Samah Mofreh

• Senior Lectuter, PhD
• Lecturer at University of Science Malaysia

Non-native English speakers, especially in countries like China where English is taught as a second language, value English proficiency. In TESOL contexts, writing proficiency is crucial to language learning. To design effective instructional methods and improve students' writing skills, educators and researchers must understand writing performance...

In 2013, Dornyei introduced the Directed Motivational Current (DMC) theory, gaining academic attention for focusing on personal goals and aspirations in second language (L2) education. Most research discusses DMC dimensions and their application to L2 learners, but there is a gap in studies on whether DMC exists among L2 teachers. This study uses q...

Self-regulated motivation is essential in language learning, especially for developing English speaking skills among EFL learners, as it empowers them to plan, monitor, and control their learning, set personal goals, and apply strategies to achieve those goals. Therefore, strong self-regulated motivation can support the learners in overcoming chall...

The rapid advancement of information technology and ongoing education reforms have introduced smart education as an innovative teaching model. This study aims to explore the application and impact of smart education platforms in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) within four junior high schools in China. Through a detailed anal...

The problems of English speaking unproficiency, low interest and silent English classrooms among students in Chinese higher vocational colleges have become an issue in recent years in China. Due to the importance of the mind map has become very popular in English language instruction, this paper carries out a study to investigate the effectiveness...

The application of the language proficiency scales (LPS) in education validates its function, as it can explore the value in-depth. However, little systematic research on applying LPS has been conducted due to the complex intertwining of stakeholders and a lack of theoretical framework and practical approaches. Adopting the framework proposed by Y....

Developing a valid and reliable instrument to measure peer online learning interaction for knowledge construction is crucial for instructors, instructional designers, and researchers. The valid and reliable instrument in understanding student's perception of the course online peer interaction is for learning purpose. Thus, this study aims to test t...

Frontline healthcare providers are exposed to indirect trauma through dealing with traumatized patients. This puts them at risk of vicarious traumatization. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, this study seeks to establish the psychometric properties of the Malay version of the Vicarious Traumatization Questionnaire among healthcare providers. A...

Reviewing the literature review, there is a need to an alternate model to explain the phenomenon and the relationship between Lecturers' Beliefs on Teaching and Practices for the improvement of lecturers' professional development. Thus, this study aims to assess the measurement model for teaching beliefs functions and practices among lecturers. The...

Developing valid measures of abstract constructs is essential to the advancement of psychological and educational research. The most common practice in scale development consists of an administering a group of items intended to measure the same construct and subsequently aggregating the responses to form total a scale value. Besides, reliability of...

This research aims to explore the effect of workplace spirituality on school improvement. The research also investigate the effect between workplace spirituality and school improvement through the role of workaholism. This research is a quantitative research with 1,014 teachers as respondents. This research used an adapted questionnaires Structural...

Measuring the Lecturers’ Teaching Practices requires a measurable instrument to be developed. This study aims to test the validity and reliability of a developed instrument to measure Lecturers’ Teaching Practices. The sample of this study consisted of 103 respondents as lecturers from Community Colleges, Yemen. The developed questionnaire termed L...

Measuring the Lecturers’ Teaching Practices requires a measurable instrument to be developed. This study aims to test the validity and reliability of a developed instrument to measure Lecturers’ Teaching Practices. The sample of this study consisted of 103 respondents as lecturers from Community Colleges, Yemen. The developed questionnaire termed L...

It not only seeks any ways of assessing student progress towards meeting outcome goals about professionalism, provides feedback and encourage students to take responsibility for setting and achieving high standards of performance, but also involve a direction to the whole teaching how great it supposed to be. This study investigates 45 students of...

This study aims to explore a set of items measuring the lecturers’ teaching practice for developing a true scale of teaching practice. Rasch Model is applied to produce specific measurements on the lecturers’ teaching practice in order to generalize results and inferential studies. The items proved to measure a single dimension of lecturers’ teachi...

Epistemological Beliefs are fundamental assumptions about the nature of knowledge and learning. This study aims to develop a questioner measuring Teachers' Epistemological Belief. The developed questionnaire was distributed among 100 teachers at Makassar. Rasch Model analysis was used to investigate the validity and reliability of the questionnaire...

This study aims to identify the students' perceptions of mathematics and to find out the existence of differences in the students' perceptions of mathematics by gender, residence and their interactions. The study sample consisted of 150 male and female first year students at Jordan universities. Social perceptions of mathematics questionnaire consi...

Virtual reality has been used as a common treatment for anxiety to improve athletes' performance. Pre-competitive anxiety in sports is considered as a critical issue for many athletes. The pre-competitive anxiety is able to hinder the athletes' performance. This study aims to investigate the effects of 3D virtual environment on pre-competitive anxi...

This paper focuses on the psychometric analysis of lecturers’ beliefs on teaching function (LBTF) survey using Rasch Model analysis. The sample comprised 34 Community Colleges’ lecturers. The Rasch Model is applied to produce specific measurements on the lecturers’ beliefs on teaching function in order to generalize results and inferential studies....

This paper aims to investigate the perceptions of lecturers on their teaching functions at Community Colleges (CC) in Yemen. The role and functions of lecturers in teaching were reviewed in this study based on the two different views of teaching theories. This paper gives more attention on constructivism view for making change on lecturers’ roles i...

The research reported in this paper is to provide practical advice for those taking the English placement test (EPT) into Sana'a community college (SCC) and to report on one means to meet the applicant's needs after failing in the English college admission test (ECAT). SCC has an open-door enrollment policy that conflicts with the failure of the ne...