The object-superiority effect by threshold assessment

The relationship superiority effect is moderated by the relationship context

The effect of Code switching on the Acquisition of Object Relative Clauses by Iranian EFL Learners

This study attempted to investigate the impact of teacher’s code-switching on the acquisition of a problematic grammatical structure, namely, object relative clauses, by intermediate EFL learners. Moreover, a secondary objective of the study was to determine the EFL learners’ attitudes and opinions regarding the effectiveness of teacher’s code-switching in their learning of a specific aspect of...

the effect of consciousness-raising activities on learning grammatical structures by iranian guidance school efl learners

abstract the first purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of consciousness-raising (c-r) activities on learning grammatical structures (simple present tense in this case) by iranian guidance school efl learners. the second one was to investigate the effect of gender on learning the simple present tense through c-r activities and tasks. finally, this study aimed to investigate the ...

the effect of keeping reflective journals by language instructors on the process of reading comprehension among iranian high school students

خواندن ودرک مطلب از مهمترین مهارتها در یادگیری زبان خارجی محسوب می شود. این تحقیق تاثیر برگه های تامل برانگیز هدایت شده را در ارتقاع مهارت خواندن ودر ک مطلب در دانش اموزان دبیرستانی ایرانی بررسی می نماید. ازمجموع ?2 دانش آموز سال چهارم دبیرستان شهید رجایی شهرستان اسلامشهر¸ پس از اجرای آزمون استاندارد ((nelson 150a تعداد 39 دانش آموز که نمرات آنها یک سطح انحراف معیار بالاتر یا پایین تر ازمعدل قر...

Reanalysis of the Anti - Superiority Effect

It has been known that the ungrammaticality of (1b) is due to the violation of the Superiority Effect (SE) to the effect that WH is not allowed to move over another c-commanding WH (Chomsky 1995) unless the WH is the D-linked (Discourse-linked) phrase like which apple, which carries an implication that there exists a set of entities that can be determined from the context (Pesetky 1987). In oth...