Validation markers in introduction and results and discussion sections of research articles from four disciplines

Subject Areas : Journal of Teaching English Language Studies

Seyed Foad Ebrahimi ¹ , Aziz Eshmidian Nejad ²

1 - Department of English, Shadegan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shadegan, Iran.
2 - English Department, Abadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abadan, Iran

Received: 2018-07-18 Accepted : 2018-08-20 Published : 2018-09-01

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