abstract background: one of the important factors in the prediction of family planning outcome is paying attention to women’s role in decision making concerning fertility and household affairs. with the improvement of women’s status and autonomy, their control over fertility is expected to increase. the present study aimed to investigate the association between women’s autonomy and family plann...

Critical pedagogy is regarded as an exhaustive system of learning through which learners' critical consciousness, self-regulation and autonomy, individuality, and learning achievements are promoted. Therefore, 60 Iranian upper- intermediate EFL learners (both male and female) from among 75 students based on their OPT test scores were selected. These participants were divided into a control grou...

The aim of the current study was to investigate whether Podcasts would have an effect on Iranian autonomous and non-autonomous EFL learners’ listening comprehension ability at pre-intermediate level. For this purpose, 60 Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners at some Iranian institutes participated in the experiment of the study. Then they were divided into two groups based on an OPT and a...

This research paper gives information about the basics of project methodology’s provisions, and various prospects applying methods in English language classes universities, especially as one means establishing cross-cultural competence. Nowadays, traditional approaches are opposed to activities, method, central figures students, only teacher assists he/she is a correspondent procedure. Project ...

In this paper, we addressed the concept of classroom participation and way it is affected by a traditional teacher-centred (TC) approach more innovative learner-centred (LC) which uses principles strategies active learning cooperative to engage students in process. The study was carried out public secondary school Spain with two groups learners English (n=54). analysis number on task showed tha...

The research aims to determine the didactic potential of cognitive visualisation in students’ learner autonomy development course foreign language learning. paper provides specific task options aimed at independent material order enhance their skills. Scientific novelty lies justifying a comprehensive theoretical manner usefulness means for learners’ autonomous activity skills education. As res...