Introduction: Evidence suggests that self-compassion affects life satisfaction and overall cognitive assessments of life. Although the relationship between self-compassion and life satisfaction has been examined, there are few studies on the mediating mechanism of this relationship. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the mediating role of hope in the relationship between self-compa...

abstract translation has become a cultural act which plays a significant role in human life. with the emergence of functional translation theories, and skopos theory in particular, translation has been considered as a purposeful, interpersonal and intercultural activity which is produced for particular recipients and directed by a specific purpose. this purpose determines the translatio...

the ability to speak two languages in the world is a remarkable achievement. there is a good reason to believe that bilingualism is the norm for the majority of people in the world because 70% of the earth’s population are supposed to be bilingual or multilingual. various investigations have shown that the native language impacts foreign word recognition, and this influence is adapted by the de...

Abstract Background & Aim: Divorce, as tragic social phenomena, has long been of interest to researchers. Marital satisfaction improvement through life skills training is one of the coping strategies with the negative impacts of divorce. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of life skills training on marital satisfaction in divorce applicant couples. Material & Met...

while performance-based language assessment has led to an increased authenticity and content validity in the practice of writing assessment, the reliability of ratings has become a major issue. research findings have shown different reactions by native english speaker (nes) and non-native english speaker (nns) teachers to students’ writings. the focus of this study is on investigating whether i...

The purpose of this paper is exploring the relationship between positive and negative affection and Isfahan University students' life satisfaction. Statistical population was 140 people (69 males and 71 females) of stu-dents in University of Isfahan who were selected based on multi-stage cluster sampling. PANAS was used in order to assess positive and nega-tive affection and life satisfaction w...

there is less published research about how teachers in efl contexts respond to students who are relatively less mature and less competent l2 writers. while writing researchers have examined various issues concerning peer and teacher response in writing-oriented classes, little research has centered on the effect of collaborative tasks particularly dictogloss on writing skills. output collaborat...