introduction: one of the important evaluative indexes of language development is word finding ability. the application of formal assessment tools, such as twf-2, is the most common way of assessing this ability in western countries. there is not any formal assessment tool for assessment of this ability in iran. therefore this study aimed to determine the validity and reliability of persian vers...

This research was designed to compare the impact of culturally laden Task-based language Teaching (TBLT) and Content-based language Teaching (CBLT) on Iranian intermediate learners' Speaking improvement. Two groups of participants, i. e. the experimental and control groups, were used in this study. In the experimental group, task-based instruction for 20 intermediate students and in the control...

The present study compares deferred imitation and early social communication skills among speaking and non-speaking children with autism and children with typical development. Overall, the children with autism showed a lower frequency on measures of both deferred imitation and social communication compared to typically developing children. Deferred imitation was observed at a significantly lowe...

The objective of this research is to investigate the implementation Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) improve students’ speaking skills in aspects accuracy, clarity, fluency. This employed a quantitative method nature. A pre-experimental design with pre-test post-test was used. population all second-year students. sample one classes chosen by using purposive sampling technique. instrument ...

Speaking plays both roles as process and objective of learning in language classroom aimed at preparing future communication competence students. Using Vlog speaking activities to demonstrate ideas knowledge can be recreational for the millennial generation. However, grammatical forms pronunciation accuracy are often neglected areas such tasks, hence students’ not well developed their fluency s...

This paper assesses the ability of a HMM-based speech synthesis systems to model the speech characteristics of various speaking styles. A discrete/continuous HMM is presented to model the symbolic and acoustic speech characteristics of a speaking style. The proposed model is used to model the average characteristics of a speaking style that is shared among various speakers, depending on specifi...

Modal verbs in English are challenging to learn by speakers of other languages. The purpose of thiswas to shed light on the use of gesture in learning English modal verbs by Persian-speaking children.To achieve this, 60 elementary Iranian learners, studying at some institutes in Karaj took part in thisstudy. The participants were randomly put into one experimental group and one control group. T...