The main objective of the present study is to inspect the role of self-esteem, as an affective variable, in the English language listening comprehension ability of Iranian EFL students. As will be discussed in the next chapter, listening is the most important and the most utilized skill (Carter and Nunan, 2001). Feyten (1991) states that forty five percent of daily life communication is spent in listening; so it can be an important key to language learning. This study, also, wants to see if there is any relationship between self-esteem and the English listening comprehension scores of male...

Learning will be facilitated by making students aware of the range of strategies from which they can choose during language learning and use. This can be done by having the pedagogical materials incorporate learning and use strategies of learners in their specific field of study. This is in line with basis of all ESPs i.e. learner-centeredness. The present study is an attempt to investigate the strategies students of Irrigation and Watershed Management courses manipulate in their learning and use of English to be observed while designing and developing materials. Besides, to help users of...

The present study tried to investigate the effect of cultural familiarity on improving Iranian EFL learners' listening comprehension. To achieve this purpose, a listening comprehension test was administered to three hundred language learners and ultimately one hundred and twenty pre-intermediate language learners according to their level of proficiency were selected and randomly assigned to four groups. The same pre-test was administered to four groups before any treatment lesson. During the experiment, group one participants had exposure to target culture materials in-and out-side the...

Right now you are reading English. That means that you are using your brain in a very active way. Reading is a very active process. It is true that the writer does a lot of work, but the reader also has to work hard. When you read a text, you have to do some or all of these: imagine a scene in your head, understand clearly what the writer is trying to say and agree or disagree with the writer. You will usually encounter new words when you read. If there are too many new words for you, then the level is too high and you should read something simpler. But if there are, say, a maximum of five...

The aim of the book is not only to help you develop your command of English in this field but also enlarge your knowledge of MBA and its specializations. But because MBA specializations are beyond the scope of an introductory book like this the author have just made their best to select a few worldwide known specializations of MBA to study other branches of MBA including Computer Systems MBA, e-Business MBA, leadership MBA, Operations MBA, Criminal Justice MBA, Entrepreneurship MBA, and the like the reader might be in urgent need of studying other sources.

Education is the transmission of knowledge, skills, and character traits. There are many debates about its precise definition, for example, about which aims it tries to achieve. A further issue is whether part of the meaning of education is that the change in the student is an improvement. Some researchers stress the role of critical thinking to distinguish education from indoctrination. These disagreements affect how to identify, measure, and improve forms of education. The term can also refer to the mental states and qualities of educated people. Additionally, it can mean the academic field...