Arab Students’ Writing in English at the College Level

Challenges and Remedies

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著者：
Ruwaida Abu Rass
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.
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2025
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Ruwaida Abu Rass, Ph.D (1997), University of Arizona, is a senior lecturer at Beit Berl College. She has published several articles on academic writing advancement and cultural dimensions in EFL education.
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
The potential readers of this book are researchers of academic writing and instructors at the undergraduate and graduate levels in general and EFL researchers and educators in specific. It could also benefit policy makers and academic writing program designers. It should be in every library of an institute for higher education.
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出版社:
Brill
Language:
英语
Extent:
x, 261
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004714649

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