The close relationship between language and culture has been highlighted by scholars in
sociology, sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication, psychology, and linguistics. They …

Given the significance of relativism in molding our worldview and uncovering the nature of
truth, this study using the newly-developed concept of emotioncy, attempted to introduce …

This dissertation study explores teacher roles a pre-service foreign language teacher
education program at a public university in central Turkey prepares teacher candidates for …

Teaching English in an Iranian and Islamic culture poses complex questions for both
teachers and learners. In this paper, the authors intend to shed light on what it means to …

This study seeks to analyze English language teaching and learning in the informal context
of education in Iran from the perspective of the theory of" World Englishes". The qualitative …

Learning English means crossing the boundaries of one‟ s home culture into a foreign
culture–a challenging cross-cultural experience influencing one‟ s home culture …

This study was an endeavor to investigate Iranian EFL teachers' awareness of critical
pedagogy and its principles. It also intended to look for their viewpoints about the practicality …

Assessment practices in higher education focus on evaluating student learning. Institutions
are now expected to provide improvementoriented assessments that help students to …

This empirical study seeks to investigate Iranian English learners' attitudes toward different
varieties of English in relation to the perspective of the theory of" World Englishes". Making …

This instrumental-comparative qualitative case study attempts to investigate the relations
between teachers' beliefs and classroom practices. For this purpose, five Iranian EFL …