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Mashaeel Bader Khezam Almahri; Hadeel Ghaleb Jazza Alenaze; Eman Abdel-Reheem Amin – Online Submission, 2025
This study examines the perspectives of Saudi heritage tour guides on their linguistic proficiency and their role in representing Saudi Islamic culture to international visitors. A questionnaire was used to explore how they perceive their responsibilities in conveying Saudi traditions, history, and Islamic values, as well as the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Tourism, Guides, Language Proficiency, Professional Development
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Tarek Assassi; Fouzia Rouaghe – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
As English is today's lingua franca, ESP is a flourishing domain of English language teaching and learning for learners seeking to enhance their professional or academic performance in a specific target situation. This review aims to classify research tendencies in the MENA region through topical themes explored in two major journals of ESP,…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Tawalbeh, Thaer Issa – International Journal of Higher Education, 2021
The research paper aims to investigate EFL mentees' perceptions of mentoring experience in one of the Higher Education institutes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Academic years 2019 and 2020. The mentoring experience includes four domains: the mentorship program, mentors' roles and responsibilities, benefits of mentoring, and barriers to…
Descriptors: Mentors, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Kewalramani, Sarika; Adams, Megan; Cooper, Rebecca – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2022
A novel way to support change and development in a country's education system is to send teachers abroad on a professional learning program, so that they become immersed in a different culture, language and education system. The focus of this study was to investigate the supports and tensions created during a professional learning and leadership…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Teachers, Professional Development
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Algraini, Farah Nasser – Arab World English Journal, 2021
This qualitative study investigated the effect of Saudi EFL post-observation conferences on female teachers' professional development through assessing teachers' reflection. It also examined to what extent these conferences are considered reflection-enhancing. Moreover, it contributed towards filling the gap in the literature regarding this area…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Teacher Supervision
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Tawalbeh, Tha'er Issa – English Language Teaching, 2015
The present paper aimed to explore the EFL instructors perceived effectiveness of current professional development programs run at Taif University English Language Center (TUELC) in Saudi Arabia, and to provide suggestions to improve the current situation of these programs. To achieve these purposes, the researcher tried to answer three questions.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness
Zayed, Jihan – Online Submission, 2016
Adopting a qualitative design, the present study aimed to highlight Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of dialogism in relation to the objectives of teacher education in KSA. To bring this theory to teacher education, the study considered the ways in which students, texts and the instructor interact--enter into dialogue--in order to generate meaning and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Theories, Teacher Student Relationship, Reader Text Relationship
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Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed.; Avoseh, Mejai, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2016
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Independent Study, Undergraduate Students