?it is of utmost priority for an experienced teacher to train the mind of the students, and enable them to think critically and correctly. the most important question here is that how to develop such a crucial ability? this study examines a new way to the development of critical thinking utilizing critical discourse analytical tools. to attain this goal, two classes of senior english la...

The current study attempts to investigate the prevallence of Internet addiction among high-school girls in Tehran. Another goal is to determine if female Internet addicts in Tehran show the same problems as addicts in other countries, such as more loneliness, and lower self-esteem and social skills. A total of 939 high-school girls in three grades and three fields from five areas of Tehran were...

Aim: The aim of present research was to compare of conflict solving and quality of life of opium and stimulant addicts. Method: For this purpose, 74 opium addicts and 74 stimulant addicts selected of 3 clinics in 6 and 11 regions by clustering random sampling. Conflict solving questionnaire and quality of life administered among selected samples. Results: The results showed that there was signi...

legal establishment of court is the birth of social life; each person should define him/herself against others offence or violation. when a society forms and the legal character appears, the thought of society refers to a person name prosecuting attorney who is the president of the court for defending his/her rights. prosecuting attorney remindterms such as court, crime and punishment. accordi...

methodology non-native participants in this study were sixty ba students majoring in english literature and teaching english as a foreign language at khayyam university of mashhad. they were senior students, between 21 to 24 years old, who had studied english for at least three and a half years and had passed several courses including grammar, reading, conversation, and writing. this was assum...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of marital conflicts in the relationship between communication beliefs, emotional disorders, marital relations with marital satisfaction of addicted women with addicted spouses. Method: The research method was descriptive and correlational. For this purpose, 100 women with addicted spouses referring to addiction treatmen...

testing plays a vital role in any language teaching program. it allows teachers and stakeholders, including program administrators, parents, admissions officers and prospective employers to be assured that the learners are progressing according to an accepted standard (douglas, 2010). the problems currently facing language testers have both practical and theoretical implications but the first i...

learning a second or foreign language requires the manipulation of four main skills, namely, listening, reading, speaking, and writing which lead to effective communication. it is obvious that vocabulary is an indispensible part of any communication, so without a vocabulary, no meaningful communication can take place and meaningful communication relies heavily on vocabulary. one fundamental fac...