to revision, there are fewer consensuses on how feedback should be given, when, by whom, and what ... -
Evaluating the long-term effectiveness of English language coursebooks at Turkish public high schools
Solhi, Mehdi; Mert, Yaren Zehra; Çelen, Zeliha; Kısa, Rabia (Hacettepe University, 2021)In this pre-use evaluation study, the long-term effectiveness of the contents of the English language coursebooks provided by the Ministry of Turkish National Education for high school students (i.e., 9th to 12th graders) ... -
Evaluation of the English language coursebooks used at the Turkish public elementary schools
Solhi, Mehdi; Sak Masrı, Meryem; Şahin, Şeyda; Yılmaz, Hanife Selin (Selcuk University, 2020)This study sought to evaluate the English language coursebooks used at the Turkish public elementary schools. In so doing, a series of coursebooks used in English courses of the curriculum prepared by the Turkish Ministry ... -
Factors negatively affecting Turkish EFL learners' achievement: A gender-based exploratory study
Solhi, Mehdi (International Balkan University, 2020)The reasons for the Turkish students' poor foreign language achievements have long been a subject of discussion among educators. This is owing to the fact that Turkish students spend many years on learning English, starting ... -
The impact of EFL learners' negative emotional orientations on (Un)willingness to communicate in in-person and online L2 learning contexts
Solhi, Mehdi (Springer, 2024)The present study explored how negative emotional orientations (i.e., anxiety, boredom, and demotivation) may contribute to English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' willingness to communicate (WTC) in in-person and ... -
Investigating Turkish pre-service English language teachers’ virtual teaching dispositions
Karacan, Cemil Gökhan; Solhi, Mehdi (European Knowledge Development (EUROKD, 2022)The current study sought to investigate Turkish pre-service English language (EL) teachers’ virtual teaching dispositions (i.e., social, pedagogical, expert/cognitive, and virtual/technical presences) and the extent they ... -
An investigation of the university students' beliefs on the unenviable reputation of Turkish students in learning English
Solhi, Mehdi (International Balkan University, 2020)This study examined(1) whether there is a difference between male and female undergraduate English language teaching (ELT)students perception with regard to the reasons they attribute to the unenviable reputation of Turkish ... -
Learning vocabulary through collocating on quizlet
Andarab, Mehdi Solhi (Horizon Research Publishing, 2019)The difficulty in learning vocabulary is a problem that lies in not anchoring the new items to relevant established entities in cognitive structure. Different categories of associations have been reported to aid facilitating ... -
Modeling the association between EFL instructors' foreign language teaching enjoyment and humor styles
Solhi, Mehdi; Shirvan, Majid Elahi (National Research University Higher School of Economics, 2023)Background: Positive psychology in the field of applied linguistics has recently shifted its focus from L2 learners to L2 teachers as teachers have been revealed to be a pivotal external affordance for the emergence of ... -
Modeling the association between EFL students’ boredom and enjoyment: The mediating role of teacher humor style
Solhi, Mehdi; Kesen Mutlu, Aynur; Shirvan, Majid Elahi; Taherian, Tahereh (Tarbiat Modares University, 2023)This study sought to explore the association between English as a foreign language (EFL) students‟ foreign language learning boredom (FLB) and foreign language enjoyment (FLE) (i.e., personal enjoyment, teacher appreciation, ... -
Perceived social self-efficacy and foreign language anxiety among undergraduate english teacher candidates: The case of Turkey
Eğinli, İlknur; Solhi, Mehdi (Children's Research Center, 2020)This study sought to investigate (1) the perceived social self-efficacy (PSSE) levels of undergraduate English teacher candidates in Turkey, (2) the foreign language anxiety (FLA) levels of them, (3) the relationship between ... -
Self-efficacy and the use of compensatory strategies: A study on EFL learners
Kesen Mutlu, Aynur; Andarab, Mehdi Solhi; Karacan, Cemil Gökhan (Eurasian Society of Educational Research, 2019)This study aimed to explore the relationship between Turkish English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ self-efficacy level and their opinion regarding their use of compensatory strategies (CSs). The study further ... -
Student questioning in literature circles: an investigation of forms of questioning among ELT students
Andarab, Mehdi Solhi; Kesen Mutlu, Aynur (Selcuk University, 2019)In this study, different types of questions (i.e., choice, product, process, metaproces) being asked by two groups of ELT freshmen while conducting literature circles, one of the most useful ways to activate cooperative ... -
University students' level of boredom and their coping strategies in emergency remote education during the coronavirus pandemic
Solhi, Mehdi; Önen, Serap (Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2023)The purpose of this study was twofold: firstly, we investigated whether there is a difference between male and female university students' level of boredom and their boredom coping strategies (i.e., cognitive approach, ... -
University students' multidimensional state boredom and strategies to cope with classroom boredom
Solhi, Mehdi (National Research University Higher School of Economics, 2021)This study sought to examine how university students' state boredom dimensions (i.e., disengagement, high arousal, low arousal, inattention, and time perception) and their boredom coping strategies (i.e., cognitive approach, ... -
Using humor in language classrooms: Greasing the wheels or putting a spanner in the works? A study on humor styles of Turkish EFL instructors
Andarab, Mehdi Solhi; Kesen Mutlu, Aynur (Hacettepe University, 2019)Humor has often been seen as an important element in the learning process, facilitating both teaching and learning. Nevertheless, the utilization of humor in the educational setting has had its opponents. In recent years, ...