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Motivational Influences on Adult Arab Learners of English in the UAE
(2015-06)
This study explores the motivational influences that impact seven Arab undergraduate learners of English in the UAE as they pursue two semesters of study. The study investigates the role of English in the participants' ...
Oral ESL Test Anxiety with Emirati Secondary School Students
(2011-06)
In the UAE and globally, high-stakes testing is prevalent in second language learning. One important and integral part of high-stakes English language tests is the oral proficiency interview, which can be a pre-requisite ...
Exploring Attitudes of Teachers and Students to the Integration of Technology in EFL Classrooms
(2013-04)
Much available research stresses the role positive teachers' and students' attitudes play in the success of technology integration. A large body of research has been conducted in the region to investigate the attitudes of ...
Test-Taking Strategies and EFL Students on Academic Probation at the American University of Sharjah
(2005-06)
Although there is a lot of research on test-taking strategies (TTSs) and the effect they have on students' test scores, there is no specific research on why students at the university level are placed on academic probation. ...
Understanding Teachers' and Students' Use and Attitudes of Web 2.0 in ESL Classrooms at the American University of Sharjah
(2010-05)
In an age of rapid change and massive dependence on the Internet, students nowadays are exposed to the Internet and its applications in many aspects and means. This exposure has led to students developing an expectation ...
Investigating Reading Strategies in Government High Schools English Classes in Ras Al Khaimah
(2009-06)
Reading is a skill that involves more than decoding letters or recognizing words. It, in fact, integrates a variety of strategies, skills, and processes, and thus it is not as simple to describe as one might think. These ...
UAE High School Students' Attitude Towards Traditional and Computer-Mediated Peer Response
(2010-08)
Using blogs has recently become popular in learning ESL. However, not much research has been done in use of blogs in ESL writing classes. In this research, I conducted a study in my English writing classes to explore how ...
Topic Familiarity and Lexical Inferential Strategies in Advanced Emirati ESL Learners
(2008-08)
The present study investigated the effect of background knowledge on lexical inferencing and which strategies advanced Emirati ESL learners used to help them infer the meanings of unfamiliar vocabulary items in context. ...
Addressing Language Errors in L2 Students' Writing: Can Corpora Help?
(2011-06)
Direct corpus consultation by learners has been recognized as a means of helping students speak and write standard English by allowing them to look up real world language usage. However, factors such as students' language ...
Washback Effect of the CEPA English Test on Teaching in an Educational Zone in the UAE
(2010-08)
Studies conducted to investigate the washback effect of standardized tests have found that the influence which a test might have on teaching can be positive or negative (see Cheng, 2005; Shohamy, 2001; and Wall & Alderson, ...