Introduction: Fundamental notions of mapping hypothesis and canonicity were scrutinized in Persian-speaking aphasics.  Methods: To this end, the performance of four age-, education-, and gender matched Persian-speaking Broca's patients and eight matched healthy controls in diverse complex structures were compared via the conduction of two tasks of syntactic comprehension and grammaticality jud...

This dissertation study examined a broad question of whether computer-based grammar tutorials are effective and welcome tools to review grammar for language learners by investigating effects of three different modes of such tutorials on learners’ knowledge and satisfaction. For this study, I developed experimental tutorials in three different modes (a static text with a voice-over narration, an...

This paper reports findings from a case study that investigated the Chinese reading strategies of English speaking learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL). We focused on CFL learners’ reading of different genres in two different formats, paper-based format and computer-based hypertext format (henceforth hypertext format). Since Chinese characters are categorized in deep orthography, whi...

Writing and speaking are the productive skills of a language and share similar components. However, there has been little attempt to investigate the impact of writing practice on the speaking proficiency of the learners. The present study using a pretest-posttest controlled group design in a quasi-experimental approach investigated the effect of guided writing practice on the speaking proficien...

Recently, speaking has played an increasingly important role in second/foreign language settings. However, in many Chinese universities, EFL students rarely communicate in English with other people effectively. The existing behavioristic role plays on New Horizon College English (NHCE) e-learning do not function successfully in supplementing EFL speaking classes. The present study aims at inves...

Languages vary systematically in how semantic information is “packaged” verbs and verb-related constructions. Mandarin Chinese contrasts typologically with English its lexicalization of state change. Most monomorphemic are moot about or imply a change, whereas many (e.g., kill, break) entail the fulfillment Recent studies suggest that form continuum strength state-change implicature. State-chan...

There are a number of factors which influence the success of learning foreign languageincluding students’ learning styles. This study investigated language learning styles of IranianEFL learners and their class achievement. To this end, sixty female intermediate learners ofinstruction and different ages (15-25), studying at a language institute in Rasht city wereasked to take part in the study....