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Almusharraf, Norah; Bailey, Daniel R. – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
Mapping multivariate influence of learner characteristics on behavior highlights models in learning. To this end, we explored the relationships between strategies and learning characteristics and used regression analysis to understand how learner characteristics predict learning strategy choices. A cross-sectional research design with 175 students…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Self Efficacy, Learning Strategies, Case Studies
Zilal Meccawy; Najwan Sebai – Journal of Education and Learning, 2025
This qualitative study uses a semi-structured interview to investigate why Saudi learners stop learning a third language and whether these reasons are permanent or temporary. The participants were six female master's degree students who had experience learning a third language outside of formal education or informal settings. This study identifies…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Attribution Theory, Learning Processes, Social Media
Almusharraf, Norah – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2021
This qualitative case study explored how female English language learners in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) realize learner autonomy, especially in the context of the learner's meaning development via purposeful vocabulary acquisition. EFL students' perceptions and applications of autonomous learning strategies for English vocabulary…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Alzubi, Ali Abbas Falah; Singh, Manjet Kaur A/P Mehar; Hazaea, Abduljalil Nasr – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
This study investigated the impact of reading learning strategies (RLS) mediated by smartphone features and applications on the learners' psychological autonomy in English as a foreign language (EFL) reading context among undergraduates in Saudi Arabia. A total of 70 male students in two intact reading classes participated in this study. A…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Reading Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Alqarni, Ibrahim R. – Arab World English Journal, 2018
This study presents the results of the impact of a short training on vocabulary learning strategies (VLSs). The aim was to raise participants' awareness of a wide range of VLSs and consequently to encourage and motivate them to utilize these strategies in their vocabulary learning. The participants were 29 Saudi male students in their first…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Vocabulary Development, Learning Motivation
Almusharraf, Norah Mansour – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation examines how English language learners in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) realize learner autonomy, especially in the context of the learner's meaning development via purposeful vocabulary acquisition. This project is a qualitative case study that engages both teachers and English learners as subjects over a prolonged period of…
Descriptors: Females, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Alghamdi, Fatimah M. A. – English Language Teaching, 2016
There is consensus among those involved in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) in the Saudi educational context that students' achievement in language learning is below expectations. Much research has been directed towards finding the reasons for low achievement amongst learners. However, very few studies have looked at parameters of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Independent Study, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Al Asmari, AbdulRahman – English Language Teaching, 2013
Language learning process works through the learners' own reflection on how they learn and it makes learners active in the sense that they learn to analyze their learning strategies. So they start making decisions, e.g., whether to improve them or not, and in which way. Generally, this trait is missing in traditional language teaching process and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Personal Autonomy
Alkhatnai, Mubarak – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The primary purpose of this study was to examine Saudi EFL college students' perceptual learning styles in order to determine whether their perception of their learning styles is a predictor of academic persistence, satisfaction and success in different learning environments. Participants' perceptions about their learning styles in both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style, Classroom Environment, College Students

Field, Sherry L.; And Others – Social Studies, 1994
Reports on a study of 16 elementary students' personal narratives on their historical memories about the Gulf War. Maintains that much can be learned about students' historical understanding when they tell about an event in story form. Suggests further research into the reasons student narratives were thin and abbreviated. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, History Instruction