Epistemic modality devices are believed to be one of the prominent characteristics of research articles as the commonly used genre among the academic community members. Considering the importance of such devices in ...

The current study attempted to investigate the effect of Systemic-Theoretical Instruction (STI) on English-language learners' acquisition of the concepts of modal verbs through exploiting metaphors. To this end, the effect ...

The primary foundation of teacher evaluation is establishing standards for assessing the optimal characteristics of qualified teachers.  The present study aimed at exploring standards of professional competence of adult-level ...

Practicum is a significant component of teacher education which links theory to practice and prepares student teachers for their job. The purpose of the courses, as defined within the Curriculum of Teacher Education at ...

The current study is an attempt to investigate the impact of decision-making (selecting and matching) tasks and production (creation of sentences and completion of sentences) tasks on the collocational knowledge of Iranian ...

The present exploratory mixed methods study aimedto develop a scale for assessing critical thinking (CT) ability of Iranian EFL learners. The study wasconducted in three phases. In phase one, the features of CT components ...

Taking the position that writing can be an important skill to foster knowledge building pedagogy, this article explores vocabulary as a supportive tool for this purpose. Having this in mind, a compilation of conceptually ...

The present study sought to investigate the effect of Critical Language Awareness (CLA) on upper-intermediate EFL learners' writing ability. Thirty-two EFL learners were selected based on their scores on a placement test ...