monumental changes occurring on a daily basis have altered the world into a global village of expanding technology and shrinking geography in which preparing language learners for intercultural communication seems to be a sine qua non for modern language education. employing a cross-sectional design in its first phase, this study investigated the intercultural sensitivity and language proficien...

the present study sought to investigate the impact of using mind-mapping technique instruction on female elementary efl learners reading comprehension; it also investigated their attitudes towards using mind-mapping technique as a tool to improve their reading comprehension. this study followed a quasi-experimental design with two intact groups as experimental, and control groups. the participa...

Abstract Introduction: Social networks are the most important means of communication in the societies as well as in the world.social networks among students is very essential. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between the use of social networks with the motivation of academic achievement among students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: In this...

abstract: advertisements are the most accessible type of authentic materials, and this is one reason why they are used more and more in english teaching classes. for this cause, studies in the field of advertisements are very widespread nowadays. for pun is one aspect which makes advertisements more interesting, it is used more than before in advertisements. use of puns makes an advertisement m...

plagiarism in esl/efl learning contexts has been established as a dynamic and multi-layered phenomenon and has become a topic engaging many researchers in a heated debate in recent years. comparisons of student-generated texts with their source texts have shown that students rely on source texts in their writings and copying is a major strategy used by both l1 and l2 writers. in our country a...

Introduction: Considering the increasing growth of Social Networking Services (SNS) and its effects on different aspects of users’ lives, this study was performed to investigate the effects of social networking sites on academic achievement of students in Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This case-control study was performed in year 2011 on a population of Birjand University of...

in this study, scour of mashkid bridge pier located in mashkid river of saravan county has been studied and to measure the scour rate, the numerical model hec-ras 4.0 has been used. upon selection of mashkid river as the case study and whereas the studied zone is important with respect to the climatic conditions and showery monsoon raining and flowing the great and destructive floodwaters, ther...

هدف اصلی این پژوهش، ارزیابی عملکرد علمی اعضای هیئت علمی دانشگاه خوارزمی با توجه به مقالات منتشر شده در پایگاه web of science از سال 2000 تا 2010 بر اساس معیاهای علم-سنجی است. در این پژوهش از روش علم سنجی که یکی از روش های کمّی است، استفاده شده است. داده های مورد نیاز این پژوهش از پایگاه web of science استخراج شد. ابتدا سیاهه ای از اعضای هیئت علمی دانشکده ها و مشخصات فردی و دانشگاهی آنان تهیه شد...

this study was carried out to investigate the effects of integrative vs. instrumental motivation, learning strategy use and gender on iranian efl learners. to this end, 120 efl learners both male and female majoring in english language and literature at shiraz university participated in the study. in order to conduct this study three instruments were used: oxford quick placement test, motivatio...