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Since the concept of communicative competence gained momentum, teaching pragmatics in the languag... more Since the concept of communicative competence gained momentum, teaching pragmatics in the language courses could also receive more attention. In the early language teaching studies, the conveyance of pragmatic features to students was expected to happen in an implicit manner, but when importance of teaching pragmatics and teaching culture was known to teachers, the idea of explicit came into being. Being aware of some of deficiencies in explicit teaching approach in creating pragmatic awareness in students, the present study has adopted an initiative through juxtaposing L1 and L2 pragmatic features for the more effective teaching of these features.
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The influence of religion on literature has been debated for more than a decade, and yet, there r... more The influence of religion on literature has been debated for more than a decade, and yet, there remains a lack of consensus about the nature of this relationship. In an effort to bring some clarity to this area, this study assesses the role of religion and religious faith in literature by using a methodological approach to reviewing a body of literature that is new to the social sciences—the systematic review (SR).The discussion of literature and religion is a wide-range topic, and the entrance perspective into this argument, in turn, is controversial. It has been prevalent in writings revolving around literature and religion to study the impact of religion on literature, and accordingly literature has been considered as a means of transferring religious issues. But the influence of religion on literature is an interesting and delicate debate. Literature in a superficial division can be examined at three levels of religious literature, secular literature, and implicit literature. In the Encyclopedia of Iliad which is considered a religious encyclopedia, Antonio Cua believes that the right justification for classifying literature in religious studies is a historical justification. Because in all high-cultural systems, the literary relation has grown in close relation with ideas, institutions, practices, and religious institutions; so according to Antonio Cua, , the 25,00-year-old European literature without considering Greek myths , Hebrew precepts and Christian institutions is not cognizable.
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Women are the essential constituent or characteristic of human civilization. The progress of a co... more Women are the essential constituent or characteristic of human civilization. The progress of a country without an active participation of women cannot be fulfilled. Although their position and status has always been in fluctuation from age to age and culture to culture, but they have never been considered equal to men. A woman’s status has always been determined according to her biological feature that is the bearer and nurse of the children. Hence she is restricted to the family matters and commitments.The long lasting effects of such conventions are tangible and are still followed, for instance the contrast features between males and females since the moment of birth is apparent; the baby girls are dressed in pink color and the baby boys in blue. Such a so-called trifle and petty conventions in a long way fix the polarities of the sexes. In the same way, some of the writers and philosophers in different ages have tried to convince their readers through their works that the inferio...
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The purpose of this study is to scrutinize the influence of the element of acquaintance with the ... more The purpose of this study is to scrutinize the influence of the element of acquaintance with the nooks and crannies of the interwoven culture of the text leads to learning of vocabulary through the task of reading. An aggregation of 36 male and female language learners participated in the study. During the process of the study, the students were provided with the texts partaking Persian and English cultural features in the form of both stories and readings. This pedagogical section was followed by a vocabulary test which was aimed at checking the possibility of learning vocabulary due to the acquaintance with the cultural and indigenous qualities of the text of native culture in contrast to the lower chance of learning vocabulary with the English text.
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Vocabulary has always been regarded as the core of language acquisition. Since the start of our l... more Vocabulary has always been regarded as the core of language acquisition. Since the start of our language acquisition we are obsessed with the question of vocabulary acquisition up to the end. Metaphorically speaking, language can be regarded as a body in which grammatical rules are its skeleton, a forming structure and vocabulary plays the role of flesh, the vital and fresh part of the body containing vessels and blood circulating in them. Since the first simple word of ‘Hello’ up to the possibly last and very complicated and long words such as ‘antidisestablishmentarianism’ that we may come across, we are in the process of building up our vocabulary and growing up this body. This prominent role of vocabulary in foreign language learning has widely been recognized by theorists and language learners (Kasper, 1993; Krashen and Terrell, 1993; Pavio, 1982; Richards, 1980). As Krashen (1989, P.440) argued: Excellent reasons exist for devoting attention to vocabulary and spelling. First, ...
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Vocabulary has always been regarded as the core of language acquisition. Since the start of our l... more Vocabulary has always been regarded as the core of language acquisition. Since the start of our language acquisition we are obsessed with the question of vocabulary acquisition up to the end. Metaphorically speaking, language can be regarded as a body in which grammatical rules are its skeleton, a forming structure and vocabulary plays the role of flesh, the vital and fresh part of the body containing vessels and blood circulating in them. Since the first simple word of ‘Hello’ up to the possibly last and very complicated and long words such as ‘antidisestablishmentarianism’ that we may come across, we are in the process of building up our vocabulary and growing up this body. This prominent role of vocabulary in foreign language learning has widely been recognized by theorists and language learners (Kasper, 1993; Krashen and Terrell, 1993; Pavio, 1982; Richards, 1980). As Krashen (1989, P.440) argued: Excellent reasons exist for devoting attention to vocabulary and spelling. First, ...
