Arab Students’ Writing in English at the College Level

Ruwaida Abu Rass, Ph.D (1997), University of Arizona, is a senior lecturer at Beit Berl College. She has published several articles on academic writing advancement and cultural dimensions in EFL education.

• List of Figures and Tables1 Introduction1 Palestinian Arabs in Israel2 Historical Factors: The British Mandate: 1917–19483 Linguistic Background4 Cultural Background5 Educational Background6 The Importance of English in Israel7 Challenges Facing Palestinian Arab Students in Learning English8 Organization of the Book9 Conclusion2 Writing Difficulties for Arab EFL Learners1 Introduction2 Sources of Errors3 Peculiarities of English as a Target Language4 Contrastive Analysis5 Contrastive Rhetoric6 Error Analysis7 Conclusion3 Errors at the Sentence Level1 Introduction2 Types and Classification of Errors3 Semantic Errors4 Analysis of My Students’ Syntactic Errors5 Discussion6 Conclusion4 Errors at Paragraph Level1 Introduction2 The Structure of English Paragraphs3 Elements of a Paragraph4 Problems Arab Students Face in Writing and Developing Paragraphs in English5 Data Analysis6 Discussion and Conclusions5 Errors at the Essay Level1 Introduction2 Three Main Components of the Essay3 Genres of Essays4 Discussion5 Conclusion6 Problems Writing Seminar Papers1 Introduction2 Analysis of the Writing of the Undergraduate Students3 Analysis of Postgraduate Students’ Writing4 Discussion5 Conclusion7 Cultural Transfer1 Introduction2 Influence of Islam as the Students’ Main Religion3 Influence of Arabic Culture4 Discussion5 Conclusion8 Methods of Teaching and Evaluating Writing1 Introduction2 Approach Structure3 Genre-Based Approach4 Integrating Reading and Writing in EFL Writing Classes5 Using Rubrics6 Providing Feedback7 Written Corrective Feedback8 Peer Feedback9 Integrating Technological Tools for Teaching and Evaluation10 Remedies: My Personal Experience of Teaching and Assessing Writing11 Providing Feedback12 Peer Feedback13 Using Rubrics14 Discussion15 ConclusionAppendicesReferencesIndex