Hossein Karami

Associate Professor

Update: 2025-06-06

Hossein Karami

Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures / English Language and Literature

Journal Paper

  1. "On the Relationship between Sensory Learning Styles and Reading Subskill Profiles: An Application of Fusion Model."
    Mona Askary, Hossein Karami
    Language Related Research, Vol. 15, No 3, 2024
  2. "A Rasch-based validation of the University of Tehran English Proficiency Test (UTEPT)"
    Shadi Norouzi, Hossein Karami
    language testing in asia, Vol. 14, 2024
  3. "Distributed Leadership and Teacher Professional Learning: The Mediating Role of Teacher Agency in Iranian EFL Context"
    Roya Aghaee Motlagh, Majid Nemati, Hossein Karami
    Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, Vol. 16, No 1, pp.135-160, 2024
  4. "An Investigation of the Relationship Between Subjective and Objective Cognitive Load Measures of Language Item Difficulty"
    Shadi Norouzi, Hossein Karami, zari Saeedi
    Language Horizons, Vol. 7, No 1, 2023
  5. "The Effect of Task Type and Word Type on Vocabulary Learning: A Comparison Based on Involvement Load Hypothesis and Technique Feature Analysis"
    Maryam Ehsani, Hossein Karami, Omid Mallahi
    Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, Vol. 13, No 1, 2023
  6. "Depression, neuroticism, extraversion and pronoun use in first and foreign languages following mood induction"
    Soheil Behdarvandirad, Hossein Karami
    LANGUAGE SCIENCES, Vol. 94, No 1, 2022
  7. "A scrutiny of the relationship between cognitive load and difculty estimates of language test items"
    Shadi Norouzi, Hossein Karami
    language testing in asia, Vol. 12, No 1, 2022
  8. "On the Relationship between Sensory Learning Styles and Reading Subskill Profiles: An Application of Fusion Model"
    MONA ASKARY, Hossein Karami
    Language Related Research, Vol. 13, No 3, 2022
  9. "Comparing the predictive power of involvement load hypothesis and technique feature analysis"
    Maryam Ehsanikhorgu, Hossein Karami
    International Journal of Language Studies, Vol. 16, No 2, 2022
  10. "L2 English Knowledge: Implicit, Explicit, or Automatized? The Role of Structure Difficulty"
    Sepideh Mehraein, Hamideh Marefat, Hossein Karami
    Journal of Asia TEFL, Vol. 19, No 1, 2022
  11. "The impact of task type and involvement load index on Iranian EFL learners’ incidental vocabulary learning and retention"
    Hossein Karami, Mahnaz Esrafili
    Language Horizons, Vol. 5, No 1, 2021
  12. "Examining the Fairness of the University Entrance Exam: A Latent Class Analysis Approach to Differential Item Functioning"
    Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Hossein Karami, Mohammad Hossein Kouhpaeenejad
    Issues in Language Teaching, Vol. 10, No 1, 2021
  13. "Examination of factorial structure of Iranian English language proficiency test: An IRT analysis of Konkur examination"
    Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Hossein Karami, Ali Khodi
    CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY, Vol. 40, No 6, pp.2680-2697, 2021
  14. "Test review of Iranian university entrance exam: English Konkur examination"
    Ali Khodi, Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Hossein Karami
    language testing in asia, Vol. 11, No 1, 2021
  15. "Reciprocal Contribution of Writing Attributes to One Another"
    Leila Ghaderpanahi, Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Hossein Karami
    Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, Vol. 13, No 1, 2021
  16. "Teachers' Rating Criteria for Classroom Oral interviews as Influenced by their First Languages and Educational Backgrounds"
    Ali Sayyadi, Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Hossein Karami
    Teaching English as a Second Language Quarterly, Vol. 40, No 2, 2021
  17. "Examining the validity of the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire for measuring more emotions in the foreign language classroom"
    Hossein Davari, Hossein Karami, Saeed Nourzadeh, Abutaleb Iranmehr
    JOURNAL OF MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, Vol. 41, No 2, 2020
  18. "Developing and Validating a New Version of an EFL Multiple-Choice Reading Comprehension Test Based on Fuzzy Logic"
    Amir Hossein Shahballa, Behzab Ghonsooly, Hossein Karami
    Language Horizons, Vol. 3, No 1, 2019
  19. "Examining the psychometric features of the Teacher’s Sense of Efficacy Scale in the English-as-a-foreign-language teaching context"
    Hossein Karami, Farzaneh Mozaffari, Saeed Nourzadeh
    CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY, Vol. 38, No 1, pp.1-18, 2019
  20. "Introducing English for Specific Purposes"
    Hossein Karami
    Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, Vol. 6, No 3, pp.95-98, 2018
  21. "On the impact of differential item functioning on test fairness: A Rasch modeling approach"
    Hossein Karami
    International Journal of Language Studies, Vol. 12, No 3, pp.1-14, 2018
  22. "Validation of a bilingual version of the vocabulary size test: comparison with the monolingual version"
    Hossein Karami, Mohammad Hossein Kouhpaeenejad, سعید نورزاده, Masoumeh Ahmadishirazi
    International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Vol. 20, No 4, pp.1-13, 2017
  23. "The impact of background knowledge on test performance: A multivariate G-theory approach"
    Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Hossein Karami
    International Journal of Language Studies, Vol. 11, No 1, pp.23-44, 2017
  24. "Book review: Rasch Analysis in the Human SciencesBooneW. J.StaverJ. R.YaleM. S. (2014). Rasch Analysis in the Human Sciences. The Netherlands: Springer. xvi+482 pp. ISBN: 978-94-007-6856-7 (hbk) €99.99/£90.00/$129.00, ISBN: 978-94-007-6857-4 (ebk) €83.29/£72.00/$99.00"
    Hossein Karami
    Language Testing, Vol. 32, No 4, pp.545-548, 2015
  25. "Exploratory Factor Analysis as a Construct Validation Tool: (Mis)applications in Applied Linguistics Research"
    Hossein Karami
    TESOL Journal, Vol. 6, No 3, pp.476-498, 2014
  26. "An investigation of the gender differential performance on a high-stakes language proficiency test in Iran"
    Hossein Karami
    Asia Pacific Education Review, Vol. 14, No 3, pp.435-444, 2013
  27. "The quest for fairness in language testing"
    Hossein Karami
    Educational Research and Evaluation, Vol. 19, pp.158-169, 2013
  28. "Editorial"
    Hossein Karami, Magdalena M.c.mok
    Educational Research and Evaluation, Vol. 19, pp.101-103, 2013
  29. "The Development and Validation of a Bilingual Version of the Vocabulary Size Test"
    Hossein Karami
    RELC Journal, Vol. 43, No 1, pp.53-67, 2012
  30. "Detecting gender bias in a language proficiency test"
    Hossein Karami
    International Journal of Language Studies, Vol. 5, No 2, pp.27-38, 2011
  31. "Differential Item Functioning and ad hoc interpretations"
    Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Hossein Karami
    آموزش زبان انگلیسی, Vol. 4, No 1, pp.1-18, 2010
  32. "Methods and Challenges of Teaching English to Blind and Visually-Impaired Students at the Iranian Special Needs Schools"
    SAMIRA JANDAGHI AMIRABADI, Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Hossein Karami
    Journal of Foreign Language Research, Vol. 14, No 3, 2024
  33. "Validation of a CEFR Based Test and Fairness in Assessment"
    Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Hossein Karami, Davood Sepahi
    Journal of Foreign Language Research, Vol. 12, No 1, 2022
  34. "Differential Item Functioning and Test Performance: a Comparison Between the Rasch Model, Logistic Regression and Mantel-Haenszel"
    Hossein Karami, Ali Khodi
    Journal of Foreign Language Research, Vol. 10, No 4, 2021
  35. "An analysis of Iranian online EFL teachers' technological, pedagogical, and evaluation skills"
    Seyed Reza Dashtestani, Hossein Karami
    Journal of Foreign Language Research, Vol. 9, No 3, 2020

