Proceedings of the European Control Conference

Proceedings of the First MEFOMP International Conference of Medical Physics: November 2-4, 2011, Shiraz, Iran

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Science and Social Research (CSSR)(Malaysia)

The Role of Gender in Reading Comprehension of Short Stories Taught Through Awareness-Raising

The present study examines the role of gender in reading comprehension of short stories taught through awareness-raising among Iranian EFL learners. In so doing, twelve male and eighteen female learners with lower intermediate English proficiency were selected as the research sample. Next, they were randomly divided into two fifteen-member groups (i.e., a control group and an experimental group...

Using Writing Checklist in Composing Descriptive Essays Among EFL Learners at the Intermediate Level

This study investigated the impact of writing checklist on composing descriptive essays among EFL learners at the intermediate level. Sixty participants were assigned to experimental and control groups. Both groups were given a pre-test of writing a descriptive essay including 150 words. The experimental group used checklist for learning while the control used teacher correcting technique in ea...

The Effects of Visual-Kinesthetic Activities on ESP Students’ Vocabulary Learning

This study investigated the impact of visual-kinesthetic tasks on ESP university students’ vocabulary learning. Two intact classes of university students were selected as control (23 students) and experimental (36 students) group. A proficiency test, a pretest and a posttest were administered and the students were exposed to a set of treatments. Also a questionnaire administered to students, re...

The Impact of Semantic Clustering on Iranian EFL Advanced Learners’ Vocabulary Retention

This study investigated the impact of semantic clustering on Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary retention at advanced level. Participants were female learners randomly assigned to two groups of 15. Four instruments (TOEFL test; vocabulary pretest; immediate posttest, and delayed recall posttest) were used. The experimental group underwent semantic clustering vocabulary presentation in which the l...