In addition to the texts devoted to the interpretation of the Qur'anic verses, other texts also contain sporadic interpretations of the Qur’anic verses, among other things, which have not been considered from this point of view so far. The examination, extraction, and analysis of these interpretations have facilitated the understanding of the writers’ both the amount and sourc...

abstract the current study sets out 1) to investigate the strategic needs of iranian efl learners in reading literary and non-literary texts; 2) to shed some light on the differences between reading literary and non-literary texts; and 3) to specify the differences in the interaction of participants with texts while reading two literary subgenres ( i.e., short story and literary essays). to ...

abstract the present study was conducted in order to investigate the impact of an integrated model of form-focused and task-based instruction on iranian efl learners vocabulary learning and retention.it also aimed to detect efl learners attitude towards the implementation of form-focused task-based vocabulary instruction in the classroom. in order to address the purposes of this study, a sampl...

The researches indicate that about one third of students with learning disabilities (already the largest group of students with disabilities) have nonverbal or social disabilities. Students with nonverbal learning disabilities, then, not only face academic challenges but have difficulty meeting social expectations, as well as many of life’s other demands. Actually, social skills problems and di...

this study was conducted to investigate the impact of portfolio assessment as a process-oriented assessment mechanism on iranian efl students’ english writing and its subskills of focus, elaboration, organization, conventions, and vocabulary. out of ninety juniors majoring in english literature and translation at the university of isfahan, sixty one of them who were at the same level of writing...