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Dr Esmaeel Abdollahzadeh

Senior Lecturer in Language Education

 4716

 +44 (0) 1392 724716

 Baring Court BC122

 

Baring Court, University of Exeter St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK

Overview

I'm a researcher in language education. My main professional interests are in language education and language learning. Having taught and researched on language for over a decade, I got particularly interested in how different communities of practice use language for their own particular purposes in non/professional settings.

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Research

Research interests

I've grown research interest in the following areas:

How learners approach learning and what strategies they employ

Task-based teaching and learning

Developing learners' intercultural competence

Intercultual/cross-cultural pragmatics

Academic reading and writing

 

Publications

Key publications | Publications by category | Publications by year

Key publications


Abdollahzadeh E (2018). Inferring logical relations by male and female EFL learners. International Journal of Language Studies., 12(3), 109-130. Abstract.
Abdollahzadeh E, Farsani M, Beikmohammadi M (2017). Argumentative Writing Behavior of Graduate EFL Learners. Argumentation, 31(4), 641-661. Abstract.

Publications by category


Journal articles

Abdollahzadeh E, Rajai M (In Press). English Language Learning Beliefs of Iranian High School Students. TESL-EJ: the Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language
Sanei, A, Abdollahzadeh E, Birjandi P, Nematii M (In Press). Raising EFL learners' pragmatic awareness of intercultural rhetoric in writing. The Journal of Teaching Language Skills
Abdollahzadeh E, Frsani M, Bekmohmadi M (In Press). Self-regulated Learning, Metacognitive Awareness, and Argumentative writing: a Structural Equation Modeling Approach. Writing and pedagogy
Abdollahzadeh E, Jabbarpoor S (In Press). Textual Enhancement across Linguistic Structures: EFL Learners' Acquisition of English Forms. Journal of Language and Translation
Abdollahzadeh E, Mesgrshar A (In Press). The impact of teaching communication strategies on EFL learners’ Willingness to Communicate. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
Farsani MA, Abdollahzadeh E, Hashemi BSM (2023). A Primer on Authorial Voice-Promoting Pedagogy in an Academic Argumentative EFL Context : an Innovative Mixed-Methods Research Approach. The Journal of AsiaTEFL, 20(2), 261-285.
Myhill D, Ahmed A, Abdollazadeh E (2023). Going meta: Bringing together an understanding of metadiscourse with students' metalinguistic understanding. Language Teaching, 56(1), 146-148.
Pearson WS, Abdollahzadeh E (2023). Metadiscourse in academic writing: a systematic review. Lingua, 293 Abstract.
Abdollahzadeh E, Farsani MA, Zandi M (2022). The relationship between L2 motivation and transformative engagement in academic reading among EAP learners: Implications for reading self-regulation. Frontiers in Psychology, 13
Abdollahzadeh E (2019). A cross-cultural study of hedging in discussion sections by junior and senior academic writers. Iberica, 2019(38), 177-202. Abstract.
Farsani MA, Abdollahzadeh E, Beikmohammadi M (2019). Self-regulated learning, metacognitive awareness, and argumentative writing: a structural equation modeling approach. Writing and Pedagogy, 11(2), 195-222. Abstract.
Abdollahzadeh E (2018). Inferring logical relations by male and female EFL learners. International Journal of Language Studies., 12(3), 109-130. Abstract.
Abdollahzadeh E, Farsani M, Beikmohammadi M (2017). Argumentative Writing Behavior of Graduate EFL Learners. Argumentation, 31(4), 641-661. Abstract.
Saniei A, Birjandi P, Abdollahzadeh E (2015). On the practicality of group dynamic assessment: a seminal enterprise deserving closer scrutiny. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 4(2), 39-46. Abstract.
Abdollahzadeh E, Salarvand H (2013). Book prefaces in basic, applied and social sciences: a genre-based study. World Applied Sciences Journal, 28(11), 1618-1626. Abstract.
Papi M, Abdollahzadeh E (2012). Teacher Motivational Practice, Student Motivation, and Possible L2 Selves: an Examination in the Iranian EFL Context. Language Learning, 62(2), 571-594. Abstract.
Abdollahzadeh E (2011). Poring over the findings: Interpersonal authorial engagement in applied linguistics papers. Journal of Pragmatics, 43(1), 288-297. Abstract.
Abdollahzadeh E (2010). Undergraduate Iranian EFL Learners’ Use of Writing Strategies. Writing & Pedagogy, 2(1), 65-90.
Karbassi AR, Abduli MA, Mahin Abdollahzadeh E (2007). Sustainability of energy production and use in Iran. Energy Policy, 35(10), 5171-5180. Abstract.

Conferences

Abdollahzadeh E (In Press). Academic uncertainty in graduate student writing.
Abdollahzadeh E, Tavafian N (In Press). An investigation into the patterns of use of hedging markers in English and Iranian writers’ abstracts.
Abdollahzadeh E, Rahimkhani M (In Press). Degree of EFL learners’ intercultural competence from teachers’, learners and observers’ perspectives.
Abdollahzadeh E (In Press). Dissertation writing practices of native and non-native graduate students.
Abdollahzadeh E (In Press). Hedging in graduate student theses: a cross-cultural corpus study.
Abdollahzadeh E, Taak M (In Press). Planning Time and Writing Quality in Expository Writing. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Abdollahzadeh E (In Press). Uncovering English Language Learners’ Beliefs.
Abdollahzadeh E, Amini N (In Press). investigating the role of focused and unfocused written corrective feedback on learner’s acquisition of simple past tense verbs.

