The aim of this article was to examine three advanced textbooks in Iran Language Institute (ILI) in an attempt to establish if they differ in the extent to which they represent dimension of big ‘C’ culture and little ‘c’ culture, their stance in distribution of references of cultural category, and also what themes predominate. The analysis identifies just the cultural elements, and culture–free...

Despite impressive advances in recent years with respect to theory and research, personality psychology has yet to articulate clearly a comprehensive framework for understanding the whole person. In an effort to achieve that aim, the current article draws on the most promising empirical and theoretical trends in personality psychology today to articulate 5 big principles for an integrative scie...

This review focuses on the laboratory diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis urogenital infections in adult patients. Laboratory diagnoses of C. trachomatis have rapidly evolved over the last two decades. The evolution from culture to enzyme immunoassay to nucleic acid amplification assay was a big step in the advance in technology. This advance has helped to improve the diagnosis and prevention of...

Culture, a commonly visited concept in English language teaching research, has been integral to classes. The present study investigated the place of culture as foreign classes for ten instructors at tertiary level across state and private universities Turkey. findings revealed that instructors’ opportunities raise their students’ cultural awareness were not satisfactory, there was mismatch betw...