12 articles in this issue
Iman Alkhalidi
This article aims to understand students’ experiences regarding the implementation of flipped learning (FL) as a modern blended learning technique in teaching English for academic purposes (EAP) in a community college context in Toronto. Based on students... see more
Thamer Binmahboob
YouTube has been shown to be a rich source for teaching speaking in EFL contexts. However, the use of YouTube is developing speaking skills is still understudied in the Saudi EFL context. The full use and awardees of YouTube resources are not well articul... see more
Arlette J. Viviane Hounhanou
Vocabulary learning is one of the most important fields in teaching English or any foreign language. One could learn all of the grammatical rules and exceptions that the language contains, but what if our brain did not store the needful amount of words to... see more
Reem Fahad Alshalan,Hesham Suleiman Alyousef
In translation courses, students are asked to practice translation skills by translating a source text (ST) in a specific field. While teachers usually select texts based on topic and language accuracy, some such texts do not provide rich textual features... see more
Ali Mohammed Saleh Al-Hamzi,Ni Wayan Sartini,Nurul Fitri Hapsari,Ayoub Gougui,Raghda Mansour Ali Al-Nozili
Based on cross-cultural pragmatic research perspectives, the present study aimed at comparing the attainment of speech acts of invitation between Indonesian and Yemeni EFL learners. The study participants were 30 undergraduate students from Airlangga Univ... see more
Jwahir Alzamil
Principals’ supervision has been an important aspect of school leadership, which has aimed to improve the overall quality of teaching in schools by improving the work of individual teachers. This study has identified a need to fill an existing gap in the ... see more
Rashid S. Almehrizi,Thuwayba A. Al Barwani,Sahar El Shourbagi,Badriya Al Mahrouqi,Raya Al Mandhari,Yousra Al Sinani,Amal Al-Kiyoumi,Ali Al Zameli
A wide variety of tests measures phonemic and phonological awareness in different languages. There are very few tools of phonemic and phonological awareness in Arabic language. Such tools help to identify students’ weaknesses and strengths especially in e... see more
Talal Musaed Alghizzi,Abdul Aziz Mohamed Ali El Deen
This novel study investigated the impact of English native speaker kids’ reading website on enhancing Saudi EFL university students’ complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF) in narrative writing. The rationale for this study is the scant literature in the a... see more
Huda Suleiman Al Qunayeer
Despite the substantial work on teachers’ feedback on students’ writing, scant attention has been paid to electronic (e-) feedback. In order to fill up this gap, the current study on teacher e-feedback provided to ten pairs of Saudi learners via E-Blackbo... see more
Abdel Rahman Adam Hamid
This study is a plea for introducing ‘pen and paper’ as traditional tools in consecutive interpreting. The study is built on the examination of the traditional note-taking tools and their use in interpreting. Its purpose is to discuss their potentialities... see more
Vahid Nimehchisalem,Marwa M. Abdalla
Despite the increasing concerns about the importance of assessment, the studies that directly address the assessment beliefs and practices among Libyan secondary school English language teachers are scarce. The present study aimed to investigate the Libya... see more
Talip Karanfil,Steve Neufeld
High-stakes and high-volume English language proficiency tests typically rely on multiple-choice questions (MCQs) to assess reading and listening skills. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, more institutions are using MCQs via online assessment platforms, which... see more