Visual Elements Used in Iran EFL High School Textbooks

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Laleh Moghtadi ¹

1 - Ph.D Candidate in TEFL, Lecturer at Islamic Azad University, Nourabad Mamasani Branch

Received: 2011-11-12 Accepted : 2012-01-12 Published : 2013-03-01

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