English Education in Oman Current Scenarios and Future Trajectories /

This book explores an area that has been somewhat overlooked in the literature to date - the current status and future trends of English education in Oman. It offers a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to the subject and explores areas of English education in Oman that have, until...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore , 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:English Language Education, 15
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ISBN:9789811302657
ISSN:2213-6967 ;
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I Teacher-centered Issues
  • Professionalism by whose Model? Professionalism and Professionalisation of TESOL Teachers through Autonomy or Accountability
  • Developing Texts that match Readers' Abilities in the Sciences: Seeking an Appropriate Instructional Level
  • Teachers' Attitudes towards Alternative Assessment in the English-language Foundation Program of an Omani University
  • Teachers Doing Research with their own Students: A Blessing or a Curse?
  • Incorporating Intercultural Research into ELL/ELT in Oman
  • Part II Student-centered Issues
  • Student Evaluation of their English Language Teachers in Omani Basic Education Schools
  • Learning for Real-Voices from the Classroom
  • An Exploration of the English-language Reading Habits of Omani University Students
  • Remediation in College: Some Preliminary Considerations for Establishing Support Schemes for Omani At-risk Students
  • English Language Proficiency and Communicative Competence in Oman: Implications for Employability and Sustainable Development
  • Understanding Attrition in English-medium University Programs in Oman: Identifying Push, Pull and Fallout Factors at an Arab Gulf University
  • Readiness for Autonomy among EFL Students in Oman
  • Part III Teaching-centered Issues
  • Integrating Content Based Instructions in a Foundation Program for Omani Nursing Students
  • Tasks: Effective Ways of Accomodating Learners' Identities in Higher Education Oman
  • Comics in the Omani EFL Classroom: Boosting Student Vocabulary, Reading, and Motivation
  • Teaching Sound-Spelling Coordination as a part of Productive Skills: A Case of Arabic-Speaking Undergraduate Students
  • Corpus Linguistics and the Classroom: Avenues for Innovation. .