this study was conducted to investigate the impact of podcasts as a learning and teaching tool on iranian efl learners’ motivation for listening as well as on their listening comprehension ability. the study also investigated the learners’ perception towards listening to podcasts and examined whether the learners were likely to accept podcasts. out of fifty-five intermediate learners studying e...

Objective: The aim of this study is to model the structural equation of schemas and attachment styles with addiction potential through the mediation of stress coping strategies, cognitive emotion regulation, and loneliness among the addicts undergoing abstinence. Method: For this purpose, a descriptive-correlational research design was used. The research population included all the addicts unde...

Abstract Introduction: Cancer is a global problem and the third cause of death among Iranian people. Considering the chronicity of cancer, adjustment to it is one of the effective factors on the outcomes of the treatment. Objective: In this study, the role of anger and health locus of control predicting adjustment in cancer patients is examined. Materials and Methods: This work is a descript...

nowadays enhancing critical thinking in learners is considered one of the foreign language teachers’ tasks due to its high position in foreign language classrooms. when it comes to selecting materials for language classrooms, there are obviously some criteria that teachers should apply. the present study aimed at a critical thinking based analysis of ten picture story books and ten folktales th...

to explore the idea the investingation proposed, aimed at finding whether the performances of the population of iranians students studying english in an efl context are consistent in l1 and l2 writing taks and whether there is a cross-linguistic transfer in this respect. in this regard the subjects were instructed to write four compositions-two in english and two in farsi-which consisted of an ...

  Objectives : Given the lack of a specialized instrument for evaluating Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Iran, current study aimed to standardize the Secondary Trauma Stress Scale ( STSS) in warfare victims’ children . Method: The study population included warfare victims’ children living in Yazd, Isfahan, Najafabad, and Yasuj studying at Shahed and Isargar Schools of these cities. Amo...