scholarly journals The Effects of an Extensive Reading Program on Improving English as Foreign Language Proficiency in University Level Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Akram Alzu’bi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Language Proficiency ◽  
University Level

Correlates of high foreign-language proficiency in adults’ mother-tongue processing: An event-related potential (ERP) study

2011 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. e285
Author(s):  
Shiro Ojima ◽  
Atsushi Nagai ◽  
Fumihiko Taya ◽  
Yukio Otsu ◽  
Shigeru Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Event Related Potential ◽  
Foreign Language Proficiency

scholarly journals An Attempt at Promoting Undergraduate Sudanese EFL Students’ Performance in Academic Writing Skills

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Mohammed Ahmed Mudawy
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Holy Quran ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
University Level

The study aims at suggesting effective methods and techniques that could improve English as a foreign language EFL students’ performance in writing skills. The researcher uses the descriptive, analytical method. Four tools were adopted pretest, post-test, supporting program, and a questionnaire for teachers for collecting data. Twenty-five students in Holy Quran University, Sudan, were chosen purposively, and thirty EFL teachers at a university level were randomly selected as a sample for the study. Ninty percent of the teachers agree on the suggested program and techniques. The findings of the study indicate that: using varied techniques and activities in pre-writing stage promotes students’ performances in writing, integration of reading and writing skills in the classroom improves students’ writing skills, as well as encouraging extensive reading outside the classroom promotes students’ performance in writing skills. Accordingly, the researcher recommends that: teachers should focus on the prewriting stage through different activities as well as reading and writing should be used in an integrated way in-class writing to guide the writing process.

Assessing Foreign Language Proficiency of Undergraduates

1993 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 371
Author(s):  
Barbara Freed ◽  
Richard V. Teschner
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Foreign Language Proficiency
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