abstract the first purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of consciousness-raising (c-r) activities on learning grammatical structures (simple present tense in this case) by iranian guidance school efl learners. the second one was to investigate the effect of gender on learning the simple present tense through c-r activities and tasks. finally, this study aimed to investigate the ...

abstract the present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of a rather newly developed method in language teaching that is the use of paragraph reading task and whole reading task and their effects on improving efl learner’s speaking ability. to fulfill the purpose of the study, first 90 participants studying their course at sa eedi high school in tehran were chosen by means of ...

Background and Objectives: Cholera is one of the communicable diseases that should be reported immediately as a public health threat. This study was conducted to study the probable risk factors of cholera outbreak in Qom, central Iran, during 2017.   Methods: In a case-control study, 37 cholera patients diagnosed based on para - clinical tests and 37 control samples were evaluated. Charts, fr...

Comparative study of modern art in Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan explain aspects of indigenous in modern art. In this article we examine these questions: how did avant-garde artists in these countries attempt to find and match modern art with indigenous art? How did they experience indigenous modernities in art? In this article, by adopting a historical-comparative sociological approach, we analyze ...

Iraq was established in 1921 as a result of World War I changes and direct interference of colonization. At that time, the authority was possessed by the Sunni nationalists who were supporters of Arab unity. The main question of the study is that how did Arab nationalism affect the expansion of Iraq social gaps? The hypothesis of the study is that the main factor affecting the expansion of Iraq...

abstract the primary purpose of this study was to explore the actual practices and cognitions of two groups of iranian eap teachers, i.e. language teachers and content teachers, with respect to teaching reading-comprehension and vocabulary. to this end, tehran university of medical sciences which authorizes both groups of teachers to teach eap courses was selected as the context of the study s...