Education Context and English Teaching and Learning in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: An Overview.
By Oqab Alrashidi, Huy P Phan. 2015
177 citations recorded by the source corpus.
This paper discusses the education context and English teaching and learning in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The paper is organised into five main sections. The first section offers a brief glance at the social, religious, economic, and political context in KSA. The second section provides an overview of the education system in KSA, which includes a brief explanation of the history of education, a discussion of the role of government in modern education, and a description of the administration of education in the country. The third section presents information about English teaching and learning in public and higher education in KSA, while the fourth gives insights into the challenges and difficulties students face when learning English. The last section focuses on the importance of learning English in KSA.
Subfields: Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory
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In Language and Linguistics
- M. Alfawzan
- Jean–Marc Dewaele
- Fakieh Alrabai
- Chengchen Li
- P. Macintyre
- Livia Dewaele
- Xian Zhang
- Chunmei Pan
In Literature and Literary Theory
- M. Alfawzan
- Jean–Marc Dewaele
- Fakieh Alrabai
- Chengchen Li
- P. Macintyre
- Xian Zhang
- Chunmei Pan
- Lawrence Jun Zhang
Citations in the corpus
- Does the effect of enjoyment outweigh that of anxiety in foreign language performance (2018, background): “In courses where Arabic is the language of instruction, students need to take an English class as an additional compulsory unit (Alrashidi & Phan, 2015).”
- Factors Underlying Low Achievement of Saudi EFL Learners (2016, background): “Alrashidi & Phan (2015) stated that English has enabled Saudis to communicate with approximately 9.5 million foreign expatriates working in Saudi Arabia and that English language skills are among the competencies that Saudi workers must have to participate in the labor market and ultimately replace…”