Enhancing EFL learners' Pragmatic Performance: The Case of Suggestions
Subject Areas :Ali Fath Pour Pakzad 1 , Mehdi Sarkhosh 2
1 - English Department, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
2 - English Department, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
Keywords: گفتمان, واژگان کلیدی: تکلیف تکمیل گفتمان, ایفای نقش در قالب بحث گروهی, بیان پیشنهاد,
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