This study investigated the comparative effects of audio-visually prompted collaborative dialogue on the listening comprehension development of symmetrical, asymmetrical, and asymmetrical teacher-fronted EFL learner groups. Besides, it explored the attitude of the participants of the groups concerning the effectiveness of collaborative dialogue for their listening comprehension improvement. The...

Sophisticated/Well-Educated Person from Avicenna’s Perspective*   A. Sohbatloo** M.R. Aahanchiyaan, Ph.D.*** B. Sha’bani Varaki, Ph.D.**** A.R. Saadeghzaadeh Ghamsari, Ph.D.*****   A basic question asked by many philosophers has been about the criteria by which a person’s sophistication is measured and the characteristics by which a sophisticated/well educated person is identified. Given...

in the present study an attempt has been made to use a non-parametric method data envelopment analysis (dea) for assessing source-wise and operation-wise the technical efficiency (te) and return-to-scale (rts) for paddy production in four zones of the state of punjab, india. the results were then compared to corresponding ones already obtained from a parametric method (cobb-douglas production f...

undoubtedly, legislation in any governmental system is based on its intellectual – philosophical foundations and special ideology. hence, in an islamic society, religious rules must be criteria of legislation in order to make those laws authentic and valid for the people. in this research, we have reviewed the historical past of the argument shortly, and have studied various possibilities for c...

background   objective:   materials and methods   results   conclusion   key words:   . vitrification, viability, in vitro maturation, gvbd, oocyte, mouse : these results suggest that step-wise vitrification of gvbd oocytes as compared to single step vitrification was better in the rate of survival and in vitro maturation of oocytes. : all non-vitrified oocytes were viable after 24 hr; however,...