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The Effect of Using KWL (Know-Want-Learned) Strategy on Reading Comprehension of 5th Grade EFL Students in Kuwait
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AlAdwani, Amel; AlFadley, Anam; AlGasab, Maha; Alnwaiem, Ahmad F. – English Language Teaching, 2022
Metacognitive reading strategies play an essential role in improving reading comprehension. This study explores the effects of English metacognitive reading strategies and reading comprehension in Kuwaiti primary school students as foreign language learners; this experimental study tries to find a relationship between students' metacognitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Teachers' Perceptions of the Use and Effectiveness of Children's Literature in the EFL Classrooms of the Primary Schools of Kuwait
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Shuqair, Khaled; Dashti, Abdulmuhsin – English Language Teaching, 2019
The research examines the teachers' perceptions of the use and effectiveness of children's literature in their EFL classrooms in the primary public schools of the State of Kuwait. The research was conducted towards the beginning of the second semester of the academic year 2017/2018. It poses three main and interchangeable questions: 1) To what…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Childrens Literature
Investigating Students' and Staff Members' Attitudes toward the Efficiency of the Language Skills Modules Offered during the Foundation Year
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Dashti, Abdulmohsen A. – English Language Teaching, 2019
In the scope of teaching English as a foreign language, and more specifically teaching speaking, reading, and writing, this study investigated the attitudes English language teachers-to-be have towards the three language skills modules, namely, Conversation, Reading, and Basic writing, offered by the College of Basic Education (hereafter CBE) in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Preservice Teachers
The Attitudes of Fifth and Sixth Graders in Kuwait Governmental Schools towards Recreational and Academic Reading in English
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Al-Adwani, Amel M.; Al-Fadley, Anaam – English Language Teaching, 2017
The current study is a quantitative research that examined the mean differences of the students' attitude towards reading, based upon several demographic variables (such as gender, grade level and social media devices usage) The researchers used the Students' Reading Attitude Survey (SRAS) as the dependent variable; the sample consisted of 812…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Students' Perceptions of the Effectiveness of the English Program Taught at the College of Technological Studies in Kuwait
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Aldaihani, Hussein A.; Shuqair, Khaled M.; Alotaibi, Abdullah M.; Alrabah, Sulaiman – English Language Teaching, 2015
This research aims at examining the Students' perceptions of the effectiveness of the English program implemented in the College of Technological Studies in Kuwait. A sample of 242 students was randomly selected from the population. The students were asked to respond to a 21-statement questionnaire designed to obtain information about how they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, English Instruction, English (Second Language)