ABSTRACT This nationwide study examines the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) faculty members’ engagement in and with research in a major site of EFL context by surveying a representative sample of 140 faculty members. Further, the correlation between the respondents’ levels of engagement in and with research and their demographic features concerning academic position and years of experience was investigated. Our findings demonstrate the respondents’ high levels of engagement with reading research and engagement in doing research in several aspects. Furthermore, the reasons for reading and doing research were discussed. The findings of the study point to a number of institutional, procedural, instrumental facilitators and suppressors to research engagements. Interestingly, the EFL faculty members perceived a significant gap between their expectations of, and management support for, doing research. Finally, pedagogical implications of the nature of the engagement are discussed.

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EFL教职员工的研究参与：来自伊朗的声音

摘要这项全国性研究通过对140名教职员工的代表性样本进行调查，研究了英语作为外语（EFL）教职员工在EFL语境中的主要站点的参与和研究情况。此外，还调查了受访者参与和参与研究的程度与他们关于学历和经验的人口统计学特征之间的相关性。我们的发现表明，受访者在阅读研究和从事研究方面的参与度很高。此外，讨论了阅读和进行研究的原因。研究的结果指出了许多机构，程序，工具的促进者和压抑者参与了研究活动。有趣的是，EFL的教职员工认为他们对研究的期望与管理支持之间存在巨大差距。最后，讨论了参与性质的教学意义。