this study was conducted to investigate the impact of podcasts as a learning and teaching tool on iranian efl learners’ motivation for listening as well as on their listening comprehension ability. the study also investigated the learners’ perception towards listening to podcasts and examined whether the learners were likely to accept podcasts. out of fifty-five intermediate learners studying e...

Background: Recently, health authorities in the world have been applying accreditation standards to improve the quality and safety of healthcare services, which is also a priority of the Ministry of Health in Iran. This study was conducted to design a hospital accreditation model. Methods: This study was part of a qualitative study with Grounded Theory approach aimed at explaining the experien...

why some learners are willing to communicate in english, concurrently others are not, has been an intensive investigation in l2 education. willingness to communicate (wtc) proposed as initiating to communicate while given a choice has recently played a crucial role in l2 learning. it was hypothesized that wtc would be associated with language learning orientations (llos) as well as social suppo...

Introduction: The issue of care is an integral part of accidents and crises and the design of effective models and methods in its management, especially the methods that have emerged from the context is very important. Objective: Nursing management in crises due to the importance of its role has always been one of the topics of interest. Therefore, the present study was conducted to explain the...

simplification universal as a universal feature of translation means translated texts tend to use simpler language than original texts in the same language and it can be critically investigated through common concepts: type/token ratio, lexical density, and mean sentence length. although steps have been taken to test this hypothesis in various text types in different linguistic communities, in ...

 Today, sport has a close relationship with politics and has become a matter of international relations. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of identifying those strategies affecting Iran public diplomacy through sport and its consequences. The present study had a qualitative approach and the required data were collected using semi-structured interviews. The statistical population ...