Kourosh Lachini

Ph.D. in TESOL,
Professor of English Language Teaching,
Qatar University

Ph D Dissertation

THE IMPACT OF KEYWORD CAPTION RATIO AND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE LISTENING COMPREHENSION
by
Kevin M. Rooney

DAVID KLEIN, Ph.D., Faculty Mentor and Chair
EDWARD MAYBERRY, Ph.D., Committee Member
KOUROSH LACHINI, Ph.D., Committee Member
Harry McLenighan, Ed.D., Dean, School of Education
A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy
Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Master's Thesis

GRADUATE COMMITTEES

1.  Shahrzad Shahri  (2000).  The Effect of Syntactic Vs. Phonological Parsing on the Listening Comprehension Ability Of Iranian EFL Students. Azad University at Tehran. Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
2. M. Rahim Bohlooli (2002). The Impact of Consciousness- Raising Strategies on Improving The Reading Comprehension Ability Of Iranian Pre-University High School Students . Azad University at Tehran .  Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
3    Kayoomars Karami 1998   Relation Between the Guessing Ability of Iranian EFL Learners and the Number of Unknown Words in a Reading Passage    Azad University at Tehran            Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
4    Mohammad Reza Kohankhaki 1999    Transcendental Analogues in Hafez and Emerson    Azad University at Tehran           Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
5    Marzieh Javazi Rahnemay Hagnignat   2000    The Relationship between the Level of Language Proficiency and the Knowledge of Using Vocabulary among EFL Learners    Azad University at Garmsar     Dr.     Kourosh Lachini        
6    Panteh Haji – Sadqhi  2002   Comparative Analysis in the Dramatic Works of Samuel Becket and Harold Pinter    Azad University at  Karaj               Dr. Kourosh Lachini
7    Fatemeh Samadi Tari  2003   Robert Frost as a Nature Poet in Quest of Individual Personal Poetry     Azad University at Karaj               Dr. Kourosh Lachini
8    Behrooz Nazari  2003    Illusion and Reality in Four Major Plays By Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee      Azad University at Karaj          Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
9    Ali Najafpour   2001   The Effect of Types of Ellipsis on High School Students' Reading Comprehension     Azad University at Tehran      Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
10    Ali Nemati Mafarrah 2000     The Impact of Communicative Vs .Non Communicative Teaching Ways of Phrasal Verbs on Iranian EFL Learner’ Knowledge of Vocabulary    Azad University at Tehran      Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
11    Leyla Ghadimi   2000  The Effect of Retelling Activities on the Iranian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning    Azad University at Tehran       Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
12    Nahid Tavakoli  2001  The Effect of Peripheral Learning on Learning Vocabulary by Yoking Adult TEFL  Learners    Azad University at Tehran        Dr.  Kourosh Lachini        
13    Mahmoud Firouzi  2001  The Effect of Two Different Degrees of Generation on Learning and Memorization (ESP)     Azad University at Tehran        Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
15    Gita Rashidi   1999 The Impact of the Speech Arts Consciousness Raising on EFL Learners’ Language Proficiency     Azad University at Tehran        Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
16    Masoumeh Shakibafar  2000  The Impact of  Proficiency on Flouting Grice’s Implicatures Among Iranian EFL Students    Azad University at Tehran        Dr .Kourosh Lachini       
17    Ahmad Moosavi    A Comparative Interpretation of Poe’s and Hawthorne’s Works     Azad University at Tehran    1998        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
18    Reza Eskandari    The Impact of Error Correction Strategies on the Improvement of Iranian EFLers’ Conversation Accuracy    Azad University at Tehran    2002    Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
19    Jafar Firouzi    The Impact of Field-Independence Cognitive Style on Listening Comprehension Ability of Foreign Language Learners    Azad University at Tehran    2001        Dr. Kourosh Lachini   
20    Ara Nozari    Extroversion and Introversion and Their Effect on Listening Comprehension     Azad University at Garmsar    2001        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    Dr. Kourosh Lachini
21    Alireza Shirdel    The Concept of Loneliness in W.S. Maugham’s Four Major Novels : of Human Bondage the Razor’s Edge and the Narrow Corner     Azad University at Karaj    2002            Dr. Kourosh Lachini
22    Roghieh Abdollahi    The Effect of L2 Proficiency Threshold Level on L1 Transfer of Reading Comprehension Ability     Azad University at Tehran    2001    Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
23    Shiva Bagheri    Syntactic Complexity Versus Text Retention in Reading Comprehension of Intermediate Level Students     Azad University at Tehran    2002    Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
24    Yadollah Taghizadeh    The Relationship Between Language Proficiency Level and the Frequency of Using Metalinguistic Functions in the Language Learners Speech     Azad University at Garmsar    2002    Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
25    Hassan Shahabi    Eliot and Culture     Azad University at Karaj    1998        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
26    Gholamhassan Famil Khalili    The Impact of the Number of Propositions on Reading Comprehension     Azad University at Tehran    2001        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
27    Reza Hajimohammadi    The Impact of Proficiency on the Kinds and Frequency of English Complement Clauses in EFL Settings    Azad University at Garmsar    2001    Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
28    Golnaz Abdollahian    The Role of Topic in the Interpretation of Authentic Texts     Azad University at Tehran    1999    Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
29    Farideh Langari Ferdowsi    On the Relationship Between Written and Oral Tests of English Pronunciation     Azad University at Tehran    1999        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
