Reflections on “The American Scholar”: Words of Inspiration for These Dark Times

“the effect of risk aversion on the demand for life insurance: the case of iranian life insurance market”

abstract: about 60% of total premium of insurance industry is pertained?to life policies in the world; while the life insurance total premium in iran is less than 6% of total premium in insurance industry in 2008 (sigma, no 3/2009). among the reasons that discourage the life insurance industry is the problem of adverse selection. adverse selection theory describes a situation where the inf...

reflections on taught courses of the iranian ma program in english translation: a mixed-methods study

the issue of curriculum and syllabus evaluation and revision has been in center of attention right from when curriculum came into attention of educational institutions. thus everywhere in the world in educational institutions curricula and syllabi are evaluated and revised based on the goals, the needs, existing content, etc.. in iran any curriculum is designed in a committee of specialists and...

the effect of translation versus matching words and definitions on retrieval of vocabulary among iranian intermediate efl learners

این تحقیق جهت بررسی تأثیر ترجمه در برابر ایجاد ارتباط بین لغات و ارائه معانی بر بازیابی واژگان در میان زبان آموزان متوسط ایرانی انجام شده است. به این منظور سه گروه کامل از دانش آموزان سطح متوسط که کتاب اینترچنج3 را مطالعه می کردند پس از انجام تست استاندارد مهارت سنجی انتخاب شدند. در ابتدا محقق آنها را به دو گروه آزمایشی و یک گروه کنترل یا شاهد تقسیم نمود و درمرحله بعد از کلیه دانش آموزان در سه ...

the evaluation and comparison of two esp textbooks available on the iranian market for teaching english to the students of medicine

abstract this study evaluated and compared medical terminology and english for the students of medicine (ii) as two representatives of the textbooks available on the iranian market for teaching english to the students of medicine. this research was performed on the basis of a teacher’s and a number of students’ attitudes and the students’ needs analysis for two reasons: first, to investigate...

The American Cultural Identity: Philosophical Reflections on the Existing Controversies over its Nature