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dc.contributor.authorAlmaliki, Ali
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-20T12:02:58Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-22T14:27:32Z
dc.date.available2018-09-20T12:02:58Z
dc.date.available2020-06-22T14:27:32Z
dc.date.issued2017-12
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/210
dc.description1 online resource (iii, 119 pages) : color illustrationsen_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to explore the impact of using a bilingual dictionary (English- Arabic) for reading and writing in a Saudi high school and also to explore the Saudi Arabian students' attitudes and EFL teachers' perceptions toward the use of bilingual dictionaries. This study involves 65 EFL students and 5 EFL teachers in one Saudi high school in the city of Alkobar. Mixed methods research is used in which both qualitative and quantitative data are collected. For participating students, pre-test, post-test, and surveys are used to collect quantitative data. For participating teachers and students, in-person interviews are conducted with select teachers and students so as to collect qualitative data. This study has produced eight findings; first is that the use of a bilingual dictionary has a significant effect on the reading and writing scores for both high and low proficiency EFL students. Other findings include that most EFL students feel that using a bilingual dictionary in EFL classrooms is very important to help them translate and learn new vocabulary words but their use of a bilingual dictionary is limited by the strategies for use that students know or are taught, and that both invoice and experienced EFL teachers agree that the use of a bilingual dictionary is important for learning word meaning and vocabulary, but they do not all agree about which grades should use bilingual dictionaries. The results of this study have a potential to alert Saudi policy-makers to the benefits of using bilingual dictionaries in the English curriculum through all grade levels in Saudi schools. [from author's abstract]en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherState University of New York College at Fredoniaen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectEnglish language---Study and teaching---Dictionaries.en_US
dc.subjectLanguage and languages---Study and teaching---research.en_US
dc.subjectHigh school students---Study and teaching---Saudi Arabia.en_US
dc.titleThe impact of using a bilingual dictionary (English-Arabic) for reading and writingen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
refterms.dateFOA2020-06-22T14:27:32Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY at Fredonia


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