Jamal Kaid Mohammed Ali- Professor (Full). PhD of Applied Linguistics
- Professor at University of Bisha
Jamal Kaid Mohammed Ali
- Professor (Full). PhD of Applied Linguistics
- Professor at University of Bisha
Working on L2 motivation (SDT), informal digital learning and online learning
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Introduction
Jamal is a Full Professor of Applied Linguistics, College of Arts and Letters, University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia. He studied at Hodiedah University, Yemen and graduated with a Bachelor degree in English Language. In 2008. He got MA English (Linguistics) degree from EFLU, Hyderabad, India. In May 2012, He got PhD degree in Linguistics from AMU, India. He is working on texting, learning language skills, motivation (SDT) and E-learning.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-5580
Current institution
University of Bisha
Current position
- Professor
Education
January 2009 - May 2012
July 2006 - April 2008
July 2000 - April 2004
Publications
Publications (51)
Emojis have matured from winking faces and thumbs-ups into an encyclopedia of emojis. They have become a vibrant means of non-verbal daily language, conveying a wide range of embedded emotions. This study contemplates familiarity with emojis in screen-based content, adopting a mixed-method approach to unfold students’ uses of DeepSeek for reading e...
This study investigates the impact of Yemeni conflict on EFL students’ motivation from the new conceptualization of Self-Determination Theory. It particularly explores whether EFL students are more influenced by either autonomous or controlled motivation. Data were collected through the use of a questionnaire and interviews from English Department,...
This study aimed to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) tools compare with humans in evaluating the essays written by students in a writing course. Using a dataset of 30 essays written by English as a foreign language (EFL) students, the evaluations by the AI tools were compared with those of human evaluators, to examine whether the AI evaluat...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has penetrated English language learning and teaching, and this penetration parallels a surge of research on its potential and challenges for learners and teachers altogether. This paper provides a glimpse of the status quo of generative (Gen) AI in contexts where English is not used natively. Adopting a holistic approa...
ChatGPT has significantly impacted various educational sectors, including English-medium instruction (EMI). This study explores perceptions of Saudi medical students at the University of Bisha on integrating ChatGPT into their EMI coursework, focusing particularly on its influence on their comprehension and application of medical terminology in Eng...
Call for Papers: Journal of English Studies in Arabia Felix
Contact Email:
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The Journal of English Studies in Arabia Felix (JESAF) (ISSN: 2957-515X), a fee-free journal now in its third volume, is soliciting manuscripts for its upcoming issues. We welcome theoretical explorations, empirical investigations, and book reviews. Authors...
The primary objective of this study is to conduct a comprehensive meta-analysis of English-medium instruction (EMI) literature, addressing the significant gap in quantitative evaluations within existing research. By analysing 47 empirical studies employing statistical methods, this research aims to uncover broader trends and correlations within EMI...
Purpose
Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) has become everyone’s talk. It frightens many professionals, who worry about losing their jobs. ChatGPT may reconstruct some professions; some occupations may vanish while new ones may appear.
Design/methodology/approach
This mixed-methods study explores whether and how the use of ChatGPT i...
This systematic literature review investigates the adoption and impact of English Medium Instruction (EMI) in Saudi Arabian higher education. It synthesizes findings from 18 empirical studies, primarily in applied sciences such as engineering, medicine, and computer science, while noting a dearth of research in social sciences. The review reveals a...
Purpose – This study probed the impact of using learning technologies (LT) on developing Yemeni English as
a foreign language (EFL) students’ autonomy and creativity toward English language learning. Also, the
research gauged if LT impacts learners’ autonomy and creativity across gender and university-type variables.
Design/methodology/approach– Th...
Dictionaries have become a ubiquitous tool in academia, extending beyond their common and essential purposes of checking spelling and meanings. This paper investigated the usage of dictionaries by 107 English learners in the Saudi context during their university studies, based on data collected from an opinion poll. Findings showed that learners us...
This preliminary cross-sectional study, focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI), aimed to assess the impact of ChatGPT on translation within an Arab context. It primarily explored the attitudes of a sample of translation teachers and students through semi-structured interviews and projective techniques. Data collection included gathering informati...
This study was conducted during the early stages of ChatGPT's emergence to explore faculty members' perceptions of its benefits and challenges in the field of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). This study, employing an exploratory descriptive research design, gathered both quantitative and qualitative data from a sample of 58 faculty members at t...
This study aimed to explore the impact of teachers' support for learner autonomy with a major concern with online EFL students' engagements. The research design was basically quantitative, drawing on statistical analysis. An online close-ended questionnaire on teachers' support and students' engagement was shared with a group of 99 English language...
The study aims to investigate the online language learning strategies that Saudi EFL learners use. It also aims to explore the strategies that are more favored for online learning. This study was carried out via an online questionnaire, and the sample consisted of 150 Saudi EFL male and female learners. The results showed that Saudi EFL learners us...
