SCIENCE AND RESEARCH BRANCH
ISLAMIC AZADUNIVERSITY
WEST AZARBAYJAN
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
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MA Thesis Entitled
The effects of reactive vs.student-initiated focus on form on learners’ production of uptake in Iranian EFL context
submitted in partial fulfillment of therequirementsfor
the degree of Master of Arts in English Language Teaching
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January 2012
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Abstract
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Keywords: ……………………………………………………………………
Publications and conference presentations based on this thesis if any:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ……….……………………………………………..
ABSTRACT......
LIST OF TABLES ......
LIST OF FIGURES ………………….…..……………………………….……....
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS…………………………………………..………..
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background ……………………………………………………….…………
1.2. Statement of the problem ……………………………….…………..………
1.3. Significance / Rationale of the study ……………………………………...
1.4. Research questions & hypotheses……………………………………..…….
1.5. Definition of keyterms …………………………………………………….
1.6. Organization of the thesis ……….………………………..……...………...
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE
2. 1. Introduction ………………………………………………………...………
2.2. ……………………………………………………..………………..……..
2.2.1. ………..……………………………………………….………...…….….
.. Chapter summary (including a brief description of the identified gap(s) in the literature)
CHAPTER III: METHOD
3.1. Introduction (including an indirect restatement of the research questions and
hypotheses formulated in chapter one and provide a description of the
context of the study) ….………………………………
3.2. Design of the study ......
3.3. Participants ……………………………………..…………………………
3.4. Instruments/ Materials …………………………….……………………...
3.5. Procedure ……….………………….………………………………….….
3.6. Data Analysis ……. ……………..………………………………………..
CHAPTER IV: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION…………………………..
4.1. Introduction ……………………………………………….……….……..
The other sections in this chapter are to state the findings for each hypothesis under appropriate sub-headings and then proceed with a discussion of those findings in light of similar studies in the literature and researcher’s in-depth interpretation of the results.
4…. Chapter summary ………………………………………..…..…
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
5.1. Introduction (including an outline of the content of this chapter and a summary of the
main findings) ………………………………………….………………..
5.2. Implications of the study (theoretical and pedagogical implications) ..…………..
5.3. Limitations ……………………………………..………………..………..………
5.4. Suggestions for further research ……………..……..……………………..……...
5.5. Conclusion …………………………………………………………..……………
REFERENCES ………………………………………………………..………..….
APPENDIX ……………………………………..……………………...……………
Abstract in Farsi ..……………………………………….…………………..….....
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