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Cognitive study of schema in two poems by“Sohrab Sepehri”
the present study aims at analyzing cognitive schemas in two long poems. Path schema, containment schema and force schema were frequent in the text. It is understood that some linguistic forms are connected with some schemas; some special...
Event Schemas and Thematic Roles in Ilami Dialect of Kurdish
Speakers use schemas to organize their knowledge of the world. Without these mental
structures, communication would be too difficult, if not impossible. Schemas are of different
kinds and event schemas are considered as one of the most...
English language identity: Schema and factor based approach
analyzed linguistically and cognitively by employing the microstructural approach of schema theory. The analysis showed that the scale deals basically not with foreign but English language and was, therefore, renamed as English Language Identity Scale (ELIS...
Validating the Persian Integrated Spiritual Intelligence Scale within an Islamic Context
The present study explored the reliability and construct validity of the 82-item Integrated Spiritual Intelligence Scale (ISIS) designed by Amram and Dryer (2008) in Iran. To this end the ISIS was translated into Persian by employing schema theory...
A Survey of Event Schemas on the Quran (Ar-rahman Sura
In this article we study a specific sort of schema, called “event schema” in one of the Suras of the Quran. Event schema as discussed by Dirven & Verspoor (2004) has several such sub-branches as “doing schema”, “having schema”. We will discuss which...
The effect of schema-vs-translation-based teaching on learning English in high schools
The present research project was conducted to explore the effect of schema-based teaching (SBT)
and translation-based teaching (TBT) on vocabulary knowledge, structure and reading comprehension ability of forty-one female grade one high...
English Language Policy and Teacher Effectiveness at Grade Three Senior High Schools
This study aimed to explore the relationship between English language education policy (ELEP) and
teacher effectiveness (TE) at grade three senior high schools (G3SHS) in Mashhad, Iran. To this end, the
English ...
Development and validation of an Islamic religious orientation scale with pilgrims of Imam Reza Shrine
measures of religious orientations. The scale and its underlying factors are discussed by employing schema theory and suggestions are made for future research...
Exploration of early maladaptive schema and attachment domains in sexual offenders
Exploration of early maladaptive schema and attachment domains in sexual offenders...
Schema-Based Instruction: A Novel Approach to Teaching English to Iranian University Students
This study is one of the first attempts to scrutinize the effect of schema-based general English teaching and testing on English language learning in an Iranian academic context. For this to achieve, 90 undergraduate...