Abdollah KeshavarziIslamic Azad University, Firuzabad Branch · Department of English Language
Abdollah Keshavarzi
Ph D in English Literature
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ABSTRACT
The aim of the present study was to explore cultural untranslatability in the Story of “Rustam and Sohrab” in
Firdowsi’s Shahnameh and its equivalent translation by Helen Zimmern. To this end, the cases containing the
untranslatable cultural elements or elements culturally difficult to translate were identified by comparing the
Story of “R...
This study aimed to investigate the effect of cooperative learning on L2 reading comprehension ability for pre-university students by comparing the cooperative learning instruction and traditional lecture instruction. Another objective was to discover the effect of cooperative learning on reading anxiety of students. It also tried to figure out the...
The present study is done to examine the effect of chunk learning on students' listening comprehension. Based on the nature of the study, the null hypothesis was proposed, chunk learning has no effect on (TOEFL) listening comprehension. In order to test the null hypothesis, a sample of 60 students was chosen. They were randomly put into two groups...
Wilfred Owen‟s “Dulce Et Decorum Est” has been the subject of contradictory debates since its composition. A great deal of critics have approached its content and form, yet one still wonders why a poet who voluntarily participated in war should have written such a poem that creates discouragement in the youth of the society. Performance studies see...
Translation in general is the basis of a lot of debates and discussions, and translation of literary works is much more discussed because it is far more complicated. Yet, most translators deal with literary works the same as they do with other texts. It seems as if they only deal with semantic, syntactic and sometimes cultural aspects of the text l...
The general purpose of this research was the study of mathematics anxiety among high school male and female students. To assess the students mathematics anxiety, Chiu and Henry's Mathematics Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC), the reliability and validity of which had previously been calculated, was used. The population was consisted of all high sch...
Of all guidance-school teachers of the four districts in Shiraz who were participating in in-service training classes of geography and Arabic, and their principals as well as their students, 150 were selected according to clustered-sampling method to investigate the relationship between the effectiveness of in-service training programs and teachers...
In accordance with the remarkable effect of information and communication technology (ICT), this study attempts to investigate its application in teaching and learning processes. To collect data, a questionnaire containing five sections (personal information, knowledge, skill, approach, and self-confidence), the validity and reliability of which ha...
The main purpose of this research was to study and compare educational efficiency (teaching skills) among male and female literature teachers graduated from Islamic Azad University, Payamnoor University and State universities. The population of this study was all of teachers of Persian language and literature, employed formally in educational syste...
The goal of this research was to study the view of Firoozabad Islamic Azad University students on the effective factors in their educational satisfaction during the academic year 2004-5. The research instrument, evaluating the students’ educational satisfaction from five aspects, was a researcher-made questionnaire based on Likert scale. Its reliab...
The goal of this research was to study the Islamic Azad University faculty members’ view of the effective factors in job satisfaction. The instrument employed in this study to collect information was Hertzberg's Standard scale, the reliability and validity of which had previously been calculated. The statistical population and sample were all facul...
Teachers in general and English teachers specifically, are always concerned with the kind of material they are going to present to their students. One of the most challenging kinds of material for English classes is literature. Although some scholars have pointed out to the shortcoming of literature use in practice, it is so vast and so practicable...
Charles Dickens's fame as a reformer of his society has been discussed by a lot of his critics. However, his novels and letters as well as his own words point out that he tries to strengthen the dominant ideologies of his age and to be in the mainstream of the ruling middle class. Through Althusser's notion of Ideological State Apparatuses, this pa...
Rapid progress of information and communication technologies is considered as one of the key factors of change in humankind society. The main impact of ICT in education can be seen in improving the capabilities of instructors, changing the educational structure, creating opportunities for greater and more comprehensive learning, enhancing education...
With the beginning of the 19 th century, England entered into a transitional period. Sociologists believe that in each era of transition, the ruling class tries to establish its own values, but some resistance to these new values is inevitable. Thomas Hardy's novels are no exception. This study tries to interpret Thomas Hardy's novels in the light...
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This study has tried to examine the effects of two methods of teaching translation, namely cooperative vocabulary learning and traditional learning to Iranian pre-intermediate level EFL learners. The participants of the study were 60 male and female pre-intermediate English language learners studying English in EFL department at Navid-e-Pars language institute, Shiraz city, in Fars province.
