Faculty Publications - Year 2020

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Faculty Publications - Year 2020 #44

Congratulations to Dr. Fadi Al-Khasawneh for his significant contribution to the field!

Khasawneh, M., Alkhawaldeh, M., & Al-Khasawneh, F. (2020). The level of metacognitive thinking among students with learning disabilities. International Journal of English Linguistics, 10(5), 343-350.

This study examines the level of metacognitive thinking among students with learning disabilities in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia, taking into account variables such as age, grade, and type of learning difficulty, with the aim of identifying potential differences in metacognitive skills based on these factors and providing insights to improve educational strategies for students with learning disabilities. As of 8-15-2024, it has been cited 47 times. Click here to access the full PDF.

 
  1. Abdesslem, H. (2020). In memoriam: Prof. Tahar Labassi. Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 5(1). Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  2. Abdesslem, H. (2020). Neoliberalism and English language education policies in the Arabian Gulf. Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 5(1), 2490-2498. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper. 
  3. Abdesslem, H. (2020). Writer-author presence and responsibility in attribution and averral: A model for the analysis of academic discourse. Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 5(1), 25-62. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  4. Adil, M. (2020). Exploring the role of translation in communicative language teaching or the communicative approach. SAGE Open, 10(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2158244020924403. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  5. Akan, M. F., Shafiqul Islam, A. B. M., & Ahmad, J. (2020). An insight into the intricacies of English to Bangla translation. International Journal of Comparative Literature & Translation Studies, 8(1), 10-20. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper. 
  6. Alahmari, Musa. (2020). Stress Assignment and Foot Construction in a Southwestern Saudi Arabic Dialect. Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXXII. Papers selected from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics at Arizona State University. John Benjamins Publishing Company, Philadelphia, USA. https://benjamins.com/catalog/sal.9.01ala. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.*
  7. Alahmari, Musa. (2020). Variation in the Influence of the Emphatic Consonant /dˁ/ on the Adjacent Following /a/ Vowel in two Arabic Dialects. Arab Journal for Humanities. Kuwait University, Kuwait. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper*. 
  8. Alasmri, I. (2020). Translation of collocations into Arabic: A descriptive corpus-based study. International Journal of Science and Research, 9(12), 1144-1147. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  9. Alhajaji, B. H., Algmadi, J. S., & Metwally, A. A. (2020). Exploring the success of GMT technique: Games, mind-mapping, and Twitter hashtags in teaching vocabulary in EFL higher education environment. International Journal of Higher Education, 9(3), 290-299. https://doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v9n3p290. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  10. Alhamami, M. (2020). Language barriers in multilingual Saudi hospitals: causes, consequences, and solutions. International Journal of Multilingualism, 1-13.  https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2020.1777134 - Funded. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  11. Alhamami, M. (2020). Learners’ beliefs and communities around them: The social pressure to learn language. SAGE Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019898842. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  12. Al-Khasawneh, F. (2020). Test taking strategies and reading comprehension of Saudi EFL learners. Issues in Language Studies, 9(1), 155-165. - Funded. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  13. Al-Khasawneh, F., & Huwari, I. (2020). The Correlational Relationship between Morphological Awareness and Vocabulary Knowledge of Saudi EFL Learners: Evidence from King Khalid University. Journal of ELT Research: The Academic Journal of Studies in English Language Teaching and Learning, 5(2), 1–15. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper. 
  14. Al-Qahtani, A. A. (2020). Exploring reading strategies through introspective and retrospective think-aloud protocol. TESOL International Journal, 15(4), 37-63. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  15. Al-Qahtani, A. A. (2020). Factors influencing learners’ reading strategies: A study at an EFL context. Asian EFL Journal, 27(4.6), 94-114. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  16. Alrabai, F. (2020). The notion of emotion in EFL learning and teaching in Saudi Arabia: A critical review of 20 years of research. Arab World English Journal, 11(4), 31-49. https://doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol11no4.3. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  17. Alrefaai, I., & Ali Shah, S. (2020). The role of emotional intelligence in the EFL classroom: Reflections of EFL teachers. Journal of Education in Black Sea Region, 6(1), 110-118. https://doi.org/10.31578/jebs.v6i1.223. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  18. Alshamiry, R. (2020) Communicative competence of Saudi learners of English at the faculty of languages and translation, King Khalid University. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 11(3), 446-461. https://doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1103.13. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  19. Al-Tale', M. (2020). Bilingualism in EFL classrooms: Saudi female beginners’ reading performance and classroom involvement. The Scientific Journal of King Faisal University, Humanities and Management Sciences, 22(1), 187-192. https://doi.org/10.37575/h/lng/2337. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  20. Al-Wer, E., Horesh, U., Alammar, D., Alaodini, H., AL-Essa, A., Al-Hawamdeh, A., Al-Qahtani, K., & Hussain, A., (2020). Probing linguistic change in Arabic vernaculars: A sociohistorical perspective. Language in Society, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404520000706. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  21. Alzaanin, E. I. (2020). Combining case study design and constructivist grounded theory to theorize language teacher cognition. The Qualitative Report, 25(5), 1361-1376. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2020.4047. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  22. Asiri, S. A., & Metwally, A. A. (2020). The impact of linguistic and cultural competence on translation quality: Pedagogical insights into translation problems. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 11(3), 509-520. https://doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1103.22. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  23. Assiri, A. I., & Siddiqui, A. (2020). Interpretive reading as a strategy to construct meaning in EFL reading comprehension: A case study at King Khalid University. Arab World English Journal, 11(2), 411-419. https://doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol11no2.28. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  24. Bahameed, A. (2020). Abu Bakr Salem’s Saudi-Hadhrami songs in translation. International Journal of Arabic-English Studies, 20(2), 241-256. https://doi.org/10.33806/ijaes2000.20.2.13. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  25. Bahameed, A. (2020). How to assess the MA Saudi students in journalistic translation? International Journal of Language and Linguistics, 7(4), 92-99. https://doi.org/10.30845/ijll.v7n4p12. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  26. Busabaa, N. A., & Ateeg, N. A. (2020). A content analysis of modals in action pack ten, eleven, twelve in terms of variety in meaning, distribution, and activities: Recommendations for effective methods in teaching modals. Journal of ELT Research: The Academic Journal of Studies in English Language Teaching and Learning, 5(1), 24-36. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper. 
  27. Dror, Y., & Bader Eddin, E. (2020). Who believed, who believes and the believers–the aspectual differences of such structural types in the Qurʾān. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2020.1843138. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  28. Halim, T., Islam, M. S. & Halim, S. (2020). Decline in the popularity of English literature among EFL/ESL Saudi learners. Bulletin of Advanced English Studies, 4(2), 40-46. https://doi.org/10.31559/baes2020.4.2.3. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  29. Jaashan, H. M. (2020). The impact of incorporating stylistic models of inversion in teaching grammar on students’ comprehension of literary text. Issues in Language Studies, 9(2), 126-137. https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.2447.2020. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  30. Jabeen, R., Chashoo, S., H., & Sarifa, N. (2020). Exploring the infringing behaviours of students inside a university classroom: A research study from the teacher's vantage point. EDUCATIO Journal of Education, 5(2) 131-140. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper. 
  31. Khan, M. H., Zaini, Q., & Hossain, M. J. (2020). Interplay of fantasy and realism in Salman Rushdie’s midnight’s children. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 11(2), 324-329. https://doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1102.23. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  32. Khasawneh, M., Alkhawaldeh, M., & Al-Khasawneh, F. (2020). The level of metacognitive thinking among students with learning disabilities. International Journal of English Linguistics, 10(5), 344-350. https://doi.org/10.5539/ijel.v10n5p343. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  33. Mahdi, D. A., & Fiedler, B. A. (2020). Culture, language, and health care professionals. In B. A. Fiedler (Ed.), Three facets of public health and paths to improvements (1st ed., pp.213–237). Elsevier, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-819008-1.00008-0. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  34. Mohammed, K. (2020). Training freshmen of Languages and Translation College on correcting common grammatical mistakes for improving their English writing skills. Journal of Research in Education and Psychology, Minia University, 35(4). Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  35. Mohammed, K. & Siddique, A. (2020) Factors impacting writing reflections, anxiety, and motivation: A case study of EFL level 1 students at King Khalid University. KSA, Journal of Adv Research in Dynamical & Control Systems, 12(7), 721-732. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper. 
  36. Mohammed, K. & Siddique, A. (2020). The impact of using dialogue journals in teaching writing skills to level 1 (EFL major students) at Faculty of Languages and Translations, King Khalid University. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 24(6), 109-127. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  37. Qadha, A.M.H., & Alward, M.A. (2020). The effect of using videos in teaching and learning English present progressive tense. Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 17(2), pp. 159-170. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITSE-08-2019-0045. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  38. Saleh, H., Alhajaji, B. H., Busabaa, N. A., & Nagi, H. A. (2020). Levels of processing and producing conventional metaphors by English foreign language learners in written language. International Journal of Language and Linguistics. 7(1), 67-74. https://doi.org/10.30845/ijll.v7n1p8. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  39. Sarifa, N. (2020). Enhancing EFL learners’ English proficiency and intelligence by implementing the eclectic method of language teaching. Arab World English Journal, 11(1.9) 103-113. https://doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol11no1.9. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  40. Saud, W. I. (2020). Review of the book Semantics, by F.R. Palmer. International Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies, 7(2), 85-88. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  41. Saud, W. I. (2020). The relationship between critical thinking and translation ability of EFL undergraduate students. International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies, 7(3), 19-28. https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v7i3p19. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  42. Shamiry, R., & Al Fuad, M. (2020). The role of motivation in second language learning in King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 11(6), 893-903. https://doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1106.04. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  43. Wahid, R. & Farooq, O. (2020). Online Exams in the Time of COVID-19: Quality Parameters. International Journal of Social Sciences and Educational Studies, 7(4), 13-21. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper.
  44. Wahid, R. & Wahid, A. (2020). A study on cohesion in the writing of EFL undergraduate students.  i-manager's Journal on English Language Teaching, 10(1), 57-68. https ://doi.org/10.26634/jelt.10.1.16591. Click here for this paper's citation report (8/4/2024) - 2023-2024 academic year / 1445 Hijri. Please click here for a summary of the paper*.

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