The question of how to motivate language learners has been a neglected area in L2 motivation research, and even the few available analyses lack an adequate research base. This article presents the results of an empirical survey aimed at obtaining classroom data on motivational strategies. Two hundred Hungarian teachers of English from various language teaching institutions were asked how import...

Islam and its followers had created a civilization that played very important role on the world stage for more than a thousand years. One of the most important specific qualities of the Islamic civilization is that it is a well-balanced civilization that brought together science and faith, struck a balance between spirit and matter and did not separate this world from the Hereafter. This is wha...

the major part of the qur'anic verses is devoted to the human needed religious commandments including political, economic, judicial, penal instructions which are known among islamic jurists and commentators as “the ayat al-ahkam”. but about the exact number of these verses, there is a long dispute among islamic scholars which their viewpoints are categorized into five main theories. most s...

First, I want you to know that the exact title of this afternoon's subject was chosen not by me, but by the Program Committee Chair. I mention that because the first half of the title is delusive. It asserts that 10 is the sacred number of commandments for advocates and suggests that I am qualified to play God. There is also a satanic touch to putting this topic on the program at all, since the...

Foundation and management of the newlyestablished Islamic Republic of Iran system based on Imam Khomeini’sintellectual bases, including God-centeredness, obligation- centerednessattitudes, and as...