Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a lossy/lossless binary textual image compression

method based on an improved pattern matching (PM) technique.

Design/methodology/approach – In the Farsi/Arabic ...

Many studies (Jahangard, 2008; Sabet and Youhanaee, 2008) seek to analyze the structure of writing articles in English journals. However, not many have analyzed the effect on writing style of differences of culture. This ...

In Spite of the recent interest in gender-linked differences in language acquisition, it seems that this issue has not yet received due attention in second language learning/ teaching. Writing in a second or foreign language is a major...

Abstract: Creativity, as an important psychological trait, has not been sufficiently touched by professionals in language teaching to date. Thus the present paper aims at examining the relationship between creativity and foreign language achievement...

This study, first, examined the role of Iranian EFL teachers multiple intelligences (MI) in their success in language teaching in language institutes. In the second place, the role of gender and the most effective intelligences of teachers...

In order to design and validate an English Language Policy Inventory (ELPI) in Iran sixty four indicators were selected from policies cited in the literature and presented on a seven-point Lickert scale to six hundred nineteen teachers of English...

In spoken language, body language is used to show the intention of the speaker. Written language lacks such capacity and that is why punctuation, as a tool, is used to clarify spoken language features in written language and help the readers get...

their teachers' roles considering the subjective cultural elements as social interpersonal, religious and political roles. 730 male and female students from public schools and private English language institutes participated in this study. Principle Component...

The purpose of this article is to present an aggregated methodology for construction of the stop word list in Farsi language and generate a generic Farsi stop word list....