The Sociocultural Context of English Language Teaching in the Gulf.

By Z. Syed. 2003

157 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science

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In Language and Linguistics

1. A. Aldosari
2. Fakieh Alrabai
3. N. Storch
4. Heba A. Alharbi
5. Icy Lee
6. Shulin Yu
7. A. Dobao
8. Youjin Kim

In Literature and Literary Theory

1. A. Aldosari
2. Fakieh Alrabai
3. N. Storch
4. Heba A. Alharbi
5. Icy Lee
6. A. Dobao
7. Shulin Yu
8. Abdullah Alamer

In Sociology and Political Science

1. A. Aldosari
2. N. Storch
3. Heba A. Alharbi
4. Fakieh Alrabai

Citations in the corpus

• Learners’ use of first language (Arabic) in pair work in an EFL class (2010, background): “Thus English classes in the college (as is the case in some other colleges and universities in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States; see Syed, 2003) tend to be quite heterogeneous in terms of the learners’ L2 proficiency.”
• Factors Underlying Low Achievement of Saudi EFL Learners (2016, background): “To pass the exam, students are primarily required to memorize information from the textbook and duplicate it in their exam papers (Syed, 2003).”
• Improving Students' English Speaking Proficiency in Saudi Public Schools. (2015, background): “These important facts help to explain Saudi students' negative attitude towards learning English (Syed, 2003).”