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Strategies and Limitations in Advertising Translation from English into Arabic
(2008-01)
This thesis examines the importance of advertising translation in today's global world. Its overall aim is to investigate strategies and limitations affecting advertising translation from English into Arabic, and concludes ...
Impact of English on Young Arabs' Use of Arabic in the UAE
(2009-12)
English language education has become a vital part of many educational systems in the world. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the official language is Arabic, but with the diversity of the population, English is used as ...
Teachers' and Students' Attitudes Toward the Use of Music in UAE English Language Classrooms
(2007-01)
Much research stresses the value of music and its usefulness in language learning, but casual observation suggests that music is seldom used in university and secondary school English classes in government schools in the ...
Important Factors to Consider for Bilingual Education in the UAE
(2008-06)
Despite the great number of schools which claim to foster bilingualism in the UAE, the voices of many educators and parents in the media reflect the difficulties that these schools face in trying to provide balanced bilingual ...
Teaching Pragmatics to Young Learners
(2008-01)
This study is an attempt to investigate to what extent pragmatic competence can be taught to young learners in L2 classrooms. It also focuses on looking at the students' attitudes towards the activities presented to them ...
UAE English Skills: A Textbook Evaluation
(2008-01)
National English textbooks are considered to be the main element of the English language curriculum at government schools in the UAE. Tens of thousands of students studying at these schools depend on national textbooks for ...
Investigating the Types and Effect of Oral Corrective Feedback Given to Students in Fujairah
(2009-09)
There has been a shift in the attitudes towards the errors that language learners make. Previously they were indicators of sin or failure, however presently researchers recommend that "errors [should be] viewed as an ...
A Comparative Study between Modals in ESL/EFL Tertiary Textbooks and Actual Use by EFL Teachers
(2008-06)
Teaching English modals to young adult and adult learners of English as a foreign language (EFL learners) is pedagogically a challenging task because some ESL/EFL tertiary textbooks do not present modals and their uses ...
Assessment Through Student Portfolios in Omani Schools
(2006-06)
Why do Omani teachers not use student portfolios as effective alternative tools of assessment? Why do they only depend on traditional testing to evaluate students progress in the English language? Although the Ministry ...
Lexical Cohesive Devices in Arab Students' Academic Writing: Implications for Teaching Vocabulary
(2006-05)
This study investigated the use of English lexical cohesive devices by 40 undergraduate Arab students enrolled in advanced academic writing classes at the American University of Sharjah. The data were quantitatively analyzed ...