Browsing English Studies by Author "Altakhaineh, Abdel Rahman Mitib"
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The effect of flipped classroom instruction on developing emirati EFL learners' pragmatic competence
Hazaymeh, Wafa A.; Altakhaineh, Abdel Rahman Mitib (Society for Research and Knowledge Management., 2019)This study investigates the effect of flipped classroom instruction on developing Emirati EFL learners' pragmatic competence. It compares flipped classroom instruction with the conventional method of developing learners' ... -
The effect of incidental learning on the comprehension of english affixes by Arabic-speaking EFL learners: Acquisition and application
Altakhaineh, Abdel Rahman Mitib; Zibin, Aseel (Walter de Gruyter GmbH., 2017)This study aims to examine the effect of incidental learning on the comprehension of 30 English affixes by 50 Arabic-speaking EFL learners in an attempt to determine which affixes are more easily comprehended. We adopt the ... -
The effect of the gender and culture of the IELTS examiner on the examinees’ performance on the IELTs speaking test in the UAE context
Altakhaineh, Abdel Rahman Mitib; Al-Tkhayneh, Khawlah M.; Rahrouh, Hanan N. (Librairie du Liban Publishers, 2019)This study examined the effect of the gender and culture of the IELTS examiner on the performance of Arab examinees on the IELTS speaking test. It relied on Communication Accommodation Theory to account for the linguistic ... -
The semantic change of positive vs. Negative adjectives in Modern English
Altakhaineh, Abdel Rahman Mitib (Sciendo, 2018)This study examines two types of semantic change, namely amelioration and pejoration, through comparing the positive/negative senses of 20 English adjectives over time in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). It also aims ... -
Teaching antonyms to Arabic-speaking EFL learners
Altakhaineh, Abdel Rahman Mitib; Hajjo, Maram H. (Kassel University Press GmbH, 2019)This study investigates the impact of different teaching techniques, e.g. projecting pictures using an overhead projector and the traditional way of teaching, in improving Arabic-speaking EFL learners' production of antonyms ...