The Impacts of Vocabulary Instruction via Synchronous and Asynchronous Social Networks on Iranian EFL Learners' Reading Comprehension

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Servat Shirkhani ¹ , Samaneh Shiran ²

1 - English Department, Khorram Abad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khorram Abad, Iran
2 - English Department, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2022-05-27 Accepted : 2022-07-16 Published : 2023-06-01

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