the present research was conducted to explore the effect of employing two language teaching approaches, i.e. schema-based instruction (sbi) and translation-based instruction (tbi), on vocabulary knowledge, structure and reading comprehension ability of forty one female students learning english in grade one senior high school in rivash, kuhsorkh, iran. while sbi focuses on schemata, i.e. words ...

The purpose of present study was to investigate effectiveness of aerobic and non-aerobic exercise training on some inflammatory markers that affects on creation cardiovascular disease. 45 young healthy men randomly among students of Hamadan Payame Noor University divided to 3groups including: 1.] experimental group1 including aerobic exercise training, 2.] Experimental group2 including non-aero...

Introduction: Diabetic neuropathy is one of the most common complications of diabetic microvascular. Hence, the present study intended to compare the effect of two protocols of aerobic and resistance exercises on balance and neuron growth factor in men with diabetic neuropathy. Methods: In this experimental study, being diagnosed with neuropathy by a proficient physician, the patients were div...

Objectives: The aim of present study is to determine the effect of two methods of aerobic training on static and dynamic balance in old men.  Methods & Materials: 37 aged people over 60 years old who were physically healthy divided into three groups after randomly carrying out pretest: 1) walking or running aerobic exercise group (n=12), 2) cycling aerobic exercise group (n=13) and 3) c...

abstract the current study set out to address the issue as to whether the implementation of portfolio assessment would give rise to iranian pre-intermediate efl learner autonomy. participants comprised 60 female in pre-intermediate level within the age range of 16-28.they were selected from among 90 language learners based on their scores on language proficiency test -key english test. then, t...

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...

building on previous studies on intellectual features and learners’ grammar learning, the present study aimed at investigating whether intelligence criterion had any impact on efl learners’ english grammar learning across two intelligence levels. in the current study, the participants were divided into two experimental and control groups by administration of raven i.q. test. this led to the for...

Introduction: Lumbar segmental instability is one of the subgroups of non specific chronic low back pain and it seems that 30-40% of patients with LBP suffer from lumbar segmental instability. Pain intensity, functional disability and reduced muscle endurance are common in such patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of stabilization exercise on pain, functional disability...