nowadays using new technologies in education is one of important challenges of educational associations. using new technologies cause increase of efficiency in education. in this paper, the place of it in education of 4 language skills has analyzed and difficulties of arabic language students in related courses have discussed. using computer, educational software, internet and other equipments ...

Teacher education philosophy plays an important role in enhancing the teachers’ awareness of the practices particularly in the context of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). This study meant to observe the possible effect of the awareness of teacher education philosophy on EFL teachers’ professional skill in the light of Kumaravadivelu’s postmethod parameters, tapping teachers’ gender, academi...

Abstract In order to better compete in an increasing neoliberalised education system, many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have developed internationalisation strategy that aims at incorporating intercultural and global dimension into curricula learning environments for all. This agenda raises important language policy issues are often side-lined the UK other Anglophone countries where Eng...

There are different views on the relationship between language and culture. Some consider them as separate entities one being a code-system and the other a system of beliefs and attitudes. Some believe in a cause and effect relationship between the two; and yet others argue for a co-evolutionary mode of interrelation. This paper will subscribe to the Hallidayan co-evolutionary view of the relat...

: The purpose of the current attitudinal study is to investigate the attitudes and opinions of language teachers toward the implemented ELT program resulted from the Fundamental Reform Document of Education in the Iranian Ministry of Education. Three items were investigated: Teacher’s Practice, Teacher Training Courses, and Materials. Following the rigorous and systematic proce...

Teaching English as a second or foreign language has internationally turned into a determiner of success for societies. Thus, the demand has risen for changes in English Language Teaching (ELT) curricula in different contexts. In response to the growing globalization and the dissatisfaction of many Iranian ELT stakeholders with the former program in lower and upper high-school levels, the Minis...

The authors argue that English language learner (ELL) language assessment policy and poor language tests partly account for ELLs’ disproportionate representation in special education. Previous research indicates that many states routinely assess ELLs’ first language (L1) at initial enrollment and that ELLs identified as limited in both languages have relatively high rates of identification in s...

BACKGROUND The relationship between physical education (PE) policies and children's PE and recess time is not well understood. PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to assess the association of district and school PE policies, the PE environment, and PE and recess time. METHODS Key informants in 65 schools from 9 states completed instruments assessing district and school PE policies, the sch...

In analyses of higher education systems, many models and frameworks are based on governance, steering, or coordination models. Although much can be gained by such analyses, we argue that the language used in the present-day policy documents (knowledge economy, competitive position, etc.) calls for an analysis of higher education as an industry. In this paper, the university sector in Ontario’s ...