The Study of the Effectiveness of Textual Cohesion of Teaching Materials on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension
Subject Areas : Journal of Teaching English Language Studies
hengameh vaezi
1
,
parisa farrokh
2
,
shahnaz habibi
3
1 - Assistant professor, Department of English Language, Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch
2 - Assistant professor, Department of English Language and Translation, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan Branch
3 - MA student, Department of English Language, Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch
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