Impact of Synchronous Approach on the Development of Iranian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Knowledge: Students’ and Teachers’ Attitude in Focus
DOR: 20.1001.1.23223898.2021.9.36.7.3

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Shokooh Kashefizadeh ¹ , Hossein Rahmanpanah ² , Alireza Ameri ³

1 - Department of Foreign Languages, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Foreign Languages, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Foreign Languages, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2020-06-22 Accepted : 2020-11-27 Published : 2021-07-01

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