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Ali Al Ghaithi; Behnam Behforouz – Journal of Educators Online, 2024
The current study attempted to measure the impact of using an interactive WhatsApp bot designed using Python language programming in grammar learning. To this end, sixty Omani pre-intermediate English proficiency learners were the sample population of this study to act as a control and experimental group, with an equal number of students in each…
Descriptors: Grammar, Programming Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Malik, Sohail Iqbal; Tawafak, Ragad M.; Shakir, Mohanaad – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2021
A teaching approach plays an important role in teaching and learning process of an introductory programming (IP) course. The teaching approach should focus on different programming skills required by novice programmers. In this study, we introduced the teaching and learning approach based on an ADRI (Approach, Deployment, Result, Improvement)…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Ali Al Ghaithi; Behnam Behforouz; Hassan Isyaku – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2024
This study tried to design a WhatsApp bot to be implemented in English language vocabulary learning context in Oman. 150 Omani English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students from three different proficiency levels were selected based on random sampling. To measure the effectiveness of the treatment, pretests, posttests, and delayed posttests were…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Computer Assisted Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Ali, Holi Ibrahim Holi; Al-Saadi, Zulaikha; Scatolini, Sergio Saleem – SAGE Open, 2022
This study seeks to contribute to the incipient pool of research on graduate attributes (GAs) by reporting on a study of the GAs of Omani English language teacher (ELT) education programs and the role being played in this area by the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education (OAAAQA), formerly known as Oman…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Binu, P. M. – English Language Teaching, 2021
The past few decades have seen a great amount of second language acquisition research on language learning strategies. Most of the research on strategy instruction had more practical goals than mere theoretical understanding. These practical goals are different ways of equipping learners with self-learning strategies. The latest developments in…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Samaranayake, Sarath Withanarachchi; Kositchaivat, Suneeta; Jantarach, Vachira – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2022
Acquisition of an additional language is assumed to involve several internal and external factors for the learner. Among external factors, instructional procedures and materials are vital in helping learners master L2 skills. This study investigates how the instructor's instructional variables and in-house materials influence tertiary-level Omani…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Intervention, Second Language Learning
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Al-Yahmedi, Zainab; Al-Busaidi, Saleh; Al-Seyabi, Fawzia – English Language Teaching, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Word Study approach on the development of spelling performance of Grade Five female students in the Sultanate of Oman. The sample of the study consisted of 66 grade five female students from a Governmental Basic Education school in South Al Batinah Governorate. They were divided into two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Al Kharusi, Fatma Mohamed; Al-Mekhlafi, Abdo Mohammed – International Journal of Higher Education, 2019
This study investigates EFL Post-Basic education teachers' and EFL supervisors' perceptions toward the importance of providing WCF and the practice of WCF including the techniques, focus, and follow-up methods. It attempts to examine the differences between teachers' and supervisors' perceptions on teachers' WCF practices. The data was collected…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Malik, Sohail Iqbal; Coldwell-Neilson, Jo – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2017
Aim/Purpose: This study introduced a new teaching and learning approach based on an ADRI (Approach, Deployment, Result, Improvement) model in an introductory programming (IP) course. The effectiveness of the new teaching and learning process was determined by collecting feedback from the IP instructors and by analyzing the final exam grades of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Introductory Courses, Teaching Methods, Programming
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Abdelkarim, Ra'ed; Abuiyada, Reem – International Education Studies, 2016
This study explored the effects of peer teaching on mathematics academic achievement of the undergraduate students in Oman. The sample of this study composed of (32) undergraduate female students enrolled in the course, "Mathematics for Social Sciences I" in Mathematics and Sciences Unit in Dhofar University in spring semester 2014-2015.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Females, Mathematics Instruction
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Sulaiman, Moosa Ahmed Ali; Swanto, Suyansah; Din, Wardatul Akmam – Arab World English Journal, 2018
With this premise as a backdrop that effective use of Socratic questioning in instructional practices is of vital importance in English as a forging language (EFL) classrooms, this study was undertaken to investigate application of Omani knowledge of Socratic questioning (SQ) on students' critical thinking (CT) in post basic schools. This study…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Critical Thinking, Foreign Countries, Questioning Techniques
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Abdelraheem, Ahmed Yousif – Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
Blended Learning (BL) strategies play an important role in collaboration, communication skills, motivation, attitudes, interaction with the subject and practical skills. However, their relationship with students' learning and self efficacy were not studied enough and this was the focus of this study. Therefore, the aim of the study was to…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Self Efficacy, Teacher Education Curriculum, Learning Strategies
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Blomeke, Sigrid – Comparative Education Review, 2012
A teacher education program offers opportunities to learn (OTL) consistent with its vision of what teachers need to know and be able to do. The "Teacher Education and Development Study: Learning to Teach Mathematics" of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement provides, for the first time, the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Comparative Analysis