We present a summary of QALB-2015, the second shared task on automatic text correction of Arabic texts. The shared task extends QALB-2014, which focused on correcting errors in Arabic texts produced by native speakers of Arabic. The competition this year, in addition to native data, includes texts produced by learners of Arabic as a foreign language. The report includes an overview of the QALB ...

This study intended to develop a model describing speaking strategies for EFL learners by taking into account the effects of learners’ gender and proficiency on the application of strategies. Accordingly, this study was planned to have two main analyses, namely qualitative and quantitative. In this respect, 30 EFL learners' viewpoints were sought, and then, based on the elicited responses, a 21...

abstractwriting and speaking are the productive skills of a language and share similar components. however, there has been little attempt to investigate the impact of writing practice on the speaking proficiency of the learners. the present study using a pretest-posttest controlled group design in a quasi-experimental approach investigated the effect of guided writing practice on the speaking p...

The importance of teacher talk in Arabic-speaking learning is not only as a medium to organize the class and train students. However, also source language acquisition means for achieving objectives. This research aims to: 1) explore type modes Arabic Speaking learning, 2) most dominant that occurs learning. researcher used qualitative approach, this case study. methods data collection are obser...

The COVID-19 crisis has made the years 2020 and 2021 an unpolitical spiritual crisis. It affected virtually everybody in world introduced a new normal. Since beginning of outbreak, people have been hooked on consuming news media to follow development this unprecedented disease. Subsequently, language with vocabulary, expressions, metaphors appeared various languages, including English Arabic. D...

Dementia incidence rates are rapidly increasing among culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) Australians, and there is very little local research to inform practice. In response, a qualitative study employing focus group methods was undertaken with carers from 4 CALD communities-Arabic-speaking, Chinese-speaking, Italian-speaking and, Spanish-speaking. The study examined the experiences a...

This paper deals with the treatment of word etymology in monolingual and bilingual dictionaries. It also investigates EFL learners' attitudes towards the importance of etymology for understanding the meaning of the words they look up in dictionaries. The data were collected through tasks of looking up Arabic loan words in English in monolingual and bilingual dictionaries. The results indicate t...

This study investigates the usefulness of acquiring English PVs (as a key component vocabulary) using listening activities. Therefore, this analyzes how Arabic speakers studying as foreign language (EFL) understand and use phrasal verbs through listening. A self-administered survey was distributed to 74 students, mainly from Saudi Arabia. They listened recording incorporating frequently used id...