abstract over the past two decades, applied linguists and language teachers have shown a great deal of interest in genre-centered approaches , mainly because of pedagogic concerns . this has been due to the need to help non-native readers enhance their ability to understand academic and scientific texts. following swales’ (1981) works on genre analysis, studies of different sections of resear...

this exploratory study aimed to investigate a possible relationship between learners’ beliefs about language learning and one of their personality traits; that is,locus of control (loc). both variables, beliefs and locus of control, are assumed to influence the language learning process. the internal control index (ici) and the beliefs about language learning inventory (balli) were administered...

the present study aimed to investigate representation of discourse markers and metadiscourse markers in conversations and readings of general elt coursebook series used in the language centers of iran. to this aim, four elt coursebooks popularly taught in language centers of this country were analyzed based on fung and carter’s (2007) framework regarding discourse markers and hyland’s (2005) fr...

the issue of curriculum and syllabus evaluation and revision has been in center of attention right from when curriculum came into attention of educational institutions. thus everywhere in the world in educational institutions curricula and syllabi are evaluated and revised based on the goals, the needs, existing content, etc.. in iran any curriculum is designed in a committee of specialists and...

the rise and stublishment of safavid dynasty was depend on triangle of tasavof, tashayo and royalty, kings legitimized their power upon these. therefore for the understanding the functions of that period we must explore the role of this elements. although application and emphsise upon dignities such as; complete mentor (morshede kamel), deputy of absent imam (nayebe imame ghayeb), and god’s sha...

the research questions were as follows: 1. is there any relationship between the students concious awareness of the form and implications of the conjuncations and their improvement in using appropriate conjunctions? 2. does students knowledge of the from and the implications of the conjunctions help them to produce more coherent writings. 3. does a comparison between english conjunctions and th...

    Background & Objective: During two recent decades, patient advocacy has been an arguable topic in nursing profession. Although there is a common consensus on patient advocacy as a nurse’s role, some evidence points to difficulties that nurses encounter to advocate patients. Since recognition of barriers and facilitators is the first step to promote the role of advocacy among nurses, this pa...

بررسی تآثیر کورکومین بر بیان آکواپورین5 در سلول های سرطانی روده بزرگ انسان(ht-29) سرطان روده بزرگ جزو بیماری های خطرناک بوده و از نظر شیوع سومین سرطان شایع و دومین علت مرگ ومیر ناشی از سرطان در جهان محسوب می شود. خطرابتلا به این سرطان تحت تاثیر دو عامل محیطی وفاکتورهای ژنتیکی می باشد. آکواپورین ها، پروتئین های کانال آبی بوده که نقش مهمی را در انتقال آب در بافتهای اندوتلیالی و اپی تلیالی بر عهد...