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Alam, Md. Jahangir; Aktar, Tahmina – English Language Teaching, 2019
Present study aimed to explore the impact of formative portfolio assessment on Saudi EFL learners' overall writing performance. The study reviewed literature of prevailing assessment challenges including the formative role of portfolio assessments to develop an understanding of the nature of assessments and various issues related to assessment…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Saafin, Saleh – English Language Teaching, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate university students' perspectives of effective teaching that helped them learn English better. Adopting an interpretative approach to the research, the data was collected in three phases. In Phase One an interview was used and 17 university students studying English in Intensive English programs were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Environment
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Shousha, Amal Ibrahim; Farrag, Nahed Moussa; Althaqafi, Abeer Sultan – English Language Teaching, 2020
This research explored the most common writing errors of Science and Arts students of the Foundation year program at a Saudi University that hinder them from achieving their course goals, learning outcomes and becoming efficient writers. The importance of this research stems from the fact that, it is a comparative study that shows the differences…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Writing (Composition), Undergraduate Students, Feedback (Response)
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Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Engku; Sarudin, Isarji; Muhamad, Ainon Jariah – English Language Teaching, 2016
There are many factors that contribute to one's ability to read effectively. Vocabulary size is one important factor that enhances reading comprehension. The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between students' reading comprehension skills and their vocabulary size. A total of 129 pre-university students undergoing an intensive…
Descriptors: Correlation, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Scores
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Hsieh, Hui-Chen – English Language Teaching, 2016
Developing the ability to speak English is a daunting task that has long been omitted in a test-driven pedagogy context (Chang, 2011; Li, 2012a, 2012b; Chen & Tsai, 2012; Katchen, 1989, 1995). Since speaking is not tested for school admissions, most students are not motivated to learn it (Chang, 2011; Chen & Tsai, 2012). Now, globalization…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
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Khan, Muhammad Saleem – English Language Teaching, 2016
This paper strives to explore the impact of Native Language use on Foreign Language vocabulary learning on the basis of empirical and available data. The study is carried out with special reference to the English Language Programme students in Buraydah Community College, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. The Native Language of these students is…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Usage, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Mukundan, Jayakaran; Mahvelati, Elaheh Hamed; Nimehchisalem, Vahid – English Language Teaching, 2012
Intensive English programs are courses in which students participate in a higher number of classes in a shorter period. The available literature on intensive English courses indicates inconsistent results necessitating further research in this area. This study investigated the effect of an intensive English program on a group of Malaysian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)