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Download full textBasemah Al-Senafi; Sarah AlSabbagh; Badria Alhaji; Maha Alghasab – World Journal of Education, 2024
This study explores the role of social media platforms in facilitating both academic and social interactions among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students at the College of Basic Education in Kuwait. The main aim of this study is to investigate EFL students' perceptions of this use of social media and thus to determine how it can be used to…
Descriptors: Social Media, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Technology Uses in Education
Direct linkAl-Hawamleh, Maher S.; Alazemi, Asmaa F.; Al-Jamal, Dina A. H. – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2022
Self-regulated learning has been recognized as helpful in language learning. This study showed how self-regulated learning contributes to stimulating students' speaking skills. In an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) setting, speaking is generally perceived as a challenging task requiring actions, skills, or strategies to achieve successful…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Self Management, Second Language Learning, Speech Skills
Akbar, Rahima Sayed Sulaiman; Taqi, Hanan Ali – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
In the domain of teaching bilingual students, the issue of using the first language in a second-language based class has been widely controversial. While some studies have questioned the method of moving between the two languages, Translanguaging, others found it highly beneficial. Here we aimed to investigate the effect of Translanguaging on the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Al-Houti, Shorouq K.; Aldaihani, Sultan M. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2018
Learning idioms is an uphill battle for many language learners. Thus, this quantitative study aims to shed light on English as Foreign Language (EFL) college students' attitudes towards idiom learning. Specifically, the study is interested in revealing their attitudes towards (1) the importance of idiom learning, (2) the difficulties of idiom…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Figurative Language
Sulaiman Alrabah; Shu-hua Wu – Online Submission, 2019
The study measured the awareness and use of metacognitive reading strategies among English as a foreign language (EFL) students at a medical college in Kuwait. The college offers a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and a two-year Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN). Data collection involved distributing the Metacognitive Awareness of…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Hajar, Anas – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2019
This article provides a qualitative inquiry into the influences of immediate family members (i.e. parents and siblings) on a group of Gulf Arab EFL students regarding their language learning experiences and strategy use in their Arab homelands. The participants came from financially comfortable families, with different levels of education. The…
Descriptors: Arabs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
