Arif Ahmed Mohammed Hassan Al-Ahdal
Biographic Data
| ID | 1123674 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arif Ahmed Mohammed Hassan Al-Ahdal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arif Ahmed Mohammed Hassan |
| FAMILY NAME | Al-Ahdal |
| SIGNATURE | AL-AHDAL A A M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Qassim University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6747-0897 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring Saudi EFL Learners’ Engagement with ChatGPT
This study explores Saudi EFL learners’ perceptions, attitudes, and intentions regarding using ChatGPT as an AI-mediated tool for English language learning. Employing a mixed-methods design, 181 students completed a survey, and 4 participated in follow-up interviews to offer a more nuanced understanding of learner experiences. Quantitative findings reveal high perceived usefulness ( M = 3.9), a generally pleasant user experience ( M = 3.95), and …
MTPEAS in the Translation Classroom
The growing use of machine translation (MT) for both academic and professional translation purposes requires uniformly accepted frameworks for post-edited outputs to be assessed. The current research investigates the application of the Machine Translation Post-Editing Annotation System (MTPEAS) in pedagogy for translation, suggesting a systematic taxonomy for determining the quality of students' post-edited work. In particular, the study seeks to…
Communication barriers in the EFL classroom
This study has been conducted with eighty undergraduate EFL students at Qassim University, over a period of six weeks, with forty students each in control and experimental groups. The results from the mixed-method analysis show that the experimental group achieved higher scores in listening skills and general comprehension than the control group. There were, also, four listening difficulties experienced by students namely, lack of time to learn, …
Ethical and pedagogical implications of AI in language education
This study aims to evaluate the role of AI as an educational tool from an ethical and pedagogical perspective as it delves into the perceptions of the teaching community whose resistance to technology integration into conventionally managed classrooms has been well established in a large number of studies. The study uses a mixed methods design to gather data from 50 English, Translation, and Linguistics faculty members at Ha'il University whose c…
Rethinking Teaching Culture in the Classroom
This article provides an empirical study on rethinking teaching culture and its impact on learning language in second language (L2) teaching classroom. The study sample consists of twenty students majoring in English as participants, randomly selected from fourth year students, Department of English and Translation, AlQalam University, Yemen. The participants’ task was to choose the best translation for twenty English proverbs each. The translati…
Linguistic Relativity
This article investigates the role of mother tongue in mastering foreign language vocabulary, drawing insights from both empirical and existing data sources. The study context consists of 68 students of the English Language Program at Qassim University, Saudi Arabia, whose native language is Arabic and are enrolled in an EFL program. Two distinct tests were administered to gather data for this study to evaluate the interplay between native langua…
Influence of Social Networking Sites on Undergraduate Saudi EFL Learners
Smart usage of social networking sites can make them useful instruments for communication, learning, and teaching purposes. Owing to rising demand for it, digital technology, particularly social networking sites are finding a place in the universities. The purpose of this study is to look into the influence of using social networking sites in the teaching of English at tertiary level. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty-five lec…
Artificial Intelligence based Arabic-to-English machine versus human translation of poetry
This study discusses the discrepancies between a machine translation and a human translation of Arabic poems to English. The dataset comprises two Arabic poems, Nothing of Note, and One Day. Each of these have English translations achieved by one or more translators working in unison to ensure close translation of the original. The researcher then generated the Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Machine Translation (MT) versions of these and cond…
Mall in Collaborative Learning as a Vocabulary-Enhancing Tool for EFL Learners
Vocabulary, as important as it is, is largely relegated to the domain of memorization in the English as a foreign language (EFL) situations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Assessment and achievement tests have proven time and again that this strategy is not doing any good for the learners' proficiency. This study was conceived to suggest means of improving critical knowledge application. In pilot studies with intermediate EFL learners at Ma…
Artificial Intelligence based Arabic-to-English machine versus human translation of poetry
This study discusses the discrepancies between a machine translation and a human translation of Arabic poems to English. The dataset comprises two Arabic poems, Nothing of Note, and One Day. Each of these have English translations achieved by one or more translators working in unison to ensure close translation of the original. The researcher then generated the Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Machine Translation (MT) versions of these and cond…
Mall in Collaborative Learning as a Vocabulary-Enhancing Tool for EFL Learners
Vocabulary, as important as it is, is largely relegated to the domain of memorization in the English as a foreign language (EFL) situations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Assessment and achievement tests have proven time and again that this strategy is not doing any good for the learners' proficiency. This study was conceived to suggest means of improving critical knowledge application. In pilot studies with intermediate EFL learners at Ma…
Linguistic Relativity
This article investigates the role of mother tongue in mastering foreign language vocabulary, drawing insights from both empirical and existing data sources. The study context consists of 68 students of the English Language Program at Qassim University, Saudi Arabia, whose native language is Arabic and are enrolled in an EFL program. Two distinct tests were administered to gather data for this study to evaluate the interplay between native langua…
Influence of Social Networking Sites on Undergraduate Saudi EFL Learners
Smart usage of social networking sites can make them useful instruments for communication, learning, and teaching purposes. Owing to rising demand for it, digital technology, particularly social networking sites are finding a place in the universities. The purpose of this study is to look into the influence of using social networking sites in the teaching of English at tertiary level. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty-five lec…
Artificial Intelligence based Arabic-to-English machine versus human translation of poetry
This study discusses the discrepancies between a machine translation and a human translation of Arabic poems to English. The dataset comprises two Arabic poems, Nothing of Note, and One Day. Each of these have English translations achieved by one or more translators working in unison to ensure close translation of the original. The researcher then generated the Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Machine Translation (MT) versions of these and cond…
Communication barriers in the EFL classroom
This study has been conducted with eighty undergraduate EFL students at Qassim University, over a period of six weeks, with forty students each in control and experimental groups. The results from the mixed-method analysis show that the experimental group achieved higher scores in listening skills and general comprehension than the control group. There were, also, four listening difficulties experienced by students namely, lack of time to learn, …
Ethical and pedagogical implications of AI in language education
This study aims to evaluate the role of AI as an educational tool from an ethical and pedagogical perspective as it delves into the perceptions of the teaching community whose resistance to technology integration into conventionally managed classrooms has been well established in a large number of studies. The study uses a mixed methods design to gather data from 50 English, Translation, and Linguistics faculty members at Ha'il University whose c…
Rethinking Teaching Culture in the Classroom
This article provides an empirical study on rethinking teaching culture and its impact on learning language in second language (L2) teaching classroom. The study sample consists of twenty students majoring in English as participants, randomly selected from fourth year students, Department of English and Translation, AlQalam University, Yemen. The participants’ task was to choose the best translation for twenty English proverbs each. The translati…
Exploring Saudi EFL Learners’ Engagement with ChatGPT
This study explores Saudi EFL learners’ perceptions, attitudes, and intentions regarding using ChatGPT as an AI-mediated tool for English language learning. Employing a mixed-methods design, 181 students completed a survey, and 4 participated in follow-up interviews to offer a more nuanced understanding of learner experiences. Quantitative findings reveal high perceived usefulness ( M = 3.9), a generally pleasant user experience ( M = 3.95), and …
MTPEAS in the Translation Classroom
The growing use of machine translation (MT) for both academic and professional translation purposes requires uniformly accepted frameworks for post-edited outputs to be assessed. The current research investigates the application of the Machine Translation Post-Editing Annotation System (MTPEAS) in pedagogy for translation, suggesting a systematic taxonomy for determining the quality of students' post-edited work. In particular, the study seeks to…
Computer Science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (3 works) · Vocabulary (3 works) · AI in Service Interactions (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)