Critical pedagogy is regarded as an exhaustive system of learning through which learners' critical consciousness, self-regulation and autonomy, individuality, and learning achievements are promoted. Therefore, 60 Iranian upper- intermediate EFL learners (both male and female) from among 75 students based on their OPT test scores were selected. These participants were divided into a control grou...

Critical pedagogy is regarded as an exhaustive system of learning through which learners' critical consciousness, self-regulation and autonomy, individuality, and learning achievements are promoted. Therefore, 60 Iranian upper- intermediate EFL learners (both male and female) from among 75 students based on their OPT test scores were selected. These participants were divided into a control grou...

review articles are more considered because of special target groups, more citations and cheaper to do. this article is reviewing current evidence by choosing relevant ones through a narrative review article. it is going to provide an appropriate model and promotes the quality of review articles by focusing on the principles of writing them and also the common mistakes in this era.

Academic writing is not just about presenting a set of ideas, but through the act of writing, the authors position themselves as individuals having particular identities which mostly reflect the dominant sociocultural values and practices of the discourse communities in which they are living and performing. The present study, using a mixed method approach, attempted to explore the evidences of ...

introduction: the number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses published in iran has increased significantly in recent years. writing these articles based on internationally accepted guidelines is one of the most important factors effective on their structural quality. this study aimed to assess the abstract of iranian systematic reviews and meta-analyses indexed in scopus. methods: this stud...

The present study sought to investigate the effect of explicit instruction of lexical bundles (LBs) on the development of Iranian English for Academic Purposes (EAP) students’ writing quality and also their receptive and productive knowledge of Lexical Bundles (LB). Assigned to two experimental and control groups, the eighty participants took pre- and post-tests of writing tasks and the recepti...

introduction: graduate (phd) students in medical sciences, who will form future faculties and investigators in iran’s universities of medical sciences, are not trained on scientific writing during their training. the present study describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of principles of writing biomedical research paper course. methods: the course, prepared based on an extensive se...