Amer Ahmed
Biographic Data
| ID | 7852955 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amer Ahmed |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amer |
| FAMILY NAME | Ahmed |
| SIGNATURE | AHMED A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dhofar University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0503-4045 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From Second to Heritage Languages
Previous research shows that in heritage language development, accuracy lags fluency. This has prompted calls for the use of Form Focused Instruction in heritage language classrooms. This paper offers empirical evidence in support of Form Focused Instruction in Arabic as a heritage language addressing the questions (1) Is Form Focused Instruction more effective than Meaning-based instruction for heritage language learners of Arabic? (2) Is Isolat…
Can Grammar Be Learned Implicitly? Insights From the Omani EAP Classroom
The focus of this study is on the implicit knowledge that L2 learners acquire when they are asked to complete a communicative task. The study is couched within the framework of the Instructed Second language Learning (ISLA) and contributes to the discussion on the acquisition of implicit knowledge as an important pre-requisite for communicative competence. The study claims that implicit knowledge can be acquired when language learners are asked t…
The Interaction Between Morphosyntactic Features and the Performance of Machine Translation Tools
The present study compares the performance of three machine translation tools in English-Arabic translation to answer the questions of (a) whether the three machine translation tools, Google Translate, Systran and Microsoft Bing can be ordered in a hierarchy of performance, and (b) whether they can handle lexically and structurally ambiguous sentences and garden path sentences. Using a number of constructed and selected English sentences, the mor…
The Theory and Practice of Language Ideologies in Modern Societies
One of the consequences of the neo-liberal ideology of language commodification, which emphasizes “economic logic, economic integration, professionalism, and effectiveness” (Budach et al., 2003, p. 610) is the changes imposed in the field of literacy and second language learning. From the cultural capital of an individual and community, language has become a commodifiable resource with its value on economic markets. In the process of language com…
Toward Safer and More Productive Migration for South Asia
International migration: a crucial part of South Asia's development 1 Factors preventing migration from having a higher development impact 4 Exposure to high volatility and future risks from high concentrations in few destinations 8 Need for holistic policy actions to make migration safer and more productive 10 Ways to harness the development potential of return migrants more effectively 13 Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath …
Assessment of symptoms and complications in treatment of naive newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus and their correlation with glycemic parameters
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder that occurs in the body because of decreased insulin activity and/or insulin secretion. Pathological changes such as nephropathy, retinopathy, and cardiovascular complications inevitably occur in the body with the progression of the disease. DM is mainly categorized into 2 sub-types, type I DM and type II DM. While type I DM is generally treated through insulin replacement therapy, type…
Storytelling as languaging
This paper presents the findings of a case study, which aims to answer the question of whether languaging (i.e. storytelling as a cognitively demanding talk) can improve the cognition of an older adult suffering from multiple sclerosis and living in a long-term care facility. Languaging, the process of using language to make meaning, evokes the views of Bakhtin and Vygotsky on language as a dynamic, heterogeneous and dialogic construct that media…
Narrating the Meaning of Existence
This paper focuses on the autobiographical narratives of three translingual writers, Nabokov, Brodsky and Makine. Their narratives are analyzed by taking into account Vygotsky’s ideas on the relationship between language and thought (1987), Bruner’s ideas on storytelling (1986, 2002) and Swain’s concept of languaging as a meaning-making process through language (Swain, 2006). The paper investigates the question of the role of language in making s…
Are the Speech Acts of EFL Learners Really Direct? The Case of Requests in the Omani EFL Context
The study focuses on the strategies English as a foreign language (EFL) learners choose to take on in requests without evaluating them against the norm of a native speaker, as the concept of native speaker is ideologically problematic in the time of super-diversity. The study uses cultural scripts proposed in the field of cross-cultural pragmatics to interpret the strategies of EFL learners in making requests. Seventy-six requests were elicited f…
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Are the Speech Acts of EFL Learners Really Direct? The Case of Requests in the Omani EFL Context
The study focuses on the strategies English as a foreign language (EFL) learners choose to take on in requests without evaluating them against the norm of a native speaker, as the concept of native speaker is ideologically problematic in the time of super-diversity. The study uses cultural scripts proposed in the field of cross-cultural pragmatics to interpret the strategies of EFL learners in making requests. Seventy-six requests were elicited f…
Storytelling as languaging
This paper presents the findings of a case study, which aims to answer the question of whether languaging (i.e. storytelling as a cognitively demanding talk) can improve the cognition of an older adult suffering from multiple sclerosis and living in a long-term care facility. Languaging, the process of using language to make meaning, evokes the views of Bakhtin and Vygotsky on language as a dynamic, heterogeneous and dialogic construct that media…
Narrating the Meaning of Existence
This paper focuses on the autobiographical narratives of three translingual writers, Nabokov, Brodsky and Makine. Their narratives are analyzed by taking into account Vygotsky’s ideas on the relationship between language and thought (1987), Bruner’s ideas on storytelling (1986, 2002) and Swain’s concept of languaging as a meaning-making process through language (Swain, 2006). The paper investigates the question of the role of language in making s…
Toward Safer and More Productive Migration for South Asia
International migration: a crucial part of South Asia's development 1 Factors preventing migration from having a higher development impact 4 Exposure to high volatility and future risks from high concentrations in few destinations 8 Need for holistic policy actions to make migration safer and more productive 10 Ways to harness the development potential of return migrants more effectively 13 Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath …
Assessment of symptoms and complications in treatment of naive newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus and their correlation with glycemic parameters
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder that occurs in the body because of decreased insulin activity and/or insulin secretion. Pathological changes such as nephropathy, retinopathy, and cardiovascular complications inevitably occur in the body with the progression of the disease. DM is mainly categorized into 2 sub-types, type I DM and type II DM. While type I DM is generally treated through insulin replacement therapy, type…
The Interaction Between Morphosyntactic Features and the Performance of Machine Translation Tools
The present study compares the performance of three machine translation tools in English-Arabic translation to answer the questions of (a) whether the three machine translation tools, Google Translate, Systran and Microsoft Bing can be ordered in a hierarchy of performance, and (b) whether they can handle lexically and structurally ambiguous sentences and garden path sentences. Using a number of constructed and selected English sentences, the mor…
The Theory and Practice of Language Ideologies in Modern Societies
One of the consequences of the neo-liberal ideology of language commodification, which emphasizes “economic logic, economic integration, professionalism, and effectiveness” (Budach et al., 2003, p. 610) is the changes imposed in the field of literacy and second language learning. From the cultural capital of an individual and community, language has become a commodifiable resource with its value on economic markets. In the process of language com…
From Second to Heritage Languages
Previous research shows that in heritage language development, accuracy lags fluency. This has prompted calls for the use of Form Focused Instruction in heritage language classrooms. This paper offers empirical evidence in support of Form Focused Instruction in Arabic as a heritage language addressing the questions (1) Is Form Focused Instruction more effective than Meaning-based instruction for heritage language learners of Arabic? (2) Is Isolat…
Can Grammar Be Learned Implicitly? Insights From the Omani EAP Classroom
The focus of this study is on the implicit knowledge that L2 learners acquire when they are asked to complete a communicative task. The study is couched within the framework of the Instructed Second language Learning (ISLA) and contributes to the discussion on the acquisition of implicit knowledge as an important pre-requisite for communicative competence. The study claims that implicit knowledge can be acquired when language learners are asked t…
Linguistics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works)