abstract this study examines the relationship between reading anxiety and difficulty of texts as well as the relationship between reading anxiety and students perceived difficulty of the texts. since difficulty is a relative concept, i limited its definition by sticking to the readability formula. we also took students perceived difficulty levels into account. therefore, in the present study, ...

abstract although music possesses some kind of power and using it has been welcome by many students in language classrooms, it seems that they take a non-serious image of the lesson while listening to songs and they may think that it is a matter of fun. the main objective of the present study was to investigate whether learning a foreign language through musical texts (songs) can have an impac...

Identity, values and norms are among the main elements building interests of countries in foreign policy and international relations. Any change in them may lead to change in priority of interests as well as the approaches and orientation of foreign policy. It seems Islamic Republic of Iran's foreign policy which is deeply rooted in values and causes of Islamic revolution is not an exception an...

The attraction of foreign investment is one of the economic priorities in developing countries, including Iran. But increasing uncertainty in this field has led policy making toward new approaches such as strategic foresight. The main purpose of this study is to develop scenarios to attract foreign investment in Iran. The research method is scenario planning and in order to identify the "key dr...

Turkey's new foreign policy over the past decade has been called "Neo Ottomanism". Turkey, along with maintaining its relations with the West, attempts to establish and develop political relations with the countries of the Middle East, especially for the countries in the historical context of the Ottoman Empire. The aim of this study is to explore and explain the dimensions of the new foreign p...