MONITORING, VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDING CLASSROOMS BY CCTV CAMERAS: IRANIAN EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS Abstract Nowadays our way of working and studying are becoming more and more cyber. So, we can’t turn a blind to the fact that technology is already affecting our educational system. Abundant gadgets and equipment are being applied to schools, universities, and institutes for many specific reasons. One of which is installing cameras in classrooms. In Iran, some of the English language teaching institutes have installed cameras in their classrooms to monitor (and evaluate) teachers’ and students’ actions and performances. Some issues such as: whether both teachers and students are informed about the presence of cameras, the purposes behind installing cameras in classes, recording and monitoring classroom activities, and other aspects of equipping a classroom with cameras are not known clearly. The present study aimed to explore the perceptions and feedbacks of Iranian EFL students on video-recording and monitoring English language classrooms via CCTV cameras. In this study an attempt was made to find more about EFL students’ beliefs and feedbacks on monitoring, video and audio recording classrooms by CCTV cameras in language institutes in Iran. The researcher himself designed a questionnaire having four different sections to gather students’ feedbacks. The student participants (N=57) were supposed to answer the questionnaire via online google forms. The findings of the study revealed that students believed and claimed that there exist differences between camera-equipped classrooms and those that are not camera-equipped. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 24 S(Advancements in psychology and mental health), July-August 2023; 1-5.

INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION, TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND WRITING PROFICIENCY ON CLASSROOM-BASED WRITING ASSESSMENT: A CASE OF RATERS’ FAIRNESS IN SCORING Abstract One significant aspect of teaching development is to acquire the ability of Writing Assessment Literacy (WAL). However, it is neglected in Iranian context. Taking the importance of academic qualification, writing proficiency and teaching experience with regard to writing assessment, the present quantitative study made attempt to investigate the effect of academic qualification, writing proficiency and teaching experience on writing assessment. In order to achieve the research objectives, 30 EFL teachers who teach English language in different language institutes in Iran along with 20 advanced level EFL learners from ILI were selected. Data were gathered through teachers’ writing proficiency test, students’ writing proficiency test and an assessment rubric. The Findings indicated a small relationship between academic qualification and writing assessment as well as between writing proficiency and writing assessment. However, the relationship between teaching experience and writing assessment was medium.

THE IMPACT OF ORAL & WRITTEN STORY RECONSTRUCTION ON L2 VOCABULARY LEARNING & RETENTION: A CASE OF EFL YOUNG LEARNERS IN IRAN Abstract Word acquisition was one of the important and essential parts for language learning. One of the learning difficulties that many L2 learners at all ages and proficiency levels face was meaningful vocabulary learning and retention as opposed to rote memorization of L2 words. Therefore, this study attempted to investigate the effectiveness of the story reconstruction, in the form of oral and written (storytelling and story writing), in improving young Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary learning and retention in comparison to the conventional methods of L2 teaching. Few studies investigated the effect of different modes of story reconstruction (i.e. spoken & written mode) on EFL learners’ vocabulary learning .The participants were 60 language learners studying English in private language institute in Zanjan. They were young learners and their age range was 11-14. To meet the aim of the study, a 100-item Michigan grammar test and pre-test and post-test of vocabulary were administered to the participants in 3 groups (two experimental and 1 control groups) during conducting the study. The pre-test and post-test of vocabulary and the exam sheets on Michigan Test of English Language Proficiency (MTELP) of the experimental and control groups were scored by the researcher and then the collected data were analysed by using ANOVA analyses. Finally, the current research findings had benefits to everyone involved in English as foreign language teaching and learning process including, syllabus designers, foreign language teachers and administrators.