Vocabulary knowledge has a significant role in communication. Therefore, a plethora of research has investigated the effect of various factors on the acquisition of L2 vocabulary. This empirical study aimed to examine the ...

Questions are the most important and the most common feature of legal talk. Questioning is the weapon that is used to test or challenge statements made by lay people and it is considered as a tool to make accusations. Based ...

Reading comprehension has a multidimensional nature, and different factors and affordances affect the language learners' reading performance. The present study examined Iranian EFL learners' reading motivation orientations ...

So far, there have been three important theories explaining the nature and extent of grammatical deficit in agrammatic aphasia. In this respect, while the two mainly performance-based theories of agrammatics, i.e. trade-off ...

In this article, we explore the concept of criminal psychology and will explicate some of its major tenets in characterization of Hercule Poirot. Using an interdisciplinary approach, by close reading and drawing from crime ...

Task-based language learning and blended learning have become an ideology in modern EFL teaching and are considered to be an effective trend in teaching English as a foreign language. Thus, the present study explored the ...

The objective of the present study was two-fold. First, the effect of speaking task difficulty on EFL lower-intermediate learners' quantity of code-switching was examined. Second, the effect of speaking task difficulty on ...

This study investigated the effect of teaching cultural materials on reading motivation and reading attitude across two genders. To fulfill this objective, 150 upper-intermediate male (n = 75) and female (n = 75) EFL ...

These days, technology is an inseparable part of our lives. There is still comparatively little research into effective podcast or vodcast design and students' perceptions and attitudes towards this method. In the present ...

Previously regarded as a static concept, motivation has now come to be viewed as an entity which is permanently in a state of flux. The dynamic nature of motivation and the concept of motivational fluctuations became ...

As a growing trend in the cognitive approach to teaching, exploring teachers' preconceptions can help to reveal various underlying dimensions that could leave significant impacts on the teaching process. Such preconceptions, ...

Attention to language awareness is prominently increasing with the passage of time due to the effects different awareness-raising techniques might have on language learners' performance. The present study specifically ...