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...

drought is transient phenomenon , slow , repetitive and integral part of the climate of each region. drought begins with a substantial reduction in precipitation over the long-term average rainfall and over time, reduced soil moisture and surface and ground water resources will continue to decrease. this phenomenon is the most important in bakhtegan basin because of its importance in strategic ...

Extended Abstract Introduction: Dust storm is a major weather event that plays an important role in the Earth’s atmosphere and ocean surfaces. Dust storms affect marine phytoplankton, soil physical and chemical characteristics in entrainment and deposition areas, climate and radiative forcing, economic loss, and human health. They mostly originate from Introduction: Dust storm is a major weath...

abstract this study is an attempt to determine the effect of nano- technology education on science lesson for fifth grade in primary school in the city of kermanshah. this research is experimental and is conducted in the from of pre-test and post- test for the control group. an achievement test was administered to determine the rate of learning in the students. the research is an applied one. ...

abstract while task-based instruction is considered as the most effective way to learn a language in the related literature, it is oversimplified on various grounds. different variables may affect how students are engaged with not only the language but also with the task itself. the present study was conducted to investigate language and task related engagement on the basis of the task typolog...

Extended abstract 1- Introduction Dust storm is a hazardous natural event affecting all creatures. (1). Due to the global warming drought, reduction in precipitation, and mismanagement in the water by humankind, the negative effects of this calamity were more observed (2). With increasing the wind speed, and based on the size of dust particles, land topography, soil humidity, vegetation cover...