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Abdullah Alamer; Ahmed Al Khateeb; Abdulrahman Alshabeb – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2025
This study introduces the first Arabic Vocabulary Levels Test (Arabic-VLT), created for foreign learners of Arabic. We present compelling evidence to substantiate its validity and reliability. The Arabic-VLT was developed according to five levels, beginning with the most frequently used words (Level 1) to the least frequently used ones (Level 5),…
Descriptors: Arabic, Vocabulary Development, Test Construction, Second Language Learning
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Abdullah Alshakhi – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: Writing is an essential skill for EFL learners, and the development of flawless writing proficiency in English is the intended learner outcome of every writing course in an EFL program. Development of flawless writing skills involves perfection in orthography (spelling, punctuation, capitalization), grammaticality and syntax,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2023
This study explores the similarities and differences between English and Arabic numeral-based formulaic expressions, and difficulties that student-translators have with them. A corpus of English and Arabic numeral-based formulaic expressions containing zero, two, three, twenty, sixty, hundred, thousand…etc., and another corpus of specialized…
Descriptors: Translation, Arabic, Contrastive Linguistics, Phrase Structure
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Alamer, Abdullah – Educational Psychology, 2021
The present study aimed to empirically examine the validity of grit among language learners and its relation to vocabulary knowledge. Grit is defined as a trait that is characterised by a tendency to be passionate about and persevere towards the achievement of long-term goals. A newly developed questionnaire, L2-Grit Scale, which assesses…
Descriptors: Persistence, Self Motivation, Personality Traits, Undergraduate Students
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Dakhiel, Maysoon A.; Ahmed, Somaya A. – Journal of Educational Issues, 2019
The current study aimed to identify the effectiveness of a training program in the development of study skills and improvement of English language achievement among the 10th grade students. To achieve the study objectives, a training program was designed and applied to (35) first-grade high school students. The respondents were pre- and…
Descriptors: Training, Study Skills, High School Students, English (Second Language)
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Alsamadani, Hashem Ahmed – English Language Teaching, 2011
This quasi-experimental study tested the effect of the 3-2-1 strategy on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' reading comprehension. A sample of Saudi EFL college-level students were randomly selected and divided into two groups: an experimental group (42 students) and a control group (43 students). Students of both groups took a reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning