Research on English Language Teaching and Learning in the Middle East and North Africa

The tenth volume in the TIRF-Routledge series, this book features research on the teaching and learning of English in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Kathleen M. Bailey a Professor Emerita at the Middlbury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA and a TIRF Trustee. David Nunan is Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics at the University of Hong Kong, President Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at Anaheim University in California, and a TIRF Trustee.

Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Contributors - ELT in the Middle-East and North-Africa: A survey of the landscape David Nunan Part I: Teachers and teaching - English reading in primary school students in Lebanon Rana Aridi, Eva Kozma, Sara Kassab, Kara McBride, Mirvat Merhi, and Rajani Shrestha - Teaching and assessing speaking in the context of curricular reform: The case of Israel Orly Haim and Tziona Levi - Moroccan teachers' perceptions of EFL instruction in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic: Lessons learned Adil Bentahar, Mohammed Elmeski, and Mohammed Hassim - The communicative orientation of EFL classrooms: The Tunisian context Khaled el Houche - Matches and mismatches between Egyptian high school EFL teachers' grammar instruction practices and beliefs Noha Abdel-hamid Ibrahim and Muhammad M. M. Abdel Latif Part II: Identity and affect - EFL learner identity and L2 pragmatic choices: Evidence from Omani EFL context Fatema Al Rubai'ey - Culture, Motivation, and Self-efficacy in the Sudanese EFL Context Elham Yahia and Aymen Elsheikh - An English language teacher candidate's tensions in the context of Turkey: What does an identity-oriented practicum course offer? Özgehan U-tuk and Bedrettin Yazan Part III: Academic writing - Metadiscourse in academic abstracts written by Algerian, Saudi, and native English researchers Tarek Assassi - Introducing a curriculum-based tutoring model in the Foundation English Program at Qatar University Mansoor Al-Surmi, Pakize Uludag, and Mohammad Manasreh - Teaching academic writing in the online environment: Challenges and benefits in the context of higher education in the UAE Doaa Hamam and Christine Coombe Part IV: Policy - Linguistic visibility in the University of Bahrain's linguistic landscape Yasser A. Gomaa - Factors influencing Iranian language education policy: An empirical investigation Mahdi Dahmardeh and David Nunan - Language preferences in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: An exploratory study Fatima Esseili - Factors contributing to Gaza pre-service teachers' poor proficiency in English language Enas Abdullah Rajab Hammad Index