<p class="apa">EFL students acquire their writing skill through practice and hard work. However, there seems to be a lot of reasons why EFL students should find the task of composing an essay so difficult that leads them to plagiarize. For that, the present paper tries to find out the real motivation for EFL students to plagiarize in writing. This research was conducted with freshman writing students through Fall Semester 2015/2016 in the English Department. A simple questionnaire and journal writing was used. The results shows that mainly the participants plagiarize in writing just to get good grades and pass the course. Moreover, their main source for plagiarizing is the internet. However, through the journal writing practice, the policy of free choice of topics evoked divided reactions from students.</p>

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of micro-teaching technique in delivering the lesson to children whose first language is not English. It involved three first year English language teachers who have been teaching in elementary public schools for one year, a group of student teachers who are in their senior academic year preceding the practicum course, and the author who is senior teacher trainer. Participation in this microteaching study has provided a sense of validation for much of what these student teachers do and how they do it, which has resulted in ongoing critical reflection and peer discussion. Although initially the data shows a giving rise to anxiety among some participants, it has led to greater self-awareness and increased confidence in participants' own ability and expertise, and a endorsement of their teaching style and practice.

The purpose of this study is to find out the teachers' attitude toward reaching effective teaching process as well as the key factors which influenced their attitude for selecting this profession. It was carried out during the fall semester 2016/ 2017. The participants were 42 males and 117 female English language teachers, a total of 159 English teachers. They were all randomly selected and were all teaching English as a foreign language in different stages in Kuwaiti public elementary schools. The data was collected through a questionnaire and an individual interviews. The results mainly showed the teachers' attitude reflected on their passion to learn more about this language and its culture. Moreover, some teachers associate English language teaching with the language of the British Colonialization. Others see English simply as a means of doing business and making money.

This qualitative study aims at detecting areas that requires to be developed in the EFL reading program in elementary stages in Kuwaiti public schools by using children's literature. It also examines the reading program in the public elementary curriculum. The participants were six English language major students from the College of Basic Education in Kuwait. Those six students were in their senior year and have just recently finished with the micro-teaching course followed by their practicum and then as independent EFL teachers. The findings revealed that young learners should be encouraged to use books at an early stages which will later bring pleasure to these students. Furthermore, environment plays an important role in reading pleasure.

The purpose of this research study is to determine the level of influence of parental education, social and financial status on their senior college students by encouraging them to pursue higher degrees. The sample of the study was 313 senior college students randomly selected from private and public universities in Kuwait to answer the questionnaire. Then followed by interviewing some of these 313 students for triangulation. The result of the findings shows that the impact of parents on college student's academic achievement should be mediated through college student's own self-perception and the environments in which students grew up. The findings show that there is a strong influence and positive motivations on the development of the students' own beliefs. Moreover, the study shows other factors such as the family socioeconomic background, the students' social influences, the students' academic achievement, in addition to the educational achievement of both parents which all have impact on students' decisions to pursue higher degrees.