Amin Pouresmaeil

Contact

Amin.Pouresmaeil@hdr.mq.edu.au

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Amin is a PhD candidate in Linguistics at Macquarie University. His PhD project is on instructed second language acquisition with a particular focus on input processing and processing instruction. In his research, Amin uses online tests, including self-paced reading and self-paced listening tests, to explore how instruction may facilitate second language acquisition. Amin has been working as an ESL practitioner and researcher for over 15 years. Currently, he is teaching tutorials for the Introduction to Psycholinguistics unit at the Department of Linguistics and the Academic Communication unit at Macquarie University College.

Research Interests

• Instructed second language acquisition
• Input processing
• Processing instruction
• Individual differences in second language acquisition

PhD Project

The online primary and secondary effects of processing instruction on second language acquisition and the role of individual differences in working memory

Publications

• Pouresmaeil, A., Wang, X., & Benati, A. (2025). The online effects of processing instruction on the acquisition of the English passive structure. Languages, 10(7). 166. doi: 10.3390/languages10070166

• Pouresmaeil, A., & Vali, M. (2023). The effects of incidental focus on form on learning vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. Language Teaching Research. doi: 10.1177/13621688231185419

• Pouresmaeil, A., & Gholami, J. (2023). The effects of oral incidental focus on form on developing vocabulary knowledge. TESL-EJ, 26(4), 1-17. doi: 10.55593/ej.26104a1

• Pouresmaeil, A., & Gholami, J. (2022). The relative effects of focus on form versus focus on forms on learning the second conditional in English. Instructed Second Language Acquisition, 6, 57-80. doi: 10.1558/isla.20491

• Pouresmaeil, A., & Gholami, J. (2019). Incidental focus-on-form in a free discussion language class: types, linguistic foci and uptake rate. Language Learning Journal, 47, 653-665. doi: 10.1080/09571736.2017.1364783

• Pouresmaeil, A., & Gholami, J. (2014). Which one comes first in your classes? Form or meaning! Humanising Language Teaching, 26(3). https://old.hltmag.co.uk/jun14/mart06.htm

Conference presentations

• Pouresmaeil, A., & Gholami, J. (2017, Feb.). Four Key Focus on Form Options. Workshop held in IELTA Conference, Tehran, Iran.

• Pouresmaeil, A., & Jalali, S. (2013, May). Teachers’ attitudes toward teaching grammar in an EFL context. Paper presented in The Fourth International ELT Students Conference, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey.