IOSR-JHSS   Volume-4 ~ Issue-4 ~ Nov-Dec-2012

Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	A Review of the most popular Language learning strategies' evaluation instruments
Country	:	Malaysia
Authors	:	Shohreh Raftari, Saber Alawi
	:	10.9790/0837-0440105
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Abstract:There are some different ways to evaluate language learning strategy [LLS] use. The present article is a review of three most widely used data collection instruments in the field of language learning strategies i.e. self-report inventories, interviews and think aloud protocol.
Keywords: language learning strategy, evaluation instrument, inventory, interview, think aloud protocol

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Abstract:In the recent years a steady increase in incidence of divorce has been noticed in Metropolitan cities in general and in Bangalore city in particular of India. Every year, almost 2000 to 3000 divorce petitions are filed and almost similar numbers are disposed off in the family courts. It is observed that there has been a consistent rise in the incidence of divorce, about 17.25 percent from 1991 to 2000, which further increased to 31.9. Percent in 2001, onwards, indicating a rise of 14 percent during the decade. It appears that marital dissolutions in metropolitan cities and Bangalore cities increasingly influenced by incompatibility among young couples and several other factors, led to dissolutions, thereby threatening marital bonds. The expectation of young couples from marriage is growing for their emotional and social problems are very difficult to be met. This paper is concerned with both explanatory as well as analytical goals, it is particularly concerned with investigating the family structural dimensions of marital disruption and it tries to explore the factors that have lead to divorce and ideates types of person who opt for divorce, in Bangalore city.
Key Words: conjugal, commonness, intimates, magnitude, trouble, wastefulness.

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