| Description |
1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Series |
Critical New Literacies: the Praxis of English Language Teaching and Learning Series ; v.18 |
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Critical New Literacies: the Praxis of English Language Teaching and Learning Series
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Figures -- Tables -- 1. Introduction -- 1 Palestinian Arabs in Israel -- 2 Historical Factors: The British Mandate: 1917-1948 -- 3 Linguistic Background -- 4 Cultural Background -- 5 Educational Background -- 6 The Importance of English in Israel -- 7 Challenges Facing Palestinian Arab Students in Learning English -- 8 Organization of the Book -- 9 Conclusion -- 2. Writing Difficulties for Arab EFL Learners -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sources of Errors -- 2.1 Interlanguage -- 2.2 Transferring the Stylistics of Arabic -- 2.3 Repetition |
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2.4 Presentation and Elaboration -- 3 Peculiarities of English as a Target Language -- 4 Contrastive Analysis -- 5 Contrastive Rhetoric -- 6 Error Analysis -- 7 Conclusion -- 3. Errors at the Sentence Level -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Types and Classification of Errors -- 2.1 Syntactic Errors -- 3 Semantic Errors -- 3.1 Confusion of Sense Relations -- 3.2 Collocation Errors -- 3.3 Stylistic Errors -- 3.4 Mechanical Errors (Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling) -- 3.4.1 Capitalization -- 3.4.2 Punctuation -- 3.5 Spelling Errors -- 4 Analysis of my Students' Syntactic Errors -- 4.1 Verb Tenses |
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4.2 Omission of the Verb "to Be" and Other Verbs -- 4.3 Subject-Verb Agreement (Omission of Third Person Singular) -- 4.4 Auxiliary Verbs -- 4.5 Modal Auxiliaries -- 4.6 Relative Clauses -- 4.7 Articles -- 4.8 Fragments -- 4.9 Noun Modifiers and Irregular Uncountable Nouns -- 4.10 Prepositions -- 4.11 Wrong Word Order -- 4.12 Errors of Comparative and Superlative -- 4.13 Conjunction Errors -- 4.14 Mechanical Errors (Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling) -- 4.15 Capitalization -- 4.16 Punctuation -- 4.17 Stylistic Errors -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- 4. Errors at Paragraph Level |
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1 Introduction -- 1.1 Paragraphs and Paragraphing -- 2 The Structure of English Paragraphs -- 2.1 Topic Sentence -- 2.2 Supporting Sentences -- 2.3 The Concluding Sentence -- 3 Elements of a Paragraph -- 3.1 Unity -- 3.2 Coherence -- 3.3 Completeness -- 4 Problems Arab Students Face in Writing and Developing Paragraphs in English -- 5 Data Analysis -- 5.1 Topic Sentences -- 5.2 Supporting Details -- 5.3 Conclusions -- 5.4 Transition Words -- 6 Discussion and Conclusions -- 5. Errors at the Essay Level -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Essay Writing -- 2 Three Main Components of the Essay |
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2.1 Analysis of my Students' Introductory Paragraphs -- 3 Genres of Essays -- 3.1 Expository Essays -- 3.2 Problem-Solution Essays -- 3.3 Comparison-Contrast Essays -- 3.4 Persuasive Essays -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- 6. Problems Writing Seminar Papers -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Challenges Facing EFL Students in Writing Articles and Research Papers -- 1.2 Paraphrasing -- 1.3 Summarizing -- 1.4 Synthesizing -- 1.5 Plagiarism -- 1.6 Producing Cohesive Texts -- 2 Analysis of the Writing of the Undergraduate Students -- 3 Analysis of Postgraduate Students' Writing -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion |
| Summary |
This book addresses problems and challenges that Arab college students in Israel encounter in developing coherent texts in English as a target language |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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7. Cultural Transfer |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004714649 |
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9004714642 |
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