in this study, the researchers investigated a critical aspect of efl/esl writing pedagogy-the impact of teacher written commentary on student writer’s earlier drafts. compositions of 80 iranian undergraduate english majors were commented on using a trio of imperatives, statements, and questions on both content and form. overall, the results indicated that the comments in the imperative form hel...

Considering the benefits of preparation for writing in the pre-writing phase, this study attempted to examine the effects of different pre-task strategic planning activities (i.e., pre-task form-focus planning, content-focus planning, and no planning) on writing accuracy and motivation. To achieve the objectives of this study, sixty intermediate EFL learners were selected from an English langua...

The distinction between syntax (sentence form) and semantics (sentence meaning) is fundamental to our thinking about language. Whether and where this distinction is represented at the neural level is still a matter of considerable debate. In the present fMRI study, we examined the neural correlates of syntactic and semantic functions using an innovative activation paradigm specifically designed...

meaning has a significant role in content formation and literariness of a poem, just as form does. however, meaning and innovation get greater importance and broader field in modern poetry. present paper is to analyze the role of meaning in putting distinction between the content of poetic text and other non-literary works. in this regard, a comparative analysis has been conducted on descriptiv...

to study the effects of foliar application of common and nano-sized iron sulphate on five sunflower cultivars (alster, olsion, hysun36, yourflour and hysun33) under two levels of salinity (0 and 100 mm nacl), a pot experiment in factorial based using a randomized complete block design with three replications was conducted. plant height, leaf area, shoot weight, chlorophyll content and the conce...