Bridging the Gap between Education and Employment: English Language Instruction in EFL Contexts

by Rahma Al-Mahrooqi (Editor), Christopher Denman (Editor)

Overview

This book explores the ways in which the use of English as a medium of instruction can contribute to a closer alignment between educational outcomes and the demands of the world of work in those contexts where English is used as a foreign language.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783034316811
Publisher:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	10/24/2015
Series:	Linguistic Insights: Studies in Language and Communication , #198
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Rahma Al-Mahrooqi, PhD, is an Associate Professor of English at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman, where she also directs the Humanities Research Centre. Among her many positions, she has coordinated tertiary English courses and an ESP program for SQU’s College of Science and, for almost four years, she was SQU’s Language Centre Director. Dr. Al-Mahrooqi has published widely on English language teaching and learning in Oman with major focus areas in teaching and reading, literature, and English communication skills.
Christopher Denman, DEd, is a researcher at Sultan Qaboos University’s Humanities Research Centre. He has a bachelor’s degree in psychology in addition to a MEd and a EdD which focused on Arab Muslim identity and English language learning and teaching. He has previously taught at primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in South Korea, Japan, and Australia. His research interests include language and identity and education policy.

Table of Contents

Contents: K. Thomas Baby: Teaching Effective Communication Strategies to EFL Learners – Somayeh Gerami/Jafar Dorri Kafrani: The Effect of Teaching Communicative Strategies on Students’ Willingness to Communicate in an Iranian Context – Olga Andreevna Obdalova: Modeling Conditions for Students’ Communication Skills Development by Means of a Modern Educational Environment – Samia Naqvi/Rahma Al-Mahrooqi: Fostering Oral and Written Communication Skills in EFL via the Use of Student-created Digi-videos – Ann McLellan Howard: Advice among the Flowers: A Learner’s Speech Act – Siti Bahirah Saidi/Liyana Ahmad Afip/Bazilah Raihan Mat Shawal/Yohan Kurniawan/Julia Tan Yin Yin/Norhaini Mat Lajis: Investigating Vocabulary Teaching Modules for Preschoolers: The First Phase of a Design Experiment – Jaishree Umale: The Effect of the First Language on the Pronunciation of Lower Intermediate Omani Students – Norhaini Hj Mat Lajis: Rhyming and Singing: Tongue Training Toward Second Language Automaticity – Chandrika Balasubamanian/Rahma Al-Mahrooqi: Reducing Anxiety through Enhancing Omani EFL Learners’ Emotional Intelligence – Asfia Khan/Rahma Al-Mahrooqi: EFL Learners’ Anxieties: Tertiary-level Strategies among Omanis – Sindhu Harish: Communication, Identity and Workplaces in English Language Teaching in the Tertiary System in Oman – Abdelkader Chaou: Constraints on Intercultural and Pragmatic Competence Development in EFL Classroom Contexts – Tarek Hermessi: Culture, Globalization and L2 Education – Aleksandra V. Soboleva: Cognitive Styles in Intercultural Competence Development when Teaching English to Non-Linguistic Students – Rahma Al-Mahrooqi/Christopher Denman: Intercultural Communication and the Negotiation of Local and Foreign Cultures in the EFL Literature Classroom – Sandhya Rao Mehta/Rahma Al-Mahrooqi: Learning from the Margins: Teaching Language, Culture and Communication through World Literature in the EFL Classroom – Rahma Al-Mahrooqi/Khalsa Al-Aghbari: Taking Charge: Improving EFL Students’ Language Proficiency, Academic Skills and Professional Preparation via Student-led Activities – Rahma Al-Mahrooqi/Christopher Denman: Employability, English Proficiency and Communicative Ability in the Arabian Gulf.