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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 ...
The Role of Mentoring in ESL Classrooms in the United Arab Emirates
(2011-06)
It is widely accepted that an effective mentoring program helps novice teachers with varied backgrounds in their professional development. Appointing experienced teachers to guide and support novice teachers is one way to ...
Investigating Views of "Nativeness" of English Teachers in a Multilingual, Multicultural Setting
(2011-06)
The native-/non-native-English-speaking teacher dichotomy has aroused much debate over the years. While many students and parents have assumed that native English speakers (NESs) are naturally the best choice for English ...
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, ...
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 ...
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' ...
The Impact of CLIL on Arabic, English and Content Learning of Arab High School Students in the UAE
(2016-05)
The present study investigated the impact of the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach, as applied in a private school in the UAE, on students' L2 learning, L1 knowledge and content learning. It also ...
Reflective Practice: Theoretical Construct or Ongoing Benefit
(2011-01)
Reflective teaching is an approach toward teaching which requires teachers to think and gather data about their classroom actions, reflect on them, act on them, observe the results, and finally improve their teaching which ...
The Ideological Stamp: Translation of Political Discourse in News Media
(2011-06)
The aim of this thesis is to examine the way the ideological stamp manipulates the translation of political discourse in news media and how it affects accuracy in the translation process. In the ideal world, news media, ...
Yes Minister's Open Government: Translation and Commentary
(2011-07)
This thesis investigates the most appropriate translation strategies and approaches to use when translating political humor. To this end, a translation into Arabic of Chapter One, that is Open Government, of the well-known ...