the purpose of this study was to investigate iranian efl learners’ beliefs about the role of rote learning (rl) in vocabulary learning strategies; besides, the study examined if english proficiency would influence learners’ vocabulary learning strategy use. this study addresses the need for a clear understanding of the role of rl in efl vocabulary learning by looking at iranian efl learners’ ow...

abstract since heubners (1985) pioneering study, there have been many studies on (mis) use/ non-use of articles by l2 learners from article-less and article languages. the present study investigated how persian l2 learners of english produce and interpret english definite descriptions and demonstrative descriptions. it was assumed that definite and demonstrative descriptions share the same cen...

to teach english adequately, qualified teachers are needed. unfortunately, there are still teachers who are teaching english without an academic degree in tefl. it is necessary for teachers to have a major in english to have subject knowledge, but it is not sufficient. teachers need to have an understanding of the social, cultural, moral, ethical, and pedagogical issues of education and practic...

پژوهش حاضر با هدف بررسی و شناسایی عوامل مؤثر بر شکل­ گیری تصویر برند مبلمان لوکس و همچنین ارزیابی نقش تعدیل­ کنندگی نیاز به منحصربه فرد بودن و ظاهربینی مشتریان انجام شده است. جامعه آماری این پژوهش را تمامی افرادی که برای بازدید یا خرید از بازار مبل ایران (یافت ­آباد)، محدوده خیابان ولیعصر و میرداماد به این اماکن مراجعه کرده­ اند تشکیل می دهند. داده های لازم از طریق پرسشنامه استاندارد 32 سؤالی ا...

insurers have in the past few decades faced longevity risks - the risk that annuitants survive more than expected - and therefore need a new approach to manage this new risk. in this dissertation we survey methods that hedge longevity risks. these methods use securitization to manage risk, so using modern financial and insurance pricing models, especially wang transform and actuarial concepts, ...