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Al Abiky, Waleed B. – TESOL International Journal, 2020
This study examined the comparative productivity of oral one-way and two-ways contact language approaches to boost the listening comprehension skills of EFL learners. A quasi-experimental research method was used in which a random sample of 60 Saudi EFL learners consisted two groups: control and experimental. The results of the study reveal that…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Gender Differences, Teaching Methods
Al Tale, Mazeegha A.; AlQahtani, Faten Abdullrahman – Arab World English Journal, 2022
Selecting the medium of instruction to teach the target language in EFL classrooms has been controversial for several years. This study explores the impact of code-switching versus targetlanguage-only teaching strategies on beginner students' learning and affective sustenance of EFL reading comprehension based on their perceptions. It also…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Alasim, Khalid N. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2021
In a replication study, the researcher investigated the effects of a 4-week vocabulary intervention in which he and a teacher used direct instruction to teach 16 multiple-meaning words to three hard of hearing students in a fifth-grade classroom who read at low levels. The vocabulary intervention was adopted from a study by Alqraini and Paul…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Vocabulary Development, Grade 5
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
BinSaran, Abdallah Abdulmahsan A. – English Language Teaching, 2021
This research paper endeavors to evaluate, assess and assert the expediency and efficacy of employing content and language integrated learning (CLIL) in teaching Reading skills to EFL students. It is a qualitative paper which examines and underscores the usefulness of developing EFL reading comprehension skills by using the CLIL teaching. The…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Reading Skills, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alenezi, Saud – Arab World English Journal, 2021
Reading is an essential strategic and a life-long skill required for success in learning. The current study explores the knowledge and beliefs of Saudi students of English as a foreign language (EFL) about English reading comprehension strategies. It also intends to determine if there is a significant correlation between the students' foundational…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Alreshoud, Ashwaq A.; Abdelhalim, Safaa M. – Arab World English Journal, 2022
The present study investigated the impact of self-regulated strategy development reading intervention on improving Saudi female English majors' reading skills and reading self-efficacy. The study is significant with respect to its implication for the pedagogy of English as a foreign/second language that hopefully may broaden insights into the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Vista, Alvin; Alahmadi, Maisaa Taleb – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2022
The relationship between latent trait and test-taking speed is an important area of study in assessment research. In addition to contributions of such studies to psychometrics, the factors that affect both ability and speed have implications for test development and have policy consequences especially if the tests are high stakes. This study…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted, Gifted Education
Assiri, Ahmad I.; Siddiqui, Ahlullah – English Language Teaching, 2021
This research aims to assess the importance of Extensive Reading (ER) in developing reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and speaking fluency among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students at King Khalid University (KKU). Most EFL students appear to be under pressure and confront anxiety while acquiring English language competency in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development
Alzamil, Abdulrahman – Arab World English Journal, 2022
The role of subtitles in improving listening skills is a controversial issue in the literature of second language (L2) learning. This study attempted to investigate L2 learners' attitudes to the use of subtitles when watching English audio-visual materials. Investigating L2 learners' attitudes to the use of subtitles may have implications for…
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Visual Aids, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Almufayrij, Haifa – Arab World English Journal, 2020
In teaching poetry, one of the first problems to be addressed is the lack of appropriate schemata when studying English and American poetic texts. The current study inquires about the students' perception regarding how Saudi students perceive the relationship between the lack of appropriate schemata and the comprehension of English and American…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poetry, Student Attitudes, Schemata (Cognition)
Alharbi, Mohammed Abdullah – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
In EFL context of higher education, reading comprehension is considered one of the most indispensable skills to learn. The aim of the present was to explores the perceptions of learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) with regard to the role of Bandura's four hypothesized sources for reading self-efficacy in reading comprehension. A…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Undergraduate Students, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning
Alotaibi, Khalid M. – Online Submission, 2022
Saudi EFL students experience similar difficulties as other language learners do when learning English. One of the most crucial disciplines of foreign language (FL) method study is the employment of reading strategies by speakers of EFL. Students who actively employ their reading comprehension techniques are able to comprehend and remember more of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Reading Skills, Reading Strategies
Zayed, Jihan – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2021
In response to the pandemic spread of COVID-19, universities all over the world have shifted to e-teaching. The Department of English, Mustaqbal University, College of Administration and Humanities, Saudi Arabia, used the Microsoft Teams App for teaching all courses in virtual classrooms. However, reading as a receptive skill, was difficult to…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Web Based Instruction, COVID-19
Al Roomy, Muhammad; Althewini, Abdulaziz – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This study examined the effect of an extensive reading online program implemented in a blended learning format to increase students' reading comprehension. The participants were Saudi freshmen students in a medical university, and the data were collected from two sources: pre- and post-test scores and an open-ended questionnaire. The results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Blended Learning, Medical Students