Ghada Awada
Biographic Data
| ID | 6707243 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ghada Awada |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ghada |
| FAMILY NAME | Awada |
| SIGNATURE | AWADA G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lebanese American University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8486-1630 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reclaiming Authority
Student-initiated bullying against teachers has become an increasingly visible yet understudied issue in educational research, particularly in regions like Lebanon, where such dynamics remain largely unspoken. This mixed-methods pilot study explored the experiences of 53 educators working in Lebanese private schools, combining survey responses with in-depth interviews from a purposive subsample of 11 teachers across elementary, middle, and high s…
Exploring Intercultural Interaction Model for Literacy of Underprivileged Learners of EFL
This study examines the effectiveness of the Intercultural Interaction Zone (IIZ) instructional model in transforming traumatic or sad experiences instigated by war and migration into inspirational ones in the English-as-a Foreign Language (EFL) literacy classrooms. We propose the IIZ model consisting of literature circles and citizenship authentic materials as a socio-critical zone of proximal development that would promote intercultural citizen…
The Effect of an Intercultural Communication Model on the Reading Comprehension of Refugee and Underprivileged Learners
This study describes a shifting of paradigm in the literacy education of Syrian refugees and underprivileged Lebanese learners (n = 72) in three eighth-grade classes in a public school in Lebanon. The study used a pre/post experimental control-group design to address its research questions. As complement to a Human Rights Education curriculum framework suggested in 2018, an intercultural communication model named the Third Space Literature Circle…
Effects of Diglossia on Classical Arabic
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Arabic diglossia on the development of classical Arabic language acquisition amongst bilingual learners in a private school in Lebanon. The study compares the Arabic language (L1) performance to that of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in accordance with Bialystok’s model. One hundred-forty participants; (n=140), ranged from five to eleven years of age, with a mean of eight years were …
Blog and Intercultural Grouping Effect on Learners’ Perceptions of Intercultural Communication Projects
This study investigated the effect of integrating Blog Assisted Language Learning(BALL) and small culturally -mixed group work on improving the perceptions of intercultural communication and writing research projects of university students (n=102) of different cultures enrolled in Advanced Rhetoric classrooms in two American universities during a 16-week period. The study employed Pre-test/Post-test control group design whereby the experimental g…
The Effect of an Intercultural Communication Model on the Reading Comprehension of Refugee and Underprivileged Learners
This study describes a shifting of paradigm in the literacy education of Syrian refugees and underprivileged Lebanese learners (n = 72) in three eighth-grade classes in a public school in Lebanon. The study used a pre/post experimental control-group design to address its research questions. As complement to a Human Rights Education curriculum framework suggested in 2018, an intercultural communication model named the Third Space Literature Circle…
Blog and Intercultural Grouping Effect on Learners’ Perceptions of Intercultural Communication Projects
This study investigated the effect of integrating Blog Assisted Language Learning(BALL) and small culturally -mixed group work on improving the perceptions of intercultural communication and writing research projects of university students (n=102) of different cultures enrolled in Advanced Rhetoric classrooms in two American universities during a 16-week period. The study employed Pre-test/Post-test control group design whereby the experimental g…
Effects of Diglossia on Classical Arabic
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Arabic diglossia on the development of classical Arabic language acquisition amongst bilingual learners in a private school in Lebanon. The study compares the Arabic language (L1) performance to that of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in accordance with Bialystok’s model. One hundred-forty participants; (n=140), ranged from five to eleven years of age, with a mean of eight years were …
Exploring Intercultural Interaction Model for Literacy of Underprivileged Learners of EFL
This study examines the effectiveness of the Intercultural Interaction Zone (IIZ) instructional model in transforming traumatic or sad experiences instigated by war and migration into inspirational ones in the English-as-a Foreign Language (EFL) literacy classrooms. We propose the IIZ model consisting of literature circles and citizenship authentic materials as a socio-critical zone of proximal development that would promote intercultural citizen…
The Effect of an Intercultural Communication Model on the Reading Comprehension of Refugee and Underprivileged Learners
This study describes a shifting of paradigm in the literacy education of Syrian refugees and underprivileged Lebanese learners (n = 72) in three eighth-grade classes in a public school in Lebanon. The study used a pre/post experimental control-group design to address its research questions. As complement to a Human Rights Education curriculum framework suggested in 2018, an intercultural communication model named the Third Space Literature Circle…
Reclaiming Authority
Student-initiated bullying against teachers has become an increasingly visible yet understudied issue in educational research, particularly in regions like Lebanon, where such dynamics remain largely unspoken. This mixed-methods pilot study explored the experiences of 53 educators working in Lebanese private schools, combining survey responses with in-depth interviews from a purposive subsample of 11 teachers across elementary, middle, and high s…
Psychology (4 works) · Intercultural communication (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Literacy (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Arabic (1 work)