• The effect if different types of feeback on the Qatari Students' achievement 

      El-Dreny, Hussein ( Qatar University , 1985 , Article)
      The effect of verbal/written (A), Individual/group (B) types of feedback and their interaction (AB) on achievement was investigated. The subjects were 68 Qatari undergraduate females enrolled in the author's course on ...
    • The effect of deception and debriefing upon self concept 

      El-Tawab, Sayed M.; Omar, Mahamoud A. ( Qatar University , 1987 , Article)
      The aim of this paper is to answer two basic questions: 1. What is the influence of deception procedure conducted in social psychological experiment upon the subjects' self-concepts as measured by a self-concept scale? ...
    • An exploratory study of the complexity and consensus dimensions of stereotypes among Qatari and Bahraini University students 

      Melikian, Levon H.; El-Dreny, Hussein ( Qatar University , 1983 , Article)
      The complexity and consensus dimensions of stereotypes held by 132 male and female university students from Qatar and Bahrain towards themselves and 11 other nationality groups were studied by using a modified Katz and ...
    • The extraction of positive and negative language transfer factors 

      El Fadil, Hamed El Nil; حمد النيل الفاضل ( Qatar University , 1988 , Article)
      This study aims at exploring the possibility of extracting two language factors, i.e., negative and positive language transfer factors, by means of the statistical technique of factor analysis. One thousand five hundred ...
    • Introduction of EFLPS in an Arab Context 

      Al Mutawa, Najat; Eassa, M. Rifky; محمد رفقي عيسى ( Qatar University , 1997 , Article)
      This study investigates two inter-related topics in foreign language learning. First, it assesses the impact of introducing English as a foreign language in the primary stage curriculum, on the scholastic achievement of ...
    • Is the Michigan Test an adequate tool for placement at the University of Qatar 

      Al Easa, Noor Sultan ( Qatar University , 1994 , Article)
      The English Department at Qatar University is one of the most popular departments in the university in which students like to enroll. To enable students to cope with the requirements of the department, and to be able to ...
    • Learning Priniciples Essential for effective computer assisted instruction (cai) 

      Ghandour, Mahmoud M.; Havlicek, Larry L. ( Qatar University , 1990 , Article)
      Guidelines and recommendations for effective computer assisted instruction are presented based on a review of the current theories and research relating to cognitive conceptions of learning and instructional design which ...
    • Negation & Sentence comprehension 

      Eassa, M. Rifky [محمد رفقي عيسى] ( Qatar University , 1984 , Article)
      18 Egyptian university graduates enrolled in TEOSL program, with approximately the same score on an objective test for their level, were presented with 8 variations of eight sentences (64 in all). Each sentence consists ...
    • Open-ended cloze procedure and multiple - choice cloze procedure: similarties and differences 

      Al-Buainain, Haifa; البوعينين, هيفاء ( Qatar University , 1991 , Article)
      This paper is a validation of two cloze procedures: Open-Ended and Multiple-Choice (henceforth OE and MC respectively). Open-Ended and Multiple-Choice tests on the same text were administered to 60 English majors in their ...
    • A proposal for the revision of the professional component of a program of teacher education. 

      Fahmy, Mahmoud ( Qatar University , 1984 , Article)
      One of the anticipated outcomes of the following proposal is an organized statement of the content and experiences (curriculum) for the professional component of teacher education program which appropriately utilized the ...
    • Sattelite Technology: a case for developing countries 

      Zaher, Fawzi ( Qatar University , 1982 , Article)
      This paper explores the potential of communications satellites for education and social services in the developing nations; their applications and potential problems.
    • Setting standards for criterion-referenced measurement 

      Ghandour, Mahmoud ( Qatar University , 1983 , Article)
      Improving human resources is the responsibility of the educational system in many societies. The outputs of the educational systems are, in many ways, the inputs of other systems found in societies. Life today in many ...
    • A short critique of the Crescent English Course 

      Al-Buainain, Haifa; البوعينين, هيفاء ( Qatar University , 1988 , Article)
      This paper is a short critique of the "Crescent English Course", Pupils Book 2. It falls into two parts. The first is information about the course; its aims, organization and some of its general characteristics. The second ...
    • Teach Education: Preparing for the twenty-first century 

      Kazem, Mohamed I. ( Qatar University , 1983 , Article)
    • Teacher Evaluation 

      Tolefat, Saleh ( Qatar University , 1987 , Article)
      Teacher evaluation is considered to be a significant issue in education. However, the quality of educational output depends heavily on the quality of the teacher. Therefore, this paper focuses on several factors such as ...
    • The teaching of language functions as systematic objective based aproach 

      El Fadil, Hamed El Nil; حمد النيل الفاضل ( Qatar University , 1985 , Article)
      At present many foreign language educators derive their wisdom in matters of classroom teaching mainly from linguistics and its related fields of psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics and hardly consult mainstream ...
    • The teaching of new language items 

      Al Fadil, Hamed El Nil ( Qatar University , 1984 , Article)
      In the early days of SUFL * teaching and when the Grammar-Translation method was queen of the day, vocabulary occupied a prominent position in SUFL programmes. However, the fortunes of vocabulary soon changed with the ...
    • Testing positive and negative language transfer through the use of factor analysis 

      El Fadil, Hamed El Nil [حمد النيل الفاضل] ( Qatar University , 1990 , Article)
      This paper attempts to verify the results of the first study in this series ( Hamed El Nil El Fadil, 1988) which extracted two factors from the scores obtained by 1 .544 subjects in their attempt to form five wh-questions. ...
    • Use of parallel texts: towards successful teaching materials to overcome cultural differences perse 

      Mohammad, Mohammad Fawzi M. ( Qatar University , 2000 , Article)
      The hypothesis of this paper is that the use of Parallel Texts as teaching Materials within a communicative framework could prove insightful for pedagogy i.e. to enable foreign language learners overcome cultural differences. ...
    • Warming up for athletic events 

      Hussain, Helmi ( Qatar University , 1985 , Article)
      Warming up is a widely accepted procedure preceding every type of athletic events, although objective evidence supporting the use of warm up is limited. Coaches, physical educators and athletes of almost every athletic ...