Norah Almusharraf
Biographic Data
| ID | 351694 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Norah Almusharraf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Norah |
| FAMILY NAME | Almusharraf |
| SIGNATURE | ALMUSHARRAF N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Prince Sultan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6362-4502 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Impact of sustainable career ecosystem in TVET and transition from academia to work for Industry 4.0: Insights from the global perspective
Purpose This article discusses how a sustainable Career Ecosystem in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has changed in promoting the graduates' transition in the workforce beyond academia. The study adopts a narrative literature review approach, which synthesizes the available information to gain insight into how sustainable career ecosystems in TVET contribute to employability, career preparation and career sustainability. Th…
Motivation and challenges of work–life balance among women in higher education institution: Insights for the context of Pakistan
Purpose The United Nations established Sustainable Development Goal 5 to bring excluded women into the financial mainstream, emphasizing gender equality. This study aims to identify the dominant motivational factors for female educators and to analyse the influence of their motivation on their career choices. The study also identifies work–life balance challenges for female educators working in public-sector higher educational institutions in Sin…
Impact of victimisation on youth’s mental health and its subsequent risk to drug addiction: Insights from the global perspective
Purpose This article explores the interconnection between childhood bullying victimisation and mental health and its resulting risk of subsequent drug addiction on a comparative international scale. Toward this, the objective of this article is to bring out the awareness about the abiding impacts of childhood bullying and how it leads to substance abuse and mental health problems in both developed and low- and middle-income nations. Design/method…
Impact of AI- driven technostress on students’ mental health and psychological wellbeing: Contextual insights
Purpose The widespread integration of digital tools has revolutionized work worldwide. Similarly, the integration of AI technology into higher education has altered the learning landscape for students. While there are numerous advantages associated with the use of these tools to enhance productivity, there is also a notable downside. Design/methodology/approach This research study has employed a case study research design to explore the manifesta…
Descriptive Analysis of Monophthongs in Pakistani English: Articulatory and Acoustic Evidence
This study presented an acoustic description of monophthongs in Pakistani English (PakE), an indigenized variety of non-native Englishes. The study addressed the following research questions: what are the acoustic characteristics of monophthongs in PakE as spoken by Punjabi speakers, in what ways do these monophthongs differ from or resemble those of Standard British English (SBE), how many monophthongs can be identified in PakE, and what pattern…
Reframing Code-Switching in Anglo-French Humour: A Genre-Based Comparative Study
Code-switching plays a central role in bilingual humour, generating comedic effects through language alternation. Anglo-French bilingual humour remains an under-researched field compared to other language pairs that have gained worldwide recognition. This research investigates how code-switching functions differ across three genres of Anglo-French bilingual humour: a comedy film, a stand-up performance, and a collection of bilingual jokes. A two-…
Breaking Gender Stereotypes: A Linguistic Analysis of Gender Representation in SNC-Based Elementary English Textbooks
Textbooks provide students with opportunities to gain knowledge and develop critical thinking skills.Students internalise social constructs and ideologies through textbooks.This research explores the representation of Pakistani women in English textbooks for elementary students published after the Single National Curriculum (SNC) in 2020.A mixed research design is applied to analyse the data both quantitatively and qualitatively.Guided by the the…
Examining the linguistic and behavioural patterns of gender identity in women with dissociative identity disorder
Despite extensive psycholinguistic research on gendered language, investigations of how psychological gender identity shapes linguistic behavior in clinical populations remain scarce. Drawing on Lakoff’s deficit model, which links hedges, tag questions and intensifiers to low authority and self-confidence, we explore gender‐linked speech variation in dissociative identity disorder (DID). Publicly available interview transcripts from six women dia…
Digital learning transformation: A study of teachers’ post-Covid-19 experiences
The COVID-19 epidemic has caused learning to change in ways that have never been anticipated before. This article examines teachers' difficulties due to COVID-19's global return of students from various modes, settings, and locations to a regular educational system. Although there are more online options, face-to-face instruction might be more effective. The article attempts to envision education in a post-COVID-19 world, hoping that learning sys…
Who struggles to decide? Personality, gender, and career indecision in higher education
Introduction Career indecision slows progress through university and into work, yet evidence from Middle Eastern settings remains limited. Methods We surveyed 153 Saudi undergraduates across seven programmes and modelled a 12-item Career Decision-Making Difficulties composite against gender, Big Five traits (extraversion, openness, conscientiousness), and educational cohort (first vs final year). Results Gender showed no association with indecisi…
Exploring the Relationship Between Critical Thinking and Creativity in University Students: Gender Differences and the Assessment of Skills
