Download or read book The Impact of a Training Program on EFL Post basic Education Female Teachers Knowledge and Practice of Critical Thinking Skills in Oman written by Fatema Said Al-Badiyah and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teaching EFL Writing in the 21st Century Arab World written by Abdelhamid Ahmed and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching EFL Writing in the 21st Century Arab World addresses a range of issues related to researching and teaching EFL writing in different countries in the Arab World including Egypt, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen. Both theoretically and practically grounded, chapters within discuss the different contexts in which EFL writing is taught, from primary school to university. The book sheds light on how EFL writing is learned and taught at each educational stage, exposing the different challenges encountered in the teaching and learning. The focus on EFL writing in the Arab World makes this a unique and long overdue contribution to the field of research around EFL writing and will be an invaluable resource for researchers, curriculum designers and students.
Download or read book Critical Thinking Skills in Omani Post basic Education written by Naima Salim Al-Kindiyah and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effect of Using the Lesson Study Model Developing Critical Thinking Skills Among EFL Teachers in Oman written by Aaliah Ali AL-Rawahiyah and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Developing Critical Thinking in EFL Classes written by Yue Lin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an innovative teaching experiment and an analytical study of critical thinking and the sociocultural theory of learning to illustrate the cognitive learning development mechanisms. It addresses the issues in developing critical thinking, including the controversy surrounding the definition, measurement and teaching of critical thinking, particularly in the L2 context. The book explains how infusion-thinking lessons can be structured to help students develop critical thinking along with language learning. Further, it uses a case study as a real-world example to examine the applicability and feasibility of infusion-thinking lessons in the EFL context and their effectiveness in developing students’ critical thinking and language learning. Packed with thinking activities and techniques, this practical, hands-on manual provides original ideas and empirical data, giving teachers everything they need to plan their lessons to improve students’ critical thinking within language courses and evaluate their teaching.
Download or read book The Effect of Teaching Critical Thinking written by Sara Mashayekh and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching methodology plays a very important role in language learning, and critical teaching, as a method which promotes learners' cognitive ability, has been receiving an increasing attention from researchers in the last two decades. The focus of the present study is to investigate the effect of critical teaching on learners' reading comprehension improvement in an EFL context. This study is adapting the infusion approach to the critical thinking theory. This approach is based on the integration of teaching critical thinking skills into the subject-specific classes (in this case English classes). The findings of the study suggest that critical teaching has a positive effect on both learners' reading comprehension ability and their motivation. The findings are useful to both teachers and learners and could be implemented in teacher training courses, self-learning software, or in computer assisted language learning (CALL).
Download or read book The effect of a professional development program on Omani female teachers utilization and attitude towards open educational resources written by Fatma Al-Azher Zahran Al-Hinaaiyah and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of Teacher Development Groups on Omani EFL Teachers Classroom Practice written by Salim Ali Khalfan Al-Khayari and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving Critical Thinking Through Learning Together Model written by Shabnam Moradi Aghdam and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical thinking has long been identified as an innovative skill and as an upshot of learning process that is essential to prepare students for post-secondary education. EFL/ESL researchers have persistently focused on effective learning strategies that can train good language learners and encourage them to improve themselves as thinkers. One of the academic skills recognized as a determiner of learning is critical thinking (CT). Likewise, one of the effective instructional methods which can enhance and improve learners' critical thinking ability and their problem-solving skills is cooperative learning (CL). This book investigated the effect of learning together model of cooperative learning on the Iranian EFL learners' critical thinking ability. Syllabus designers, textbook writers, EFL/ESL teachers, learners, teacher trainers, methodologists, language schools and colleges will expectantly find this book helpful.
