چکیده:
The present research was conducted with the aim of examining the generalizability of the findings of past research in the field of English language teaching. To this end, the key characteristics of participants in quantitative research in the field of English language teaching over the past ten years were analyzed. Preliminary investigations showed that by considering the educational environments and the age of the subjects, participants in past research could be categorized into eleven groups. Then, by determining the share of each of the aforementioned groups in past research, it was determined that more than 60 percent of all previous research has been conducted in university environments and on students. In 20 percent of previous studies, language learners in private language institutes participated as subjects. The share of language learners in middle school, high school, and pre-university levels is only 7 percent of all previous research. Then, by counting some of the possible reasons for the presence or absence of certain groups in previous research, the generalizability of the results of previous research findings has been discussed.
خلاصه ماشینی:
By setting aside articles unrelated to the process of English language teaching and learning, as well as library research and qualitative articles, the number of quantitative studies published in Iran over the past ten years in each of the named publications was determined.
Table 2 Frequency of participants from different groups in research published in journals Total ZA FR JELLT PZK IJAL IJALS JTLS InrEnFiLa TELL 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Middle school students 13 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 2 2 High school students 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 Pre-university students 145 14 5 8 18 26 4 11 36 23 Undergraduate English language students 31 2 1 0 4 7 2 3 7 5 Undergraduate non-English language students 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 Graduate English language students 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Graduate non-English language students 63 6 5 5 6 9 0 7 22 3 Language learners in private language institutes 19 0 0 2 4 3 0 1 6 3 English language teachers 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Language teaching managers and professors 20 4 0 1 2 5 0 2 3 3 Other individuals The term "other individuals" in the aforementioned classification refers to all those who do not have a role in the language learning process and are only being researched due to having specific characteristics.
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