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Abdullah Al-Abri; Fatemeh Ranjbaran Madiseh; Mostafa Morady Moghaddam – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2025
Enhancing students' lexical fluency and academic performance in speaking exams presents a significant challenge for English as a foreign language (EFL) instructors. The pursuit of effective tools to engage students and facilitate their learning process has been ongoing. The incorporation of technology in EFL learning contexts, particularly through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Al-Kiyumi, Omaima; Seyabi, Fawzia Al; Hassan, Abdul Hamid – International Education Studies, 2021
The current quasi-experimental study investigated the effect of metacognitive reading strategies on the reading comprehension and attitudes of Omani EFL foundation-level students. The sample of the study included two intact classes (N=45) and was selected based on the students' results in the midterm reading comprehension exam and their responses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension
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Meniado, Joel C. – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2021
This study examined the English extensive reading (ER) programs across the Arabian Gulf region. It investigated the ER models and approaches adopted by different higher education institutions (HEIs) in the region, their ER practices and activities, and the challenges they encountered in implementing their ER programs. Utilizing qualitative…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Comprehension, Reading Attitudes, Reading Materials
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Rajabpour, Abouzar – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2020
Many universities in the Middle East, for instance, Shiraz University in Iran and Sultan Qaboos University in Oman have been running M-reader, a free Internet site which helps educational institutions to manage extensive reading (ER), as a way of including Extensive Reading in ELT classes for years. In spite of few attempts to evaluate this online…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Internet, Web Sites, Teaching Methods
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Al-Balushi, Sulaiman M. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2013
The effect of different textual versions (macroscopic (control), submicroscopic, and guided imagery) of the explanation of a chemical phenomenon on students' submicroscopic explanation of a related phenomenon was examined. The sample included 152 pre-service science teachers. The three textual versions of the explanation were distributed randomly…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers