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The effect of the gender and culture of the IELTS examiner on the examinees’ performance on the IELTs speaking test in the UAE context
(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 ...
An intertextuality perspective on Noah's Story in the Quran
(Academic Research Publishing Group, 2019)
This study aims to analyse verses from the Quran in relation to Noah's story from an intertextuality perspective. The analysis focuses on three main aspects, namely, unravelling the discoursal meaning of ard 'land' in ...
Teaching antonyms to Arabic-speaking EFL learners
(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 ...
The effect of flipped classroom instruction on developing emirati EFL learners' pragmatic competence
(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 use of twitter and facebook in teaching mechanics of writing to Arabic-speaking EFL learners
(Kassel University Press GmbH., 2018)
This study aims to compare the effect of Twitter and Facebook in teaching 20 Arabic-speaking EFL learners L2 mechanics of writing in an attempt to determine which tool is more effective. We adopted the experimental design ...
On the comprehension of metonymical expressions by Arabic-speaking EFL learners: A cognitive linguistic approach
(Sciendo, 2020)
This study aims to examine the comprehension of L2 metonymies by Arabic-speaking EFL learners and to investigate the extent to which the participants’ L1 conceptual and linguistic knowledge of metonymies can affect the ...
The impact of Facebookers' posts on other users' attitudes according to their age and gender: Evidence from Al Ain University of Science and Technology
(MDPI AG., 2018)
This study aims at exploring the reasons that drive many Facebookers to share negative posts on Facebook, with a special focus on their gender and age. It also aims at identifying the negative attitudes and feelings that ...
Non-native speakers’ attitudes towards the use of short Arabic stories in language classes
(Selcuk University, 2020)
This study aims to investigate the attitudes of non-Arabic students towards reading short stories in Arabic at universities in Malaysia, with a focus on three variables: the students’ university, gender, and mother tongue. ...
The semantic change of positive vs. Negative adjectives in Modern English
(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 ...
Measuring the total knowledge of english sports terminology by the physical education students at Saudi universities
(Asian Exercise and Sport Science Association, 2019)
Background. Given the importance of English a global language and one of the four official languages used in FIFA, it is essential to acquaint students who are specialised in Physical Education with English sport terminology. ...