From applied linguistic point of view, the fundamental question facing the language teachers, methodologists and course designers is which procedure is more effective in FL/SL: learning to use or using to learn? Definitely, in order to be a competent language user, knowledge of language system is necessary, but it is not sufficient to be a successful language user. That is why there was a gradu...

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Despite the global spread of English, it seems that voices from Persian-speaking teachers concerning English as an international language (EIL) teaching methods and materials are underrepresented. The present study set out to explore how nonnative Persian-speaking English language teachers respond to the increasing global dominance of EIL and native- and non-native-speakers’ language norms with...

Among the fastest-growing areas of study today is translation sign language, which most natural form communication for those with hearing loss. Deaf individuals may be able to communicate people directly, without an intermediary, use a hand gesture recognition device. The method was developed facilitate automatic American Sign Language into text and sound. suggested system uses large data colle...

introduction: language impairment is a primary characteristic of children with autism spectrum disorder (asd). however, findings of language deficits in these children have been inconclusive, and many researchers believe that in such children the pattern of language profiles is different from normal children. to determine this pattern, comprehension and expression of syntax were examined in 10 ...