Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9789004714625 |
| ISBN10: | 9004714626 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 262 pages |
| Size: | 235x155 mm |
| Weight: | 1 g |
| Language: | English |
| 691 |
Category:
Arab Students? Writing in English at the College Level
Challenges and Remedies
Publisher: BRILL
Date of Publication: 28 November 2024
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Short description:
This book addresses problems and challenges that Arab college students in Israel encounter in developing coherent texts in English as a target language.
Long description:
This book contains detailed theoretical information as well as practical strategies, techniques and pedagogical tips. It also includes analysis to the problems and challenges that face ESL/EFL students in general and Arab learners in specific. The book could be of interest not only to EFL researchers in academic writing, writing instructors, EFL educators at the college level, policymakers, and undergraduate and graduate students, but also for any second or foreign language teachers.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures and Tables
1 Introduction
1 Palestinian Arabs in Israel
2 Historical Factors: The British Mandate: 1917?1948
3 Linguistic Background
4 Cultural Background
5 Educational Background
6 The Importance of English in Israel
7 Challenges Facing Palestinian Arab Students in Learning English
8 Organization of the Book
9 Conclusion
2 Writing Difficulties for Arab EFL Learners
1 Introduction
2 Sources of Errors
3 Peculiarities of English as a Target Language
4 Contrastive Analysis
5 Contrastive Rhetoric
6 Error Analysis
7 Conclusion
3 Errors at the Sentence Level
1 Introduction
2 Types and Classification of Errors
3 Semantic Errors
4 Analysis of My Students? Syntactic Errors
5 Discussion
6 Conclusion
4 Errors at Paragraph Level
1 Introduction
2 The Structure of English Paragraphs
3 Elements of a Paragraph
4 Problems Arab Students Face in Writing and Developing Paragraphs in English
5 Data Analysis
6 Discussion and Conclusions
5 Errors at the Essay Level
1 Introduction
2 Three Main Components of the Essay
3 Genres of Essays
4 Discussion
5 Conclusion
6 Problems Writing Seminar Papers
1 Introduction
2 Analysis of the Writing of the Undergraduate Students
3 Analysis of Postgraduate Students? Writing
4 Discussion
5 Conclusion
7 Cultural Transfer
1 Introduction
2 Influence of Islam as the Students? Main Religion
3 Influence of Arabic Culture
4 Discussion
5 Conclusion
8 Methods of Teaching and Evaluating Writing
1 Introduction
2 Approach Structure
3 Genre-Based Approach
4 Integrating Reading and Writing in EFL Writing Classes
5 Using Rubrics
6 Providing Feedback
7 Written Corrective Feedback
8 Peer Feedback
9 Integrating Technological Tools for Teaching and Evaluation
10 Remedies: My Personal Experience of Teaching and Assessing Writing
11 Providing Feedback
12 Peer Feedback
13 Using Rubrics
14 Discussion
15 Conclusion
Appendices
References
Index
1 Introduction
1 Palestinian Arabs in Israel
2 Historical Factors: The British Mandate: 1917?1948
3 Linguistic Background
4 Cultural Background
5 Educational Background
6 The Importance of English in Israel
7 Challenges Facing Palestinian Arab Students in Learning English
8 Organization of the Book
9 Conclusion
2 Writing Difficulties for Arab EFL Learners
1 Introduction
2 Sources of Errors
3 Peculiarities of English as a Target Language
4 Contrastive Analysis
5 Contrastive Rhetoric
6 Error Analysis
7 Conclusion
3 Errors at the Sentence Level
1 Introduction
2 Types and Classification of Errors
3 Semantic Errors
4 Analysis of My Students? Syntactic Errors
5 Discussion
6 Conclusion
4 Errors at Paragraph Level
1 Introduction
2 The Structure of English Paragraphs
3 Elements of a Paragraph
4 Problems Arab Students Face in Writing and Developing Paragraphs in English
5 Data Analysis
6 Discussion and Conclusions
5 Errors at the Essay Level
1 Introduction
2 Three Main Components of the Essay
3 Genres of Essays
4 Discussion
5 Conclusion
6 Problems Writing Seminar Papers
1 Introduction
2 Analysis of the Writing of the Undergraduate Students
3 Analysis of Postgraduate Students? Writing
4 Discussion
5 Conclusion
7 Cultural Transfer
1 Introduction
2 Influence of Islam as the Students? Main Religion
3 Influence of Arabic Culture
4 Discussion
5 Conclusion
8 Methods of Teaching and Evaluating Writing
1 Introduction
2 Approach Structure
3 Genre-Based Approach
4 Integrating Reading and Writing in EFL Writing Classes
5 Using Rubrics
6 Providing Feedback
7 Written Corrective Feedback
8 Peer Feedback
9 Integrating Technological Tools for Teaching and Evaluation
10 Remedies: My Personal Experience of Teaching and Assessing Writing
11 Providing Feedback
12 Peer Feedback
13 Using Rubrics
14 Discussion
15 Conclusion
Appendices
References
Index
