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Alotaibi, Abdullah M.; Alotaibi, Maye A. – English Language Teaching, 2015
This study examines the extent to which 70 Kuwaiti EFL learners are aware of the formation rules of tag questions in English. It also investigates whether the English proficiency level of the participants contributes to their correct answers on the test. For this purpose, the researchers used a multiple-choice test to measure the participants'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Questioning Techniques
Alotaibi, Abdullah M. – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study aims to test the extent to which 120 Kuwaiti EFL learners are aware of the structure of relative clauses in English through measuring their ability to produce this structure. It also checks whether the English proficiency level of the participants plays a role in their answers on the test. For this purpose, a sentence combination task…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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
Akbar, Rahima S.; Taqi, Hanan A.; Dashti, Abdulmohsin A.; Sadeq, Taiba M. – English Language Teaching, 2015
Extensive reading is reading as much as possible, for one's own pleasure, at a difficulty level at which one can read smoothly and quickly. In the domain of reading, this paper investigates the effect of extensive reading from e-books, through utilizing a number of downloadable reading application programs on the students' e-devices, as opposed to…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Electronic Publishing, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Taqi, Hanan A.; Al-Darwish, Salwa H.; Akbar, Rahima S.; Al-Gharabali, Nada A. – English Language Teaching, 2015
Gender and teaching are gaining increasing attention in the field of higher education. The significance of teacher gender seems even more crucial in an environment based on gender segregation. In the scope of language teaching and gender, this study investigates the influence of gender on the students' selection of teachers in general, and…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Gender Differences, Teacher Characteristics
Taqi, Hanan A.; Al-Nouh, Nowreyah A.; Akbar, Rahima S. – English Language Teaching, 2014
This paper presents a research study designed to investigate the characteristics of effective teachers of English and the uniqueness of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The research is based on four general categories: English language proficiency, educational perception, organization and communication skills, social and emotional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Al-Nouh, Nowreyah A.; Abdul-Kareem, Muneera M.; Taqi, Hanan A. – English Language Teaching, 2014
Teachers perform an important job by encouraging creativity in their lessons and among their pupils. Thus, the present study aims to examine primary school EFL teachers' attitudes towards creative thinking and their perceptions of what goes on in the classroom. Participants were 434 female primary school EFL teachers, chosen randomly, teaching all…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction