Research on English Language Teaching and Learning in the Middle East and North Africa

ISBN-13: 9781032320267 / Twarda / 2023 / 256 str.

Opis

The tenth volume in the TIRF-Routledge series, this book features research on the teaching and learning of English in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Spis treści

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Contributors

1. ELT in the Middle-East and North-Africa: A survey of the landscape

David Nunan

Part I: Teachers and teaching

2. English reading in primary school students in Lebanon

Rana Aridi, Eva Kozma, Sara Kasab, Kara McBride, Mirvat Merhi, and Rajani Shrestha

3. Teaching and assessing speaking in the context of curricular reform: The case of Israel

Orly Haim and Tziona Levi

4. Moroccan teachers’ perceptions of EFL instruction in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic: Lessons learned

Adil Bentahar, Mohammed Elmeski, and Mohammed Hassim

5. The communicative orientation of EFL classrooms: The Tunisian context

Khaled el Houche

6. Matches and mismatches between Egyptian high school EFL teachers’ grammar instruction practices and beliefs

Noha Abdel-hamid Ibrahim and Muhammad M. M. Abdel Latif

Part II: Identity and affect

7. EFL learner identity and L2 pragmatic choices: Evidence from Omani EFL context

Fatema Al Rubai'ey

8. Culture, Motivation, and Self-efficacy in the Sudanese EFL Context

Elham Yahia and Aymen Elsheikh

9. An English language teacher candidate’s tensions in the context of Turkey: What does an identity-oriented practicum course offer?

Özgehan Uştuk and Bedrettin Yazan

Part III: Academic writing

10. Metadiscourse in academic abstracts written by Algerian, Saudi, and native English researchers

Tarek Assassi

11. Introducing a curriculum-based tutoring model in the Foundation English Program at Qatar University

Mansoor Al-Surmi, Pakize Uludag, and Muhammad Manasreh

12. Teaching academic writing in the online environment: Challenges and benefits in the context of higher education in the UAE

Doaa Hamam and Christine Coombe

Part IV: Policy

13. Linguistic visibility in the University of Bahrain’s linguistic landscape

Yasser A. Gomaa

14. Factors influencing Iranian language education policy: An empirical investigation

Mahdi Dahmardeh and David Nunan

15. Language preferences in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: An exploratory study

Fatima Esseili

16. Factors contributing to Gaza pre-service teachers’ poor proficiency in English language

Enas Abdullah Rajab Hammad

Index

O autorze

Kathleen M. Bailey a Professor Emerita at the Middlbury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA and a TIRF Trustee.

David Nunan is Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics at the University of Hong Kong, President Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at Anaheim University in California, and a TIRF Trustee.