30    Forough Naghavi    The Effect of Student – Made Pictures on Learning English Vocabulary Among Iranian High school Students     Azad University at Tehran    2000        Dr. Kourosh Lachini   
31    Taraneh Sadeghian    The Impact of Staging on the Reading Comprehension of Iranian Advanced Students     Azad University at Tehran    1999    Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
32    Fariba Haghighi Irani    The Impact of Language Proficiency on Adjacency Condition Detection Among Iranian EFL Learners     Azad University at Tehran    2002    Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
33    Shima Emadoleslami    The Impact of Presenting Phrasal Verbs in the Context on Listening Comprehension Ability of Iranian EFL Learners    Azad University at Tehran    2002        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
34    Shirin Shafii    A Discourse Analysis of Persian Advertisements     Azad University at Tehran    2002        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
35    Farzin Roshdieh    The Effect of Language Proficiency on the Use of Deceptive Transparent Words     Azad University at Tehran    1999        Dr. Kourosh Lachini   
36    Amir Reza Nemat Tabrizi    The Effect of the Metalinguistic Function on  EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension    Azad University at Tehran    2000    Dr. Kourosh Lachini      
37    Ladan Moshari    The Relationship between the Knowledge of English Coordinate and Correlative Conjunctions and the Writing Ability of Iranian EFL Learners    Azad University at Tehran    2002    Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
38    Abbas Chodari    A Comparative Study of English and Persian Fairy Tales    Azad University at Karaj    1996            Dr. Kourosh Lachini
39    Shahla Azimi    Hawthorne’s Attitude Towards Sin     Azad University at Karaj    1998        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
40    Fatemeh Hasheminezhad    The Impact of Extensive Listening on the Speaking Ability of Adult Elementary EFL Learners    Azad University at Tehran    2000        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
41    Soheil Rahimi    A Comparative Study of the Fixed – Ratio Cloze and Rational Cloze in Terms of Their Reliability and Validity     Azad University at Tehran    2002        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
42    Alamtaj Khabbazi Nezhad    The Impact of Metadiscourse Markers Consciousness-Raising on EFL Students Writing Ability     Azad Tehran Branch    2000    Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
43    Ali Reza Olfati    The Impact of Teaching Vocabulary Thorough Collocation on the EFL Learners Vocabulary Learning     Azad University at Tehran    2001    Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
44    Azam Senobar    The Influence of Society on Jane Austen’s Women Characters     Azad University at Karaj    2002            Dr. Kourosh Lachini
45    Katayoun Nasseh    A Critical Study of Surrealism in Lewis Carols Alice in Wonderland     Azad University at Karaj    2002            Dr. Kourosh Lachini
46    Mehrdad Moloudi    The Relationship Between Selective Vs. Holistic Approach and Listening Comprehension of Iranian EFL Learners     Azad University at Garmsar    2001    Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
47    Talat Binas    The Impact of Friedrich Nietzsche on Saul Bellow’s Three Major Novels    Azad University at Karaj    1997            Dr. Kourosh Lachini
48    Arman Rahnema Tabatabai    The Effect of Pair Work on L2 Listening Comprehension    Azad University at Garmsar    2002        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
49    Abbas Barany Barvatty    Beckett and the Concept of Language     Azad University at Karaj    1998        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
50    Keihan Bahmani    Gradual Moral Improvement of Hemingway’s Code Hero    Azad University at Karaj    1999        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
51    Adel Zakariazadeh    The Acquisition of Multiple Wh-Questions By High-Proficiency Non-Native Speakers of English     Azad University at Garmsar    2002    Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
52    Golnaz Peyvandi    The Effect of In-text Translation on Reading Comprehension of Pre-Intermediate Students    Azad University at Garmsar    2003        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
53    Roya Ghahramani    The Impact of Language Proficiency on the Iranian EFL Learners Code-Switching Type and Frequency     Azad University at Tehran    2002        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
54    Ali Reza Azari    The Impact of Motivational Strategies on the Language Proficiency from the Iranian EFL Learners’ View at the University Level    Azad University at Tehran    2003        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
55    Hossein Taghi Tash    The Effect of Pair Correction Versus Group Correction on the Grammatical Accuracy of EFL Learners     Azad University at Garmsar    2003        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
56    Amir Bayat    Lexical Adjustment as a Means of Translation Assessment     Azad University at Tehran    2003        Dr. Kourosh Lachini   
57    Shiva Yaghoobi    The Impact of Types and Frequency of Metacognitive Strategies on the Language Proficiency of Iranian EFL Learners     Azad University at Tehran    2003        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
58    Homa Ja’farpour Mamaghani    The Impact of Code-Switching on Iranian EFL Learners’ Oral Proficiency      Azad University at Tehran    2003    Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
59    Shokrollah Nazary    The Impact of Type and Frequency of Using Motivational Strategies on the EFL Learners Achievement     Azad University at Tehran    2003    Dr. Kourosh Lachini        
60    Alireza Jafari Ani    On the Effect of Text Type on Reading Comprehension of the Iranian Elementary EFL Learners     Azad University at Tehran    2002        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
61    Mir Hossein Zahedi    The learnability of the Accecability Hierarchy among EFLers    Azad University at Tehran    1998        Dr. Kourosh Lachini    
62    Mehdi Eghtedari    The Impact of Language Proficiency Level on Critical Thinking when Reading    Azad University at Tehran    2002    Dr. Kourosh Lachini