English has become a common medium that has impacted Saudi Arabia’s educational system. While Saudi Arabia, on the global stage, is known for its conservative practices especially in relation to women, there has been a significant rise in Saudi women graduating from universities…
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This study investigated the effect of exposure to authentic and computer assisted language learning-based English materials on learners' metaphorical competence and conceptual fluency in Iranian foreign/second language (L2) classrooms. Previous studies of classroom-based L2 lear…
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of three keyword caption modes on the listening comprehension of Arab learners of English as a foreign language (N = 90) while viewing authentic video clips. The keyword caption modes contained approximately 10%, 30% or 50%…
This paper explores the relationship between language, culture, and emotion in the Indonesian English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom. It does this by focusing on the Indonesian concept of malu , an emotional response often translated as "shame." Malu is a complex emotiona…
This exploratory qualitative case study examines the introduction of the self-assessment portfolio as a method of assessment in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes at Manarat Al-Sharqiah Intermediate School in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The purpose of the stud…
This study investigated the effectiveness of four vocabulary learning tasks on 104 Saudi EFL learners' retention of ten previously unencountered lexical items. These four tasks were: (1) writing original sentences (WS), (2) writing an original text (i.e. composition) (WT), (3) f…
This study sought to investigate the academic needs of EFL learners at Sultan Qaboos University in the Sultanate of Oman. Different methods were used to elicit information about the needs, namely interviews, e-mail dialogues, and a questionnaire. The participants included colleg…
A mix of qualitative and quantitative research methods are used to describe the current state of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) departments of four government-funded universities in Saudi Arabia. Responses to a questionnaire…
Research indicates that extensive reading has been an effective approach for learning a language and therefore, more investigation in different contexts is needed. One major requirement for the success of the extensive reading approach is the availability of large amounts of mat…
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe views and attitudes of selected Saudi EPL teachers toward introducing the target culture (TC) in their EFL classrooms to develop their students' sociolinguistic competence. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were condu…
This study examined the language learning strategies of Saudi EFL students in an intensive English language program. The study sought to give an account of the type and frequency of strategy use among these students in this relatively input-poor environment. It was also conducte…
Scope and method of study. The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between EFL learners' perceived reading strategies, vocabulary size, and reading comprehension. In addition to providing descriptive information about each variable in this relationship, th…
This study provides a unique insight into the perspectives of English as a foreign language (EFL) students using computer technology to learn English within their native culture. This study presents qualitative, naturalistic understandings as to the issues students introspective…
There has been increasing interest in research on creating word lists in the past decade with more than 60 separate lists being published along with Nation’s (2016) timely Making and Using Word Lists for Language Learning and Testing. However, this focus on word lists has primar…
This thesis explores how learner independence was implemented as a curricular goal at a tertiary level Preparatory Programme (PP) in the United Arab Emirates. This exploratory-interpretive case study shows how students and teachers at the English programme responded to an Indepe…
This research investigated the main sources of occupational stress that tertiary English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers experience in the United Arab Emirates. A secondary focus was to identify the coping strategies used by EFL teachers who exhibit low levels of stress, an…
To boost the social and economic outlook of the country, Turkey has recently initiated educational reform at all levels and especially higher education, including organizational restructuring and expansion for increased accessibility. The swift increase in the number and size of…
This investigation was designed to determine the perceptions of ESL/EFL faculty members and ESL/EFL practitioners teaching in Girls' Public Schools in the city of Ha'il, Saudi Arabia, towards key components of the ESL/EFL teacher preparation program, major goals and curriculum o…
Reading is a process that requires effort on the readers' parts if they want to understand what they are reading. A considerable amount of research has been devoted to understanding the processes that contribute to reading comprehension. As part of that research, this study was …