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Masrai, Ahmed; Salam El-Dakhs, Dina Abdel; Al Khawar, Hisham – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2022
The current study aimed to examine the contribution of general and specialist vocabulary knowledge to undergraduate students' academic achievement in university courses which are delivered in English as a medium of instruction (EMI) in non-English speaking countries. To this end, the scores of 106 Arab undergraduates on a general vocabulary test…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Vocabulary Development, Language of Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Al Ghamdi, Amani K. Hamdan; Deraney, Philline M. – International Education Studies, 2013
Teaching critical thinking, an educational goal widely discussed in the last 30 years (Halpern, 1993), is an essential element of professional and higher education as it promotes reasoned judgments under "conditions of uncertainty," a hallmark of professionalism (Levine, 2010; Shulman, 2005; Perry, 1970). In this study, the researchers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Females, College Students