Kourosh Akef
Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Campus
[ 1 ] - Developing Rating Scale Descriptors for Assessing the Stages of Writing Process: The Constructs Underlying Students' Writing Performances
The purpose of the present study is to develop appropriate scoring scales for each of the defined stages of the writing process, and also to determine to what extent these scoring scales can reliably and validly assess the performances of EFL learners in an academic writing task. Two hundred and two students’ writing samples were collected after a step-by-step process oriented essay writing ins...
[ 2 ] - Applying the Tensive Model to Ferdowsi's Rustam and Sohrab and Its Translation by Arnold
The purpose of this study is to look into post-Greimasian semiotics and investigate how this tensive model can be applied to Rustam and Sohrab in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh and its translation by Arnold. The tensive model, considering the two dimensions of intensity and extent, investigates meaning formation and production. Accordingly, this research intends to analyze the semiotic ...
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