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Razi University
Hiwa Weisi

Hiwa Weisi

Associate Professor / ادبيات و علوم انساني / گروه زبان انگليسي

Journal Paper

  1. "EFL Teachers' Formative Assessment Practice: Does Teachers' Level of Agency Matter?"
    Hiwa Weisi, Reza Bozorg Aliabadi, Vahid Mohammadi, Maryam Zandi
    International Journal of Language Testing, pp.1-22, 2025
  2. "Measuring Student Identity Emotioncy Tension (SIET) and Its Applications in the EFL Contexts: Validating and Investigating the Psychometric Quality of SIETS"
    Asieh Amini, Hiwa Weisi
    Language Related Research, pp.1-32, 2025
  3. "Construction of Gender through Textbooks: The Case of Iranian Junior High School English Textbooks"
    Ahmad Goodarzi, Hiwa Weisi, Siamak Rahimi
    Mextesol Journal, pp.1-14, 2025
  4. "Multilevel engagement in academic L2 reading: Developing and validating a scale"
    Maryam Zandi, Hiwa Weisi, Sara Mercer
    Journal of English for Academic Purposes, pp.1-23, 2025
  5. "The UN Human Rights Council's Discursive Construction of Iranian Political Actors: A Discourse-Historical Approach"
    Hiwa Weisi, Bayan Dastyar
    World Affairs, pp.1-15, 2025
  6. "Student voice: Power relations and culture-sensitivity in authorship legitimacy of research publications in Iran"
    Hiwa Weisi, Reza Ahmadi
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, pp.1-7, 2025
  7. "LinkedIn as a platform: The pragmatic strategies of self-presentation and self-praise"
    Hiwa Weisi, Sedigheh Hajizadeh
    Social Sciences and Humanities Open, pp.1-11, 2025
  8. "Enhancing Iranian EFL Learners' Vocabulary Learning Through Technology-Assisted Mind-Mapping: The Mediating Role of E-Learning Enjoyment"
    Hiwa Weisi, Goodarzi Ahmad, Mohammad Ali Dezhkam
    CALL-EJ, pp.169-191, 2024
  9. "On the journey from cognizance toward thriving: Iranian EFL teachers' engagement in reflective practice and professional development: the mediating effect of teacher mindfulness"
    Hiwa Weisi, Maryam Salari
    Reflective Practice, pp.1-15, 2024
  10. "A mixed-method concurrent transformative study of metadiscourse markers employed by L2 speakers: does proficiency level matter?"
    Hiwa Weisi, Maryam Zandi
    Language Testing in Asia, pp.1-21, 2024
  11. "The influence of mobile-assisted critical writing instructions on EFL learners' writing skill in language institutes"
    Mahdi Zalani, Hiwa Weisi, Nouroddin Yousofi
    Frontiers in Education, pp.1-16, 2024
  12. "Mining for Words: The effect of Minecraft on incidental vocabulary learning of young EFL learners"
    Hiwa Weisi, Sedigheh Hajizadeh
    Entertainment Computing, pp.100801-100811, 2024
  13. "Verbal engagement strategies in Iranian Teachers' talk: Instagram teaching context"
    Hiwa Weisi, Maryam Zandi
    Language Learning in Higher Education, pp.75-95, 2024
  14. "Using Duolingo to Learn French: Does it Work?"
    Hiwa Weisi, Fatemeh Bakhtiari
    Technology assisted language education, pp.117-134, 2023
  15. "Investigating EFL Learners Perception Towards Online Learning: The Case of Kurdistan Region of Iraq"
    Hiwa Weisi, غاده غازي عباس, Nouroddin Yousofi
    Technology assisted language education, pp.18-44, 2023
  16. "Conceptualizing student voice in teacher-student curriculum partnerships within Iran's higher education"
    Hiwa Weisi, Reza Ahmadi
    HIGHER EDUCATION, pp.1-20, 2023
  17. "Humour in the classroom: forms and functions among Iranian EFL teachers"
    Hiwa Weisi, Vahid Mohammadi
    European Journal of Humour Research, pp.168-183, 2023
  18. "Semiotic manipulation strategies employed in Iranian printed advertisements"
    Chadedeh Mohamadi, Hiwa Weisi
    Pragmatics and Society, pp.70-89, 2023
  19. "Providing synchronous mobile-mediated dynamic glosses: is it effective for novice EFL learners to understand the meanings of unfamiliar words?"
    Pegah Torang, Hiwa Weisi
    Computer Assisted Language Learning, pp.1-19, 2023
  20. "Revisiting Foucauldian Discourse Analysis Approach: Surveillance and Individuality in Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"