The proliferation of ChatGPT, as in many other digital technologies and social media, has increasingly impacted many aspects of modern life, including second and foreign language education. This study, building on a common theoretical position of all these advances in Artificial intelligence (AI), seeks to establish a model for ChatGPT research on...
This study was conducted during the early stages of ChatGPT's emergence to explore faculty members' perceptions of its benefits and challenges in the field of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). This study, employing an exploratory descriptive research design, gathered both quantitative and qualitative data from a sample of 58 faculty members at t...
Objectives: This study aimed to explore the perspectives of Saudi EFL learners towards online test anxiety during COVID-19 outbreak which was caused due the sudden transition of face-to-face testing to online testing.
Method: This study pursues a survey-research design in which a close and open-ended questionnaire was used to collect data from 77...
Objectives: This study aimed to explore the perspectives of Saudi EFL learners towards online test anxiety during COVID-19 outbreak, which was caused by the sudden transition from face-to-face testing to online testing. Method: This study employed a survey-research design, utilizing a close-ended and open-ended questionnaire to collect data from 77...
Motivation drives most human activities, including foreign language learning, and it is affected by several intrinsic and extrinsic factors. This study investigated how ChatGPT impacts learning English. A quantitative research design was used to collect data from 80 teachers and students who had access to the ChatGPT in its very beginning phase in...
Modern life has largely become contingent on Artificial Intelligence (AI), which blinds us with various apps, tools, and platforms, including the recent booming of ChatGPT, which has increasingly impacted second and foreign language education. This study, building on a common theoretical position of all these advances in AI, seeks to establish a mo...
This study aims to investigate the impact of fully online learning during COVID-19 on Saudi EFL learners' intrinsic motivation and their English language improvement. It recruited 89 male and female EFL undergraduates who studied English courses at the university in the actual classroom before the pandemic and online during its outbreak. An online...
The study aims to (a) explore reading comprehension problems that EFL learners encounter in an Intensive English Program and (b) ascertain any significant differences between male and female learners regarding these challenges at the University of Bisha, KSA. The study followed a quantitative paradigm in which the researchers distributed an online...
Although private education is no longer a subsidiary mode of learning, it has been an area of little interest to English Language Teaching (ELT) researchers. This study touches on the English language teaching in private language institutes (PLIs) in Yemen with a particular reference to teachers’ experiences, challenges, and needs. Forty-five class...
This classroom-based study explored English language teaching (ELT) in private language institutions (PLIs) in Yemen with a special focus on teachers’ expertise, challenges, and needs. Over six months, teachers’ practices in the classroom and beliefs about their teaching situations were detected and analysed. A sample of 45 classroom observational...
Although private education is no longer a subsidiary mode of learning, it has been an area of little interest to English Language Teaching (ELT) researchers. This study touches on the English language teaching in private language institutes (PLIs) in Yemen with a particular reference to teachers’ experiences, challenges, and needs. Forty-five class...
This paper aims to investigate the effect of phonological features on online written text
messages. Data were collected from ninety ESL Indian students at Aligarh Muslim
University with regards to their Facebook-based chats. The dataset was fed into SPSS for
analysis. Major findings showed that the respondents tend to use vowels deletion, substi...
The growing interest in the research on L2 motivation in Saudi Arabia in the recent years has necessitated a research to create the big picture. The present research unifies the results of the previous studies on L2 motivation to identify the trends and slants. The present research bases its findings on 102 published research papers and chapters of...
This study touches on an overriding research question related to the impact of fully online learning during the COVID-19 on Saudi EFL learners' intrinsic motivation and their English language improvement. It recruited 89 male and female EFL undergraduates who studied English courses at the university in actual classroom before the pandemic and onli...
The growing interest in the research on L2 motivation in Saudi Arabia in the recent years has necessitated a research to create the big picture. The present research unifies the results of the previous studies on L2 motivation to identify the trends and slants. The present research bases its findings on102 published research papers and chapters of...
Because of the widespread use of digital technology, many EFL students access various types of technologies that help them acquire English vocabulary beyond formal classroom learning. This paper aims to explore Saudi EFL learners’ attitudes towards informal digital learning of English vocabulary (IDLEV) outside the academic requirements as well as...
Because of the widespread use of digital technology, many EFL students access various types of technologies that help them acquire English vocabulary beyond formal classroom learning. This paper aims to explore Saudi EFL learners' attitudes towards informal digital learning of English vocabulary (IDLEV) outside the academic requirements as well as...
The outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has led countries to implement measures to prevent its spread. One of these measures included shutting down schools and universities. Consequently, the teaching, learning and assessment processes were entirely shifted from face-to-face to online. The current study aimed to investigate online vocabulary...
The outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has led countries to implement measures to prevent its spread. One of these measures included shutting down schools and universities. Consequently, the teaching, learning and assessment processes were entirely shifted from face-to-face to online. The current study aimed to investigate online vocabulary...
The main objective of the present study is to explore the linguistic features which characterize English used by texters. It also aims to investigate if texting follows any specific pattern. As this study aimed to investigate the linguistic features of texting and their impact on the structure of Standard English, the data of the study were collect...
Some university students might fail at their first attempt to study English requirement courses, but later they perform well, ultimately recognizing that the courses were easy and their failure in such simple courses was a great loss. Others continue failing, get frustrated and finally may quit trying. The purpose of the current study, therefore, w...
This study aimed to explore the impact of WhatsApp on enhancing Saudi EFL students' language skills and areas. It also investigated EFL students' attitudes, motivation, and anxiety towards learning English via WhatsApp. The sample comprised 55 male and female students studying English at the College of Arts, University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia. A clo...
Overindulgence in social networking, in general, and texting, in particular, is much in practice. It is cutting across various population boundaries and has almost assumed an endemic proportion. Its consequential impact on the standard language has acquired greater importance. This paper aims to determine the perceptions and attitudes of English Se...
This study aimed to explore the impact of WhatApp on enhancing Saudi EFL students' language skills and areas. It also investigated EFL students' attitudes, motivation, and anxiety towards learning English via WhatsApp. The sample comprised 55 male and female students studying English at the College of Arts, University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia. A clos...
This paper looks at intensive program students’ perceptions of English-speaking skills and emphasizes the immediate need for improving them at all levels of higher education. For this purpose, 100 students (50 males and 50 females) of the intensive program from colleges of Arts, Business and Community, Saudi Arabia were administered a questionnaire...
Overindulgence in social networking, in general, and texting, in particular, is much in practice. It is cutting across various population boundaries and has almost assumed an endemic proportion. Its consequential impact on the standard language has acquired greater importance. This paper aims to determine the perceptions and attitudes of English Se...
This paper looks at intensive program students’ perceptions of English speaking skills and emphasizes the immediate need for improving them at all levels of higher education. For this purpose, 100 students (50 males and 50 females) of the intensive program from colleges of Arts, Business and Community, Saudi Arabia were administered a questionnaire...
This paper looks at intensive program students’ perceptions of English speaking skills and emphasizes the immediate need for improving them at all levels of higher education. For this purpose, 100 students (50 males and 50 females) of the intensive program from colleges of Arts, Business and Community, Saudi Arabia were administered a questionnaire...
This study aimed to explore the impact of WhatsApp on enhancing Saudi EFL students' language skills and areas. It also investigated EFL students' attitudes, motivation, and anxiety towards learning English via WhatsApp. The sample comprised 55 male and female students studying English at the College of Arts, University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia. A clo...
This paper presents a study of the effects of texting on English language comprehension. The authors believe that English used in texting causes a lack of comprehension for English speakers, learners, and texters. Wei, Xian-hai and Jiang (2008:3) declare “In Netspeak, there are some newly-created vocabularies, which people cannot comprehend them ei...
This study investigates the influence of Influence of information and communication technology (ICT) on English language structure. The main objective of the present study is to explore the linguistic features which characterize ICT and its impact on Standard English.Baron (2008: ix) in her preface to Always on: Language in an Online and Mobile Wor...
It is known that handwriting is a very important skill as it is part of our identity and losing handwriting means losing a part of our identity. In this paper, we discussed “handwriting endangerment” to refer to the situations where parents who are handwriters and users of pens and pencils deliberately choose not to teach the art of handwriting to...
This paper presents a study of the effect of texting on the English language structure. The authors believe that texting has a passive impact on Standard English. In this paper the authors deal with the characteristics of texting, how it started, why we text, and the dangers of this language. The authors of this paper believe that texting can be a...
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Artificial intelligence has brought profound changes to academic research and publishing; however, its potential negative impacts remain a subject of debate. For instance, concerns have been raised about practices like research paper mills factories, which may compromise the integrity of knowledge and the sustainability of academic journals. This raises important questions: what are the potential negative impacts of artificial intelligence on knowledge development and the sustainability of academic journals, particularly with the rise of research paper mills, and how can these challenges be effectively addressed?
Dear Colleagues,
In what ways can the integration of AI in education influence the evaluation of EFL students' assessments, and what changes are required to be followed in the AI-based evaluation process?
Dear Friends,
I am searching for an accurate and reliable software tool that can detect whether a given text has been generated by an AI or written by a human. If anyone knows of such tools, whether free or subscription-based, please recommend them.
Thank you very much indeed.
Some people publish their research papers in printed journals that are not available online and do not have accounts in scientific platforms such as ResearchGate, GoogleScholar, etc.
Does it look fine in the age of technology?
