This study investigated the effect of cultural orientation on reading comprehension andachievement motivation of the EFL learners. To conduct this study, the researcher recruited 60Iranian EFL learners at language institutes. All learners were selected from the intermediate level.They were assigned to two groups; experimental and control groups. The researcher used a numberof cultural concepts ...

Pluripotent Embryonic stem cells (ES cells) offer promising therapeutic potential for a number of fatal and otherwise untreatable diseases (National Institutes of Health, 1999). In 1998, privately funded research conducted at the University of Wisconsin by Dr. James Thomson yielded the first human stem cell line derived from early embryos donated by couples no longer needing them for procreativ...

English is regarded as a key to globalization or internationalization and future success for Taiwan its people. One of the most extraordinary results English-as-the-global-language teaching learning in private language schools are ubiquitous. Research into how weld together has yet received much attention. This study aims investigate Taiwan’s schools’ television commercials market what underlyi...

This study was an endeavor to develop a model of identity among Iranian EFL learners. To achieve this end, a multiphase design was implemented. Initially, it attempted to investigate different factors of identity to propose and validate a model. Thus, 120 EFL learners studying in different English language institutes in Iran were randomly selected, and 36 learners were interviewed about their v...