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...

Background and Aim: Assessing service quality is one of the basic requirements to develop outpatient service. There is no valid and reliable tool to measure quality of outpatient service, therefore this study was performed to determine dimensions and items for assessing service quality of outpatient in Iran. Materials and Methods: To determine dimensions and items of the outpatient service qua...

the aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship among efl learners learning style preferences, use of language learning strategies, and autonomy. a total of 148 male and female learners, between the ages of 18 and 30, majoring in english literature and english translation at islamic azad university, central tehran were randomly selected. a package of three questionnaires was ad...

the present study aimed at investigating how different news agencies using the concept of legitimation/delegitimation represent the same event differently. to this end, van leeuwens (2008) legitimatory/delegitimatory framework was applied to the data gleaned from the iranian state-run news agency fars news, british state-run news agency bbc, and also american state-run news agency voa. the resu...

abstract: since sugar consumption is directly related to diabetes and other illnesses such as obesity, the issue that will most heavily dominate the health food market is blood sugar management and low glycemic foods. using calcium chloride and gums such as sodium alginate and low ester pectin as thikener and a high-potency sweetener aspartame we were able to reduce sugar content of sour cherry...

the present study is paid to the evaluation of the welfare program of the unemployment insurance in iran. the main purpose which was the main reason for performing this thesis, was the unemployment insurance plan’s challenges in iran such as financial problems of this plan, prolongation of the credit receipt for some insured people, unemployment slow exiting from the unemployment insurance fund...

چکیده هدف اصلی این پژوهش بررسی رابطه بین شایسته سالاری و عدالت سازمانی مدیران دانشگاه اصفهان و علوم پزشکی اصفهان بود که در قالب 5 فرضیه با در نظر گرفتن ابعاد شایسته سالاری و عدالت سازمانی مدیران دانشگاه اصفهان و علوم پزشکی انجام شد. روش پژوهش توصیفی از نوع همبستگی می باشد. جامعه آماری کلیه اعضای هیأت علمی و مدیران گروه در دانشگاه اصفهان و علوم پزشکی اصفهان به ترتیب 104- 645 – 33- 468 نفر در س...

abstract: the present study is an attempt to find out cultural exophoric references in iranian high-school elt textbooks and touch stone series to compare the frequency of occurrence of such references in these books. the purpose is to find out which of the series of the books under investigation impose a greater referential burden on efl learners as far as their reading comprehension of the ...

the study reflected in this thesis aims at finding out relationships between critical thinking (ct), and the reading sections of tofel and ielts tests. the study tries to find any relationships between the ct ability of students and their performance on reading tests of tofel and academic ielts. however, no research has ever been conducted to investigate the relationship between ct and the read...