مجال
التميز
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تميز دراسي وبحثي + جائزة تفوقية
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البحوث المنشورة
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البحث (1):
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عنوان البحث:
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EFL Learners’ Attitudes towards
the Proper Pronunciation of English and Podcasts as a Facilitator of Proper
Pronunciation
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رابط إلى البحث:
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Click here
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تاريخ النشر:
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26/03/2017
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موجز عن البحث:
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The aim of this study is to
examine the attitudes of Saudi students of English towards proper
pronunciation, and podcasts as a facilitator of proper pronunciation. It will
discover the importance given to correct pronunciation, as well as gauging
learners’ attitudes towards the possibility of introducing podcasts as a new
language input tool for facilitating improvements in pronunciation. To
achieve this, the previous literature in this area is reviewed, followed by
presenting the results and analysing the data from an attitudinal
questionnaire distributed amongst 23 Level 3 Saudi EFL learners from the
department of English at Imam University. The questionnaire is divided into
two parts- one concerning proper pronunciation, and the other podcasts. The
data analysis shows that the participants, in spite of the low rate of
improvement in their pronunciation, have positive attitudes towards the
proper pronunciation of English. This outcome is compatible with previous
studies` results, which assert that having a positive attitude towards a
particular language and its speakers can improve pronunciation. The students
were presented with a total of five podcasts related to their speaking and
listening textbook for use over an eight week period, and at the end of this
time they were requested to complete the questionnaire. The findings support
the usefulness of examining learners` attitudes towards new Computer Assisted
Language Learning (CALL) applications before using them in a practical way.
The results show a high rate of acceptance of podcasts and that, overall, the
students have positive attitudes towards them.
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البحث (2):
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عنوان البحث:
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English for Specific Purposes: A
Study Investigating the Mismatch between the “Cutting Edge” Course Book and
the Needs of Prince Sultan Air Base Students
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رابط إلى البحث:
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Click
here
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تاريخ النشر:
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04/09/2017
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Needs analysis is generally
believed to be important in an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) context
because it enables practitioners and material writers to find out about their
learners’ needs. Thus, the main research question focuses on the perceived
English language needs of the learners at Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB), and
the study involves an investigation into the mismatch between the Cutting
Edge course book and the needs of PSAB students. A total of 70
students from different technical sections at Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB),
Saudi Arabia participated in the study. Two types of data collection methods
were used in this study: quantitative (questionnaire) and qualitative
(interviews). The results obtained reveal that the current course book being
used at PSAB does not meet their needs because the activities provided are
not relevant to the specific context of their field, which is mainly military
and aviation. Finding and adapting a textbook that is clearly linked to these
students’ needs and to the course objectives is suggested as one possible
solution. In the context of PSAB, data from the interviews and surveys shows
the need to assess the content of the course book in relation to the needs of
the learners. It also indicates the strong demand of the students for
supplementary materials that provide linguistic input to match their
needs. Finally, offering supplementary materials and content-based
instructions for those students would help to bridge the gap between language
training and practical performance needs in real situations.
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المؤتمرات العلمية:
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المؤتمر (1):
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عنوان المؤتمر:
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Social Media in the Arab World
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تاريخ الإنعقاد:
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03/06/2016
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مكان
الإنعقاد:
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Reading, UK
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طبيعة المشاركة:
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Paper presentation
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عنوان المشاركة:
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EFL Saudi Students’ Use of Twitter for Vocabulary Learning
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ملخص المشاركة:
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Vocabulary is one of the
elements that links the four skills of reading, writing, speaking, and
listening and is very critical in learning a foreign language. This study aims
to determine how Saudi Arabia EFL students learn English vocabulary via
Twitter. The context/sample of the study were male Saudi students at Al-Imam
University, Saudi Arabia. The study adopts a mixed research design, mainly
questionnaire and semi-structured interviews, in collecting and analysing
data. The results of the study provide several opportunities for vocabulary
learning. Moreover, the study helps teachers consider the possibilities of
using Twitter further and perhaps to develop new approaches to vocabulary
teaching and support students in what they do with social media.
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المؤتمر (2):
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عنوان المؤتمر:
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The ICCSCLIL 2018: 20th
International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning and
Individual Learning
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تاريخ الإنعقاد:
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15/03/2018
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مكان
الإنعقاد:
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London, UK
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طبيعة المشاركة:
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Paper presentation
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عنوان المشاركة:
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The Use of Mobile Social Media
Applications for Language Learning, a Case Study of Higher Education in Saudi
Arabia
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ملخص المشاركة:
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The rapid increase in the use of
technology in daily life and its growing affordability has changed our
lifestyles dramatically. It is primarily the affordability of these mobile
devices that have led to their wide use and acceptance around the globe and Saudi
Arabia is no exception. The idea of integrating technology in education has
been a remarkable interest for the last decade and many countries have
implemented new projects to acquaint students with educational technologies.
Recently, the minister of Education in Saudi Arabia has announced that there
will be no more of textbooks, and thus electronic books via mobile devices
will be used as alternatives/substitutes. The proposed study was divided into
two phases; phase I (pilot study) which provided important background for the
main (empirical) study. A design-based research was employed in both phases,
phase I is a short period to test and refine the main study. The aim of
research is to investigate students’ current experiences and perceptions and
learning principles towards learning English via social media mobile
applications at Al-Imam University, Saudi Arabia. Pilot study was analysed
and initial findings were written accordingly. Major initial findings were
that Saudi culture has further effects on the way the students deal with one
another and any communication between the students and their lecturers.
Grounded Theory was used as the theoretical approach to investigate the
collected data. The main motivation for the use of this theory was that the findings
gained can be valid and reliable in respect of representing real-world
settings. In addition, the stories that are told through this approach are
context-specific, detailed, and robustly connected to the data.
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جوائز التكريم:
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الجائزة (1):
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مسمى الجائزة:
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WASET Best Presentation Award
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الجهة المانحة:
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WASET
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تاريخ الجائزة:
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16/03/2018
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مجال التكريم:
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Best Presentation of the paper: The Use of Mobile
Social Media Applications for Language Learning, a Case Study of Higher
Education in Saudi Arabia in the ICCSCLIL 2018: 20th
International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning and
Individual Learning.
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