This study reports on the findings of a genre teaching course for developing academic writing of a class of EFL students in Iran. The information report genre was taught in a cyclical way of teaching and learning, which was started from ‘setting the context’ and ‘deconstruction’ of prototype information report genre, and continued with ‘joint construction’, ‘independent construction’, and final...

In order to discuss evolutionary aspects of consciousness, researchers from neuroscience, medical psychology, zoology, biophysics, computer science and philosophy were convened for the workshop, Evolution of Consciousness, at the research centre Agora for Biosystems, August 11–13, 2001 in Sigtuna, Sweden. The workshop took place in immediate conjunction with the conference Consciousness and Its...

The growing number of recent publications on pedagogical stylistics indicates that this area is still of much interest to those who invest in the integration of language and literature. However, evidencebased assessments of pedagogical stylistics are still few and depend mostly on teachers’ intuitions. The present study contributes towards filling this gap by examining 28 reflective accounts pr...

This article conducts a thematic analysis of 40 threads related to sociopolitical issues on two <em>Divergent</em> fan forums, one Divergent Fans and another Wiki, determine whether these forums raise political consciousness, especially among young people. As scholars civic imagination show, popular culture narratives may lead the ability imagine better future. Utopian in particular...

this study reports on the findings of a genre teaching course for developing academic writing of a class of efl students in iran. the information report genre was taught in a cyclical way of teaching and learning, which was started from ‘setting the context’ and ‘deconstruction’ of prototype information report genre, and continued with ‘joint construction’, ‘independent construction’, and final...

the necessity and importance of teaching pragmatics has come to light by many researchers (e.g. rose & kasper, 2001). due to the consensus over the need to teach pragmatic competence, the main issue now centers on the question of how we should teach this competence in the most effective way. consistent with this line of research, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of d...

This article describes the main processes and themes in consciousness-raising gender conflict groups for undergraduate students who study in parallel a course on gender and psychology. The main theme of the course is that gender is a classification system that influences individuals, interactions between individuals, and social institutions. The aim of the groups is to provide students with a s...