English Comparative Forms in Iranian Textbooks Compared to Textbooks Developed by Native Material Developers

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Ghazaleh Shafeniya ¹ , AhmadReza Lotfi ²

1 - Department of English, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch

Received: 2012-07-03 Accepted : 2013-02-10 Published : 2013-02-10

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