Training-and-development

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...

effect of listening strategy training on iranian efl learners listening comprehension and use of strategies

this study aimed to investigate the effects of listening strategy training on iranian efl learners listening comprehension and use of such strategies. this work, employing an experimental methodology, was conducted among 60 adult efl learners from a language institute in isfahan, iran, as participants. the participants, who were selected based on the results of a placement test, were assigned t...

Training for Development: Internet and Entrepreneurial Training in Venezuela

1 Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University. Bolivar House, 582 Alvarado Row, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-8545. The findings presented in this study are drawn from Internet Entrepreneurship in Venezuela: Opportunities and Obstacles, a larger work by the authors submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts Thesis, June, 1998. ABSTRACT: The Internet...

Capacity Development, Education & Training

iranian efl learners’ pragmatic development: a study of proficiency and textbook effect

در تحقیق حاضراین پرسش که آیا دانش کاربرد شناسی زبان آموزان ایرانی همگام با پیشرفت بسندگی زبانی آنها افزایش می یابد مورد مطالعه قرار گرفته و هم چنین به این پرسش که آیا زبان آموزان تعلیم دیده از طریق کتاب های تاپ ناچ و اینترچینج تفاوت معناداری از لحاظ سطح دانش کاربرد شناسی دلرند ، پاسخ داده شده است. در این تحقیق55 فراگیر زبان انگلیسی به عنوان زبان دوم ازطریق نمونه گیری در دسترس مورد مطالعه قرار گ...