Self-management has been a point of discussion among number of researchers. The teacher can manage discipline in the class by employing self-management strategies. Furthermore, it can also help students in managing their behaviors for long periods of time. Organizations need people who are more willing to work and adhere to the requirements on their own. They must understand how they can make b...

The present investigation sought to comparatively explore the effect of length of residence (LOR) as well as EFL instruction on the pragmatic competence of Iranian learners. The participants were 45 EFL learners in Iran and 45 learners in Canada selected based on snowball sampling and each group was divided into three sub-groups based on the years of learning English in an EFL or a natural sett...

Since the emergence of the cultural turn in translation studies, external factors affecting translation have re- ceived attention in this field. Macro factors such as culture, politics in target contexts, history, ideological manipulation, and translators’ institutional rules have become the concern of translation studies. Consider- ing these factors, the current...

The critical role and effect of teacher assessment in ELT has been ratified by researchers among whom are Darling-Hammond (2000); Knox (2002); Bailey (2006); Davison & Cummins (2007); and Blum (2009).Taking this issue into account, this exploratory study seeks to investigate the underlying criteria of both recruiting and assessing in-service EFL teachers in private language institutes of Iran. ...

objective(s):an earlier meta-analysis on gene expression data derived from four microarray, two cdna library, and one sage experiment had identified rgs5 as one of only ten non-housekeeping genes that were reported to be expressed in human trabecular meshwork (tm) cells by all studies. rgs5 encodes regulator of g-protein signaling-5. the tm tissue is the route of aqueous fluid outflow, and is r...