NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Alqraini, Faisl M. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2022
Improving reading skills is considered one of education's highest priorities. The present study investigated teachers' knowledge of reading skills instruction in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). A mixed-methods design was used to obtain data that would improve understanding of teachers' knowledge about teaching reading skills to d/Deaf and hard…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, Deafness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Alhumsi, Mohammad Husam A. – MEXTESOL Journal, 2021
Beginning in early 2020, the world began experiencing the first effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As with other new emerging infectious diseases, it had been noted that a medical student's ability to read about and learn the correct reactions to this kind of event is urgent (Al-Mohrej & Agha, 2017). Therefore, medical school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Medical Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Bensalem, Elias – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2020
Foreign language (FL) reading is a persistent problem among many learners. This preliminary study investigates FL reading anxiety among students learning English as a foreign language (EFL) at the tertiary level, employing Saito et al.'s (1999) Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale (FLRAS) and a background information questionnaire. A total of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Anxiety
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Al-Muwallad, Ziad Abdulrahman – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2020
This study attempted to investigate the vital role of the internet in enhancing the learning of reading. In addition, the study aimed to measure the students' attitudes towards the internet and to identify to what extent the internet was employed in their reading classes. Moreover, the study aimed to explore the challenges that they encountered…
Descriptors: Males, College Preparation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
AlTameemy, Farooq; Daradkeh, Amer; Alhamod, Abdulhameed – Journal of Education and Learning, 2018
This study reports the outcomes of research investigating the relationship between two variables; percentage of word knowledge in an academic English text and reading comprehension scores the participants got for the same text. The study was conducted at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Preparatory Year Deanship, during the first semester…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Correlation, Reader Text Relationship
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Alenizi, Mogbel Aid K. – Arab World English Journal, 2019
This study assesses pre-university teachers' perception about reading comprehension in English as a foreign language (EFL) in Saudi context. It also identifies the difficulties faced by the students in their reading comprehension classes to have a holistic view of learning process. The main aim of the study is to explore the issues related to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)