Mohammad Ahmadi Safa

Professor

Update: 2025-11-02

Mohammad Ahmadi Safa

Faculty of Humanities / Department of English language

Journal Paper

  1. "Fairness in language classroom assessment practices: what do EFL teachers underscore?"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, بهاره نصیری
    Language Testing in Asia, 2025
  2. "Cognitive vs. metacognitive scaffolding strategies and EFL learners’ listening comprehension development"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, فاطمه متقی
    Language Teaching Research, 2024
  3. "On the development of young learners of English (YLE) teachers’ vision of an ideal class"
    Mohammad Hadi Mahmoodi, Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, نرگس زارعیان
    Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2024
  4. "Iranian EFL Learners’ Online Self-Regulated Learning, Use of Communication Strategies, Test Anxiety, and Online Speaking Test Performance: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, جنت لطفی
    international journal of language testing, 2024
  5. "Young Learners of English (YLE) Teachers’ Vision of an Ideal Classroom Environment: Factors and Variables"
    محمد احمدی صفا, Mohammad Hadi Mahmoodi, Mohammad Ahmadi Safa
    journal of english language teaching and learning, 2024
  6. "Data use in language schools: The case of EFL teachers’ data‑driven decision making"
    محمد احمدی صفا, Mohammad Ahmadi Safa
    Journal of Educational Change, 2023
  7. "The Impacts of a Nationwide High-Stakes Test from High School Teachers and Principals' Perspectives: A Qualitative Study"
    Hamidreza Sheykholmoluki, Mohammad Ahmadi Safa
    International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
  8. "An impact study of the Iranian National University Entrance Exam from students and parents’ perspectives"
    Hamidreza Sheykholmoluki, Mohammad Ahmadi Safa
    Language Testing in Asia, 2023
  9. "Reconceptualization of Test Fairness Model: A Grounded Theory Approach"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, شیما بهشتی
    Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2023
  10. "Fairness in Classroom Language Assessment from EFL Teachers' Perspective"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, Somayyeh Tofighi
    Teaching English as a Second Language Quarterly, 2023
  11. "Test-Wiseness, Test Anxiety, Reading Strategies Metacognitive Awareness, and Reading Comprehension Test Performance: A SEM Study"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, ملیکا مجیدی کیا
    Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2023
  12. "The Effect of Online Interaction on the Use of Discourse Markers: A Comparison of Two Flipped Classes"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, نرگس زارعیان
    Teaching English as a Second Language Quarterly, 2022
  13. "Intercultural communicative competence beliefs and practices of Iranian pre-service and in-service EFL teachers"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, Somayyeh Tofighi
    Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
  14. "Self-Regulation, Goal Orientation, Tolerance of Ambiguity and Autonomy as Predictors of Iranian EFL learners’ Second Language Achievement: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, متین السادات میرابراهیم هزاوه
    Iranian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
  15. "Cognitive and Psychological Characteristics and EFL Learners’ Test Performance: A Validity Study"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, رحیمه کاربخش راوری
    Applied Research on English Language, 2022
  16. "Iranian EFL learners’ Use of Thanking Speech Act: An ILP Study"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, منیر جعفری
    Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2022
  17. "The Comparative Effects of Cooperative and Competitive Learning on Speaking Ability and Self-Confidence of EFL Learners"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, سیدامیر افضلی میر
    Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2021
  18. "Fairness in Oral Language Assessment: Training Raters and Considering Examinees’ Expectation"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, مهدی دوستی
    International Journal of Language Testing, 2021
  19. "Effects of Audio-Visually Prompted Collaborative Dialogue on EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension Development"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, شیما بهشتی
    Journal of Teaching Language Skills, 2020
  20. "Group Dynamic Assessment and EFL Learners’ Oral Production, Motivation, and Classroom Anxiety"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, شیلان سهرابی
    English Teaching and Learning, 2020
  21. "A Checklist-Based Evaluative Study of English Textbook “Prospect 3” from Teachers’ and Students’ Perspectives"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, فاطمه کرم پور
    Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2020
  22. "Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction, Goal Orientation, Willingness to Communicate, Self-efficacy, and Learning Strategy Use as Predictors of Second Language Achievement: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, رحیمه کاربخش راوری
    JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLINGUISTIC RESEARCH, 2020
  23. "Face in Intercultural Communication: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, ناصر رنجبر, مسلم یوسفی
    Journal of modern research in English language studies, 2019
