self-assessment helps learners to acquire self-confidence and gives them insightfulfeedbacks. there is no valid self-assessment inventory for learners of english foracademic purposes (eap). this study aimed at developing an academicallyappropriate instrument to measure tertiary students’ english in academic situations.the study used both qualitative and quantitative methods in developing the se...

Nowadays, professors of different universities around the world with different majors need to learn English for their academic advancement and research promotion. This requires that they have positive attitudes towards English language learning. In this regard, the role of social factors can be useful. Hence, this study was an endeavor to examine the social factors influencing non-English major...

Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, IR Iran Department of Nursing, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran Department of English Language, School of Medicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, IR Iran Corresponding author: Nematullah Shomoossi, Department of English Language, School of Medic...

Background: English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses should empower students to satisfy their language needs. However, at many Iranian universities, these courses are mostly taught based on the Grammar Translation Method focusing on teaching grammatical rules and reading comprehension. The present study aims at proposing an innovative approach for teaching English to Medical students that ca...

the invisible hands of peer reviewers play a determining role in the eventual fate of submissions to international english-medium journals. this study builds on the assumption that non-native researchers and prospective academic authors may find the whole strive for publication, and more specifically, the tough review process, less threatening if they are aware of journal reviewers’ expectation...