Challenges of the Current ELT Curriculum in Iran: the role of Multimodality, Multiple Intelligence, Social Identity, and Sociocultural Theories

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Document Type : Research Article

Authors

• ali mohammad fazilatfar
• mohadeseh sedghi
• ali akbar jabbari
• mohammad javad rezai

language and literature department, english language and literature faculty, yazd university, yazd, iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/lts.2025.92712.1339

Abstract

Although English plays significant roles in the international context, it has failed to occupy a proper position in the Iranian instructional framework leading to students' week performance. Therefore, this study attempted to explore the literature on the challenges of the current ELT curriculum in educational system in Iran. Moreover, the challenges were analyzed in connection with the principles of Multimodality, Multiple Intelligence, Social Identity, and Sociocultural Theories. The review and comparison process were based on (PRISMA_SCR). Then, a total of 49 articles were selected from well-established journals to map the related challenges and shortcomings. The results revealed that the challenges can be divided into eleven categories ranging from economic and political issues to ideological and cultural ideas. Nine challenges could be explained in relation to the mentioned frameworks. Therefore, it could be concluded that the inclusion of these theories in the process of curriculum development may help eliminating those challenges.

Keywords

• problems
• ELT educational system
• educational theory
• social

Main Subjects

• Language Education