Online Learning and Creative Writing in EFL

Submitted by reimaaljarf on 7 March 2009 - 12:23pm

The Saudi National Reading Curriculum

Submitted by reimaaljarf on 7 March 2009 - 12:21pm

Using 3 Online Course Management Systems in EFL Instruction

Submitted by reimaaljarf on 7 March 2009 - 12:20pm

Nicenet, WebCT and Moodle were used to teach grammar to freshman students at the College of Languages and Translation, King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. The subjects were divided into three groups and were randomly assigned to the three online courses. The same questions, discussion threads, grammar websites, daily grammar lesson, exercises and quizzes were posted in the three online courses. Daily observations of student reactions, questions and discussions as well as responses to post-treatment questionnaires showed that Nicenet was the most popular.

Connecting Students across Universities in Saudi Arabia

Submitted by reimaaljarf on 7 March 2009 - 12:19pm

The present study reports results of an experiment in which the author and her students at King Saud University (KSU) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia were connected with a professor and his students at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU) in Makkah, Saudi Arabia shared an online grammar course using www.makkahelearning.net. The experiment proved to be a total failure. Factors contributing to students' inadequate participation in the online course, and hesitation to register and interact are discussed.