the present study aimed at exploring cognitions of iranian english teachers within the context of english for academic purposes (eap). to this end, the cognitions of two groups of eap teachers with respect to their pedagogical content knowledge (pck) and their sense of professional identity (pi) were probed. two language teachers and two content instructors who had at least five years of eap te...

Introduction Rural areas face various challenges in Iran; one of the most important challenges isb economic weakness. Since entrepreneurship can remove many major challenges (such as unemployment, low level of income, lack of economic diversification) in rural areas and it can affect other aspects of rural life positively, entrepreneurship and job creation are the most important plans and st...

کارشناسان "بررسی مقابله ای نوشتار" در زبان های مختلف بر این باورند که زبان و فرهنگ مبدأ بر نحوه ی نگارش نویسندگان در زبان دوم تاثیر گذار است. درخواست نامه های شغلی نیز از این قاعده مستثنا نیستند. بر پایه ی اصول بررسی "ژانر" یا "نوع" قادر خواهیم بود به بینشی در زمینه ی یک "ژانر" یا "نوع" خاص مانند درخواست نامه های شغلی دست یابیم. علیرغم مطالعات متعدد در زمینه ی جنبه های گوناگون "بررسی نوع" و ...

in the past couple of decades sociocultural theory of sla and its implications in efl contexts have attracted attentions of research circles worldwide and aroused some controversies. firth and wagner (1997) have questioned the principles of the cognitive view which gives importance to mental constructs in favor of sociocultural view which highlights social and contextual constructs. but if soci...

this research was conducted to examine the effect of a concurrent training on rest level of leptin of plasma and some hormonal factors in non-athlete subjects. the research population included non-athlete men who didn’t participate in any organized sport activities. 30 men were chosen voluntarily among the above-mentioned population and were divided into 2 groups: experimental (15 subjects) an...