In a scholarly convention, ESP has bilaterally focused on “academic" and “occupational" arenas leaving the symbiosis between the two almost untouched. The present study, thus, aims to weigh the concordance between what is ...

The present study aimed at exploring Iranian EFL teachers' perception of professional development. To this end, 200 EFL teachers teaching at private language institutes in Iran were selected as the participants of the ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of various online techniques (word reference, media, and vocabulary games) on reading comprehension as well as vocabulary comprehension and production. For this purpose, ...

Given the role philosophical mentality can fulfill in bringing individuals the essential skills of wisdom and well thinking, the present paper, by applying Smith's (2007) theoretical framework, strived to explore the extent ...

This study investigated the relationship among Iranian English teachers' adversity quotient, personal growth initiative, and pedagogical success. The participants comprised 28 male and female English teachers and a total ...

Drawing on Norton Peirce's (1995) theory of investment and Darvin and Norton's (2015) expanded the model of investment, the present study aims to research investment in second language (L2) learning among Iranian English ...