abstract this study was an attempt to investigate the effect of collaborative form-focused activities on grammar learning of elementary efl learners. to this end, 58 adult male iranian efl learners at elementary level of proficiency in three classes of language institutes were chosen. they formed the three groups of the study. the grammar section of cambridge michigan placement test was used to...

Bu araştırmanın amacı, yabancılara Türkçe öğretimi ders kitaplarında yer alan yazma etkinliklerinde, farklı seviyelerde becerisinin hangi aşamalarına göre etkinliklere verildiğini ve etkinliklerinde süreciyle ilgili uygulamaların neler olduğunu belirlemektir. doğrultuda, Yeni İstanbul Uluslararası Öğrenciler İçin kitaplarının bütün seviyelerindeki (A1-A2, B1-B2 C1) kitaplarda etkinlikleri doküm...

This paper presents initial results regarding writing activities in the context of the ALADDIN project. The goal of the project is to teach Modern Standard Arabic in 5-year-old kindergarten students in Qatar. A total of 18 students, enrolled in the ‘Arabic Class’, participated for 9 weeks in the activities of the project. All students were native speakers of the Qatari dialect. Learning activit...

Interactive whiteboard technology is a helpful tool for learning to write. However, collaborative writing among English language learners using this remains underexplored. This study considers the potential effects of supported by interactive on students’ performance. A total 120 students who learned as foreign (EFL) participated in study. Quantitative results revealed that integrated with inst...

Medical writing activities which may have a context and seem to be engaging may be perceived as demotivating by the students of medicine. This opinion was confirmed by the learners' responses to the open-ended question given to them prior to this study. In their responses students evaluated the writing section of English course negatively. The negative views about the writing course posed a pro...

improving anaerobic performance and anaerobic power is the critical aspect on successfully in competitions for many athletes. the purpose of current research was to investigating the effect of various pre-competitions warm-up on anaerobic performance. it has been shown that, differences pre-competitions activity may effect on anaerobic and explosive performance. effect of general warm-up, witho...

This community service is carried out at STIT Muara Enim in the form of a workshop, which aims to increase students' understanding scientific research methodology. The target be achieved through this activity skills students compiling thesis writing, as student's final project. implementation workshop divided into four stages, namely: 1) preparation stage, 2) 3) evaluation and 4) reporting stag...

The alleviation of oxidative damage and increased resistance to salt stress and to non-ionic osmotic stress induced by 100 mM NaCl or 100 mOsm polyethylene glycol (PEG) treatments, respectively, often correlate with a more efficient antioxidative defence systems and detoxification mechanisms. Pre-treatment of plants with salicylic acid (SA) enhanced antioxidant enzyme activities in concentratio...

BACKGROUND Tethered spinal cord is frequently associated with scoliosis. It is still controversial whether a prophylactic untethering is necessary before correction procedure in scoliosis patients with tethered spinal cord. In this study we determined the clinical outcome of a one-stage posterior scoliosis correction without a prophylactic untethering for treating scoliosis with an asymptomatic...