The Effect of EMI on the Academic Achievement of Engineering Students: A Case of A’ Sharqiyah University, Oman (Published)
Globally, there is a growing trend of teaching and learning academic courses in English in higher education (HE). The objective of this study is to examine the impact of English-medium instruction (EMI) on the academic performance of engineering students at A’ Sharqiyah University in Oman. The study employed a purposive sampling technique, together with a case study strategy and a qualitative interpretive approach, to examine the impact of EMI on the academic performance and studies of engineering students. A total of ten engineering students and five engineering instructors were asked to complete an open-ended survey. Furthermore, two classroom observations were conducted to gather data on students’ proficiency in communication within engineering-related disciplines. The data obtained from the open-ended survey and observations were analyzed. The findings demonstrated that EMI exerted both beneficial and detrimental impacts on students’ academic performance. Advice was provided on how to address the difficulties arising from English Medium Instruction (EMI).
Keywords: Academic Achievement, A’ Sharqiyah University, EMI, Higher Education
Interconnection of Cultural Literacy in Learning English and its Understanding as a Foreign Language in Higher Education (Published)
This research analyzed the model of cultural literacy in learning and understanding English as a foreign language in higher education. Cultural literacy is closely related to applying English as the main foreign language in higher education. The lecturer became a role model and a central point in introducing and guiding students to understand cultural literacy and English as a foreign language. Moroever, this study portrayed a qualitative descriptive method. Five lecturers from private higher education in Malang city were recruited as informants in gathering information. Furthermore, the study unraveled that cultural literacy and learning English as a foreign language had interconnections to explore each other’s culture from any aspect, thus, creating adjacent dialogic and informative spaces as intercultural communications.
Citation: Abd. Syakur, Sugirin, Margana (2023) Interconnection of Cultural Literacy in Learning English and its Understanding as a Foreign Language in Higher Education, International Journal of English Language and Linguistics Research, Vol.11, No 2, pp.1-8
Keywords: English, Foreign Language, Higher Education, cultural literacy
Examining Second Language Written Output: A Case Study of a Saudi University Masters EFL Students (Published)
The researcher used a qualitatively oriented methodology to examine the written performance of sixteen MA students majoring in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in the MA Program at one of the recently established universities in Saudi Arabia. Students’ final exams were thoroughly analyzed for the syntactic structures used in the students’ writing. The sampling process was selective and purposeful in that it was comprised of four outstanding and four poor performances drawn from a total of sixteen students’ exam results. Deviated structures, together with the correct ones, were analyzed and described with the aim of mapping common issues in writing performance at a targeted university. Two major sources of unacceptable writing performance included a lack of knowledge of the target language, together with the influence of the students’ mother tongue. Additionally, diagnosing a remedy for the deviated forms was proposed. More reinforcement and support for those who were successful was also recommended.
Citation:Mohammad Ali Al–Ghamdi( 2021) Examining Second Language Written Output: A Case Study of a Saudi University Masters EFL Students, International Journal of English Language and Linguistics Research, Vol.9, No 8, pp.30-40
Keywords: EFL, Higher Education, Performance, writing
Examining L2 Written Output: A Case Study MA; EFL Students in a Saudi Novice University (Published)
This article is based on a qualitative oriented methodology to examine the written performance of six MA students majoring in English as Foreign Language (EFL) in the MA Program at one of the recently established universities in Saudi Arabia. Students’ final exam sheets were thoroughly looked at for the description of the syntactic structures in the students’ writing performance. The sampling process was selective and purposeful in the sense that it comprises three outstanding and the three poor performances out of a total of fourteen students’ exam sheets. Deviated structures together with the correct ones were analyzed and described with the aim of mapping common issues in writing performance in targeted university and assumingly which might help the targeted university and other similar contexts inside Saudi Arabia and other neighboring countries, two major sources of the unacceptable performance is lack of knowledge of the target language together with mother tongue influence. Additionally; diagnosing a remedy for the deviated forms was proposed. More reinforcement and support for those who were successful were too recommended.
Keywords: EFL, Higher Education, Performance, writing