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20sessions

The term in the 2002 Tehran study consisted of 20 sessions.

Checked against its source on October 17, 2026

In the source's own words

“For one term, consisting of 20 sessions”

The Effect of Frequent Dictation on the Listening Comprehension Ability of Elementary EFL Learners, G. Reza Kiany and Ebrahim Shiramiry, TESL Canada Journal, 2002, Abstract.

Open the original (DOI 10.18806/tesl.v20i1.938)

What it measures: Each session was 100 minutes, according to the same abstract.
What it does not show: A single term of an intensive language course, not a school year.

Source

The Effect of Frequent Dictation on the Listening Comprehension Ability of Elementary EFL LearnersPeer-reviewed research · G. Reza Kiany and Ebrahim Shiramiry, TESL Canada Journal, 2002

Used to calculate

The 11 dictations in the 2002 Tehran study equal 55 percent of the term's 20 sessions, if each dictation fell in a separate session.

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