Introduction: Moving away can be motivated by a multitude of factors, just as the reasons for not moving might different. The individual’s social situation greatly determines chance turning their life around through away. Aims: We investigated factors that affected representatives three Roma groups researched here (Romungro, Vlach, Boyash) in past and intentions to move future. Methods: A SEM m...

To learn language infants must develop a conceptual base onto which language can be mapped. Recent research in infant cognitive development shows that at least by 9 months of age infants have developed a conceptual system sufficiently rich to allow language to begin. Evidence for this system is shown by categorization of objects above and beyond their perceptual appearance, problem-solving, lon...

Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) is reaching an up most position in the pedagogical field of English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL). The present study was carried out to study the effect of using phonetic websites on Iranian EFL students’ pronunciation and knowledge of phonemic symbols. Participants of the study included 30 EFL female pre-intermediate students studyin...

with the advent of computer technology and educational software, hypermedia language learning materi-als made their way in foreign and second language classrooms. today the role of hypermedia in improv-ing communication skills is by no means deniable. this research aimed at investigating the effect of hy-permedia on the oral performance as well as the motivation of iranian efl learners. a prete...

in spite of the importance of teacher's motivation only a limited number of studies have been conducted on teacher's demotivation in iran. this study was an attempt to investigate demotivating factors among iranian efl language institute teachers in terms of years of teaching experience. to this end, the researchers tried to utilize a questionnaire as a research method. to collect dat...

This article had two aims: to provide a thorough review of the existing literature examining overall degree of foreign accent in a second language (L2), and to present a new foreign accent experiment. The literature review suggested that a wide variety of variables in#uence degree of foreign accent. These variables include age of L2 learning, length of residence in an L2-speaking country, gende...

The nature of social life in human prehistory is elusive, yet knowing how kinship systems evolve is critical for understanding population history and cultural diversity. Post-marital residence rules specify sex-specific dispersal and kin association, influencing the pattern of genetic markers across populations. Cultural phylogenetics allows us to practise 'virtual archaeology' on these aspects...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of weblog task assessment on iranian efl learners’ reading ability. to this purpose, a group of 30 english language students (both male and female) in rozaneh language institute in najafabad were selected based on their performance on the opt. the researchers tried to select a homogeneous sample in terms of age factor and proficiency level...