Ghazi Ghaith
Biographic Data
| ID | 1264434 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ghazi Ghaith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ghazi |
| FAMILY NAME | Ghaith |
| SIGNATURE | GHAITH G |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University of Beirut |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1437-3989 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
An investigation of the relationship between forms of positive interdependence, social support, and selected aspects of classroom climate
Correlates of the Implementation of the STAD Cooperative Learning Method in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom
This study investigates the connection between teachers' experience, beliefs concerning the acquisition of knowledge, behavioural intentions to implement instructional innovations and their use of the Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) cooperative learning (CL) method in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). Fifty-five EFL teachers from diverse school backgrounds in Lebanon participated in the study. The participants completed a d…
Effect of Religion, First Foreign Language, and Gender on the Perception of the Utility of Language
This study investigates the linguistic attitudes of college students in Lebanon towards the languages that help define the multilingual character of the country, namely, Arabic, French, and English. One hundred seventy-six (n = 176) students completed a 31-item questionnaire that assessed their attitudes towards the utility of each of the 3 languages. The results of the study show that students perceived the foreign languages, French and English,…
Effects of the Learning Together Model of Cooperative Learning on English as a Foreign Language Reading Achievement, Academic Self-Esteem, and Feelings of School Alienation
This study investigated the effects of the Learning Together cooperative learning model in improving English as a Foreign Language (EFL) reading achievement and academic self-esteem and in decreasing feelings of school alienation. Fifty-six Lebanese high school learners of EFL participated in the study, and a pretest-posttest control group experimental design was employed. The results indicated no statistically significant differences between the…
Role of Text Structure Awareness in the Recall of Expository Discourse
This study examined the role of text structure awareness in the recall of information of four expository text types: description/collection, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, and problem/solution. One hundred nine university‐bound students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) participated in the study. Data collection and analysis focused on the participants' written recalls of information organized into the text structures under investigation…
The relationship between cooperative learning, perception of social support, and academic achievement
University students' perceptions of the ethnolinguistic vitality of Arabic, French and English in Lebanon
Learners' perceptions of their STAD cooperative experience
Student Motivation to Learn English as a Foreign Language
This study examined the motivation of 180 university‐bound Lebanese students to learn English as a foreign language (EFL). Data were gathered through administering a modified version of the motivation scale developed by Wen (1997). The findings revealed that integrative motivation, effort, valence, expectancy, and self‐estimation of ability were internally related determinants of motivation for learning EFL. Instrumental motivation was found to b…
The relationship between perceptions of teaching concerns, teacher efficacy, and selected teacher characteristics
Lebanon's Language-in-Education Policies
Les politiques libanaises de la langue dans l'enseignement: du bilinguisme au trilinguisme Le débat sur la politique à adopter et les pratiques à appliquer à propos du langage d'enseignement au Liban a dévié, au cours du passé récent, d'une concentration autour de la lutte entre l'arabe et le français/anglais vers une concentration autour des attitudes pratiques vis-à-vis l'enseignement de langues. Cette déviation est en train de conduire le pays…
Effect of cooperative learning on the acquisition of second language rules and mechanics
An integrated approach to foreign language learning in Lebanon
This article describes the procedures followed in developing a theme‐based English as a Foreign Language (EFL) curriculum to be implemented nation‐wide in the Republic of Lebanon. The description covers the procedures followed in forming curricular objectives, developing perspectives on instruction, setting criteria for material selection and adaptation, and devising evaluation guidelines. These objectives were grounded in some national policy in…
Relationships among experience, teacher efficacy, and attitudes toward the implementation of instructional innovation
The Problems of Teaching Non-native Literature in the Light of Schema Theory and Beyond
Relationships among experience, teacher efficacy, and attitudes toward the implementation of instructional innovation
Student Motivation to Learn English as a Foreign Language
This study examined the motivation of 180 university‐bound Lebanese students to learn English as a foreign language (EFL). Data were gathered through administering a modified version of the motivation scale developed by Wen (1997). The findings revealed that integrative motivation, effort, valence, expectancy, and self‐estimation of ability were internally related determinants of motivation for learning EFL. Instrumental motivation was found to b…
University students' perceptions of the ethnolinguistic vitality of Arabic, French and English in Lebanon
Lebanon's Language-in-Education Policies
Les politiques libanaises de la langue dans l'enseignement: du bilinguisme au trilinguisme Le débat sur la politique à adopter et les pratiques à appliquer à propos du langage d'enseignement au Liban a dévié, au cours du passé récent, d'une concentration autour de la lutte entre l'arabe et le français/anglais vers une concentration autour des attitudes pratiques vis-à-vis l'enseignement de langues. Cette déviation est en train de conduire le pays…
The relationship between cooperative learning, perception of social support, and academic achievement
The relationship between perceptions of teaching concerns, teacher efficacy, and selected teacher characteristics
Effect of cooperative learning on the acquisition of second language rules and mechanics
