the literature has already been a basic component in teaching foreign / second languages curriculum in comparing with other materials, therefore, this forces instructors to use literature for two purposes: first, teaching literature for literature and second , use of literature as a linguistic resource in order to improving language skill of learners, and this is important issue in applied ling...

Working memory capacity (WMC) has been shown to correlate with performance on complex cognitive tasks, including language comprehension and production. However, some scholars have suggested that performance outcomes result from an interaction between individual differences (IDs), such as WMC, and learning conditions (Robinson, 2005a). Reber, Walkenfeld, and Hernstadt (1991) specifically claimed...

the current research is based on comprehensive studies in the field of arabic dictionaries compilations as well as experiences of authors in imparting the arabic language education in iran for years. as any language learning requires a dictionary, and since researchers in the area of second language teaching always suggest using monolingual dictionaries, it seems necessary to discuss the merits...

This paper presents experimental data that attempts to tie together two different phenomena. First, there is strong evidence that phonemic awareness is strongly influenced by one's writing system such that learning an alphabetic writing system focuses attention on the segment as a unit separate from other larger units, such as syllables. This phenomena may be related to the Developmental Weight...