Document Type : Research Article

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Associate Professor of EFL, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of humanities, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to elicit lived images about English learning from male and female Iranian English language learners. Ninety male and 210 female language learners from Iranian universities and language institutes chose from an inventory of images and provided own images. The 781 valid responses by males and 1903 valid responses by females were listed as images. The researcher examined the images and slightly summarized them under more generic labels. The number and percentages of males and females who offered each image were tabulated. The images by each gender were also arranged in descending order and their rank differences were calculated. The examination of the types of images and the frequencies of participants who chose or provided them offer patterns which reveal their conceptual models and lessons which can be of value to language teaching practitioners. Some of these patterns and insights are briefly discussed but many are left to the judgment, deliberation, and reflection and practical wisdom of the readers.

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Article Title [Persian]

مقایسه تصاویر ذهنی خانم‌ها و آقایان در مورد یادگیری زبان انگلیسی

Abstract [Persian]

در این مطالعه از فراگیرندگان انگلیسی خواسته شد بر اساس تجربه‌شان، تصاویری را که در مورد یادگیری زبان انگلیسی دارند ارایه دهند. دویست و ده زبان‌آموز دختر و 90 زبان آموز پسر تصاویر و استعاره‌هایی را برگزیدند یا ارایه دادند. از پسران 781 و از دختران 1903 تصویر و استعاره دریافت شد. پژوهشگر، این تصاویر را بررسی کرد و پس از خلاصه تر کردن، آن‌ها را ذیل عنوان‌های کلی‌تری قرار داد. درصد دخترانو پسرانی که در هر عنوان سهم داشتند، رتبه  فراوانی هر مقوله، و نیز تفاوت رتبه ها محاسبه شد و در جداولی نمایش داده شد. بررسی و مطالعه نوع تصویرهای ذهنی دختران و پسران و فراوانی آن‎ها نشان‌دهنده تفکر و برداشت این دو دسته از زبان آموزاناز ماهیت یادگیری زبان است. در این مقاله، به تعدادی از نتیجه گیری‌هایی که می‎توان از این تصاویر و فراوانی آنها کرد اشاره می‌شود، ولی شاید ارزش بیشتر مقاله به خاطر عرضه منظم تصاویر ذهنی دختران و پسران به خوانندگان باشد تا خود نتایجی را که میتواند بر تدریس و تعامل با فراگیرنده موثر باشد برداشت کنند.

Keywords [Persian]

  • تصاویر ذهنی
  • تصاویر ذهنی پسران
  • تصاویر ذهنی دختران
  • مدل‎های ذهنی
  • یادگیری زبان انگلیسی
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