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willingness to communicate in the iranian context: language learning orientation and social support

why some learners are willing to communicate in english, concurrently others are not, has been an intensive investigation in l2 education. willingness to communicate (wtc) proposed as initiating to communicate while given a choice has recently played a crucial role in l2 learning. it was hypothesized that wtc would be associated with language learning orientations (llos) as well as social suppo...

Stand up to anonymity.

i had to turn off the television the other night. i watched “stand up for cancer” for over an hour and did not hear the word i was so desperately waiting to hear: nurse. Although i applaud the efforts of those who made history by getting the network giants to come together and tackle the national cancer epidemic in front of the American public, i could not bear to watch the show a minute longer...

from linguistics to literature: a linguistic approach to the study of linguistic deviations in the turkish divan of shahriar

chapter i provides an overview of structural linguistics and touches upon the saussurean dichotomies with the final goal of exploring their relevance to the stylistic studies of literature. to provide evidence for the singificance of the study, chapter ii deals with the controversial issue of linguistics and literature, and presents opposing views which, at the same time, have been central to t...

Who do we think of as good judges? Those who agree with us about us

Article history: Received 2 February 2016 Revised 12 July 2016 Accepted 27 July 2016 Available online 28 July 2016 The present research consideredwhat leads perceivers to evaluate someone as a good or poor judge of people. In general,we found a substantial role for agreement: perceivers evaluated another person as a good judgewhen he or she agreed with their perception of someone's characterist...

Mending the Torn Fabric: For Those Who Grieve and Those Who Want to Help Them