The Effect of Functional-based Approach vs. Structural-based Approach on the Accuracy of Certain Grammatical Structures on Iranian EFL Learners

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Kazem Najmi ¹ , Masoumeh Salarpour ² , Mohamad Ahmadi ³

1 - Department of English Language Teaching, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Alzahra University
3 - Department of English Language Teaching, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2021-06-11 Accepted : 2021-10-13 Published : 2022-03-01

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