The Relationship among EFL Learners’ Left/Right Brain Domi-nance, Autonomy, and Reading Comprehension of the Academic and General Reading Modules of IELTS

Subject Areas : All areas of language and translation

Mona Khabiri ¹ , Mahdis Heidari ²

1 - Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch
2 - Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch

Received: 2017-03-14 Accepted : 2017-03-14 Published : 2011-03-01

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