The completion mode (individual, collaborative) of the tasks and the conditions under which these modes are performed have been reported to play an important role in language learning. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of employing text editing tasks performed both individually and collaboratively, on the achievement of English grammar under explicit and implicit learning condi...

we discuss here an uncommon condition of neurogenic hypotension in the context of immunoglobulin light chain (amyloid light-chain) amyloidosis. th e most serious feature was autonomic nervous system impairment, mainly characterized by severe refractory orthostatic hypotension, which became progressively invalidating, forcing the patient to bed. moreover, since the systemic involvement of the di...

This study investigated the relationship between cultural intelligence and the use of expressions of gratitude among Iranian upper intermediate EFL learners. 50 upper intermediate learners were selected through purposive sampling, with their proficiency level being controlled. A discourse completion test (DCT) for the expressions of gratitude and a cultural intelligence scale were given to the ...

The present study sought to investigate the translation strategies in an American sitcom in Iranian EFLclasses with emphasis on politeness. The participants were 50 male and female Iranian undergraduateB.A. and M.A. students majoring in English Translation, and English language teaching at the IslamicAzad University, North Tehran. The participants were administered three tests. A multiple choic...

This paper describes our submission to the CoNLL-2016 shared task (Xue et al., 2016) on end-to-end Chinese shallow discourse parsing. We decompose the endto-end process into four steps. Firstly, we define a syntactically heuristic algorithm to identify elementary discourse units (EDUs) and further to recognize valid EDU pairs. Secondly, we recognize explicit discourse connectives. Thirdly, we l...

This paper investigates the external and internal modification devices used by native speakers advanced learners of Greek, when making requests in formal informal situations. The data are drawn from a discourse completion test completed two different groups: one with extended length residence Greece but limited opportunities for interaction more frequent target community. On basis results, it i...

The DiET project provides systematically constructed and annotated test items and associated tools, enabling fast system debugging and evaluation, and automatic linkage from test items to real corpora instances. This paper concentrates on the discourse test suite and its use. The discourse test suite covers discourse phenomena such as pronouns, def-inites and ellipsis. These can be used to eval...

Interaction testing is widely used in screening for faults. In software testing, it provides a natural mechanism for testing systems to be deployed on a variety of hardware and software configurations. In many applications where interaction testing is needed, the entire test suite is not run as a result of time or budget constraints. In these situations, it is essential to prioritize the tests....