The aim of this study was to explore Saudi EFL students' beliefs regarding their writing difficulties and the factors related to these perceived difficulties. The participants were 37 male Saudi students majoring in English at King Khalid University. The study attempted to give …
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The purpose of this study was to describe and explain the Saudi national culture and its effects on organizational and administrative roles in the Saudi public schools. National culture has been shown to be a key factor in the direction of administrative practices. Hofstede's (1…
This study investigates certain crucial aspects of politeness used by Saudi male students using English as a Second Language (ESL) in their discourse through electronic mail (e-mail). There are two purposes in this study: (1) to examine the politeness strategies used by ESL stud…
The primary objective of this study is to investigate the opinions and perceptions of senior Saudi high school EFL students and teachers of the Buriydah region regarding reading difficulties and factors that influence reading English as a foreign language. To examine the reading…
A considerable theoretical importance is assigned to the use of authentic texts in testing reading comprehension. There is, however, a dearth of research that could provide the practical justification for such importance. Recently, some researchers began to question the speculat…
The study of socio-economic development is an interdisciplinary venture crossing various boundaries of academic fields and social research. That is because the complex process of development is encompassing and broad. In many developing countries, the transport sector is designe…
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…
The ultimate goal of this two-phased study was to develop a model program for preparing initial business teachers to teach at the Saudi secondary and postsecondary schools, and business employees for the Saudi businesses and industries. This study attempted to answer these two s…
The purpose of this study was to explore the feelings, thoughts, behaviors and/or experiences of Saudi participants with regard to the major tenets of Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory as it related to the Saudi context. The literature indicated that MI theory had raised the co…
Materials management plays a significant role in the success and profitability of industrial projects. Studies have indicated that materials constitute about 60% of total project cost, and control 80% of the project schedule. Hence, effective management of materials represents a…
This study was designed to investigate the relationships between science misconceptions and working memory capacity in Saudi adolescent students. The participants in this study were from eleventh and twelfth grades; both male and female students and natural and social science Sa…
Epistemological beliefs are the beliefs that people have about the nature of knowledge and knowing. Examined in this study were three aspects of the construct of students' epistemological beliefs in the Saudi Arabian culture. First, epistemological dimensions that male and femal…
In this series of studies, three issues were addressed. First, the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes (high fasting blood glucose with no prior diagnosis of diabetes) and how different they are from the diagnosed diabetes in risk factors. Second, the prevalence and risk factors …
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…
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…
Computer technologies are fundamental components of today's business world, and business education teachers should stand at the forefront of those who understand and employ it. Computer technologies are important tools for improving instructional design and effectiveness. The te…
This study examined the reported and actual reading strategies and the metacognitive awareness of a random sample of fourth-year Saudi college students as they read in English as a foreign language. It consisted of two parts: part one surveyed students' metacognitive awareness u…
It is fair to assume that the level of participation in a world economy or in a local economic market depends on the capacity of business organizations to use technology efficiently. It has been recognized that conducting business in the world today is driven by information tech…
Rapid socioeconomic growth and increased life expectancy due to improvements in medical treatments and social services are contributors to the increase in the elderly population in Saudi Arabia. This study examined the relationships among the attitudes of Saudi nursing students …