bureaucracy is became dominant structure of government, however, language of government is largely became by language of bureaucracy. many of the problems of public administration are to be traced to, and found in, the language of bureaucracy. this thesis examines the nature of language of government in three decades of islamic revolution of iran and designs efficient pattern of language of gov...

  Abstract The present study begins by sketching "Chaos/Complexity Theory" (C/CT) and its applica-tion to the nature of language and language acquisition. Then, the theory of "Universal Grammar" (UG) is explicated with an eye to C/CT. Firstly, it is revealed that CCT may or may not be allied with a theory of language acquisition that takes UG as the initial state of language acquisition for ...

Humanizing language learning materials helps language teachers to design activities that are linked to learn- ers’ lives and experiences. This can result in higher motivation and engagement in the process of foreign language learning. Self-determination theory-based instruction enhances learners’ engagement and motiva- tion through supporting the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competen...

This article focuses on the pattern language PLML. Some enhancements and corrections to it are proposed to make use of PLML in pattern catalogs. Additionally, a textual domain specific language as human-readable variant of PLML is proposed. Supporting editors, textual and graphical, which were developed using model-based techniques are presented.

Second language writing instruction has been greatly influenced by the growing importance of technology and the recent shift of paradigm from a cognitive to a social orientation in second language acquisition (Lantolf & Thorne, 2006). Therefore, the applications of computer assisted language learning and activity theory have been suggested as a promising framework for writing studies. The prese...

humanizing language learning materials helps language teachers to design activities that are linked to learn- ers’ lives and experiences. this can result in higher motivation and engagement in the process of foreign language learning. self-determination theory-based instruction enhances learners’ engagement and motiva- tion through supporting the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competen...

In this paper we propose a pattern language for learners who want to learn better without killing their creativity. In order to tell a ‘knack’ about the way of learning we apply the method of pattern language, which was originally proposed in architectural design and became famous in software design. Our proposed pattern language for creative learners, which we name “Learning Patterns”, consist...