Reading Loss in Arabic Language During COVID-19 in the UAE and Proposed Solutions:The Perspectives of Primary-Grade Arabic Language Teachers

The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruptions in the field of education worldwide,including in the United Arab Emirates.Teachers and students had to adapt to remote learning and virtual classrooms,leading to various challenges in maintaining educational standards.The sudden transition to remote teaching could have a negative impact on students’reading abilities,especially in the Arabic language.To gain insight into the unique challenges encountered by Arabic language teachers in the UAE,a survey was conducted to explore their assessment of teaching quality,student-teacher interaction,and learning outcomes amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.The results of the survey revealed a significant decline of student reading abilities and identified several major issues in online Arabic language teaching.These issues included limited interaction between students and teachers,challenges in monitoring students’class participation and performance,and challenges in effectively assessing students’reading skills.The results also demonstrated some other challenges faced by Arabic language teachers,including a lack of preparedness,a lack of subscription to relevant platforms,and a lack of resources for online learning.Several solutions to these challenges are proposed,including reevaluating the balance between depth and breadth in the curriculum,integrating language skills into the curriculum more effectively,providing more comprehensive teacher professional development,implementing student grouping strategies,utilizing retired and expert teachers in specific content areas,allocating time for interventions,and improving support from both teachers and parents to ensure the quality of online learning.

On the Reconstruction of Teachers’Role of Business English Reading Classroom Teaching Based on Literature Circle

Business English reading teaching under the mode of“literature circles”focuses on cultivating students’autonomy in reading,group cooperation,and the exchange of ideas among group members.In this teaching mode,teachers are no longer the masters of the reading classroom,but the helpers,participants,and researchers in the process of students’reading.The reconstruction of teachers’role can promote the benign development of relationship not only between teachers and students,but also between students and students,inject new impetus and vitality into the classroom,and improve students’reading literacy.

Change of Teachers' Roles in the Intensive Reading Class

This paper gives an account of characteristics of the intensive reading in English teaching, and change of teachers’ roles in the learner-centered teaching approach. Suggestions are put forward as to how to be a qualified teacher in the intensive reading class accordingly.

Teachers’Questioning Strategies in Reading Class—the Perspective of Adaptation

Teachers’questioning is one of the crucial means for classroom interaction.This study attempts to explore teachers’questioning strategies in reading class from the perspective of Adaptation Theory.It is found that the effective questioning can be realized in teachers’adaptation to their roles,the features of students and the features of reading courses.

The Effect of a Proposed Training Program Based on the Reflective Model on the Teachers＇ Reading Practices in Mafraq

This study aimed at investigating the effect of a proposed EFL （English as a Foreign Language） training program on the teachers＇ reading practices in Mafraq. This program was developed by the researcher according to the ninth-grade EFL teachers＇ needs. The participants of the study were 20 ninth-grade females EFL teachers who represented the experimental and control groups （10 teachers in each group）. They were randomly chosen from 10 schools in the Northwestern Badia Directorate of Education. To achieve the purposes of the study, the researcher designed a needs analysis questionnaire, a training program, a pre and post observation checklist, and a pre and post received knowledge test for teachers. Proper statistical analysis was used to analyze the results of the research questions. The results of the study showed that teachers were in need to be trained on 20 reading comprehension practices to be able to teach reading comprehension effectively. Besides, there were statistically significant differences at the level of （a = 0.05） between the means scores of the ninth-grade teachers＇ performance of the control and experimental groups on the post observation checklist and on the post received knowledge test in favor of the experimental group due to the training program.

Aliteracy Among Teachers?Investigating the Reading Habits of Elementary and Early Childhood Educators

Since the reading habits of both preservice and inservice teachers have been linked to their abilities as reading teachers,aliteracy among teachers is particularly distressing.The purpose of this study was to investigate the amount of leisure time elementary teachers spend reading literature for pleasure.Prekindergarten through sixth grade teachers(N=24)enrolled in a graduate education course logged the minutes they spent engaged in various leisure activities during one week of the summer.Reading literature,defined as the reading of novels,short stories,plays,or poetry in one’s spare time,ranged from 0 to 845 minutes.Of the 13 activities investigated,the highest average amount of time was spent watching movies(M=552.92).Reading literature for pleasure had the eighth highest mean(M=123.13).Pairwise comparisons revealed no significant difference(t=-.795,p<.435)between time spent reading literature and time spent in other non-literature leisure activities.Results or paired samples t-tests indicated that participants spent significantly less time reading newspapers/magazines(t=2.696,p<.013)and reading blogs(t=2.783,p<.011)and significantly more time watching movies(t=-3.287,p<.003)than reading literature for pleasure.It appears that lack of motivation may be a factor in participants’decision to read literature for pleasure as opposed to either lack of time or technological distractions.

On Grillet's Short Story “The Secret Room”——in a Phenomenological Reading Approach

In this paper, the authortries to make a tentative analysis on the short story “The Secret Room” by Alain Robbe Grillet, a French novelist and a contemporary world famous experimentalist of “new novel” form, through reading in phenomenological approach so as to appreciate his novel style, realize the readers esthetic imagination, meanwhile, to deepen the understanding of the process of phenomenological reading.

Prevention and Control Strategy of Reader Factors in Safety Management of Electronic Reading Room

Many libraries have built and opened the electronic reading room,electronic reading room security management has been paid more and more attention.In the specific safety management,the prevention and control of reader factors is very important.By comparing and analyzing the prevention and control of reader factors in the safety management of some electronic reading rooms,it can be found that the corresponding prevention and control situation is not ideal,and even there are some obvious problems,which also leads to great hidden dangers in the safety management level.This paper will specifically analyze the prevention and control of reader factors in the safety management of electronic reading room,and put forward more effective prevention and control strategies.

