abstract the purpose of this study is twofold: on the one hand, it is intended to see what kind of noticing-the –gap activity (teacher generated vs. learner generated) is more efficient in teaching l2 grammar in classroom language learning. on the other hand, it is an attempt to determine which approach of the noticing-the-gap- activity is more effective in the long- term retention of grammar...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of task repetition on accuracy of iranian efl learners ’speaking ability. in order to achieve this purpose, a null hypothesis was developed: there is no statistically significant difference between accuracy speaking ability in iranian efl learners by use of task repetition. ; of course i should mention that, beside this null hypothesis, an...

Background: Since 2002, the definition of intellectual disability was revised about 10 times. American association of intellectual developmental disabilities (2007) replaced the term of mental retardation with intellectual disability. However, in diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 4th revision the term of mental retardation was used. Therefore, both of them use in Persian and...