Publications by year


In Press

Abdollahzadeh E (In Press). A genre analysis of research article introductions by novice and expert writers of applied linguistics.
Abdollahzadeh E (In Press). Academic uncertainty in graduate student writing.
Abdollahzadeh E, Tavafian N (In Press). An investigation into the patterns of use of hedging markers in English and Iranian writers’ abstracts.
Abdollahzadeh E, Rahimkhani M (In Press). Degree of EFL learners’ intercultural competence from teachers’, learners and observers’ perspectives.
Abdollahzadeh E (In Press). Dissertation writing practices of native and non-native graduate students.
Abdollahzadeh E, Rajai M (In Press). English Language Learning Beliefs of Iranian High School Students. TESL-EJ: the Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language
Abdollahzadeh E (In Press). Hedging in graduate student theses: a cross-cultural corpus study.
Abdollahzadeh E, Taak M (In Press). Planning Time and Writing Quality in Expository Writing. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Sanei, A, Abdollahzadeh E, Birjandi P, Nematii M (In Press). Raising EFL learners' pragmatic awareness of intercultural rhetoric in writing. The Journal of Teaching Language Skills
Abdollahzadeh E, Frsani M, Bekmohmadi M (In Press). Self-regulated Learning, Metacognitive Awareness, and Argumentative writing: a Structural Equation Modeling Approach. Writing and pedagogy
Abdollahzadeh E, Jabbarpoor S (In Press). Textual Enhancement across Linguistic Structures: EFL Learners' Acquisition of English Forms. Journal of Language and Translation
Abdollahzadeh E, Mesgrshar A (In Press). The impact of teaching communication strategies on EFL learners’ Willingness to Communicate. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
Abdollahzadeh E (In Press). Uncovering English Language Learners’ Beliefs.
Abdollahzadeh E, Amini N (In Press). investigating the role of focused and unfocused written corrective feedback on learner’s acquisition of simple past tense verbs.

2023

Farsani MA, Abdollahzadeh E, Hashemi BSM (2023). A Primer on Authorial Voice-Promoting Pedagogy in an Academic Argumentative EFL Context : an Innovative Mixed-Methods Research Approach. The Journal of AsiaTEFL, 20(2), 261-285.
Myhill D, Ahmed A, Abdollazadeh E (2023). Going meta: Bringing together an understanding of metadiscourse with students' metalinguistic understanding. Language Teaching, 56(1), 146-148.
Pearson WS, Abdollahzadeh E (2023). Metadiscourse in academic writing: a systematic review. Lingua, 293 Abstract.

2022

Abdollahzadeh E, Farsani MA, Zandi M (2022). The relationship between L2 motivation and transformative engagement in academic reading among EAP learners: Implications for reading self-regulation. Frontiers in Psychology, 13

2019

Abdollahzadeh E (2019). A cross-cultural study of hedging in discussion sections by junior and senior academic writers. Iberica, 2019(38), 177-202. Abstract.
Farsani MA, Abdollahzadeh E, Beikmohammadi M (2019). Self-regulated learning, metacognitive awareness, and argumentative writing: a structural equation modeling approach. Writing and Pedagogy, 11(2), 195-222. Abstract.

2018

Abdollahzadeh E (2018). Inferring logical relations by male and female EFL learners. International Journal of Language Studies., 12(3), 109-130. Abstract.

2017

Abdollahzadeh E, Farsani M, Beikmohammadi M (2017). Argumentative Writing Behavior of Graduate EFL Learners. Argumentation, 31(4), 641-661. Abstract.

2015

Saniei A, Birjandi P, Abdollahzadeh E (2015). On the practicality of group dynamic assessment: a seminal enterprise deserving closer scrutiny. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 4(2), 39-46. Abstract.

2013

Abdollahzadeh E, Salarvand H (2013). Book prefaces in basic, applied and social sciences: a genre-based study. World Applied Sciences Journal, 28(11), 1618-1626. Abstract.

2012

Papi M, Abdollahzadeh E (2012). Teacher Motivational Practice, Student Motivation, and Possible L2 Selves: an Examination in the Iranian EFL Context. Language Learning, 62(2), 571-594. Abstract.

2011

Abdollahzadeh E (2011). Poring over the findings: Interpersonal authorial engagement in applied linguistics papers. Journal of Pragmatics, 43(1), 288-297. Abstract.

2010

Abdollahzadeh E (2010). Undergraduate Iranian EFL Learners’ Use of Writing Strategies. Writing & Pedagogy, 2(1), 65-90.

2007

Karbassi AR, Abduli MA, Mahin Abdollahzadeh E (2007). Sustainability of energy production and use in Iran. Energy Policy, 35(10), 5171-5180. Abstract.

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Teaching

I've been teaching the following postgraduate courses:

Discourse and Language Education

Language Teaching Methodology

Principles of  Language Learning

Modules

2023/24


Supervision / Group

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