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Pinpointing students’ needs and planning academic courses based on their needs’ assessment and al... more Pinpointing students’ needs and planning academic courses based on their needs’ assessment and also paying attention to the level of students’ satisfaction, of courses are considered corner stone of ESP courses and programs. The present study was done in the realm of ESP so as to investigate whether there was any significant difference among Medical, Literature and Engineering students’ needs with respect to their ESP courses. To address this issue, Literature, Medical and Engineering students of Lorestan University have taken part in this study. The questionnaires were distributed to each group. Further, individual semi-structured interview was also taken to obtain supportive data. In order to analyze the data, ANOVA and chi-square were employed. The results showed that ESP classes in Lorestan University lag behind students’ requirement and international development regarding English learning and teaching with specific attention given to ESP courses. Students in these three differe...
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Impact Factor(JCC): 1.3648-This article can be downloaded from www.impactjournals.us ABSTRACT Sin... more Impact Factor(JCC): 1.3648-This article can be downloaded from www.impactjournals.us ABSTRACT Since the concept of communicative competence gained momentum, teaching pragmatics in the language courses could also receive more attention. In the early language teaching studies, the conveyance of pragmatic features to students was expected to happen in an implicit manner, but when importance of teaching pragmatics and teaching culture was known to teachers, the idea of explicit came into being. Being aware of some of deficiencies in explicit teaching approach in creating pragmatic awareness in students, the present study has adopted an initiative through juxtaposing L1 and L2 pragmatic features for the more effective teaching of these features.
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Pinpointing students' needs and planning academic courses based on their needs' assessment and al... more Pinpointing students' needs and planning academic courses based on their needs' assessment and also paying attention to the level of students' satisfaction, of courses are considered corner stone of ESP courses and programs. The present study was done in the realm of ESP so as to investigate whether there was any significant difference among Medical, Literature and Engineering students' needs with respect to their ESP courses. To address this issue, Literature, Medical and Engineering students of Lorestan University have taken part in this study. The questionnaires were distributed to each group. Further, individual semi-structured interview was also taken to obtain supportive data. In order to analyze the data, ANOVA and chi-square were employed. The results showed that ESP classes in Lorestan University lag behind students' requirement and international development regarding English learning and teaching with specific attention given to ESP courses. Students in these three different fields consider English language mostly as a tool to read scientific texts than to speak, listen and even to write.
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The purpose of this study is to scrutinize the influence of the element of acquaintance with the ... more The purpose of this study is to scrutinize the influence of the element of acquaintance with the nooks and crannies of the interwoven culture of the text leads to learning of vocabulary through the task of reading. An aggregation of 36 male and female language learners participated in the study. During the process of the study, the students were provided with the texts partaking Persian and English cultural features in the form of both stories and readings. This pedagogical section was followed by a vocabulary test which was aimed at checking the possibility of learning vocabulary due to the acquaintance with the cultural and indigenous qualities of the text of native culture in contrast to the lower chance of learning vocabulary with the English text. INTRODUCTION Since the early days of systematization of language learning there has been an insistence on the incidental vocabulary learning in the literature which culminated in the studies of Krashen and Schmitt and some other interested scholars of the field. Incidental exposure to language, particularly through reading, is one of the fundamental means of extending vocabulary knowledge for both L1 and L2 learners. This contributing effect of reading on vocabulary development has been advocated by a number of researchers who believe that a substantial amount of vocabulary growth occurs through extensive exposure to language in print. Since its inaugural into the realm of teaching learning vocabulary through this way which is known as Incidental Vocabulary Learning (as in this process the readers' focus is on comprehension of the text rather than on learning specific words) has been endorsed by a lot of studies done by a number of scholars in the field (Krashen, 2004; Pulido, 2003). These people take this stance because of such factors as the number of total words a typical language learner, either in L1 or L2, needs to know and the limited capacity of any explicit vocabulary instruction to accommodate all vocabulary items the language learners need. Another important point is that most of these studies show a deeper and longer retention of the vocabulary learned through the incidental process of reading a text with cultural affinity. There have been a lot of studies measuring the amount of the necessary vocabulary that students acquire throughout the process of their language acquisition. This idea differs from country to country and even based on the first language as well. In fact, an average L1 student is expected to know about 40000 words at the end of high school (Cunningham, 2005). Taking into account the 8000 words that they should know when they are six years old, the high school graduates need to learn about 32,000 words in 12 years. This number, 32,000 words through 12 years of schooling, means that a child learns approximately 7 words a day and 3,000 words a year. With regard to L2 learners, they need to know at least 10000 words to function successfully in an advanced academic setting (Grabe, 2009; Nation, 2001, 2006). The figures just stated imply the fact that this type of vocabulary development transcends the capacity of even the most intensive vocabulary instruction programs. There has been a vast criticism leveled against teaching vocabulary directly and since explicit vocabulary teaching programs can only cover a few hundred words, even under the most intensive ones, it is unrealistic to expect the learners to learn 2,000 words a year
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Vocabulary has always been regarded as the core of language acquisition. Since the start of our l... more Vocabulary has always been regarded as the core of language acquisition. Since the start of our language acquisition we are obsessed with the question of vocabulary acquisition up to the end. Metaphorically speaking, language can be regarded as a body in which grammatical rules are its skeleton, a forming structure and vocabulary plays the role of flesh, the vital and fresh part of the body containing vessels and blood circulating in them. Since the first simple word of 'Hello' up to the possibly last and very complicated and long words such as 'antidisestablishmentarianism' that we may come across, we are in the process of building up our vocabulary and growing up this body. This prominent role of vocabulary in foreign language learning has widely been recognized by theorists and language learners (Kasper, 1993; Krashen and Terrell, 1993; Pavio, 1982; Richards, 1980). As Krashen (1989, P.440) argued: Excellent reasons exist for devoting attention to vocabulary and spelling. First, there are practical reasons. A large vocabulary is of course, essential for mastery of a language. Second language acquirers know this; they carry dictionaries with them, not grammar books, and regularly report that lack of vocabulary is a major problem … on the theoretical level, the study of the acquisition of vocabulary and spelling ability can help us understand language acquisition in general. So all the theoreticians, language teachers and learners acknowledge the essential role of vocabulary, however, there has been considerable debate about the most effective way to develop students' foreign language vocabulary ceiling. Several foreign language vocabulary teaching methods have been developed and empirically tested so far (for reviews, see Cohen, 1987; Ellis, 1995).
