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Download full textAl-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2019
This study investigates the effect of Facebook on Arabic language attrition, i.e., decrease in language proficiency, as exhibited in the use of Colloquial instead of Standard Arabic, use of foreign words although Arabic equivalents exist, and committing spelling errors. A sample of Facebook posts and a corpus of spelling errors on Facebook were…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, Language Proficiency, Language Usage, Code Switching (Language)
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2019
36 Saudi EFL freshmen students, at the College of Languages and Translation, took a listening-spelling test in which they filled out 100 blanks in a dialogue. Results indicated that 63% of the spelling errors were phonemic and 37% were graphemic. It was also found that the subjects had more problems with whole words than problems with graphemes…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
Reima Saado Al-Jarf – Online Submission, 2021
This study reports 15 types of activities that EFL, linguistics and translation instructors at a sample of Saudi universities used in distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Examples include searching for linguistic and translation key terms and concepts, problem-solving questions, online debates, summarizing a research paper, attending a…
Descriptors: Translation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Reima Al-Jarf – Online Submission, 2010
Saudi college students majoring in translation take 6 interpreting courses. In those courses, they practice listening to and interpreting authentic lectures in a variety of subject areas. Results of an interpreting pretest showed that college students majoring in an interpreting course have problems with media reports. They have difficulty…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Knowledge Level, Auditory Perception, Listening Comprehension
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2008
36 Saudi EFL freshmen students took a listening-spelling test in which they filled out 100 blanks in a dialogue. Results indicated that 63% of the spelling errors were phonological and 37% were orthographic. It was also found that the subjects had more phonological problems with whole words but more orthographic problems with graphemes. Some of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2008
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) freshman students at the College of Languages and Translation received direct instruction in adjective-forming suffixes, then they took an immediate and a delayed test. Error analysis showed that 36% of the responses were left blank or the subjects duplicated the stimulus word. In 32% they mismatched the word…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Late Adolescents, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
