An exploration into L2 attitudes

An Exploration into Reproductive and

Reading attitudes in L1 and L2

This study examines the relationship between both first language (L1) and second language (L2) reading attitudes, and learners' performance in L2 extensive reading. Four reading attitude variables were identified (Comfort, Anxiety, Value, Self-perception), both in L1 and L2, according to learners' responses to a questionnaire. Results of analyses using these four variables are summarised on two...

an exploration into the debates over hadd and ta‘zīr

the essential difference between hadd and ta‘zīr has long been accepted in islamic penal system. based on a study of the holy texts and the statements of the scholars it can be asserted that the rule according to which ‘the type and size of the hadd is defined by the legislator, whereas the type and amount of the ta‘zīr would only be determined by the islamic ruler’ is not comprehensive and lac...

An Investigation into the Impact of Grafting M-game onto the Blended Module of L2 Pedagogy

Through implanting non-English mobile game (m-game) of 'Xane Bazi' into the blended module of English vocabulary pedagogy, this study sought to investigate the role of dyads make-up on L2 English learners' vocabulary learning ability. To that end, 150 Iranian male and female students of engineering from Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) were homogenized as upperintermediate to learn the L2...

An Exploration into the Uses of

Health care is a complex adaptive system that is difficult to analyze for the purpose of improving work performance. This paper discusses complex systems architecture and an agent based modeling framework to study health care system improvements and their impact on patient safety, economics and workloads. Here we demonstrate the application of a safety dynamics model proposed by Cook and Rasmus...