  24. "Interactionist and Interventionist Group Dynamic Assessment (GDA) and EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension Development"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, شیما بهشتی
    Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2018
  25. "The Washback Effect of Dynamic Assessment on Grammar Learning of Iranian EFL Learners"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, فرهاد جعفری
    Journal of Language Teaching and Learning, 2017
  26. "A culturally-adaptive Iranian version of the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction to investigate English teachers’ interpersonal behaviour"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, مهدی دوستی
    LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS RESEARCH, 2017
  27. "The Role of Lexical Inferencing and Morphological Instruction On EFL Learners' Reading Comprehension Development"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, مصطفی کوکبی یعقوبی
    Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2017
  28. "A Missing Link in ELT: EFL Learners’ Recognition, Comprehension and Appreciation of English Humor"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, اعظم غنچه پور
    Journal of Language Teaching and Learning, 2017
  29. "The Washback Effects of High School Third Grade Exam on EFL Teachers’ Methodology, Evaluation and Attitude"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, فرهاد جعفری
    Applied Research On English, 2016
  30. "The impact of scaffolding and nonscaffolding strategies on the EFL learners' listening comprehension development"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, فاطمه روضاتی
    JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, 2016
  31. "An Investigation into the Effect of Interactionist versus Interventionist Models of Dynamic Assessment on Iranian EFL Learners’ Speaking Skill Proficiency"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, رضا ملک محمدی, شادی دنیایی
    آموزش زبان انگلیسی -انجمن آموزش زبان و ادبیات انگلیسی ایران, 2015
  32. "Iranian EFL teachers and learners perspective on potentiality of Top Notch series for intercultural competence development"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, Mohammad Moradi, محمد مرادی
    Iranain Journal of Langauge Teaching Research, 2015
  33. "Emotional Intelligence and SLA: The Case of Interlanguage Pragmatic Competence"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa
    Iranian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2013
  34. "The Interface between Linguistic and Pragmatic Competence: The Case of Disagreement, Scolding, Requests, and Complaints"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, Mohammad Hadi Mahmoodi
    Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2013
  35. "The Effect of Mnemonic Key Word Method on Vocabulary Learning and Long Term Retention"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, رئوف حمزوی
    Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2013
  36. "Vocabulary Leaning and Retention of Young Learners of English: Comparative Effects of Game, Song and Flashcard"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, Azadeh Hatami
    Research Journal in Humanities, 2012
  37. "The Effectiveness of ZPD-Wise Explicit/Implicit Expert Peers and co-Equals' Scaffolding in ILP Development"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, Mohammad Khatib
    Iranian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2011
  38. "Early Phonological and Lexical Development of a Farsi Speaking Child: A Longitudinal Case Study"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, Mohammad Hossein Keshavarz
    The Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2011
  39. "مطالعه تطبیقی کنش گفتاری تملق در زبان های فارسی و انگلیسی"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, رحیمه کاربخش راوری
    مطالعات زبان و ترجمه, 2021
  40. "نقد کتاب : اصول و روش تحقیق در زبان شناسی کاربردی"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa
    پژوهشنامه انتقادی متون و برنامه های علوم انسانی, 2019
  41. "ارزیابی کتاب آموزش زبان انگلیسی » پراسپکت یک « : پایه اول دوره ی متوسطه ی"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, Elahe Saedpanah, دایان خاسمی, مجتبی فراهانی, الهه ساعد پناه, شادی دنیایی
    پژوهشنامه انتقادی متون و برنامه های علوم انسانی, 2018
  42. "ارزیابی کلی کتاب پراسپکت دو از دیدگاه دبیران زبان انگلیسی"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, سرور ذکرتی, اعظم غنچه پور, رضا ملک محمدی, زهرا سیفی
    زبان پژوهی, 2017
  43. "ارزیابی کلی کتاب "پراسپکت دو" از دیدگاه دبیران زبان انگلیسی"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, سرور ذکرتی, اعظم غنچه پور, رضا ملک محمدی, زهرا سیفی
    زبان پژوهی, 2016
  44. "مطالعه ی اثربخشی ارزیابی پویا در آموزش زبان دوم"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, رئوف حمزوی
    2014
  45. "ارزش یابی الگو محور کتاب های (ESP) « انگلیسی برای اهداف خاص"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, Mohammad Hadi Mahmoodi
    پژوهشنامه انتقادی متون و برنامه های علوم انسانی, 2014
  46. "ارزیابی سرفصل درسی دوره کارشناسی مترجمی زبان انگلیسی از نظر رشد توانش ترجمانی"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, alireza Amraee
    مطالعات زبان و ترجمه, 2013
  47. "مطالعهی اثربخشی ارزیابی پویا در آموزش زبان دوم"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, رئوف حمزوی
    مطالعات زبان و ترجمه, 2013
  48. "ارزیابی سرفصل درسی دوره کارشناسی مترجمی زبان انگلیسی از نظر رشد توانش ترجمانی دانشجویان"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, First-Name Last-Name
    2011

