the effect of poss instruction in comparison with conventional instruction on development of esp learners’ parts of speech knowledge and attitude toward call.

this study investigated the effects of manipulating the cognitive complexity of tasks along +/- few elements and the time limits on l2 learners writing performance. to conduct the study, 60 iranian efl learners with two levels of proficiency, low and high intermediate, were selected and assigned to three groups based on the time devoted to task completion. the participants performed both a simp...

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...

The present research aims to study junior high school teachers' perception of control over curriculum decisions and identify factors that influence it. The survey method was used for this descriptive research, and the statistical population consisted of all junior high school teachers in the region of Babol in 2017. Using single-stage cluster sampling, 202 teachers were selected as the statisti...

uncertainty in the financial market will be driven by underlying brownian motions, while the assets are assumed to be general stochastic processes adapted to the filtration of the brownian motions. the goal of this study is to calculate the accumulated wealth in order to optimize the expected terminal value using a suitable utility function. this thesis introduced the lim-wong’s benchmark fun...

the importance of writing as a complex skill in applied linguistics has drawn the attention of many researchers to evaluate textbooks in order to help learners gain self-sufficiency and autonomy in the field of language use and communication. investigations have shown that developments in textbooks evaluation can promote the quality of pedagogies and consequently the learning. this study attemp...

increasing academic and professional language demands around the world are not a deniable fact. the purpose of this study was to investigate english language needs and communication needs of the chemistry students at master and ph.d. levels at the iranian universities. in this research, different methods were used including un-structured interview, structured interview, and two sets of question...

Abstract. The paper’s aim is to establish the foundations, principles and process of the knowledge-based mechanism of the Statistical Center of Iran. To reach this aim, the path is systemic cognition based on pattern, strategy and thinking. Understanding the basic concepts of knowledge and the ways to achieve knowledge system and knowledge maps is according to the eight research questions. Ther...