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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Arabic Speakers"”.
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Arabic-speakers in Norman Sicily
… both. On the arrival of the Normans around 1060, Arabic was the dominant language but by 1250 prestigious Romance vernaculars could be heard almost everywhere. Of particular importance is the formative period of Norman rule (1061-1194), when the key transitions from an Arab-Muslim to a …
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Noun countability judgments by Arabic speakers of English
… and L1 transfer in L2 countability judgments by speakers of non-classifier languages, the current study investigates how Saudi EFL learners judge noun countability in English. The current study aims to find; (1) if countability judgments correlate with the learners’ use of the indefinite article, …
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A Markedness Approach to Epenthesis in Arabic Speakers' L2 English
This thesis explores how Cairene Arabic, Iraqi Arabic, and Najdi Arabic speakers deal with complex syllable margins in their L2 English. While previous studies have attributed Cairene and Iraqi speakers’ pronunciations of English syllables that contain consonant clusters to transfer of allowed …
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A Markedness Approach to Epenthesis in Arabic Speakers' L2 English
This thesis explores how Cairene Arabic, Iraqi Arabic, and Najdi Arabic speakers deal with complex syllable margins in their L2 English. While previous studies have attributed Cairene and Iraqi speakers’ pronunciations of English syllables that contain consonant clusters to transfer of allowed …
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Perception and Production of Geminate Consonants by English Speakers and Kuwaiti Arabic Speakers
By comparing the ability of English speakers and Kuwaiti Arabic speakers to perceive and reproduce a novel length contrast encoded in new words, the present study aimed to determine the implications of phonemic status of consonant length on perception and production. In a condition where long …
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An optimality-theoretic analysis of stress in the English of native Arabic speakers
… the acquisition of English word-stress by Arabic speakers in light of advancements in Optimality Theory. It has been reported that Arab second language learners of English have difficulty in acquiring the various patterns of English word stress. According to OT, the reason for this …
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Localization Provision in New Zealand: Arabic Speakers' Preference for Different Paralingual Webpage Layouts.
This research is designed to test Arabic speakers’ preference for different paralingual webpage layouts to assist newcomers to New Zealand such as international students,refugees and immigrants who have inadequate English language proficiency to access vital information available on governmental …
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Arguing in English as a Second Language: A Study of the Speech Act Performance of Arabic Speakers
This study examines the ways in which sociocultural factors affect second language performance. It reveals various difficulties second language learners might have in acquiring complex speech act forms and describes linguistic and social interference in learning a second language.
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Pronunciation difficulties in the consonant system experienced by Arabic speakers when learning English after the age of puberty
The current study investigates the difficulties Arabic speakers may encounter when pronouncing English consonants. All participants are adults who have been in contact with the American culture for at least four years. The results show that the Arabic speakers in this study had difficulties to …
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Introducing computer supported co-operative learning to the curriculum of Islamic studies and Arabic language in Arabic Language Institute for non-Arabic speakers : teachers' perceptions, students' responses and administrators' views
… was administered to 148 teachers of Arabic and Islamic Studies from four universities, to investigate their positive and negative attitudes to computers, feelings about computers' usefulness, and intimidation about using computers. At Umm Al-Qura University, views on co-operative …
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The Reading Strategies Used by Selected Adult Spanish and Arabic Readers in Their Native Language and in English
… reading strategies of selected adult Spanish and Arabic speakers in their first language and in English. The frequency of usage of these strategies, their success level, the amount of transfer from L1 to L2, and sensitivity to cohesion in prose were some of the areas investigated.
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The Effect of a Study Abroad on Acquiring Pragmatics
Pragmatics in Arabic needs to be studied for two main reasons: first, the large cultural difference between American and Middle Eastern society; and second, the recent surge in demand for Arabic speakers in the US. Especially in regard to refusals, what is acceptable in America is rarely acceptable …
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Centering the needs of language learners within educators’ professional learning and development: An investigation of teachers’ perceptions and experiences in meeting the needs of language learners
… including native Japanese, Spanish, and Arabic speakers, as well as native English speakers learning a second language. It exposed gaps in teacher preparation programs, emphasizing deficiencies in coursework, experiences, and fieldwork related to methods and strategies for language …
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Comparing the Receptive Vocabulary Knowledge of Intermediate-level Students of Different Native languages in an Intensive English Program
… the largest two language groups in the sample, Arabic (N= 28) and Spanish (N=12). Spanish-speaking students significantly outperformed the Arabic speaking students in all vocabulary measures (except for the 2K level). The study, therefore, raises questions about the approaches used in teaching a …
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Language in the Mirror: Language Ideologies, Schooling and Islam in Qatar
… old and new language ideologies regarding Arabic and English. As Qataris change their education systems in response to the economic development framework of the "knowledge economy," they are promoting language ideologies that designate English as useful for the economy and "global" …
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Young Saudis' Attitudes toward Saudi Pidgin Arabic
… Arabian capital, Riyadh, toward Saudi Pidgin Arabic (SPA), an Arabic-Asian pidgin language. Though SPA is widely used among foreign workers and between employers and their foreign workers, little is known about the specific attitudes of the young Saudi generation toward this stigmatized …
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Interaction, corrective feedback, and the development of lexical stress
… Following a pretest-posttest design, 68 L1 Arabic speakers were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. The pre- and posttests comprised sentence-reading and decision-making tasks that contained three-syllable words with stress on the second syllable as the target vocabulary. …
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Field Independence as a Predictor of Second Language Learning for Adult Esl Learners in the u.s. (United States)
… language, an ANOVA revealed that Japanese native speakers were significantly more FI than either Spanish or Arabic speakers. No significant correlations were found between similarity of FI and positive opinions between teachers and students. In conclusion, this study provided evidence for the …
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Translation versus direct composition. effects of first language on second language arab writers
… study has been undertaken to investigate whether Arabic students when writing in their second language (English), compose best directly in the second language or compose best in their first language and hen translate in their second language. This study of English and Arabic compositions written …
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