Innovative Second and Foreign Language Education in the Middle East and North Africa

Al‐Khatib, Mahmoud A.

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-30424-3_101

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“…The average English proficiency score in the Arab world and the Middle East in general "remains the lowest in the world by a wide margin" for many consecutive years (Education First, 2019). Considering that English is taught in schools and universities in most Arab world and Middle East countries as a foreign language (Al-Khatib, 2008), the findings of Education First (EF) 1 indicate a problematic situation and call for action. On the level of scholarship, much research has been produced seeking to identify the problems Arab learners of English encounter.…”

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Interactive intervention strategy for English as a foreign language classes versus traditional methods to teach speaking

Alsyouf

Kayed

2021

SiELE

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This paper proposes Interactive Intervention Strategy (IIS) as an effective activity to teach English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in the Arab world and other similar EFL environments. It explores the impact of IIS on the speaking skills (fluency, pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar) of EFL students in the Jordanian context. The study used a quasi-experimental quantitative design to analyze the data. The sample of the study consisted of 30 students as a control group and 30 students as an experimental group. Both groups were enrolled in a speaking course in their first semester. The study employed an interview post-test to evaluate the effectiveness of IIS in teaching speaking skills. IIS is sought in this context to excite the minds of the learners with target subjects using untraditional techniques. It is designed to help in eliminating L2 learners’ confusion and increasing their motivation by adapting the activities of the traditional teaching environment. IIS is thus proposed as a strategy that challenges the traditional approaches to teaching EFL in helping the learners to use English as a communicative language through developing extra-class interactive sessions demonstrated to support EFL speaking classrooms.

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Interactive intervention strategy for English as a foreign language classes versus traditional methods to teach speaking

Alsyouf

Kayed

2021

SiELE

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Why Algerian students struggle to achieve in English Literature: an appraisal of possible root causes

Bouazid

Roux

2014

Teaching in Higher Education

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Language in education in Algeria: a historical vignette of a ‘most severe’ sociolinguistic problem

Roux

2017

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Innovative Second and Foreign Language Education in the Middle East and North Africa

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Interactive intervention strategy for English as a foreign language classes versus traditional methods to teach speaking

Interactive intervention strategy for English as a foreign language classes versus traditional methods to teach speaking

Why Algerian students struggle to achieve in English Literature: an appraisal of possible root causes

Language in education in Algeria: a historical vignette of a ‘most severe’ sociolinguistic problem

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