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Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2019
36 Saudi EFL freshmen students, at the College of Languages and Translation, took a listening-spelling test in which they filled out 100 blanks in a dialogue. Results indicated that 63% of the spelling errors were phonemic and 37% were graphemic. It was also found that the subjects had more problems with whole words than problems with graphemes…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
Reima Al-Jarf – Online Submission, 2010
Saudi college students majoring in translation take 6 interpreting courses. In those courses, they practice listening to and interpreting authentic lectures in a variety of subject areas. Results of an interpreting pretest showed that college students majoring in an interpreting course have problems with media reports. They have difficulty…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Knowledge Level, Auditory Perception, Listening Comprehension
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2008
36 Saudi EFL freshmen students took a listening-spelling test in which they filled out 100 blanks in a dialogue. Results indicated that 63% of the spelling errors were phonological and 37% were orthographic. It was also found that the subjects had more phonological problems with whole words but more orthographic problems with graphemes. Some of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)