Language teachers should develop students' vocabulary learning skills

It is self-evident that vocabulary work is the most essential and necessary task in foreign language accepition. English language teachers should develop students’ vocabulary learning skills.

新课程背景下的高中生英语语感的培养——以人教版NSEFC的Reading课为例

学生英语语感的培养,是在一定的语言环境中,经过听、说、读、写、译各种形式,让他们接触丰富的语言材料,在掌握大量词汇的基础上,自然地把语法现象内化,从而达到熟练运用的目的。该文从高中英语阅读教学中存在不利于英语语感培养的问题入手,探讨如何更有效地培养高中生的语感。

Application of Questioning Strategy in English Reading Teaching

This paper mainly deals with the application of questioning strategy in English reading teaching.As one of the most useful methods,teachers usually attach great importance to questioning,which is proved to be very effective in teaching.

A Case Study of Improving a Reading Class via Peer Observation

The significance of peer observations has been emphasized in English language teaching as a powerful tool to support understanding and development of one's teaching beliefs and actual practice.This thesis first presents the position and necessity of employing peer observation in teacher's professional development with reference to the literature,and then it outlines the process of the author's implementation of peer observation in classroom in terms of pre-,during-and post-observation.Data interpretation provides more insights into the strengths and problems of the author's classroom teaching and arrangement,and the possible solutions accordingly.

Reading Instruction in EFL Context

Reading, either in native language or in another language, can be both a purposeful process as well as an interactive process. Teaching reading in a foreign language is far more than an easy work. The paper discusses teaching reading in EFL context from several perspectives, namely objectives of a reading; criteria in selecting texts; task design and lesson procedure; testing. To obtain effective reading instruction, teachers should always evaluate carefully any descriptive insights before taking them wholly to heart as teaching points.

English Reading Teaching Strategies on the Senior School

As we’ve known, reading is one of methods to get information for a foreign language learner.It is not only one of purposesin English learning, but also a difficulty in English teaching.

Highlights in teaching reading

In order to make EFL reading effective, it is important for teachers regularly to take stock of their perception of the nature of the reading process itself, relevant reading activities, and appropriate classroom management. It attempts to put forward some important principles in teaching EFL reading, and to invite teachers to consider them as a starting point for a re-evaluation of their philosophy.

Exploring EFL Learners Reading Comprehension Problems in Reading ESP Texts

By considering the fact that in EFL （English as foreign language） contexts learners need reading comprehension skill more than other skills in their academic studies, reading comprehension should be attached more importance especialy in ESP （English for specific purposes） classes in which reading ability plays a crucial role in the students＇ academic success. But in order to help learners in the best possible way, teachers need to identify their learners＇ problems in reading ESP texts. Detecting the problematic areas for the students will assist teachers better design and apply appropriate methods and strategies to solve their students＇ reading comprehension problems. Therefore, the following research was an attempt to explore the EFL learners＇ reading comprehension problmes in reading ESP texts in ESP classes. For the purpose of the study, five passages from their coursebook were selected and they were asked to underline the syntactically problematic parts in the passages. The subjects of the study were composed of 185 homogenous engineering students who were learning english as a foregin langauge. Chi-square analysis showed that 15 major syntactic categories are serious hurdle to reading comprehension of ESP texts. The results and implications are discussed in the light of TLA （teachers＇ language awareness）.

The Importance of Conjunctive Elements in Reading Comprehension

This paper mainly focuses on classifications of English conjunctive elements and its important role in reading comprehension. It will benefit both English teachers and learners.

高校师范教育类群专业阅读研究——以咸阳师范学院为例

区分不同专业类群,开展专业阅读研究是深化阅读服务的方向之一。文章以咸阳师范学院小学教育、化学、历史等11个师范教育类群2019—2022年阅读数据为依据,从阅读学科构成、阅读学科占比、阅读体系及专业阅读结构四个维度切入,开展针对师范教育类群的专业阅读研究。结果显示:阅读学科构成呈多元化态势,说明师范教育类群专业阅读属于通融性阅读,基于本体学科又不局限于本体学科;阅读学科占比失衡,文学学科阅读占比冲击到专业学科阅读比重,引发阅读的结构性问题;阅读体系中的师德涵养阅读及文化性知识阅读尚有提升空间;70%以上的师范教育类群专业阅读结构较为单一,关联学科及交叉学科阅读基础薄弱。建议高校、教学单位与图书馆三方加持,在开展专业阅读活动中形成合力,联合推动师范教育类群专业阅读步入良性轨道。

教育强国背景下的中小学教师阅读:价值彰显、现实困境和变革路向

教师阅读不仅是激发全民阅读热情的核心环节,也是构筑学习型社会的关键动力。作为教育强国指标体系的一个重要部分,教师阅读是确保教育强国战略有序前进的一个重要环节。当前中小学教师阅读面临着政策实施的策略空间不精准、自主阅读的内在激励缺乏、教育负担的重压、资源配置的不均衡和阅读内容的局限性等现实问题。为有效解决问题,需采取以下路径:政策内容精准化、教师培训专业化、制度架构完善化、资金投入扩大化、阅读内容丰富化以及阅读氛围书香化。这些路径旨在提高教师阅读的质量和效率,促进全民阅读和学习型社会的建设,加速教育强国的建设。