The Effect of Pictorial Flashcards on the Sight Word Recognition in Kindergartens
Subject Areas : Journal of Teaching English Language StudiesHaniyeh Hasani 1 , Nesa Nabifar 2
1 - Department of English,Faculty of Literature and Foreign language, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz,
2 - Department of English, Faculty of Literature and Foreign language, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
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