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This paper studies the influence of Samuel Beckett on Pinter's oeuvre and analyzes their differen... more This paper studies the influence of Samuel Beckett on Pinter's oeuvre and analyzes their differences as well as similarities. As these two Nobel laureates are two impressive men of New Theatre, thus the meticulous survey on their works seems essential. Despite the fact that Pinter most often takes his model in writing from Beckett, one can easily diagnose the various distinctions in their plays. In spite of the same messages about human condition in the world, their techniques and their way of expression differs in some manners.
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The present study attempts to examine the impact of yoga practice on behavior and academic perfor... more The present study attempts to examine the impact of yoga practice on behavior and academic performance of college students and it is considered as the first study to provide empirical confirmation and evidence supporting the definite impact of yoga on cognitive performance and attitude of selected college students. A pretest-post test research design along with a questionnaire are applied for 110 students who have been randomly selected from five colleges situated in Pune city during the academic year 2013–14 and 2014-15. Totally, the selected groups were randomized into a yoga group and a control group with 50 subjects per group. The assigned plans were practicing Asanas, Pranayama, Meditation along with yogic theory lectures. Mild to moderate physical exercises and administration lectures were instilled to the control group. The collected data was analyzed meticulously using SPSS. The outcome of conducted research signified that the selected yoga group showed statistically significant reduction in aggression, unwillingness to work and counterproductive work behaviors. In other words, to put it in percentage, a positive and significant change in the number of students who have achieved higher percentage of marks (i.e. about 60%) is witnessed. Before participation in any yoga practice, there were 10% of students who had achieved 60% of marks in the academic year 2013-14, but after completion of one year yoga practice, the number of students increased to 20.9% in the academic year 2014-15. In other words, the students reported a marked improvement in their academic performance and positive changes in the behaviour. The present paper contributes by suggesting and introducing an economical method to prevent heavy losses academic sectors are incurring due to counterproductive collegiate work behaviors. The results also suggested that having regular and programmed yoga sessions at a college can result in happier academic lives and increased alertness, cheerfulness and productivity of students.
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The Golden Notebook (1962), written by 2007 Nobel Prize laureate in literature, Doris Lessing the... more The Golden Notebook (1962), written by 2007 Nobel Prize laureate in literature, Doris Lessing the well-known contemporary British woman writer, is a complex and multilayered context which is molded around a series of colorful notebooks. It portrays numerous ideas and impressions regarding the prominent role of women in mid-twenty century western culture and contributes to controversial perspectives of feminism, even though Lessing has always denied the feminism essence of her novel. However the disputant themes which come under a meticulous scrutiny here are the women's oppression, subjugation, the actual position of women in society, women's struggle for establishing their identity and obtaining the self-assertion and autonomy. The Golden Notebook is a bold attempt which exhibits a colorful picture of a world which is patriarchal dominated and combined with a society which is marked by gender-based discrimination; a society that is associated with such a male-dominance prescriptions that shut the doors of autonomy to the women. Patriarchal ideology contrast, rebelling against the rigid social codes along with defying the prescribed roles by society and eventually attempting to provide a life of wider personal freedom than the one customarily granted to women are the main concerns of the novel. Lessing applies the suppression issue as a window through which the patriarchal panorama of society is depicted. Accordingly, this text scrutinizes the novel from a socialist feminist peephole to clear out the hardships and limitations that the patriarchal structure of that time society imposed upon women and demonstrates the struggle of women for establishing their confirmed identity. Based on the findings of this research context, we discuss that the main outstanding aspects of women's life including their sexuality, autonomy, motherhood and social freedom are oppressed and overwhelmingly exploited by the patriarchal society which inferiorizes the women to a second class inhabitant. On the other hand, the female personages of the novel stand against all the pressures and discriminative looks imposed by society's codes and institutions; and rely boldly on their own capability to gain their self-defined identity and autonomy which were intruded and snatched by the male trespassers.
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