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Nasra Ali Al Abrawi – Education 3-13, 2024
This article considers students in Grades 3 and 4 and their parents' views regarding learning English as a modern foreign language (MFL) in the primary school, through questionnaires in the Muscat region and AL Dahira region, and interviews with students. This study found that Omani people are interested in language learning. Parents were willing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Hammoud, Muhammad Sheikh; Abu-Hilal, Maher M.; Al-Lawati, Suad M.; Al-Bahrani, Muna M.; Al Rujaibi, Yousuf – European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 2021
The aim of this study was to examine if perceived family violence of victimized children is related to their perceived aggressive behavior. It has been acknowledged that children learn and behave what they observe and practice including violence. A stratified random sample (N =1160) of Omani school students was drawn from grades 6 to 9. The study…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Prediction, Family Violence, Aggression
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Gokuladas, V. K.; Baby Sam, S. K. – Journal of Research in International Education, 2022
Children who live abroad with their parents are exposed to a wide diversity of cultural and educational influences. They face various challenges as they live in a different country and experience a different culture. It is therefore important to understand their perceptions with respect to factors that could potentially enhance their satisfaction…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Indians, Secondary School Students, Overseas Employment
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Al Zaabi, Omar; Heffernan, Margaret E.; Holroyd, Eleanor; Jackson, Mervyn – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
Parent-adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) communication plays an important role in reducing sexual risk behaviour and preventing HIV. We sought to enhance limited information about the unique barriers to parent-adolescent SRH communication in the Arab states. This mixed-methods study, using a two-phase sequential explorative design,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Sexuality
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Veettil, Roy P.; Binu, P. M.; Karthikeyan, J. – Arab World English Journal, 2020
This study explores the current status of language maintenance (LM) and language shift (LS) among Keralites, popularly known as 'Malayalees,' living in Oman. It analyses the leading factors that affect language maintenance and language shift: a particular focus is given to identifying the various domains in which language maintenance is…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Language Skill Attrition, Oral Language, Native Language
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Al-Qaryouti, Ibrahim A.; Kilani, Hashem A. – Education 3-13, 2015
The purpose of this study is to document the significance of four practices employed by parents that contribute to such development. Those practices encompassed the availability of materials, activities at home, parent attitude and visits to their child's class. Subjects consisted of 314 male and female parents of kindergarten children in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Role, Emergent Literacy, Parent Attitudes