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Saud Alharbi, Amirah; Foltz, Anouschka; Kornder, Lisa; Mennen, Ineke – Second Language Research, 2023
While much research has examined second language (L2) phonetic acquisition, less research has examined first language (L1) attrition in terms of the voice onset time (VOT) of voiceless stops. The current study examined L2 acquisition and L1 attrition in the VOT of word-initial voiceless stops among late English-Arabic and Arabic-English bilinguals…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Native Language, Language Skill Attrition, Arabic
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Pilotti, Maura A. E.; El Alaoui, Khadija; Hamann, Kerstin; Wilson, Bruce M. – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2021
In the present field experiment, we examined the effects of a self-assessment exercise conducted in the middle of the semester on metacognitive awareness (i.e., the accuracy of self-assessment and its subjective confidence) and final test performance of college students of Middle Eastern descent. Effects were measured in the classroom against a…
Descriptors: Preferences, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Metacognition, Accuracy
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Yahya, Noorchaya; Alotaibi, Hind; El-Dakhs, Dina Abdel Salam – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
This study reveals the impact of using parallel corpora on EFL students' writing, and how students perceive it. Female undergraduates (n=46) in an EFL writing course in Saudi Arabia were divided randomly into experimental and control groups taught by the same instructor, using the same materials. Students in the experimental group were introduced…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Females, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language)