    Iraj Soleimanjahan, Hiwa Weisi
    Critical Literary Studies, pp.121-136, 2023
  21. "Pre and Post-Islamic Revolution Obituaries in Iran: Did Ideology change the Move"
    Saba Bashiri, Hiwa Weisi
    Issues in Language Teaching, pp.279-299, 2023
  22. "A phenomenological inquiry into students' research practice experiences in Iran's higher education: special focus on supervisor-student relationships"
    Reza Ahmadi, Hiwa Weisi
    STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION, pp.1-14, 2023
  23. "Grand strategy of politeness in new social networks: revisiting Leech's politeness theory among Iranian EFL learners using Telegram"
    Reza Ahmadi, Hiwa Weisi
    Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture, pp.1-24, 2023
  24. "Teachers' strategies to promote learners' engagement: Teachers' talk in perspective"
    Reza Bozorg Aliabadi, Hiwa Weisi
    International Journal of Educational Research Open, 2023
  25. "Efficacy of L2 Teacher Education Programs: A Comparison of Public and Private Sectors in Iran"
    Ida Boojari, Shahab Moradkhani, Hiwa Weisi
    Teaching English Language, pp.39-68, 2023
  26. "The Lyotardian Question of Linkage in Martin Amis' The Information"
    Ali Jamali Nesari, Walidi Shahram, Hiwa Weisi
    Journal of Language and Translation, pp.62-71, 2022
  27. "Discursive Constructions of Domestic Violence Among Iranian Instagram Users"
    Marjan Ebadi Jalal, Hiwa Weisi
    JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, 2021
  28. "Language dominance and shift among Kalhuri Kurdish speakers in the multilingual context of Iran Linguistic suicide or linguicide?"
    Hiwa Weisi
    Language Problems and Language Planning, pp.1-25, 2021
  29. "Hedging devices in applied linguistics research papers: Do gender and nativeness matter?"
    Hiwa Weisi, Ahmad Asakereh
    Glottotheory, pp.1-13, 2021
  30. "Graduate students' voice and conceptions on the challenges of undertaking qualitative research within higher education context: a grounded theory approach"
    HOSSEIN BAKHSHI, Hiwa Weisi, Nouroddin Yousofi
    Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2021
  31. "The intersectionality of teacher immediacy, emotioncy and willingness to communicate in higher education context"
    Asieh Amini, Hiwa Weisi
    Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2021
  32. "Learners on the Move: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of Iranian EFL Textbooks"
    Ahmad Goodarzi, Hiwa Weisi, Nouroddin Yousofi
    Mextesol Journal, pp.1-14, 2021
  33. "The Real America: Representation of American Society in Jack Kerouac's On the Road Based on Michel Foucault's Notions of Institutions, Normalization, and Surveillance"
    Iraj Soleymanjahan, Naser Maleki, Hiwa Weisi
    Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities, pp.2913-2922, 2020
  34. "Deconstruction of Cultural, Racial and Gender Dominance in Iranian Senior High School EFL Textbooks"
    Ahmad Goodarzi, Hiwa Weisi
    international journal of foreign language teaching and research, pp.11-20, 2020
  35. "Genre Variation in the Introduction of Scientific Papers in Iranian and International Computer Science Journals"
    Bahman Ebrahimi marjal, Hiwa Weisi
    Issues in Language Teaching, pp.51-82, 2020
  36. "CLT in Prospect Series: A Predictive Evaluation of Iranian Junior High School English Textbooks"
    Ahmad Goodarzi, Hiwa Weisi, Nouroddin Yousofi
    research in english language pedagogy, pp.196-221, 2020
  37. "Newly-published English course books under microscope: An exploration of teachers' views about the prospect series"
    Ahmad Goodarzi, Hiwa Weisi, Nouroddin Yousofi
    Cogent Education, pp.1-27, 2020
  38. "Challenges of Conducting Qualitative Research in the Iranian Higher Education: Voices from ELT Faculty Members"
    HOSSEIN BAKHSHI, Hiwa Weisi, Nouroddin Yousofi
    Iranian Journal of Comparative Education, pp.244-278, 2019
