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Abdulaziz Alarifi; Benjamin V. Tucker – Second Language Research, 2024
This study investigated the role of orthographic information in the acquisition of non-native speech sounds by monolingual English listeners. Two potentially important orthographic variables were explored: Orthographic compatibility (whether the orthographic information supports or contradicts the distributional information) and orthographic…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Auditory Discrimination, Cues
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Mohammed Ali Mohsen – Language Teaching Research, 2024
Writing in a language different from one's mother tongue is a daunting task. The same challenge may apply to languages that have diglossic features whose spoken form differs from the written form. This article investigates Arab students' writing behaviors (fluency, pauses, and revision) in response to an argumentative composition in their L1…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Native Language, Arabic, Language Fluency
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Alshenqeeti, Hamza; Alrahaili, Musaad – Arab World English Journal, 2020
Recent developments in English language teaching and learning have heightened the need for the use of tasks to foster second language (L2) learning. Central to task-based interaction is the repetition of the same task. Task repetition (TR) stimulates cognitive skills for speech learning and functionality. It has been emphasised in research and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Skills
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Mohammed, Abuelgasim Sabah Elsaid; Sanosi, Abdulaziz Bashir – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Purpose: This paper investigates the accuracy order of grammatical morphemes followed by Saudi EFL learners. The major aim of the research was to reveal the pattern of grammatical morpheme acquisition of the participants, and to compare it against the Natural Order Hypothesis (NOH) as stated by Krashen (1977). The different factors that affected…
Descriptors: Accuracy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Albaqami, Rashidah – Arab World English Journal, 2020
This paper reports on an experimental study addressing second language acquisition of English quantifiers by Arabic speakers. Due to several differences found between Arabic and English regarding types, meanings and functions of quantifiers, Arabic learners encounter challenges in mastering them properly. Unlike English, Arabic does not make lots…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Native Language, Form Classes (Languages), Second Language Learning
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Kabli, Hanan Mohammed – English Language Teaching, 2020
The present study investigates the effect of the first language (L1) on learners by using the negative and the positive evidence in the classrooms while teaching English directional prepositions such as 'to' and 'into'. It is assumed that Arabic has two versions of 'to'. It has the directional interpretation without boundary-crossing which is…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Alsaigh, Tahani N. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study examines second language activation in Arabic-English bilinguals for whom Arabic was the first language. Modeling its design on Colome (2001), the research compared processing in a picture-phoneme matching task for Arabic-English bilinguals tested in the United States or in Saudi Arabia to determine whether activation of English…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Semitic Languages, Bilingualism, Native Language
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Alraddadi, Budoor Muslim – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study aimed to explore the effects of explicit teaching on the acquisition of spoken discourse markers (DMs) on EFL learners' presentation production. It also aimed to measure the impact of two different treatments on the acquisition of a set of DMs. This study is an experimental study and focuses on the overall production of spoken…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Alsulayyi, Marzouq Nasser – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This study examines the apology strategies used by 30 Saudi EFL teachers in Najran, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), paying special attention to variables such as social distance and power and offence severity. The study also delineates gender differences in the respondents' speech as opposed to studies that only examined speech act output by…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning