Prediction of English Language Proficiency Level Using Multiple Intelligences Theory and Critical Thinking Skills

Subject Areas : All areas of language and translation

Zahra  Shahrabi ¹ (Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature, Department of English Language and literature, University of Tehran, Iran)
Sayyed Mohammad  Alavi ² (University of Tehran)

Received: 2016-04-23 Accepted : 2017-12-24 Published : 2017-10-01

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