to teach english adequately, qualified teachers are needed. unfortunately, there are still teachers who are teaching english without an academic degree in tefl. it is necessary for teachers to have a major in english to have subject knowledge, but it is not sufficient. teachers need to have an understanding of the social, cultural, moral, ethical, and pedagogical issues of education and practic...

abstract u.s. attack to afghanistan after 9/11 provided opportunities for us who tried to become the dominant power after collapse of ussr and bipolar world. thinkers like fukuyama believed american liberal democrats thought would be universally accepted without resistances. liberal democracy is the best and final model of governance; in this regard, united state has moral responsibilities for...

Arouse people's attention towards the God, is the most central issue in the teachings of the Holy Quran and the Prophet’s household (pbut). In many of Qur’anic verses and the Imams (pbut) rewayats (sayings), belief in the being of God and his surrounding of all of the universe has been stated; This has been mentioned in a way that this fundamental belief is the base of all religious...

‏‎‏‎utopia has, for four centuries, accompanied that hope of progress and that striving for betterment. it now straggles against a widespread sense that this has been an illusion, or an impossible dream. the utopian idea can never entirely disappear, but utopia as a form of the social imagination has clearly weakened. if it cannot instill its vision in the public consciousness, the consequences...

The Quranic exegesis, Al-Dorr Al-Manthur written by Suyuti is one of the Sunni narrative exegeses that expresses narrations related to the verses without any comment. Suyuti has mentioned many narrations from the Prophet, the companions, followers, and their followers. He also mentions some narrations from Ali and other infallible Imams. Israelites and fabricated narrations in this exegesis, wh...

the following question poped up: is there any relationship between iranian high school efl learners reading comprehension and listening comprehension? then the following null hypothesis (ho) was developed to the test the above, mentioned question. "there is no relationship between high school efl learners reading comprehension and listening comprehension. for nearly 16 weeks, the experimental g...

abstract: the present study is about prophet ishmael, some parts of his life; his personality in the quran and the bible; and the comparison of the content of these two religious books. compilation of the study has been done with a new perspective and new presentation approach. since prophets have been human beings’ role model and their life has been a perfect example for humanity in all ages,...