This study aimed to explore the relationship between the critical thinking and creativity skills of university students. The objectives were to explore the level of critical thinking skills, the degree of creativity in students’ written exam papers, the nature of the relationship between these constructs, and gender differences in the manifestation of these skills in writing. A sample of 167 students, including 100 females and 67 males, from a co…
Bridging cultures through explicitation: A corpus-based analysis of bilingual literary translations
This study examines explicitation strategies in translated literary texts to determine their impact on the text’s clarity, style, and cultural representation. Focusing on how these shifts affect the explicitation shifts, the study analyzed two modern Urdu novels, La Hasil and Aks, and their English translations. Using TagAnt and UAM CorpusTool, the study examines approximately 30,000 words of each text to determine the frequency and function of e…
Students’ perceptions of generative AI in EFL writing: Strategies, self-efficacy, satisfaction and behavioural intention
This study examined students’ perceptions and attitudes towards generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in language learning, particularly in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing. Employing a cross-sectional design, data were collected from 399 Saudi university EFL students to assess self-reported associations between AI chatbots and writing-related attitudes. The findings indicate that these chatbots were associated with increased s…
Trends and Gender Dynamics in Professional Certification Growth in Saudi Arabia
This study explores the trends and gender dynamics in professional certification growth in Saudi Arabia, a key driver of workforce development and economic transformation. While professional certifications are increasingly valued across various industries, there has been limited research exploring demographic trends and disparities in their attainment. Using publicly available data from the KSA Open Data Platform (n = 990), this study analyzes ce…
Assessing quality management practices: Comparative analysis of public and private universities using fuzzy inference system
Climate change adoption programs to promote equity and social justice among youth: Insights From the Global Perspective
Purpose This study aims to find out the impact of climate change adoption programs to promote equity and social justice among youth. Towards that, the objective of this review paper is to explore how do climate change adoption programs impact equity and social justice among youth, to investigate the challenges of climate change adoption programs on equity and social justice among youth across the world and to find the major mitigating strategies …
Emerging E-learning trends: A study of faculty perceptions and impact of collaborative techniques using fuzzy interface system
This study explores the emerging trends in e-learning from the perspective of university faculty, who play a crucial role in shaping the future of education. The rapid shift to digital education during and after COVID-19 has presented challenges for university faculty to grapple with new e-learning technologies. A qualitative research design was used to develop deep insights into upcoming e-learning trends. Data were collected from a sample of 70…
Machine learning prediction of mental health strategy selection in school aged children using neurocognitive data
Analyzing the role of ChatGPT as a writing assistant at higher education level: A systematic review of the literature
This study examines the role of ChatGPT as a writing assistant in academia through a systematic literature review of the 30 most relevant articles. Since its release in November 2022, ChatGPT has become the most debated topic among scholars and is also being used by many users from different fields. Many articles, reviews, blogs, and opinion essays have been published in which the potential role of ChatGPT as a writing assistant is discussed. For…
Incorporation of a game-based approach into the EFL online classrooms: Students' perceptions
This study functioned as a digital literacy technique that aided in raising students' motivation and classroom dynamics in reviewing writing structure, terminologies, and related knowledge. This study investigated the effects of integrating questioning strategies with the game-based student response system (GSRS), Kahoot!, into English literature courses. Specifically, this study explored students' perception of Kahoot! on raising engagement and …
Online collaborative note-taking and discussion forums in flipped learning environments
As the number of students learning in online and flipped contexts grows, an important question arises: to what extent is it necessary to have places or activities where students interact regarding course content? The present paper looked at three flipped learning environments: one with no online collaboration, one featuring an online discussion forum and one involving online collaborative note-taking. The subjects (N = 178) were all graduate stud…
Students Know Best: Modeling the Influence of Self-Reported Proficiency, Toeic Scores, Gender, and Study Experience on Foreign Language Anxiety
Understanding how second language proficiency and other key learner characteristics relate to language learning anxiety subcomponents can help inform the type and quantity of content instructors approach foreign language (FL) students with when teaching English. This study seeks to understand how FL proficiency (i.e., TOEIC reading, TOEIC listening, and self-reported), FL study experience, and gender influence levels of foreign language classroom…
Language teaching in the linguistic landscape: Mobilizing pedagogy in public space
AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank the Education Research Lab, Prince Sultan University, for financial and technical support
Teaching innovation in university education: Case studies and main practices
AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank the Education Research Lab, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia for financial and technical support
Activity choice and perceptions: Influencing factors to learning outcomes within videoconference-enhanced LMS courses
