studies in cognitive linguistics have highlighted the importance of metaphors for language teaching. metaphoric competence, as an important aspect of intelligence, can contribute to the learning of languages. most textbooks in esl/efl avoid the issue of figurative language and concentrate only on the denotative aspects of language. this article reports a study conducted at the islamic azad univ...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Teacher–child relationships Social competence Cross-system generalization Home School Chinese children Based on a two-year and three-wave longitudinal sample of 118 Chinese preschoolers, the present study examined the cross-lagged associations between teacher–child relationships and social competence, and the cross-system generalization of social competence betwe...

OBJECTIVE The patient's sense of capability in mastering future challenges ("self-competence") represents an important therapeutic target. To date, empirical findings concerning the influence of the therapeutic relationship on perceived self-competence remain scarce. Against this backdrop, mutual associations between perceived self-competence, symptom distress and various relationship experienc...

The study aimed to identify the relationship between leadership factors, organizational culture and teacher competence in private higher education institutions. Descriptive correlational research design was used this study. revealed that factors of educational leaders highly favorable with an average weighted mean 3.39, 3.37, very high 3.38. Correlations indicated there a significant Leadership...

Amit Desai, Maria L. Auad, 1 Hongbin Shen and Steven R. Nutt* Gill Foundation Composites Center, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, 3651 Watt Way VHE-602, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0241, USA * E-mail: [email protected] Abstract: Hybrid composite phenolic foams are reinforced with chopped glass and aramid fibers in varied proportions. The mechanic...

People vary in the extent to which they prefer cooperative, competitive or individualistic achievement tasks. In this research, we conducted two studies designed to investigate correlates and possible roots of these social interdependence orientations, namely approach and avoidance temperament, general self-efficacy, implicit theories of intelligence, and contingencies of self-worth based in ot...

second language  learners often develop grammatical competence in the absence of concomitant pragmatic competence (kasper & roever, 2005) and the exact nature of the relationship between the two competences is still indistinct and in need of inquiries ( bardovi-harlig, 1999; khatib & ahmadisafa, 2011). this study is a partial attempt to address the lacuna and aims to see if any relation...

The emotional intelligence of parents and parental competence become two premises effective parenting. This study contributes to the understanding how parents’ exerts its effect on both their parenting style competence. present research also sought identify factors that determine level method used is questionnaire-based survey. sample, represented by 610 respondents, was determined sampling str...

The use of electromagnetic ~EM! induction measurements was evaluated to predict water content in the upper 1.50 m of a prototype engineered barrier soil profile designed for waste containment. Water content was monitored with a neutron probe, and bulk soil electrical conductivity was monitored with a Geonics EM38 ground conductivity meter at ten locations at approximately monthly intervals over...