hedging is a multi-purpose rhetorical strategy which is usually used in scientific arguments to secure ratification of claims, reduce the risk of negation, avoid conflict, manage disagreement and leave room for the audience to assess presented information. hedges are frequently used in research articles to mitigate the findings of research endeavors. the present research aims to investigate the...

learning-oriented assessment seeks to emphasise that a fundamental purpose of assessment should be to promote learning. it mirrors formative assessment and assessment for learning processes. it can be defined as actions undertaken by teachers and / or students, which provide feedback for the improvement of teaching and learning. it also contrasts with equally important measurement-focused appro...

توسعه و افزایش تولید صنایع و در پی آن رشد اقتصادی و اجتماعی یک جامعه در قرن جدید، با خودکار کردن روندهای تولید گره خورده است. یکی از اجزای خودکار ساختن صنایع، استفاده از روباتها در چرخه تولید به منظورهای مختلف می¬باشد؛ رنگ پاشی، جابجایی، نصب قطعات و جوشکاری بخش کوچکی از فضایی است که به روباتهای کارا نیازمند است. پس از استفاده فراوان از روباتهای سرال در صنایع و انجام پژوهشهای پایه¬ای بر روی طراح...

this study aimed to investigate the effects of listening strategy training on iranian efl learners listening comprehension and use of such strategies. this work, employing an experimental methodology, was conducted among 60 adult efl learners from a language institute in isfahan, iran, as participants. the participants, who were selected based on the results of a placement test, were assigned t...

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...

due to lack of knowledge management system in the organization of technical and vocational university of iran (tvuni) and losing good employees because of retirement and substitution causes huge amount of costs to replace the similar expertise. there is no any suitable system in the tvuni to store, to document, and to distribute knowledge. based on the university’s features such as it has diffe...

عنوان پایان نامه تاثیر آموزش معنا محور بر مهارت خواندن زبان آموزان سطح متوسط ایرانی است. طی سالهای اخیر با ارائه نظریات جدید آموزشی تمرکز از فرم به معنا تغییر کرده است. همراه با نظریه استفان کرشن مبنی بر ارائه مطالب قابل فهم برای آموزش زبان روشهای جدیدی همچون content-based instruction و task based instruction پا به عرصه وجود گذاشتند که همه جزو روشهای communicative می باشند. در این تحقیق با ا...

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...

the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of task-based instruction of vocabulary on the receptive and oral productive acquisition of english vocabulary and compare the results with those obtained from the traditional method. the method and procedure applied in this study was as follows: after the implementation of opt, a group of sixty female students were chosen. the stu...

the methods which are used to analyze microstrip antennas, are divited into three categories: empirical methods, semi-empirical methods and full-wave analysis. empirical and semi-empirical methods are generally based on some fundamental simplifying assumptions about quality of surface current distribution and substrate thickness. thses simplificatioms cause low accuracy in field evaluation. ful...