the aim of this study was to identify the problems of translating markedness structures from english to persian in order to look closely at what possible difficulties translators may face. it also seeks to probe the strategies applied accordingly by iranian translators in translating them. from three translation of blindness novel, the sentences with marked structures were elicited and also the...

abstract this study evaluated and compared medical terminology and english for the students of medicine (ii) as two representatives of the textbooks available on the iranian market for teaching english to the students of medicine. this research was performed on the basis of a teacher’s and a number of students’ attitudes and the students’ needs analysis for two reasons: first, to investigate...

abstract the first purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of consciousness-raising (c-r) activities on learning grammatical structures (simple present tense in this case) by iranian guidance school efl learners. the second one was to investigate the effect of gender on learning the simple present tense through c-r activities and tasks. finally, this study aimed to investigate the ...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of blended learning and multimedia softwares on iranian efl students vocabulary learning. in addition, the present study tried to examine the extent to which multimedia softwares can be applied into efl classes in iran. it also attempted to find out students attitudes toward using these softwares. to this end, 87 iranian efl learners at el...

a study of alienation components in children's and young adults' fiction   m. h. karimi*          m. zakeri** shiraz university   alienation is one of the major issues in modern world which many philosophers have concentrated on. in this study, this issue is discussed in children's and young adults' fiction. first, the alienation components are determined and then they are followed in chil...

Abstract The purpose of this study was to Designing and Assessment Suuccession Management Model of managers in The Intellectual Development Of Children And Young Adults. This research was of Mixed Method and exploratory type. In the qualitative part, by using the case and exploratory study method, the dimensions and components of the succession were identified and in the quantitative part, the...

Abstract The purpose of this study was to Designing and Assessment Suuccession Management Model of managers in The Intellectual Development Of Children And Young Adults. This research was of Mixed Method and exploratory type. In the qualitative part, by using the case and exploratory study method, the dimensions and components of the succession were identified and in the quantitative part, the...

with the growth of more humanistic approaches towards teaching foreign languages, more emphasis has been put on learners’ feelings, emotions and individual differences. one of the issues in teaching and learning english as a foreign language is demotivation. the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the components of language learning strategies, optimism, duration o...