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A Study Of The L2 Motivational Self-System In An Esl Intensive Context Among Saudi Arabian Students, Abdulmajeed Madkhali
A Study Of The L2 Motivational Self-System In An Esl Intensive Context Among Saudi Arabian Students, Abdulmajeed Madkhali
Culminating Projects in English
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A huge number of Saudi students come to study at American colleges every year. Most of those students have to work on their English language to become proficient enough to start taking classes in colleges. To do so, they need to study at Intensive English Programs in U.S. This research was oriented to Saudi students at American Intensive English Programs. It aims to examine: the internal motivation of those students that describes by Dörnyei's concept of L2 Motivational Self System, what type of motivation might lead to use English outside classrooms, and what motivate them to learn English language. …
Saudi Students’ Motivation And Attitudes Toward Learning English As A Second Language And Their Willingness To Invest In Learning It, Amirah Mohammed Alkaabi
Saudi Students’ Motivation And Attitudes Toward Learning English As A Second Language And Their Willingness To Invest In Learning It, Amirah Mohammed Alkaabi
Culminating Projects in English
The King Abdullah scholarship program has opened the door for a massive number of Saudi students to travel overseas for higher education. The United States has been chosen by the majority of those students as a favorite destination to complete their education. As a result, the number of Saudi Arabian students who study in the United States has increased dramatically. Nearly all-Saudi students who come to the U.S. need to learn English in order to satisfy the English language admission requirement that is needed to obtain admissions to universities and colleges in the U.S.
Research shows that language learners’ motivation …
A Case Study Of The Decision Model For American Outbound Medical Tourists, Azadeh Radmanesh
A Case Study Of The Decision Model For American Outbound Medical Tourists, Azadeh Radmanesh
Culminating Projects in Geography and Planning
The growing medical tourism industry attracts international patients who decide to have their medical treatment performed at international hospitals. This exploratory research aims to determine the main factors that influence American medical tourists’ decision-making process about travelling overseas in order to access medical services.
The results of this qualitative study, which interviewed 12 participants, suggest that cost, advanced technology, high quality services, and accreditation are main motives that encourage medical tourists to obtain medical treatment outside their origin of country. On the other hand, the pull factors of the decision-making process in medical tourism is grouped to define primary risks …