  39. "British or American? Iranian EFL learners' Perceptions toward English Accents: Exploring possible relationships"
    Hiwa Weisi, Ali Raygan, Fatemeh Bakhtiari
    IJET (Indonesian Journal of English Teaching), pp.9-22, 2019
  40. "Rhetorical Structure Variations in Abstracts and Introductions of Applied Linguistics Master's Theses by Iraqi and International Students"
    Saman Ebadi, AHMED RAWDHAN SALMAN, Loan Nguyen Thi Thuy , Hiwa Weisi
    Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, pp.101-117, 2019
  41. "ELF in the iranian education system: Exploring teacher trainers' and pre-service/in-service english teachers' attitudes"
    Ahmad Asakereh, Nouroddin Yousofi, Hiwa Weisi
    Cogent Education, pp.1-44, 2019
  42. "Challenges of Conducting Qualitative Inquiry in the Iranian ELT Higher Education Context: Ph.D. Students' and Faculty Members' Voices"
    HOSSEIN BAKHSHI, Hiwa Weisi, Nouroddin Yousofi
    The Journal of Teaching Language Skills, 2019
  43. "Critical content analysis of English textbooks used in the Iranian education system: Focusing on ELF features"
    Ahmad Asakereh, Nouroddin Yousofi, Hiwa Weisi
    Issues in Educational Research, 2019
  44. "Exploring discursive features and techniques of manipulating consumers in Persian printed advertisements"
    Chadedeh Mohamadi, Hiwa Weisi, Shahab Moradkhani
    Journal of Modern Research in English Language, pp.95-115, 2019
  45. "Do English Courses Offered at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Fulfill Students Future Needs"
    Hiwa Weisi, Fatemeh Ashrafabadi
    Educational Research in Medical Sciences, 2018
  46. "Raising critical consciousness in teaching reading skills using critical pedagogy principles a case of an Iranian school graduate"
    Ahmad Asakereh, Hiwa Weisi
    Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2018
  47. "The impact of research practice on professional teaching practice Exploring EFL teachers perception"
    Masoud Rahimi, Hiwa Weisi
    Cogent Education, 2018
  48. "Exploring lexical inferencing as a vocabulary acquisition strategy through computerized dynamic assessment and static assessment"
    Saman Ebadi, Hiwa Weisi, Hamed Monkaresi, Khosro Bahramlou
    Computer Assisted Language Learning, pp.1-28, 2018
  49. "Developing an Iranian ELT Context Specific Grit Instrument"
    Saman Ebadi, Hiwa Weisi, Zahra Khaksar
    JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH, pp.1-21, 2018
  50. "Reflective practice self-efficacy and research practice of EFL teachers Examining possible relationships"
    Masoud Rahimi, Hiwa Weisi
    Issues in Educational Research, 2018
  51. "Dynamic Assessment Mechanisms Underlying Cognitive Modifiability"
    Hiwa Weisi, Khosro Bahramlou
    Abnormal and Behavioural Psychology, pp.1-7, 2017
  52. "A Comparative Study of the Use of Affective Markers in Supervision Comments Case of Native versus Non-native Supervision Comments"
    Soroor Ashtarian, Hiwa Weisi
    RELC Journal, pp.161-173, 2017
  53. "Assessing Linguistic Needs of Students at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences from their Own Perspectives"
    Hiwa Weisi, Fatemeh Ashrafabadi
    Educational Research in Medical Sciences, pp.41-46, 2017
  54. "A Comparison of the Cognitive Taxonomy of Educational Objectives to the Evolution of the Atomic Theory"
    Hiwa Weisi, Gerannaz Zamani Lenjani
    Enjoy Teaching Journal, pp.1-8, 2015
  55. "The Effect of Hemispheric Dominance on Iranian EFL Learner's Creativity in Writing"
    Hiwa Weisi, Zahra Khaksar
    International Journal of English and Education, pp.833-973, 2015
  56. "The Effects of Socio-cultural Context of Schools on Professional Socialization of Novice TEFL Teachers"
    Hiwa Weisi, HOSSEIN BAKHSHI
    Journal of Applied Linguistics-Dubai, pp.31-43, 2015
  57. "Bilinguality vs. Monolinguality among Kalhuri Kurdish Speakers Gender Social Class and English Language Achievement"
    maryam saadat, Saed Mehrpour, Hiwa Weisi
    The Journal of Teaching Language Skills, pp.27-50, 2013

Update: 2025-11-19