writing as a productive skill requires practice in the basic sub-skills of vocabulary and grammar. in fact, grammar has been viewed as the core of programs in writing classes to help the students put the elements of sentence together and combine sentences of specific lengths to come up with an error-free work of art. conceptualizing l2 writing in this way introduces writing as a product and enc...

Background: Based on the limited and inconsistent results about the effects of acute methylxanthine component on exercise-induced inflammatory response, the present study was conducted to identify the effect of acute different doses of caffeine intake on serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) response in male volleyball players following one-session of exhaustive resistance exercise.  Methods: Thirty ma...

abstract the first purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of consciousness-raising (c-r) activities on learning grammatical structures (simple present tense in this case) by iranian guidance school efl learners. the second one was to investigate the effect of gender on learning the simple present tense through c-r activities and tasks. finally, this study aimed to investigate the ...

what miller wants is a theatre of heightened consciousness. he speaks of two passions in a man, the passion to "feel" and the passion "know". he belives that we can have more of the latter. he says: drama is akin to the other inventions of man in that it ought to help us know more and not merely to spend our feelings. the writing of the crucible shows us that he is trying to give more heightene...

 Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the effect of acute caffeine intake on total ‌‌antioxidant capacity (TAC) and oxidative stress indices (MDA) in male volleyball players following one-session resistance exhaustive exercise.   Materials and Methods: Twenty male volleyball players (mean age 21.20±1.10 years, fat 10.75±2.78% and BMI 22.95±0.99 kg.m2) participated in a rand...

Background and Objectives: Intense exercise results in the production of free radicals and damage caused by oxidative stress. In this regard, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of Silybummarianum consumption along with a period of increasing exercises on the oxidative response to an acute exercise session in young wrestlers.   Methods: A total of 20well-exercised wrestlers, were...

abstract reception environment has considerable effects on accepting a translation. as the expectations of a target culture and its values and needs change throughout history, its criteria for accepting a translation or rejecting it will change accordingly (gentzler, 2001). the expectations of iran, as the reception environment in the present study, have changed after the islamic revolution. i...