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Download full textAlqahtani, Fatmah – Online Submission, 2019
The subject slot is a main part of any English sentence (Martha & Robert, 2012). The recognition of the subject slot is therefore a crucial step in understanding and comprehending a sentence. This paper studies the effect of the internal structure of the subject slot on its recognition by students learning English as a foreign language (EFL).…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Sentence Structure
Peer reviewedAhmad, Zulfiqar – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
Being a configuration of logically interconnected statements realized in moves and stages, an argumentative essay is built around the notion of textual unity achieved through lexico-grammar and semantic associations. The study attempted to analyze the role of cohesion in the rhetorical structure of undergraduate EFL students. Hence, the 13 moves…
Descriptors: Semantics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2019
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) freshman students at the College of Languages and Translation received direct instruction in adjective-forming suffixes, then they took an immediate and a delayed test. Error analysis showed that 36% of the responses were left blank or the subjects duplicated the stimulus word. In 32% they mismatched the word…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Alzamil, Abdulrahman – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
English articles are thought to be complex, ambiguous and not salient in spoken language, which is why second language (L2) learners of English exhibit usage variability. Much of the L2 acquisition literature seems to agree that L2 learners are affected, one way or another, by their first language (L1). However, the debatable and controversial…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Semitic Languages, Nouns, Phrase Structure
Direct linkAlshayban, Abdullah – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Students of English as a second language (ESL) are often perplexed by English phrasal verbs (PVs) and must seek aid to understand the meanings of such phrases. Understanding an independent verb is simple, but the meaning of a verb can change depending on the context in which it is used as well as its object(s). In other words, since PVs using the…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Verbs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Alharthi, Thamer – English Language Teaching, 2014
This two-year longitudinal study tracks the extent of vocabulary attrition among Arabic-speaking English graduate teachers. Data were collected through pre-post tests of receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge. The results showed drastic attrition in vocabulary knowledge soon after the end of formal instruction followed by slight gain,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Skill Attrition, English Teachers, Graduate Study