Download or read book Evaluation in Foreign Language Education in the Middle East and North Africa written by Sahbi Hidri and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents evaluation cases from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) context, investigating the various facets of evaluation in different parts of the MENA region and beyond. In 19 chapters, it explores cases from Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, the UAE, Turkey, Iran and Morocco. The book highlights the impact of evaluation on a range of stakeholders, arguing that it has repercussions at the individual, societal, economic, cultural and political levels, that it also has an ethical dimension, and that it is tailored to people’s needs, helping them to remain abreast of the effectiveness and efficiency of programs. Further, the book explores controversial issues concerning different evaluation themes, such as teacher and staff evaluation, assessment practices, text genre analysis evaluation, assessment of productive skills, textbook and ICT evaluation, evaluation of ELT certificates and programs, quality assurance, ESP needs analysis, assessment literacy, and dynamic assessment. It addresses key challenges, such as who the “right people” to implement evaluation are, and the appropriate use of evaluation results to avoid any misuse or harm to any stakeholder. In closing, the book calls for further research venues on the relevance of evaluation, testing and assessment in the MENA context and beyond.
Download or read book EFL Teacher Awareness Practices and Challenges of Teaching English Communicatively in Oman Post Basic Education Schools written by Amira Muhammad Al-Sawafiyah and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Power in the EFL Classroom written by Phyllis Wachob and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: â oeCritical pedagogy is not a set of ideas, but a way of â ~doingâ (TM) learning and teachingâ (Canagarajah, 2005). This definition puts CP squarely in the classroom and leads us to view how teachers interact with students and how students treat one another, while negotiating institutional and societal expectations. The chapters in the book use a variety of methods to address questions of power within educational institutions, from classrooms to the ministries of education. All the contributors are, or have been, teachers in the Middle East, from Egypt to Iran. Their nationalities range from Egyptian, to American, Canadian, British, Tunisian and Iranian. Ten of the contributors are women. All have conducted research and/or invited participation from among students and fellow teachers to explore issues of Critical Pedagogy from various perspectives. The question of physical space relates to power but is also related to linguistic space; student choice is not only related to linguistic space but also to motivation and thus empowerment. Changing teachersâ (TM) beliefs leads to empowerment for teachers, but also empowerment for students. Educational policy that recognizes social and personal identity reflects back to personal motivation. These studies meet and mesh, complement and sometimes take different viewpoints. However, all the studies embrace the concept that we must respect and nurture the human in our students, that we as teachers are the front line as enablers of our studentsâ (TM) empowerment. If we do not provide the space, and honor their dignity, our students cannot claim and embrace their power. Canagarajah, S. (2005). Critical Pedagogy in L2 Learning and Teaching. In E. Hinkel (Ed.), Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning (pp. 931-949). Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Download or read book Critical Thinking Ability Among EFL Learners written by Minoo Alemi and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book reports on an empirical study aimed at investigating critical thinking ability among EFL students. Moreover, the effects of gender, major, and critical thinking-oriented instruction through a critical reading program were examined. A better understanding of EFL students' critical thinking ability helps teachers improve the instruction of critical thinking and consequently students can benefit from it.
Download or read book Omani EFL Post Basic Education Teachers Beliefs and Practices Regarding Reading Instruction written by Amal Muhammad Al-Hosniyah and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book EFL Teachers Perceptions of Cultural Aspects in Oman EFL Basic Education Textbooks written by Jamila Saleh Al-Mawaly and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Educational Values and Cognitive Instruction written by Lorna Idol and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a comprehensive guide to state-of-the-art research on thinking, cognitive instruction, social values, and reform. Cognitive instruction for at-risk students is discussed in great detail along with a thorough examination of the teaching of thinking skills from the viewpoint of educational values and school culture. The issues of thinking, learning, and cognitive instruction are linked to the educational reform movement from numerous perspectives. Specifically, the reader can better anticipate which aspects of research on thinking will conflict with existing paradigms and which aspects of schooling will be most resistant to change.
Download or read book Using Technology in Foreign Language Teaching written by Rahma Al-Mahrooqi and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language learning is a complex and challenging endeavor. For students to achieve the desired proficiency in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) their institutions need to invest time, effort and huge resources in order to cater for different learning styles. To be cost effective, many language-teaching institutions strive to provide intensive foreign language (FL) instruction to reduce the time period needed to learn the target language. This explains the current interest in combining differe...
