abstract there is not much sources about ancient carnival and ceremonies , but some information can be gain from documents . as a matter of fact the ceremonies were a part of zarartiyan principles which zartosht had taken them to his religion . it should be mentioned that the oldest ceremonies are about poster and agriculture principles this seasonal ceremonies were very important for agri...

this thesis attempts to investigate the effects of prelistening activities on enhancing iranian efl learners` listening comprehension. the present study investigated ways in which learners` background knowledge could be activated in order to enhance their l2 listening comprehension by limiting the number of possible text interpretations prior to listening. the experiments conducted in this stud...

current studies in second language (l2) learning have revealed the positive role of corrective feedback (cf) in both oral and written forms in different language features. the present study was an attempt to investigate the effect of both direct and indirect written corrective feedback (wcf) on the use of grammatical collocations in l2 writing. the study also sought to examine whether the effec...

the present study was concerned with exploring the frequency and linguistic focus of corrective feedback types given by novice and experienced female teachers working with young learners and compared it with those of elementary classes for adults. moreover, it aimed at measuring learners’ acknowledgement of teachers’ corrective feedback in the form of uptake in relation to linguistic coverage o...

this exploratory study aimed to investigate a possible relationship between learners’ beliefs about language learning and one of their personality traits; that is,locus of control (loc). both variables, beliefs and locus of control, are assumed to influence the language learning process. the internal control index (ici) and the beliefs about language learning inventory (balli) were administered...

DOR: 98.1000/2383-1251.1397.5.101.9.1.1578.1610 Extended abstract  Introduction: Stevia is a perennial short day plant, belonging to the Asteraceae family. It is also called sugar leaf. Poor germination of this plant serves as a barrier for its planation on a large scale, which contributes to its scarcity and expensivenss as a medicinal herb. In many plants, seed germination is sensitive...

Extended Abstract Introduction: Schrophularia striata is one of the medicinal plants of the Scrophulariaceae family and contains phenolic compounds. Locals have traditionally used this herbal medicine to treat infections caused by wounds, gastrointestinal diseases, and eye diseases. Due to excessive consumption by indigenous people and climate change, especially increasing temperature, the col...

Accelerated aging test to estimate the percentage of emergence are designed to lay the seeds for life, as well as an indicator to determine the power of the seed used. In this study, the effects of aging zero (control), 2, 4 and 6 days on germination index of rapeseed genotypes including Okapi, R15, BAL11, L109, BAL2 Were detected in a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design ...