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Download full textAdjei, Amma Abrafi – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study is aimed at examining how students of selected Teacher Training Colleges handle one important aspect of sentence structure, i.e. "subordination". Data were collected from written scripts, and tests responded to by 150 participants from three selected colleges. These were analyzed by identifying both correct and incorrect uses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, English (Second Language), Sentence Structure
Mubaideen, Taghreed – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This paper aims at investigating the influence of neutral gender words on translating job titles from English language into Arabic Language. This qualitative research includes 20 postgraduate students doing their M.A in Applied Linguistics at the Department of English Language and Literature at Mu'tah University for the academic year 2015/2016.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Translation, Semitic Languages
Direct linkFuqua, Jason – Canadian Journal of Action Research, 2015
The number of native Arabic-speaking students coming to America to study English in university programs has grown over the past few years, and continues to be substantial. It has also been noticed by the English Language Institute (ELI) at Sam Houston State University (SHSU) that these students often struggle more with reading activities in class,…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Reading Skills, Semitic Languages, Arabs
Uysal, Hacer Hande – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2012
Studies indicate that cultural properties of texts affect reading at the content and textual levels. However, research has not adequately addressed the effects of the cross-cultural pragmatics of discourse on readers. Therefore, this study explored whether or not cultural factors play a role in reading comprehension by comparing Turkish and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Cultural Differences, Reading Comprehension, Cultural Influences
