Language Teacher Research in the Middle East
Language Teacher Research Series
Christine Coombe, Volume Editor
Lisa Barlow, Volume Editor
Thomas S. C. Farrell, Series Editor
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Series Editor’s Preface
CHAPTER 1: Language Teacher Research in the Middle East
Christine Coombe and Lisa Barlow
CHAPTER 2: How Does Language Anxiety Affect Performance in the English Language Classroom? (United Arab Emirates)
Margaret Agbalizu
CHAPTER 3: L2 Learners and Student Evaluations of Teaching: Issues of Language Comprehension (United Arab Emirates)
Ahmad Al-Issa and Hana Sulieman
CHAPTER 4: Spelling Errors of Arab Learners: Evidence for Intergraphemic Mapping (Saudi Arabia)
Maher Bahloul
CHAPTER 5: What Makes a Good Teacher? Investigating the Native-Nonnative Speaker Issue in the Arabian Gulf (Kuwait and United Arab Emirates)
Christine Coombe and Mashael Al-Hamly
CHAPTER 6: Multicultural, Coeducational Group Work Experiences: Creative Collaboration or Problematic Partnership? (United Arab Emirates)
Cindy Gunn
CHAPTER 7: To Mediate or Not to Mediate: Surviving in an Exam-Based EFL Context (United Arab Emirates)
Naziha Ali Jafri
CHAPTER 8: The Effectiveness of Learning Contracts With Arab Learners of English (United Arab Emirates)
Paul MacLeod
CHAPTER 9: Six Hats for Discussion and Writing (United Arab Emirates)
David Palfreyman and Fran Turner
CHAPTER 10: Teacher and Student Perceptions of Best Practices in Teaching (Tunisia)
Ali H. Raddaoui
CHAPTER 11: The Effect of Group and Individual Peer Feedback on Student Writing in an EFL Gulf Context (Saudi Arabia)
Ali Shehadeh
CHAPTER 12: Negotiating With Multiple Repeaters (United Arab Emirates)
Salah Troudi
CHAPTER 13: Moodling in the Middle East (United Arab Emirates)
Jason M. Ward
References
Index