English Language Learning and Reasoning Ability in Iranian Primary Schools: An Urgent Need for Curriculum Reappraisal
DOR: 20.1001.1.23223898.2021.9.36.8.4

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Afsoon Piroozan ¹ ( Department of English Language, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran )
Seyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo ² ( Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran )
Sholeh Namazi ³ ( Research center for behavioral and neurosciences, School of medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran )

Received: 2020-07-11 Accepted : 2020-12-09 Published : 2021-07-01

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