Many studies have been conducted on the ways of promoting willingness to communicate in learners in EFL/ESL contexts. While different scholars have undertaken studies on many of these variables, few of these studies have aimed at EFL university students in Iran. This study reports on the role of international posture and perceived communication behavior on Iranian EFL learners’ communication in...

Using  willingness  to  communicate  (WTC)  and  socio-educational  models  as  a  framework,  the present study aimed at examining WTC in English and its underlying variables in a sample of 372 Iranian  non-English  major  EFL  learners.  The  data  were  collected  through  self-reported questionnaires.  Path  analysis  framework  using  the  Amos  Program  with  maximum  likelihood estimatio...

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Abstract This paper is aimed at proposing an analysis of the Russian geopolitical self-perception in light a “culturalist” approach. The uses Samuel Huntington’s “model civilizations” as interpretative prism, following multidisciplinary approach which allows to epistemologically validate certain points Huntingtonian thesis, and reject others. does not invalidate neo-realist theories internation...

Gardner’s (1985) in his socio-educational model introduced the variable of ‘integrativeness’ as a construct that focuses on English Second Language (ESL) learners’ attitudes towards native community. Later, Yashima (2002) proposed ‘international posture’ an affective re-examined ‘integrativeness’. Research conducted to reach common operationalisation is very limited. Hence, our objective this s...

An application for ballet training is presented that monitors the posture position (straightness of the spine and rotation of the pelvis) deviation from the ideal position in real-time. The human skeletal data is acquired through a Microsoft Kinect v2. The movement of the student is mirrored through an abstract skeletal figure and instructions are provided through a virtual teacher. Posture dev...

The Economy of Iran faces many challenges and is predicted to have a negative growth of 1.3 percent, unemployment of above 13 percent, and a wild inflation rate of 27.2 percent in 2013. Various external conditions and bad economic planning have contributed to Iran’s current economic difficulties. To transform the Economy of Iran, the 5th Five-year Development Plan (FYDP) and the 20-year vi...

introduction: shin splint is one of the common injuries in most athletes. although the relationship between abnormal foot posture and shin splint has been reported previously but, the relation between foot posture and shin splint has not been well documented. the aim of this study was to explore the relationship between foot postures in basketball players and the history of shin splint. materia...