Conference Paper

  1. "ICC Development and EFL Teachers? Do Reflectivity and Burnout Matter?"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, علی محمودی پور
    International LET-IN 2023 Conference, 2023
  2. "EFL Learners’ Intercultural Communicative Competence L2 Attitudes and Telecollaboration Use in Iranian EFL Learner’s ICC Development and Intercultural Sensitivity"
    محمد احمدی صفا, Mohammad Ahmadi Safa
    International LET-IN 2023 Conference, 2023
  3. "EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, SELF-EFFICACY, AND AUTONOMY AS PREDICTORS OF IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS' READING COMPREHENSION: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING"
    محمد احمدی صفا, Mohammad Ahmadi Safa
    3rd International ILTERG Conference, 2023
  4. "culture in EFL context : what do Iranian teachers do?"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, زهرا کریم ابادی
    3rd International ILTERG Conference, 2023
  5. "EFL Leaners’ Intercultural Sensitivity: Do Proficiency level, Length of Learning and Gender Make a difference?"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, رضا همتی
    the 19th international Tellsi Conference, 2022
  6. "ICC Conceptualization from Iranian EFL Teachers and Learners’ Perspectives"
    محمد احمدی صفا, Mohammad Ahmadi Safa
    the 19th international Tellsi Conference, 2022
  7. "Reconceptualization of Test Fairness Model: A Grounded Theory Approach"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa
    The European Conference on Language Learning (ECLL2022), 2022
  8. "Basic Psychological needs"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, رحیمه کاربخش راوری
    16th International TELLSI Conference, 2018
  9. "Introvert and extrovert EFL learners' Willingness to communicate and Ambiguity Tolerance"
    محمد احمدی صفا, Mohammad Ahmadi Safa
    2nd National Confernce on English Language Studies: Applied Linguistics Perspectives on EFL, 2018
  10. "Intercultural Communicative Competence Beliefs of Iranian Pre-service and In-service EFL Teachers"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, سمیه توفیقی
    14th International TELLSI Conference, 2016
  11. "Interlanguage Pragmatics Assessment Literacy of Iranian High School and Private Language Institute EFL Teachers"
    محمد احمدی صفا, Mohammad Ahmadi Safa
    !4th International TELLSI Conference, 2016
  12. "An investigation into Iranian EFL learners test Anxiety, motivation, and tolerance of ambiguity"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, شیلان سهرابی, اعظم غنچه پور
    Sharif English Language Teaching (SELT) Conference, 2015
  13. "The impact of group dynamic assessment on EFL learners' oral production , motivation, and classroom anxiety"
    محمد احمدی صفا, Mohammad Ahmadi Safa
    ELT Conference: Novel Trends & Perspectives, 2015
  14. "IranianEFL High School Teachers' Perspectives on Prospect One's Intercultural Competence Potentiality"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, مجتبی فراهانی
    the 12th international TELLSI conference, 2015
  15. "the role of lexical inferencing and morphological instruction on EFL learnerss' reading comprehension development"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, مصطفی کوکبی یعقوبی
    the 12th international TELLSI conference, 2015
  16. "A comparison between EFL teachers and subject matter teachers in Iranian ESP context: Does teachers language assessment literacy make a difference"
    محمد احمدی صفا, Mohammad Ahmadi Safa
    the 12th international TELLSI conference, 2015
  17. "The Washback Effects of Task-based Assessment on the Iranian EFL Learners' Grammar Development"
    Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, Saideh Gudarzi
    international conference on current trends in ELT : putting the learner in the spotlight, 2014