building on previous studies on the effectiveness of different types of written corrective feedback, the present study aimed at investigating whether direct focused corrective feedback and direct unfocused corrective feedback produced any differential effects on the accurate use of english articles by efl learners across two different proficiency levels (low and high). in current study, the par...

as the canon is shaped by white male standards rewriting the canonical works of literature is one of the ways through which postcolonial writers subvert the authority of the masters. writing in the language of the masters the colonized writers use the very suppressive tool in the hands of the masters i.e. their language to question the validity of their norms. regarded by most critics to be the...

in fact this study is concerned with the relationship between the variation in thematice structure and the comprehension of spoken language. so the study focused on the following questions: 1. is there any relationship between thematic structure and the comprehension of spoken language? 2. which of the themes would have greated thematic force and be easier for the subjects to comprehend? accord...

The Alvand plutonic complex is composed of various plutonic rocks, mafic and felsic dikes (pegmatites and aplites). Pegmatites and aplites consist of quartz, feldspar, mica, tourmaline, garnet and allanite. Based on the mineralogycal compound, pegmatites can be divided into tourmaline-garnet-muscovite-bearing, aluminosilicate-bearing and tourmaline-bearing pegmatites and aplites are composed of...

The Dehno Granites are located 20 Km northeast of Aligudarz. They are one of the four separated plutonic masses, exposed in the Sanandaj – Sirjan Zone. These rocks are composed of granodiorite and tonalite covered by granite arens. The main minerals of these rocks are quartz, plagioclase, biotite, muscovite and accessory minerals such as sphene, apatite, epidote, zircon, rutile and opaques. By ...

as far as bandura’s (1977) conceptualization of the sense of self-efficacy is concerned, it is argued to be context- and even task-specific, compared to other concepts like self-esteem (brown, 2000); therefore, upon the previous research studies, related theories and definitions, and the ideas and views obtained from the interviews conducted with the scholars, the current research study aimed a...

abstract this study examines the relationship between reading anxiety and difficulty of texts as well as the relationship between reading anxiety and students perceived difficulty of the texts. since difficulty is a relative concept, i limited its definition by sticking to the readability formula. we also took students perceived difficulty levels into account. therefore, in the present study, ...