vocabulary as a major component of language learning has been the object of numerous studies each of which has its own contribution to the field. finding the best way of learning the words deeply and extensively is the common objective of most of those studies. however, one effective way for achieving this goal is somehow neglected in the field. using a variety of activities such as games can r...

bserved by many teachers that most of the time, mumbling and searching for their intended words, students complain why they have forgotten the words they have learned in the previous semesters. they ask for some new ways that may help them to recall and apply the learned words more efficiently, since as they declare one of the most important skills in foreign language learning is having a g...

abstract lexical knowledge of complex english words is an important part of language skills and crucial for fluent language use (nation, 2001). the present study, thus, was an attempt to assess the role of morphological decomposition awareness as a vocabulary learning strategy on learners’ productive and receptive recall and recognition of complex english words. so 90 sophomores (female and ma...

Although some think that “bigotry” is a moral vice, it is mentioned with two positive and negative functions in religious teachings; and to-the-point bigotry is praised and regarded as a moral virtue. Due to the importance of moral attributes and explaining their functions, an attempt has been made in this study to identify and explain the nature of the attribute “bigotry” and its types by refe...

simplification universal as a universal feature of translation means translated texts tend to use simpler language than original texts in the same language and it can be critically investigated through common concepts: type/token ratio, lexical density, and mean sentence length. although steps have been taken to test this hypothesis in various text types in different linguistic communities, in ...

The researchers believe that al-Adab al–Saghir and al-Adab al-Kabir are Pahlavi translators of Iranian advices, where fifteen anonymous statements appear which are in Nahj-albalaghah. Besides, both books contain a lot of precious themes of Nahj Albalaghah which, like veins of gold, are hidden in their different layers . The use of Ali’ s anonymous words in these two books caused e...

the researchers believe that al-adab al–saghir and al-adab al-kabir are pahlavi translators of iranian advices, where fifteen anonymous statements appear which are in nahj-albalaghah. besides, both books contain a lot of precious themes of nahj albalaghah which, like veins of gold, are hidden in their different layers . the use of ali’ s anonymous words in these two books caused editors, follow...