Table of Contents
Contents Foreword
Yehia El-Ezabi
Preface
Kathleen M. Bailey & Ryan M. Damerow
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Research on the Teaching and Learning of English in the Arabic-speaking World: Questions in Search of Answers
Ryan M. Damerow & Kathleen M. Bailey
Chapter Two: Modality in Arab EFL Students’ Academic Writing: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Research
Abdul Gabbar Al-Sharafi
Chapter Three: Arab Students’ Use of Monitoring in their EFL Composing: The Role of Linguistic Knowledge
Muhammad M. M. Abdel Latif
Chapter Four: Arabic Native Speakers’ Overpassivization in English
Hassan El-Nabih
Chapter Five: The Use of English for Education in the Arab World: An Ethnographic Investigation of Female Emirati Pre-service Teachers’ Conceptions of English as a Medium of Instruction
Melanie van den Hoven
Chapter Six: Exploring the Impact of Teacher Education Pedagogy on EFL Reading Teacher Identities: A United Arab Emirates Case
Fíodhna Gardiner-Hyland
Chapter Seven: English Language Teaching in Lebanese Schools: Trends and Challenges
Fatima Esseili
Chapter Eight: Palestinian Teachers’ Use of Questioning in Two Different Instructional Settings of EFL Reading
Enas Hammad
Chapter Nine: TV Shows, Word Coverage and Incidental Vocabulary Learning: Implications for Arabic Speakers Learning English
Mansoor Al-Surmi
Chapter Ten: Explorations in the Predictive Validity of a Regionally Developed English Proficiency Exam: The CEPA
Laila W. Rumsey
Chapter Eleven: Age of L2 Learning Makes no Difference in Instructed Settings: Input Matters Most
Kholoud A. Al-Thubaiti
Chapter Twelve: Summary and Concluding Observations
G. Richard Tucker
About the Contributors