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Alharbi, Wafa Owaydhah; Alturki, Khaled Ibrahim – English Language Teaching, 2018
The study aimed to identify the degree of social media contribution to reinforcing digital citizenship meaning from the viewpoint of female students at Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh. The study was an attempt to answer the following two questions in order to achieve the objectives of the study: To which extent does SnapChat…
Descriptors: Social Media, Females, Foreign Countries, College Students
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Minalla, Amir Abdalla – English Language Teaching, 2018
This study was mainly conducted to examine the possibility of utilizing "WhatsApp Group" in enhancing EFL learners' verbal interaction. To do this experimental and descriptive methods were used to achieve the objective of this study. A questionnaire and pre- and post-test were adopted as tools for data collection. Samples of two groups…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, English (Second Language)
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Dai, Guiyu; Liu, Yang; Cui, Shanmeng – English Language Teaching, 2018
This paper uses Edgar Dale's Audio-visual Learning Theory and Jean Piaget's Constructionist Learning Theory as the theoretical framework to conduct two control experimental tests and a questionnaire research to investigate students' impression and expectations toward WeChat public account based mobile learning mode as well as its validity,…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Control Groups, Learning Theories
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Sarhandi, Pir Suhail Ahmed; Bajnaid, Ayman; Elyas, Tariq – English Language Teaching, 2017
Teachers all over the world strive to keep their students engaged, and research has shown that task engagement can be elevated by utilising technology to complete classroom activities. Reasons suggested for this is that technology's alignment with students' interests, as well as the stimulatingly transformative effect that technology can have on…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, English (Second Language)
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Rahimi, Mehrak; Soleymani, Elham – English Language Teaching, 2015
This study aimed at investigating the impact of mobile learning on EFL learners' listening anxiety and listening comprehension. Fifty students of two intermediate English courses were selected and sampled as the experimental (n = 25) and control (n = 25) groups. Students' entry level of listening anxiety was assessed by foreign language listening…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
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Al-Kathiri, Fatimah – English Language Teaching, 2015
This paper investigates the prospects of integrating Edmodo into Saudi EFL female secondary school instruction. It concentrates on students' perceptions and challenges regarding Edmodo use and its effect on their attitudes towards EFL learning. The 42 participants were divided into two groups. The experimental group received traditional teaching…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Experimental Groups
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Al Qasim, Nada; Al Fadda, Hind – English Language Teaching, 2013
Despite recognition that language can best be learned in an authentic context, and a growing emphasis on the importance of using technology to improve listening skills, only limited research in this area exists in a Saudi context. To add to this research, this quantitative study examines the influence of podcasting on the listening comprehension…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills, Statistical Analysis
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Khrisat, Abdulhafeth A.; Mahmoud, Salameh Saleem – English Language Teaching, 2013
This study investigates the effect of ten teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) oriented features of mobile phones in the English language classroom on the achievement of foundation-year students in King Abdulaziz University (KAU) in General English. The study also explores students' attitudes towards this new method of teaching. The study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, English (Second Language)
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Begum, Roksana – English Language Teaching, 2011
The aim of this study was to investigate the potentiality of cell phone use in the EFL classroom of Bangladesh as an instructional tool. The researcher conducted a case study on Jahangirnagar University of Bangladesh. For the study, some SMS based class tests were conducted in the English Department of the university where one hundred…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods