abstract while task-based instruction is considered as the most effective way to learn a language in the related literature, it is oversimplified on various grounds. different variables may affect how students are engaged with not only the language but also with the task itself. the present study was conducted to investigate language and task related engagement on the basis of the task typolog...

abstract: advertisements are the most accessible type of authentic materials, and this is one reason why they are used more and more in english teaching classes. for this cause, studies in the field of advertisements are very widespread nowadays. for pun is one aspect which makes advertisements more interesting, it is used more than before in advertisements. use of puns makes an advertisement m...

this study purported to compare and contrast the use of self-mention and evidentials as two mtadiscourse features in opinion columns of persian and english newspapers. the theoretical basis of this study is the idea that metadiscourse features vary across cultural boundaries. for this purpose, 150 persian and 150 english opinion columns were collected based on three factors of topic, audience a...

عنوان: بررسی اوضاع فرهنگی گیلان (از انقلاب مشروطیت تا به قدرت رسیدن رضا شاه ) نویسنده: افضل افشاری سال :90-1389 استاد راهنما: دکتر ابوطالب سلطانیان استاد راهنما: دکتر حسن کهنسال واجارگاه چکیده: این پژوهش می کوشد اوضاع فرهنگی گیلان را از دور? مشروطیت تا ظهور رضا خان بررسی نماید و کم و کیف آن را آشکار سازد. انقلاب مشروطیت دو دستاورد مهم فرهنگی را در پی داشت؛ یکی انتشار گسترد? مطبوعات د...

Objectives: Service delivery through Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) is a strategy for improving urban mental health. The current paper presents the process of designing structure and planning the services for CMHCs through an evidence-based approach. Method: Using a systematic review approach, the needs and available mental health services in urban areas, and effectiveness and cost-eff...

Short Abstract Introduction: Development and development planning is undoubtedly a multidimensional process that contains economic, social, cultural and political aspects. Programs that have been implemented so far in underdeveloped countries, have largely focused on economic growth and industrial development, as well as greatly neglecting the social and cultural factors of growth. Therefore, ...

why some learners are willing to communicate in english, concurrently others are not, has been an intensive investigation in l2 education. willingness to communicate (wtc) proposed as initiating to communicate while given a choice has recently played a crucial role in l2 learning. it was hypothesized that wtc would be associated with language learning orientations (llos) as well as social suppo...

this study was conducted to investigate the effect of favorite-text on iranian intermediate efl learners’ vocabulary development. sixty learners from nour-al-mahdi english institute participated in the present study. having been homogenized by oxford placement test (opt), they were randomly assigned into two groups of 30, control and experimental. then both groups sat for a pre-test which was a...