this thesis deals essentially (but not from all aspects) with the extension of the notion of semigroup compactification and the construction of a general theory of semitopological nonaffine (affine) transformation semigroup compactifications. it determines those compactification which are universal with respect to some algebric or topological properties. as an application of the theory, it is i...

while performance-based language assessment has led to an increased authenticity and content validity in the practice of writing assessment, the reliability of ratings has become a major issue. research findings have shown different reactions by native english speaker (nes) and non-native english speaker (nns) teachers to students’ writings. the focus of this study is on investigating whether i...

this studyinvestigated therelations between examinees’ academic knowledge and theirperformanceonreading section of ielts and toefl (ibt) through using generalizabilitytheory. g-theory was utilized to investigate the effects of subtest, test items, participants and academic background on the reliability of ielts and toefl (ibt) score. tosamplethe subjectsofthissurvey,a placement testwasadministe...

the present study was concerned with exploring the frequency and linguistic focus of corrective feedback types given by novice and experienced female teachers working with young learners and compared it with those of elementary classes for adults. moreover, it aimed at measuring learners’ acknowledgement of teachers’ corrective feedback in the form of uptake in relation to linguistic coverage o...

abstract poor reading comprehension can result in failure in using references, benefiting from professional gatherings and resources, keeping up with the growing body of knowledge in the virtual world of the internet, and failing to achieve in efl programs. the purpose of the present quasi-experimental study was to explore the effects of background knowledge and previewing narrative and expos...

چکیده تمام نما مقدمه: این تحقیق برای بررسی میزان خلاقیت و عناصر آن (انعطاف- سیالی- ابتکار و بسط) در کارشناسان فوق برنامه های تربیت بدنی دانشگاههای تهران صورت گرفته است. بطور کلی خلاقیت به معنای توانایی تولید اندیشه ها و ایده های جدید و ترکیب آنها با یکدیگر و بیشتر در جنبه های فکری نظری و به اصطلاح فعالیتهای ذهنی و طراحی قبل از عمل به کار می رود و دارای چهار عنصر به شرح زیر می باشد. 1- سیالی...

this research was conducted to examine the effect of a concurrent training on rest level of leptin of plasma and some hormonal factors in non-athlete subjects. the research population included non-athlete men who didn’t participate in any organized sport activities. 30 men were chosen voluntarily among the above-mentioned population and were divided into 2 groups: experimental (15 subjects) an...

‏‎in this research,the authors conducted a study comparing two groups of male and female english language learners studying in a elt institute,in terms of their performance on their achievement test including listening comprehension,vocabulary,grammar,and reading comprehension and found no significant difference between the group except in listening comprehension part of the test in which the f...

this research is about the political economy of china in central asia. in this research the political & economic interactions affected on chinas political economy in central asia are examined. chinas goal of presence in central asia including political-security, economic and energy goals is described in one part. in another part, the trade relations between china and central asian countries ar...