Though learner-centered paradigm of education has long been introduced to pedagogy in general and language teaching in particular, it seems that scant heed has been given to its implementation as well as the restrictions and challenges on its way. In an attempt to shed more light on the status of learner-centered instruction in Iranian language schools, particularly as regards the imped...

This article focuses on the use of computers in Language Testing. The first part of the article gives a general introduction to three different kinds of tests administered with a computer: (1) computer-based tests (CBTs), (2) computer-adaptive tests (CATs), and finally (3) web-based tests (WBTs). On the other hand, the second part of the article focuses on self-assessment and web-based tests, p...

We present a method for automatic generation of in-text explanatory hyperlinks for use in web publishing. A system using this method is currently in production as part of a service for enriching plaintext content. We recognize the importance of link anchors in practical use of such systems, therefore the method is centered around link anchor selection and uses semantic similarity only to resolv...

Characterizationofantimicrobial resistance inSalmonella enterica foodandanimal isolates fromColombia: identi¢cationofa qnrB19mediatedquinolone resistancemarker in twonovel serovars Maria Karczmarczyk, Marta Martins, Matthew McCusker, Salim Mattar, Leonard Amaral, Nola Leonard, Frank M. Aarestrup & Séamus Fanning Centres for Food Safety & Food-borne Zoonomics, UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre, Uni...

background: finding the right word is a necessity in communication, and its evaluation has always been a challenging clinical issue, suggesting the need for valid and reliable measurements. the homophone meaning generation test (hmgt) can measure the ability to switch between verbal concepts, which is required in word retrieval. the purpose of this study was to adapt and validate the persian ve...

The present paper deals with the national specifics of the assessment aspect in the meaning of the words. A modern scientific paradigm considers the language as a cognitive tool of understanding the world and keeping and representing people’s experience and values which reflect the people’s vision of the world (“the world picture). Usually linguistics understands the language ...

The dominance of English language content on the Internet raises a question how consumer bilingualism in given country affects amount home and country's welfare. We address this by studying two-sided market competition between foreign domestic distribution platform small open economy. On one hand, has benefit increasing cross-side network externalities concentration platform, which increases co...

The current study aimed at examining the relationship between English language teachers’ assessment literacy and their teaching experience. In other words, it intended to inspect the relationship between native and non-native English language teachers’ assessment literacy and their teaching experience. To achieve such goals, 100 native and non-native English teachers from ESL and EFL contexts w...

INTRODUCTION Conceptual modeling appears to be the heart of good software development (Jackson, 2000). The creation of a conceptual model helps to understand the problem raised and represents the human-centered/ problem-oriented moment in the software process, as opposed to the computer-centered/software-oriented moment of the computational models (Blum, 1996). The main objective of human compu...