Activity choice and perceptions: Influencing factors to learning outcomes within videoconference-enhanced LMS courses
Examining teachers' awareness of effective vocabulary instructional practices: Voices from Saudi Arabia
Vocabulary‐learning activities are predominant in the English language classroom. Research examining teachers' awareness of effective vocabulary instructional practices is limited. The current mixed‐methods study (explanatory sequential design) aims to elicit responses from schoolteachers and college‐level teachers in the Saudi English‐as‐a‐foreign‐language (EFL) context to evaluate their implementation of the Technique Feature Analysis criteria.…
Online engagement during Covid ‐19: Role of agency on collaborative learning orientation and learning expectations
During the COVID‐19 outbreak, students had to cope with succeeding in video‐conferencing classes susceptible to technical problems like choppy audio, frozen screens and poor Internet connection, leading to interrupted delivery of facial expressions and eye‐contact. For these reasons, agentic engagement during video‐conferencing became critical for successful learning outcomes. This study explores the mediating effect agentic engagement has on col…
Calm down: A mediation model on the mitigating effect anxiety has on learner interactions and learning outcome
Learners in videoconference‐mediated classrooms are expected to interact regardless of their varied demographic and behavioral characteristics, including susceptibility to foreign language (FL) anxiety. With a focus on apprehension, the present study aimed to better understand the influence students’ FL anxiety has on the relationship between learner interactions and academic self‐efficacy beliefs. To this end, questionnaire data was collected fr…
Examining teachers' awareness of effective vocabulary instructional practices: Voices from Saudi Arabia
Vocabulary‐learning activities are predominant in the English language classroom. Research examining teachers' awareness of effective vocabulary instructional practices is limited. The current mixed‐methods study (explanatory sequential design) aims to elicit responses from schoolteachers and college‐level teachers in the Saudi English‐as‐a‐foreign‐language (EFL) context to evaluate their implementation of the Technique Feature Analysis criteria.…
Automated and Human Interaction in Written Discourse: A Contrastive Parallel Corpus-based Investigation of Metadiscourse Features in Machine-Human Translations
The rise of the internet has generated a need for fast online translations, which human translators cannot meet. Statistical tools such as Google and Baidu Translate provide automatic translation from one written language to another. This study reports the descriptive comparison of the machine-translation (MT) with human translation (HT), considering the metadiscoursal interactional features. The study uses a parallel corpus consisting of 79 text…
Analyzing the role of ChatGPT as a writing assistant at higher education level: A systematic review of the literature
This study examines the role of ChatGPT as a writing assistant in academia through a systematic literature review of the 30 most relevant articles. Since its release in November 2022, ChatGPT has become the most debated topic among scholars and is also being used by many users from different fields. Many articles, reviews, blogs, and opinion essays have been published in which the potential role of ChatGPT as a writing assistant is discussed. For…
Incorporation of a game-based approach into the EFL online classrooms: Students' perceptions
This study functioned as a digital literacy technique that aided in raising students' motivation and classroom dynamics in reviewing writing structure, terminologies, and related knowledge. This study investigated the effects of integrating questioning strategies with the game-based student response system (GSRS), Kahoot!, into English literature courses. Specifically, this study explored students' perception of Kahoot! on raising engagement and …
Online collaborative note-taking and discussion forums in flipped learning environments
As the number of students learning in online and flipped contexts grows, an important question arises: to what extent is it necessary to have places or activities where students interact regarding course content? The present paper looked at three flipped learning environments: one with no online collaboration, one featuring an online discussion forum and one involving online collaborative note-taking. The subjects (N = 178) were all graduate stud…
Students Know Best: Modeling the Influence of Self-Reported Proficiency, Toeic Scores, Gender, and Study Experience on Foreign Language Anxiety
Understanding how second language proficiency and other key learner characteristics relate to language learning anxiety subcomponents can help inform the type and quantity of content instructors approach foreign language (FL) students with when teaching English. This study seeks to understand how FL proficiency (i.e., TOEIC reading, TOEIC listening, and self-reported), FL study experience, and gender influence levels of foreign language classroom…
Language teaching in the linguistic landscape: Mobilizing pedagogy in public space
AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank the Education Research Lab, Prince Sultan University, for financial and technical support
Teaching innovation in university education: Case studies and main practices
AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank the Education Research Lab, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia for financial and technical support
Activity choice and perceptions: Influencing factors to learning outcomes within videoconference-enhanced LMS courses
Pedagogies for future-oriented adult learners: Flipping the lens from teaching to learning
Emerging E-learning trends: A study of faculty perceptions and impact of collaborative techniques using fuzzy interface system
This study explores the emerging trends in e-learning from the perspective of university faculty, who play a crucial role in shaping the future of education. The rapid shift to digital education during and after COVID-19 has presented challenges for university faculty to grapple with new e-learning technologies. A qualitative research design was used to develop deep insights into upcoming e-learning trends. Data were collected from a sample of 70…
