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Arab Studentsâ Writing in English at the College Level
Challenges and Remedies
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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.
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
â1 Palestinian Arabs in Israel
â2 Historical Factors: The British Mandate: 1917â1948
â3 Linguistic Background
â4 Cultural Background
â5 Educational Background
â6 The Importance of English in Israel
â7 Challenges Facing Palestinian Arab Students in Learning English
â8 Organization of the Book
â9 Conclusion
2 Writing Difficulties for Arab EFL Learners
â1 Introduction
â2 Sources of Errors
â3 Peculiarities of English as a Target Language
â4 Contrastive Analysis
â5 Contrastive Rhetoric
â6 Error Analysis
â7 Conclusion
3 Errors at the Sentence Level
â1 Introduction
â2 Types and Classification of Errors
â3 Semantic Errors
â4 Analysis of My Studentsâ Syntactic Errors
â5 Discussion
â6 Conclusion
4 Errors at Paragraph Level
â1 Introduction
â2 The Structure of English Paragraphs
â3 Elements of a Paragraph
â4 Problems Arab Students Face in Writing and Developing Paragraphs in English
â5 Data Analysis
â6 Discussion and Conclusions
5 Errors at the Essay Level
â1 Introduction
â2 Three Main Components of the Essay
â3 Genres of Essays
â4 Discussion
â5 Conclusion
6 Problems Writing Seminar Papers
â1 Introduction
â2 Analysis of the Writing of the Undergraduate Students
â3 Analysis of Postgraduate Studentsâ Writing
â4 Discussion
â5 Conclusion
7 Cultural Transfer
â1 Introduction
â2 Influence of Islam as the Studentsâ Main Religion
â3 Influence of Arabic Culture
â4 Discussion
â5 Conclusion
8 Methods of Teaching and Evaluating Writing
â1 Introduction
â2 Approach Structure
â3 Genre-Based Approach
â4 Integrating Reading and Writing in EFL Writing Classes
â5 Using Rubrics
â6 Providing Feedback
â7 Written Corrective Feedback
â8 Peer Feedback
â9 Integrating Technological Tools for Teaching and Evaluation
â10 Remedies: My Personal Experience of Teaching and Assessing Writing
â11 Providing Feedback
â12 Peer Feedback
â13 Using Rubrics
â14 Discussion
â15 Conclusion
Appendices
References
Index
1 Introduction
â1 Palestinian Arabs in Israel
â2 Historical Factors: The British Mandate: 1917â1948
â3 Linguistic Background
â4 Cultural Background
â5 Educational Background
â6 The Importance of English in Israel
â7 Challenges Facing Palestinian Arab Students in Learning English
â8 Organization of the Book
â9 Conclusion
2 Writing Difficulties for Arab EFL Learners
â1 Introduction
â2 Sources of Errors
â3 Peculiarities of English as a Target Language
â4 Contrastive Analysis
â5 Contrastive Rhetoric
â6 Error Analysis
â7 Conclusion
3 Errors at the Sentence Level
â1 Introduction
â2 Types and Classification of Errors
â3 Semantic Errors
â4 Analysis of My Studentsâ Syntactic Errors
â5 Discussion
â6 Conclusion
4 Errors at Paragraph Level
â1 Introduction
â2 The Structure of English Paragraphs
â3 Elements of a Paragraph
â4 Problems Arab Students Face in Writing and Developing Paragraphs in English
â5 Data Analysis
â6 Discussion and Conclusions
5 Errors at the Essay Level
â1 Introduction
â2 Three Main Components of the Essay
â3 Genres of Essays
â4 Discussion
â5 Conclusion
6 Problems Writing Seminar Papers
â1 Introduction
â2 Analysis of the Writing of the Undergraduate Students
â3 Analysis of Postgraduate Studentsâ Writing
â4 Discussion
â5 Conclusion
7 Cultural Transfer
â1 Introduction
â2 Influence of Islam as the Studentsâ Main Religion
â3 Influence of Arabic Culture
â4 Discussion
â5 Conclusion
8 Methods of Teaching and Evaluating Writing
â1 Introduction
â2 Approach Structure
â3 Genre-Based Approach
â4 Integrating Reading and Writing in EFL Writing Classes
â5 Using Rubrics
â6 Providing Feedback
â7 Written Corrective Feedback
â8 Peer Feedback
â9 Integrating Technological Tools for Teaching and Evaluation
â10 Remedies: My Personal Experience of Teaching and Assessing Writing
â11 Providing Feedback
â12 Peer Feedback
â13 Using Rubrics
â14 Discussion
â15 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.