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Hani Hamad M. Albelihi; Arif Al-Ahdal – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
The current study explores error fossilization in the academic writing of Saudi English as a Foreign Language (EFL) undergraduate learners. A manual textual analysis approach, employing corpus content analysis on writing across diverse genres including argumentative, expository, narrative, and descriptive essays was conducted to discover the…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Error Patterns
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Arifi Waked; Muhammad W. Ashraf; Hanadi AbdelSalam; Khadija El Alaoui; Maura Pilotti – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
Questions exist as to whether AI tools, such as ChatGPT, can aid learning. This study examined whether in-class exercises involving error detection in text generated by ChatGPT can aid students' foreign language writing. Participants were Arabic-English speakers who were classified as ranging from modest to competent English users according to…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Altamimi, Dheif Allah Hussain Falah; Ab Rashid, Radzuwan; Elhassan, Yasir Mohamed Mohamed – English Language Teaching, 2018
The purpose of this review paper is to identify the core spelling errors in Arabic and Non Arabic Contexts. The most common difficulty that Arab learners may face during their English writing is correct spelling, for many different reasons such as the interference between English and Arabic language and the irregularity of the English language…
Descriptors: College Students, Spelling, Error Patterns, Error Correction
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Al-Hazzani, Nahla; Altalhab, Sultan – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2018
Saudi students encounter many problems in writing skill as several studies revealed (e.g.Alhazmi, 2006; Alsamdani, 2010). Providing effective and useful feedback may help to overcome these challenges. Therefore, this study examines the effect of teachers' written corrective feedback on female Saudi EFL students' written essays and to what extent…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Writing Evaluation, Pretests Posttests