abstract a fundamental study of “historio-graphic metafiction” and “literary genres”, as introduced in “new historical philosophy”, and tracing them in the works of julian barnes having studied the two novels, the porcupine and arthur & george, by julian barnes, the researcher has applied linda hutcheon’s historio-graphic metafictional theories to them. the thesis is divided into five cha...

the present study aimed to investigate the role of personality characteristics, identity style and commitment in prediction of the academic procrastination among the high school students. research method was descriptive and correlational. using multistage cluster-random sampling, 450 high school students (225 males, 225 females) were selected from the city of tehran. all the participants were a...

abstract the present study deals with a comparison between reactive and pre-emptive focus-on-form in terms of application and efficiency. it was conducted in an intermediate english class in shahroud. 15 male learners participated in this research and their age ranged from 18 to 25. a course book, new interchange 3, and a complementary book were used. every session the learners gave lectures o...

for several years, researchers in familiarity of efl teachers with post-method and its role in second and foreign language learners’ productions have pointed out that the opportunity to plan for a task generally develops language learners’ development (ellis, 2005). it is important to mention that the critical varies in language teaching was shown is the disappearances of the concept of method ...

according to webster and wind (1972) and anderson et al (1987), “organizational buying is a complex process and involves many people from different functional areas, multiple goals and potentially conflicting decision criteria. moreover, the customers of today are also more knowledgeable and selective when making their purchasing decisions. since a key to organizational survival is the retentio...

Background and Objectives: Marital burnout shows that couples are bored and tired of marriage. Identifying factors causing marital burnout are important to enrich marital life. Therefore, the aim of this study has been to predict marital burnout based on personality traits and sexual intimacy in nurses. Materials and Methods: In this correlational study 159 married female nurses working in t...