The need for multicultural counselling is on the rise while developing multicultural tools in counselling are lagging behind. This is especially apparent in the use of music for counselling purposes. There is a dearth of knowledge regarding the music repertoires of different cul…
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A language of instruction is an essential component of formal education. Nigeria is a multiethnic and multilingual nation with an estimated 400 native languages spoken within its borders. Through British colonization, English was added to the mix. As outlined in the revised edit…
Reading is an important academic skill that college students need to master if they want to succeed in their academic programs. Traditionally, reading is the process whereby readers look at a written text and try to understand its content. Currently, researchers define reading a…
With increasing opportunities to study abroad, learning to read in a foreign language has become increasingly important for countless second language learners. International students in pursuit of higher education degrees are required and expected to read in the target language …
The new developments in syntactic theory under Minimalism reconsiders the relation between the language faculty and general cognitive systems whereby language acquisition is accomplished by the interaction of Chomsky (2005)'s three factors: (F1) a minimally specified UG (Genetic…
This study questions whether people develop different knowledge of their native language when they begin learning a second language. Under the framework of multi-competence, the study examines the backward influence of English L2 on Arabic L1 with respect to three linguistic are…
The purpose of this study was to examine the production of emphasis by American L2 learners of Arabic. Nineteen participants, 5 native speakers and 14 L2 learners participated in a production experiment in which they produced monosyllabic CVC pairs that were contrasted in terms …
The purpose of this study was to investigate the patterns of English language learning strategies used by Emirati EFL university students, and to examine the effects of gender and proficiency level on the use of these strategies. This study was conducted at the United Arab Emira…
This dissertation includes a pilot study on the challenges facing students and teachers in middle school and a follow-up study on the influences of situated learning on pre-service teachers' cultural and linguistic awareness. The first study was conducted in spring 2012 and it f…
How can teachers create and sustain vigorous educational, social, and aesthetic experiences in the care of bilingual children of the Iranian diaspora, children who might experience different and sometimes contrasting cultural contexts from an early age? In what ways can a music …
To date, there has been a dearth of research on areas that focus on Arabic heritage language (AHL) learning, AHL learners, and parents of AHL learners, as well as community based schooling. This dissertation contributes to fill the gap in these areas. The conceptual framework fo…
This study examines the usefulness of an adjunct course (Precourse) that was taught by a language teacher who accompanied her students to an undergraduate history course at the university level. Qualitative methods and quantitative measurements were employed to: (a) to assess th…
Three English for Yemen, Teacher Editions, used in the preparatory schools in Yemen Arab Republic, were analyzed. The purpose of the investigation was to determine the features of communicative competence that exist in the types of activities and behaviors suggested in the three…
This study examined whether faculty members in selected universities are worldminded, and whether any set of experiences or demographic characteristics distinguish those who are worldminded from those who are not. The study determined whether selected demographic data or life ex…
This autobiographical study is about the effect of the Lebanese civil war on some Lebanese artists and art education. Combining "traditional" historical analysis of war in art with personal accounts of contemporary Lebanese artists and art teachers, this study probes the kinds o…
This research tested the impact of levels of integrated high school experience among Israeli children of Eastern, Western, and Mixed descent on their attitudes, stereotype and self-esteem. The questions for investigation were: Given various backgrounds and experiences in school,…
This study examined the bicultural adjustment of Ramallah-American youth who are living in Jacksonville, Florida. The primary aim was to assess the extent to which biculturalism and an ethnic identity was problematic for the youth as they participated in the ethnic atmosphere of…
This study investigated the attitude of Advisory Committee members and non-members toward Bilingual Education. Forty Arab/Chaldeans and Hispanic-American subjects from two different Bilingual Programs participated in the study. A 57 item questionnaire was administered to the sub…
The purpose of this study was to develop an index of acculturation which could then be used to examine communication patterns in the acculturation process for Nigerian foreign students. Communication and acculturation are viewed as interdependent processes that cannot be divorce…