Abdulmahmoud Idrees Ibrahim

• Professor of English Language & Literature
• Professor of English Language at Alzaiem Alazhari University

The Romantic Movement was a revolt against the Enlightenment and its focus on rational and scientific thought. The characteristics of Romantic literature involved an emphasis on passion, emotion, spontaneity, subjectivity, mortality, and nature. Throughout the 19th century, romantic poetry, in particular, became the most significant work of the per...

In linguistics, discourse refers to a unit of language longer than a single sentence. The word discourse is derived from the Latin prefix dis- meaning "away" and the root word currere meaning "to run". Discourse, therefore, translates to "run away" and refers to the way that conversations flow.

This paper is shedding light on the significance and functions of some of the Arabic alphabets. An Arabic letter is found to play an effective role in expressing the speaker or the writer's target meaning. Our concern here is with the letter [kha ‫,]خ-‬ phonetically transcribed as /X/. The discussion in this essay will focus on one strange phenomen...

p>This study aimed at investigating the effect of the storytelling strategies on improving the language speaking skills of grade-six elementary school boys in Sudan. It was designated to find out the effects of using storytelling on developing language speaking skills. It was assumed that there are statistically significant differences between the...

The study aimed to find out the most frequent Vocabulary Learning Strategies (VLSs) that had been used by the Sudanese EFL learners at the Faculty of Education, Alzaiem Alazhari University. A (VLSs) questionnaire was designed and handled to 159 EFL learners in 1 st year. The questionnaire adopted Schmitt's (1997) taxonomy with slight changes of ite...

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This paper focuses on analyzing and contrasting the processes of noun-formation in both Standard English (English) and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), in order to reveal the similarities and differences between them and their potential productivity for pedagogical purposes. The data for the present study has been collected from different sources, com...

The study aimed to find out the most frequent Vocabulary Learning Strategies (VLSs) that had been used by the Sudanese EFL learners at the Faculty of Education, Alzaiem Alazhari University. A (VLSs) questionnaire was designed and handled to 159 EFL learners in 1 st year. The questionnaire adopted Schmitt's (1997) taxonomy with slight changes of ite...

The present paper aimed to shed light on L2 teachers' perspectives on the use of translation in English language teaching (TILT) as a technique in (FL) setting. The related literature reviewed gave evidence that translation has a dynamic role in the EFL setting, and it contributed effectively in reducing language obstacles, motivating better commun...

This paper aimed at investigating and describe the differences and similarities between English and Arabic in past tenses, among Preparatory Year Deanship (PYD) students' of Majmah University. A descriptive method was adopted to reveal the similarities and differences for pedagogical purposes. It was found that both English and Arabic add a morphem...

This study aims to investigate Sudanese EFL undergraduate students’ grammar errors. The objectives were to identify, analyze and provide some possible recommendations. A descriptive-analytic method was used. The representative samples were 137 participants. The results revealed that The students produced 153 errors of 137 students’ writing which we...

This paper concentrated on hesitancy as a character's flaw from the Freudian psychoanalysis focal point. Hamlet's uncertainty is especially identified with his natural complex which frames his oblivious love for his mom and his lethal abhor for his dad. Freud's ideas of man's concealed want for annihilation and eradication may shape the reason for...

This paper is shedding light on the significance and functions of some of the Arabic alphabets. An Arabic letter is found to play an effective role in expressing the speaker or the writer’s target meaning. Our concern here is with the letter [kha - خ], phonetically transcribed as /X/. The discussion in this essay will focus on one strange phenomeno...

This paper aims at exploring the EFL Students’ Perspective of the Use of the Arabic (L1) in English language (L2) learning. The relevant literature reviewed concerning the development of some fundamental issues in L1 usage shows that this technique plays a vital role in breaking the language barriers, promoting better communication, and contributin...

The purpose of the study was to inspect, identify, classify the source of errors to recognize the influence on learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) performance in writing text. The study was intended to find a remedial strategies to cope with the difficulties that affect the written works. A 100 students were chosen from the first level...

remedial strategies to cope with the difficulties that affect the written works. A 100 students were chosen from the first level of English sections. It was found that the students’ spelling, syntactic and lexical errors could be attributed to many sources such as: interference, different learning styles, inexperienced instructing and negative atti...

This paper aimed at investigating and describe the differences and similarities between English and Arabic in past tenses, among Preparatory Year Deanship (PYD) students' of Majmah University. A descriptive method was adopted to reveal the similarities and differences for pedagogical purposes. It was found that both English and Arabic add a morphem...

This paper aims to investigate the problems that face Saudi preparatory year students at Al-Jouf University as relates to their use of grammatical and inflectional morphemes. The students committed a number of errors in inflectional morphemes when they are involved in writing activities. The focus of this study is to investigate the occurrence of e...

This paper aims to investigate the problems that face Saudi preparatory year students at Al-Jouf University as relates to their use of grammatical and inflectional morphemes. The students commit a number of errors in inflectional morphemes when they are involved in writing activities. The focus in this study is to investigate the occurrence of erro...

This paper focuses on analyzing and contrasting the processes of noun-formation in both Standard English (English) and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), in order to reveal the similarities and differences between them and their potential productivity for pedagogical purposes. The data for the present study has been collected from different sources, com...

This paper will address modern technology as an Information and Communication Technologies, which has become possible in our communities since the availability of computers. Moreover, to what extend we can exploit it in education in general and English Language teaching / learning (ELT) in particular, according to our conditions and needs. Informat...

English for Specific Purposes is an obligatory subject for the first two levels at the Sudanese Universities. It is taught as a university requirement. Accordingly, the students obsess is how to pass the examination not achieve any development in the language field. Even the teachers concentrate on the content rather than the skills, which the stud...