abstract i the purpose of this study was to launch a thorough investigation concerning the possibility of differing orientations to the writing proficiency construct by native and non-native english speaking teacher raters. it mainly revolved around the international english language testing system (ielts) that is widely administered and employed as a measure of general proficiency in englis...

Understanding the nitrogen remobilization by plant, in order to obtain cultivars with higher quality, has specific importance in plant physiology. In this experiment, a bread and a durum wheat cultivar, were treated with different rates and times of nitrogen application, by using split factorial on the basis of randomized complete block design with three replications at Shiraz region during 200...

the ability of composing a coherent and extended piece of writing in second language is considered as a fundamental factor to convey information and ideas of learners through the academic issues. although learners may achieve a perfect academic writing skill through assigning the l2 tasks in content based instruction, but demonstration of their abilities may be related to their ability in l1 es...

In order to evaluate of distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of morphological traits, three new genotypes of cotton (GT40, TBL60 and SKT134) were tested using a complete randomized blocks design with 4 replications. In general, 39 quantitative and qualitative morphological characteristics were measured. Results showed quantitative morphological characteristics including number of stem n...

this study attempts to investigate the effect of peers’ revision in comparison to that of the teacher, and whether peers’ comments and teachers’ comments facilitate students’ revision? if yes, which one is more effective? also attempts have been made to see which aspects of language are more highlighted by peers versus teachers when commenting. besides, it is investigating the student’s attitud...

In order to evaluate the effect of water deficit at different growth stages on yield and yield components of two cultivars of safflower, a study was conducted during 2009 and 2010 growing seasons at Research Farm of College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. The treatments were cultivar at two levels (Sina and Local Isfahan) as the main factor, irrigation regime at four levels (40...