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Laila Mobarak Alhazmi – SAGE Open, 2024
This study is the first to explore language attitudes of the endangered Faifi language in SA. Understanding these attitudes is crucial for future language revitalization efforts. Employing a conceptual framework from LA research, data were collected via an online Arabic questionnaire with a sample of 258 participants. This paper aims to explore…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Language Skill Attrition, Arabic, Language Usage
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Majid Elahi Shirvan; Abdullah Alamer – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Given the recent attention to language-domain-specific grit in the field of SLA and the scarcity of research on the antecedents of L2 grit, we proposed a model that links L2 learners' basic psychological needs (BPN) (i.e. autonomy, competence, and relatedness), L2 grit (i.e. perseverance of effort (PE) and consistency of interest (CI)), and L2…
Descriptors: Correlation, Psychological Needs, Academic Persistence, Personality Traits
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Almuhaimeed, Sultan Abdullah – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
Education is the process of acquiring knowledge, skills, values, peers, beliefs, practices and personal development. Mentoring methods include teaching, coaching, storytelling, discussion, and guided research. Education is often led by teachers; however, students can also engage in self-education. As education is a continuous process, it requires…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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Alshehri, Amira Abdullah – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
This study investigates two models of L2 vocabulary acquisition at an advanced L2 level: L1 lemma mediation and the revised hierarchical models. Proponents of the L1 lemma mediation model postulate that advanced L2 learners map L2 words to L1 meanings or concepts, whereas proponents of the revised hierarchical model argue that the increasing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development
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Abdullateef, Shifan Thaha; Muhammedzein, Fatima – Arab World English Journal, 2021
Although some assessment modes have proved successful, many learning problems encountered by low achieving learners need to be fixed by a more procedurally adequate remedial classroom assessment. Many EFL instructors adopt conventional and static modes of assessment rather than flexible and humanistic assessment modes. Hence, the study aims at…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Student Evaluation
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Thomas, Anuja M.; McCarthy, Philip M.; Ahmed, Khawlah; Kaddoura, Noor W.; Duran, Nicholas D. – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2022
Paragraph structure has been identified as consisting of three distinct parts, which are the topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a paragraph ending sentence. Although topic sentences have been widely researched, similar consideration for paragraph endings has been less forthcoming. This discrepancy may be problematic as research suggests…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Paragraph Composition, Text Structure, Models
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Alharbi, Noof Saleh – Arab World English Journal, 2021
This current research forms part of a broader investigation into the problems Saudi postgraduate students face in English academic writing. The study used the interpretive paradigm to investigate and interpret the perceptions of Saudi postgraduate students and their supervisors in relation to the difficulties they encountered regarding academic…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Writing Skills, Graduate Students, English (Second Language)
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2021
The article proposes a model for integrating TED Talks (TTs) in EFL college listening practice. It shows instructors where TTs can be located, gives reasons for using TTs, criteria for selecting TTs, the listening skills that can be developed, and an instructional strategy. TTs provide a variety of real-life themes, speakers, motivation, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Kalfut, Thamer – English Language Teaching, 2021
A sense of audience is important in the development of student writing (Many & Henderson, 2005). Research shows students need to consider an audience's attitudes, beliefs, and expectations to be effective writers (Midgette, Haria, & MacArthur, 2007). Therefore, students need learning opportunities in L2 classrooms to develop this ability.…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Textbooks, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation
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Alghonaim, Ali Saleh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
Reading comprehension is not an area of much attention in the EFL scene in Saudi Arabia. The reason is simple: In the current teacher perception of foreign language acquisition in the country, vocabulary and grammar are the only two components paid any attention. With the teacher at the center of the learning process, learner centric tasks such as…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Males
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Alenizi, Aied; AbuSa'aleek, Atef Odeh – Arab World English Journal, 2022
This study aimed to investigate how the tasks of significance and identities are built in President Trump's speech in Saudi Arabia to find how President Trump employs language to perform these two building tasks. President Trump's speech in Saudi Arabia was analyzed qualitatively according to Gee's (2011) building tasks model. It has been found…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Political Attitudes, Speeches, Presidents
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Alfauzan, Abdullah A. H.; Tarchouna, Nessima – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2017
The importance of learning outcomes (LOs) as a central component of LOs-based curriculum design has been emphasized by many higher education experts and researchers (Biggs, 1999; Adam, 2006; Kennedy et al., 2006; Biggs and Tang, 2007; Warnier et al., 2010). However, the important role played by program and course curriculum design in securing a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Articulation (Education), Correlation, Outcomes of Education
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Alshwiah, Abeer – African Educational Research Journal, 2016
This article is a reflection on a pilot study representing an important phase of the author's PhD research. The study was carried out to test the suitability of research tools for a project aimed at developing the communicative competence of foreign language learners (FFLs). The main project was designed using an elearning design model known as…
Descriptors: Reflection, Educational Research, Pilot Projects, Second Language Learning
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Hameed, Ansa; Jabeen, Ismat; Khan, Aalia Mehar – Arab World English Journal, 2020
The need for transformation has led kingdom to envision and encode the Saudi Vision 2030 document; it is not merely an idealistic divination but a manuscript with an appropriate plan to accomplish its anticipated economic and social goals. In fact, planning is a critical factor in the document, which shapes it as a discourse of realization and…
Descriptors: Semantics, Discourse Analysis, Strategic Planning, Economic Development
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Al-Furaydi, Ahmed Ajab – English Language Teaching, 2013
This study will determine their readiness level for the e-learning in several aspects such as attitude toward e-learning, and computer literacy also this study attempt to investigate the main the barriers that EFL teachers have to overcome while incorporating e-learning into their teaching. The theory upon which the study was technology acceptance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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