as polysemy is encountered frequently in english as foreign language. fl learners’ ability to disambiguate polysemous verbs becomes critical to their comprehension in the target language. this thesis, accordingly, investigated how iranian efl learners achieved comprehension of english polysemous verbs by using three different types of cues: (1) elaborated context, (2) semantic frames, and (...

abstract this quasi-experimental study was aimed at examining the impact of storyline complexity on the grammatical accuracy and complexity of advanced and intermediate efl learners. a total of 65 advanced and intermediate efl learners were selected from iran language institute (ili). an intact group including 35 intermediate participants and another intact group with 30 advanced participants ...

the purpose of the present study is to find out whether bilinguals of khuzestan-arab origin or monolinguals of iranian origin code-switch during learning or speaking english and which group is more susceptible to code-switch. to this end, the students of 24 classes from high schools and pre- university centers were screened out, and interviewed and their voices and code-switchings were recorded...

the significance of the study of deixis was then mentioned. the purpose of the present study from the outset was to provide a comprehensive overview of all kinds of deixis in persian, describing and defining each in true while considering them structurally and semantically. chapter two consisted of two main parts. a review of the english studies in this respect, besides presenting persian liter...

In order to investigate the effects of plant density, time and number of weed control on yield and yield components on corn hybrids, a factorial experiment in completely randomized blocks design with 3 replications was conducted in 2011 growth season at Research farm of College of Agriculture, University of Shahid Bahonar, Kerman. Weed control treatments were including: weed control during corn...

Abstract Jiroft area, with upwards of 1250 ha of greenhouses and 250000 ton of yield, is one of the most important areas for production and supply of greenhouse products in Iran. Lettuce is one of the salad vegetable crops that is planted in vast areas in open space and greenhouse conditions. In this study, Great Lakes 118 lettuce variety was planted in a split-plot experiment with factorial d...

به منظور بررسی تاثیر ازت ، تراکم و دور آبیاری بر عملکرد دانه و علوفه و برخی صفات کمی و کیفی و منحنی رشد هیبرید ذرت 704 آزمایشی در سال 1371 در مزرعه آزمایشی و پژوهشی دانشکدهء کشاورزی دانشگاه تهران در شهرستان کرج با استفاده از طرح آزمایشی split-split plot بر پایه بلوکهای کامل تصادفی در چهار تکرار انجام گردید. دو سطح تراکم (a2=65000 , a1=55000)بوته در هکتار در کرتهای اصلی (main plots)، سه سطح دور ...

the present study is an attempt to investigate the potential impact of inspirational quotes on improving english abstract vocabulary recall. to achieve this goal, a multiple choice language proficiency test of 60 items including vocabulary and grammar component was administered to a sample of 63 second-semester male and female students whose age ranged between 17 to 22 and they were studying en...

asymmetric polyethersulfone (pes) microfiltration flat sheet membranes were composed by the phase inversion method (pim) and were used as supports. composite membranes were fabricated by coating silicone rubber as selective layer. effect of different concentrations of pes and pdms and different solvent such as nmp, dmf and dms effects as pes solvents and support thickness and different coagulat...