the following null hypothesis was proposed: h : there is no significant difference between the use of semantically or communicatively translates scientific texts. to test the null hypothesis, a number of procedures were taken first, two passages were selected form soyrcebooks of food and nutrition industry and gardening deciplines. each, in turn, was following by a number of comprehension quest...

The well-known hadith of the two weighty sources related from the Prophet, peace be upon him and his household, has been always the focus of the attention of the Muslims and the interpretation of the Shiite and Sunni scholars and theologians and has been narrated in different forms. In this research on the basis of the chain of narration of the traditions some expressions of this hadith, which ...

This article tries to demonstrate that Imam Khomeini's leadership does not comply with Max Weber's charismatic leadership theory but it has emanated from another model that has been explained in this article based on Allame Motahhari's opinions. In first section the nature of divine prophets' leadership has been clarified by refuting the theory of charismatic leadership. In second section the n...

The Arafa supplication with its rhythmic text is a prayer in about 3200 words, eloquent in style and with only a few different versions with slight variances. The subject matter of this supplication is to confess to the sublimity and glory of God, before the worldly, tragic and unstable situation of man. In addition, the praying person praises God for his abundant mercies and invokes God's bles...

this study aimed at examining the effects of iranian efl learners’ anxiety, ambiguity tolerance, and gender on their preferences for corrective feedback (cf, henceforth). the effects were sought with regard to the necessity, frequency, and timing of cf, types of errors that need to be treated, types of cf, and choice of correctors. seventy-five iranian efl students, twenty-eight males and forty...