to discuss my point, i have collected quite a number of articles, anthologies, and books about "wuthering heights" applying various ideas and theories to this fantastic story. hence, i have come to believe that gadamer and jauss are rightful when they claim that "the individaul human mind is the center and origin of all meaning," 3 that reading literature is a reader-oriented activity, that it ...

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...

a large number of single research studies on the effects of strategy-based instruction (sbi) in teaching english as a foreign or second language has been conducted so far. however, the lack of a comprehensive meta-analysis targeting the effectiveness of english language sbi is observed. moreover, the findings of experimental studies regarding the context of the english language, proficiency lev...

To increase reliability and fault tolerance in wireless sensor network, using spare nodes is a useful method. In this article, we survey the influence of using single-type and multi-type spare nodes on the fault tolerance in the low density. To achieve this, we use single-type and multi-type spare nodes and construct the network reliability graph for one, two and three-node densities. Then, we ...

increasing academic and professional language demands around the world are not a deniable fact. the purpose of this study was to investigate english language needs and communication needs of the chemistry students at master and ph.d. levels at the iranian universities. in this research, different methods were used including un-structured interview, structured interview, and two sets of question...

Background and purpose: The aim of this study was to estimate the disease-free survival rate, in female patients with breast cancer and determining the level of influencing factors. Materials and methods: In a retrospective cohort study, the records of 377 patients attending Mashhad Omid hospital, Iran, spanning the years 2006 to 2011 were selected using convenience sampling. The patients we...