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Download full textAl Khotaba, Eissa – Arab World English Journal, 2022
This survey investigated the interaction of e-learning settings through teaching English as a foreign language by native-English teachers. It examined the instructional virtual environment in teaching EFL at the University of Tabuk in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 crisis during the academic year 2019/2020. Sample consisted of 20 informants.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Speakers
Iftikhar Ahmad; Saleem Mohd Nasim – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
Guided by Activity Theory framework, this study tends to uncover prominent contradictions in the activity systems in which non-native English as a Foreign Language (EFL) grammar teacher cognition operates. The study attempts to fill the existing research gaps, as there are visible gaps in the literature to address the problem from this angle. To…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grammar, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
Direct linkAlshakhi, Abdullah; Le Ha, Phan – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2020
Informed by an ethnographic qualitative research study conducted with expatriate teachers of English in Saudi Arabia, we examine emotion(al) labor in the context of transnational mobilities with regards to cultural and institutional tensions. Engaged with wide-ranging interdisciplinary literature on emotion and affect, we discuss the place of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Alghofaili, Noor Motlaq; Elyas, Tariq – English Language Teaching, 2017
Many people believe the myth that being taught by a native speaker is the best way to learn a language. This belief has influenced many Saudi schools, language institutes, and universities to include the nativeness factor as part of a language instructor's job requirements. Using an open ended questionnaire, this study aims to investigate the…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Alseweed, Mohammad A. – English Language Teaching, 2012
This paper reports the outcome of a study carried out in Qassim University with 169 Saudi male novice university students to obtain a deeper insight into their perceptions of their native English speaker teachers (NESTs) and non-native English speaker teachers (NNESTs) in the English language classroom. Quantitative and qualitative data were…
Descriptors: College Students, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2004
Year after year, English-as-a-foreign-language (ESL) programs at Saudi universities are experiencing significant increases in student enrollment. The current staffing conditions do not accommodate the enrollment demands. ESL programs are having difficulties in retaining experienced native-speaking teachers and in hiring qualified substitute…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