An investigation of the relationship between forms of positive interdependence, social support, and selected aspects of classroom climate
Effect of Religion, First Foreign Language, and Gender on the Perception of the Utility of Language
This study investigates the linguistic attitudes of college students in Lebanon towards the languages that help define the multilingual character of the country, namely, Arabic, French, and English. One hundred seventy-six (n = 176) students completed a 31-item questionnaire that assessed their attitudes towards the utility of each of the 3 languages. The results of the study show that students perceived the foreign languages, French and English,…
Role of Text Structure Awareness in the Recall of Expository Discourse
This study examined the role of text structure awareness in the recall of information of four expository text types: description/collection, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, and problem/solution. One hundred nine university‐bound students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) participated in the study. Data collection and analysis focused on the participants' written recalls of information organized into the text structures under investigation…
An integrated approach to foreign language learning in Lebanon
This article describes the procedures followed in developing a theme‐based English as a Foreign Language (EFL) curriculum to be implemented nation‐wide in the Republic of Lebanon. The description covers the procedures followed in forming curricular objectives, developing perspectives on instruction, setting criteria for material selection and adaptation, and devising evaluation guidelines. These objectives were grounded in some national policy in…
The Problems of Teaching Non-native Literature in the Light of Schema Theory and Beyond
An integrated approach to foreign language learning in Lebanon
This article describes the procedures followed in developing a theme‐based English as a Foreign Language (EFL) curriculum to be implemented nation‐wide in the Republic of Lebanon. The description covers the procedures followed in forming curricular objectives, developing perspectives on instruction, setting criteria for material selection and adaptation, and devising evaluation guidelines. These objectives were grounded in some national policy in…
Relationships among experience, teacher efficacy, and attitudes toward the implementation of instructional innovation
Effect of cooperative learning on the acquisition of second language rules and mechanics
The relationship between perceptions of teaching concerns, teacher efficacy, and selected teacher characteristics
Lebanon's Language-in-Education Policies
Les politiques libanaises de la langue dans l'enseignement: du bilinguisme au trilinguisme Le débat sur la politique à adopter et les pratiques à appliquer à propos du langage d'enseignement au Liban a dévié, au cours du passé récent, d'une concentration autour de la lutte entre l'arabe et le français/anglais vers une concentration autour des attitudes pratiques vis-à-vis l'enseignement de langues. Cette déviation est en train de conduire le pays…
Student Motivation to Learn English as a Foreign Language
This study examined the motivation of 180 university‐bound Lebanese students to learn English as a foreign language (EFL). Data were gathered through administering a modified version of the motivation scale developed by Wen (1997). The findings revealed that integrative motivation, effort, valence, expectancy, and self‐estimation of ability were internally related determinants of motivation for learning EFL. Instrumental motivation was found to b…
Learners' perceptions of their STAD cooperative experience
The relationship between cooperative learning, perception of social support, and academic achievement
University students' perceptions of the ethnolinguistic vitality of Arabic, French and English in Lebanon
Effect of Religion, First Foreign Language, and Gender on the Perception of the Utility of Language
This study investigates the linguistic attitudes of college students in Lebanon towards the languages that help define the multilingual character of the country, namely, Arabic, French, and English. One hundred seventy-six (n = 176) students completed a 31-item questionnaire that assessed their attitudes towards the utility of each of the 3 languages. The results of the study show that students perceived the foreign languages, French and English,…
Effects of the Learning Together Model of Cooperative Learning on English as a Foreign Language Reading Achievement, Academic Self-Esteem, and Feelings of School Alienation
This study investigated the effects of the Learning Together cooperative learning model in improving English as a Foreign Language (EFL) reading achievement and academic self-esteem and in decreasing feelings of school alienation. Fifty-six Lebanese high school learners of EFL participated in the study, and a pretest-posttest control group experimental design was employed. The results indicated no statistically significant differences between the…
Role of Text Structure Awareness in the Recall of Expository Discourse
This study examined the role of text structure awareness in the recall of information of four expository text types: description/collection, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, and problem/solution. One hundred nine university‐bound students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) participated in the study. Data collection and analysis focused on the participants' written recalls of information organized into the text structures under investigation…
Correlates of the Implementation of the STAD Cooperative Learning Method in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom
This study investigates the connection between teachers' experience, beliefs concerning the acquisition of knowledge, behavioural intentions to implement instructional innovations and their use of the Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) cooperative learning (CL) method in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). Fifty-five EFL teachers from diverse school backgrounds in Lebanon participated in the study. The participants completed a d…
An investigation of the relationship between forms of positive interdependence, social support, and selected aspects of classroom climate
Psychology (14 works) · Mathematics education (13 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Foreign language (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Perception (5 works) · Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (4 works)