Investigating the English-Specific Needs of the M.A Students of Sports Science in Iran

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Sedigheh Vahdat ¹ , Zohreh Gooniband Shooshtari ² , Niloofar Bina ³ , Masoud Nikbakht ⁴

1 - Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
2 - Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
3 - Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
4 - Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Received: 2023-05-03 Accepted : 2023-08-14 Published : 2023-10-01

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