objective: to determine the reliability and validity of the revised dyadic adjustment scale (rdas) with 14 items (short form) in iranian population. methods:the english version of the rdas was translated into persian. then, persian version was retranslated to english. to study factor structure 338 questionnaires were filled out by parents of elementary students. other measurement tools were the...

In this paper we present WILLIE, a Web-based language learning tool for Japanese, which provides the language students with a comfortable interface to lexical, syntactic, and translation knowledge. The linguistic data is derived automatically from a large parallel corpus by using a Japanese-English machine translation system, which we developed in our previous research. The system randomly choo...

As a subset of descriptive studies, the current research focused on learners’ perception of the common teaching methods in translation courses. Accordingly, a multi-item Likert-scale questionnaire with 29 items was developed based on the proposed strategies applied in the three traditional, complex and modern methods of teaching for collecting the research data. Cronbach’s alpha was administere...

The study was intended to provide a description of the attitudes of English-major studentstowards the teaching methods in translation courses to find out more about the relevance andquality of methods to the students’ needs, concerning the necessary educational resourcesprovided in the methods of teaching. Accordingly, a multi-item Likert-scale questionnairecontaining 32 items was developed bas...

The acquisition of idioms has thus far been a neglected variable in the EFL environment. Learner's poor competence of English idioms can be attributed to the fact the study oflexis in general and idioms in particular was relegated to a minor position in contrast to syntax which received a paramount attention in both the structural and T.G.G paradigms. Overlooking the teaching of English idioms ...

studies in cognitive linguistics have highlighted the importance of metaphors for language teaching. metaphoric competence, as an important aspect of intelligence, can contribute to the learning of languages. most textbooks in esl/efl avoid the issue of figurative language and concentrate only on the denotative aspects of language. this article reports a study conducted at the islamic azad univ...

Translation of culture-bound terms is of special importance in translation theory and practice. The present study is an attempt to examine the procedures used in translating these terms in the English translations of the Holy Qur’an.  As  such,  English  equivalents  of  terms  related  to Practical laws of religion (Furū al-Dīn) in five English versions of the Qur'an are identified and the  tr...

The cognitive predictors (i.e.,Phonological Awareness, and Rapid Automatized Naming) underlying reading achievement have not been researched in Iranian partial English immersion and non-immersion programs. The present study sought to investigate the relationship between English and Persian Phonological Awareness (PA), Rapid Autamatized Naming (RAN) and reading achievementof Iranian students in ...