Machine learning prediction of mental health strategy selection in school aged children using neurocognitive data
Examining the linguistic and behavioural patterns of gender identity in women with dissociative identity disorder
Despite extensive psycholinguistic research on gendered language, investigations of how psychological gender identity shapes linguistic behavior in clinical populations remain scarce. Drawing on Lakoff’s deficit model, which links hedges, tag questions and intensifiers to low authority and self-confidence, we explore gender‐linked speech variation in dissociative identity disorder (DID). Publicly available interview transcripts from six women dia…
Digital learning transformation: A study of teachers’ post-Covid-19 experiences
The COVID-19 epidemic has caused learning to change in ways that have never been anticipated before. This article examines teachers' difficulties due to COVID-19's global return of students from various modes, settings, and locations to a regular educational system. Although there are more online options, face-to-face instruction might be more effective. The article attempts to envision education in a post-COVID-19 world, hoping that learning sys…
Who struggles to decide? Personality, gender, and career indecision in higher education
Introduction Career indecision slows progress through university and into work, yet evidence from Middle Eastern settings remains limited. Methods We surveyed 153 Saudi undergraduates across seven programmes and modelled a 12-item Career Decision-Making Difficulties composite against gender, Big Five traits (extraversion, openness, conscientiousness), and educational cohort (first vs final year). Results Gender showed no association with indecisi…
Exploring the Relationship Between Critical Thinking and Creativity in University Students: Gender Differences and the Assessment of Skills
This study aimed to explore the relationship between the critical thinking and creativity skills of university students. The objectives were to explore the level of critical thinking skills, the degree of creativity in students’ written exam papers, the nature of the relationship between these constructs, and gender differences in the manifestation of these skills in writing. A sample of 167 students, including 100 females and 67 males, from a co…
Bridging cultures through explicitation: A corpus-based analysis of bilingual literary translations
This study examines explicitation strategies in translated literary texts to determine their impact on the text’s clarity, style, and cultural representation. Focusing on how these shifts affect the explicitation shifts, the study analyzed two modern Urdu novels, La Hasil and Aks, and their English translations. Using TagAnt and UAM CorpusTool, the study examines approximately 30,000 words of each text to determine the frequency and function of e…
Students’ perceptions of generative AI in EFL writing: Strategies, self-efficacy, satisfaction and behavioural intention
This study examined students’ perceptions and attitudes towards generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in language learning, particularly in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing. Employing a cross-sectional design, data were collected from 399 Saudi university EFL students to assess self-reported associations between AI chatbots and writing-related attitudes. The findings indicate that these chatbots were associated with increased s…
Trends and Gender Dynamics in Professional Certification Growth in Saudi Arabia
This study explores the trends and gender dynamics in professional certification growth in Saudi Arabia, a key driver of workforce development and economic transformation. While professional certifications are increasingly valued across various industries, there has been limited research exploring demographic trends and disparities in their attainment. Using publicly available data from the KSA Open Data Platform (n = 990), this study analyzes ce…
Assessing quality management practices: Comparative analysis of public and private universities using fuzzy inference system
Climate change adoption programs to promote equity and social justice among youth: Insights From the Global Perspective
Purpose This study aims to find out the impact of climate change adoption programs to promote equity and social justice among youth. Towards that, the objective of this review paper is to explore how do climate change adoption programs impact equity and social justice among youth, to investigate the challenges of climate change adoption programs on equity and social justice among youth across the world and to find the major mitigating strategies …
Impact of sustainable career ecosystem in TVET and transition from academia to work for Industry 4.0: Insights from the global perspective
Purpose This article discusses how a sustainable Career Ecosystem in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has changed in promoting the graduates' transition in the workforce beyond academia. The study adopts a narrative literature review approach, which synthesizes the available information to gain insight into how sustainable career ecosystems in TVET contribute to employability, career preparation and career sustainability. Th…
Motivation and challenges of work–life balance among women in higher education institution: Insights for the context of Pakistan
Purpose The United Nations established Sustainable Development Goal 5 to bring excluded women into the financial mainstream, emphasizing gender equality. This study aims to identify the dominant motivational factors for female educators and to analyse the influence of their motivation on their career choices. The study also identifies work–life balance challenges for female educators working in public-sector higher educational institutions in Sin…
Psychology (16 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Mathematics education (11 works) · Higher education (9 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Online and Blended Learning (4 works)