Conference Paper

  1. "The Theoretical Basis Of Measurement In Social Sciences"
    Hossein Karami, Ali Khodi
    3rd International Conference on Psychology, Counseling, and Education, 2021
  2. "Examining Background Knowledge Bias in a High Stake General Academic Language Test: a Differential Item Functioning Analysis"
    Hossein Karami, Ali Khodi
    3rd International Conference on Psychology, Counseling, and Education, 2021
  3. "The Realization of Conjoint Measurement in the Rasch model"
    Hossein Karami, Ali Khodi
    3rd International Conference on Psychology, Counseling, and Education, 2021
  4. "A latent class approach to differential item functioning"
    Hossein Karami, Zahra Dashtban
    1st University of Isfahan International Conference on English Language Studies, 2019
  5. "Assessing the dimensionality of reading comprehension tests: A bifactor item response modeling approach"
    Hossein Karami, Zahra Dashtban
    1st University of Isfahan International Conference on English Language Studies, 2019
  6. "The predictive power of the ILH for L2 vocabulary acquisition of young EFL learners"
    Hossein Karami, Zahra Dashtban
    17th International TELLSI Conference, 2019
  7. "Rasch rating scale analysis: implications for scale validity"
    Hossein Karami, Zahra Dashtban
    17th International TELLSI Conference, 2019
  8. "Dynamic Assessment of Writing: The Impact of Mediation on L2 learners’ Persuasive Writing Skill"
    Hossein Karami, Zahra Dashtban
    17th International TELLSI Conference, 2019
  9. "The Impact of Task Type and Involvement Index on Incidental vocabulary learning"
    Hossein Karami, Mahnaz Esrafili
    6th International Conference on Applied Research in Language Studies, 2019
  10. "An Appraisal of Methods Investigating DIF in Language Assessment"
    Hossein Karami, Ali Khodi
    6th International Conference on Applied Research in Language Studies, 2019
  11. "An analysis of Iranian Online EFL Teachers' Technological, Pedagogical, and Evaluation Skills"
    Seyed Reza Dashtestani, Hossein Karami, Zahra Dashtban
    6th International Conference on Applied Research in Language Studies, 2019
  12. "Examining the effect of gender on the generalizability of the scores in the national university entrance exam in Iran: a multivariate generalizability theory approach"
    Hossein Karami, Zahra Dashtban
    The 16th International TELLSI Conference, 2018
  13. "Implicit, Explicit, and Automatized Knowledge: The Role of Structure Difficulty"
    Hamideh Marefat, Hossein Karami, Sepideh Mehraein
    IELTI8, 2017