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Download full textHawari, Omar Moh'd Amer; Al-Shboul, Yasser; Huwari, Ibrahim Fathi – European Journal of Educational Research, 2022
Writing is very important for learners; it is a dynamic and creative skill. Although studies on students' problems when writing a dissertation among Native Speakers (NS) are widely done, studies on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) are limited, especially those which examine problems faced while writing dissertations among Ph.D. EFL learners, in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Doctoral Dissertations, Writing Difficulties, Teacher Attitudes
Benedict, Melisa Charles; Shabdin, Ahmad Affendi – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2021
The central foundation of knowledge is through grasping what is being read. Therefore, it is significant to recognise the difficulty level of a reading text for better and comprehensive understanding. The present study is an attempt to identify the word frequency level and lexical coverage of the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) reading…
Descriptors: Word Frequency, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Babashamasi, Parastoo; Kotamjani, Sedigheh Shakib; Noordin, Nooreen Binti – Arab World English Journal, 2022
Few studies have investigated the detailed procedure of systematically delivering and teaching metacognitive strategies in higher education. This study investigates whether explicit training in metacognitive strategies could improve undergraduates' online reading comprehension over the pandemic. The results of this study contribute to teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Metacognition, Reading Strategies
Hashim, Haida Umiera; Yunus, Melor Md.; Hashim, Harwati – TESOL International Journal, 2018
Although, a lot has been said about the good language learners, not much is known about the adult learners and the strategies they use in order to further improve and acquire their second language learning skills. Thus, this study aims to identify language learning strategies employed by successful language learner among adult learners of Teaching…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies, Language Skills
Almatarneh, Anas Hmoud Mohammad; Ab Rashid, Radzuwan; Yunus, Kamariah – Arab World English Journal, 2018
Writing in English for academic purpose is a difficult task for many Jordanian postgraduate students (JPS) as English is a foreign language to them. This study aimed to explore academic writing problems encountered by JPS at a Malaysian university and to investigate how they address the problems. Employing a case study approach, a total of 182…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Skills, Foreign Students, Writing Difficulties
Al-Qaysi, Fouad Hussein; Shabdin, Ahmad Affendi – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Many studies have investigated vocabulary memorization strategies in the EFL context, but few researches have been conducted on the types of memorization strategies used by the Arab students in Malaysia. Thus, this study investigates the types of vocabulary memorization strategies employed by the Arab students in the Intensive English course at…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Memorization, Learning Strategies
Prvinchandar, Sunita; Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi Mohd – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study compared the effectiveness of two types of computer software for improving the English writing skills of pupils in a Malaysian primary school. Sixty students who participated in the seven-week training course were divided into two groups, with the experimental group using the StyleWriter software and the control group using the…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Courseware, Writing Improvement, Elementary School Students
Modeling Teaching with a Computer-Based Concordancer in a TESL Preservice Teacher Education Program.
Peer reviewedGan, Siowck-Lee; And Others – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 1996
This study modeled teaching with a computer-based concordancer in a Teaching English-as-a-Second-Language program. Preservice teachers were randomly assigned to work with computer concordancing software or vocabulary exercises to develop word attack skills. Pretesting and posttesting indicated that computer concordancing was more effective in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Educational Technology, English (Second Language)
