Papers by Mohammed I . Mohammed
The Scientific Journal of Cihan University –Sulaimaniya, 2024
The current study investigates the impact of rubrics on developing the writing perfor... more The current study investigates the impact of rubrics on developing the writing performance of thirty-three Kurdish EFL university students (English Language Department -University of Halabja). In addition, it examines how rubrics are perceived by those students. This study adopted a quantitative research method, with a pre-test/post-test design and a survey after the post-test. In the pre-test each student wrote an essay without guidance, then a rubric was introduced which outlined essay writing criteria. In the post-test, using the provided rubric the students wrote another essay. In the analysis of the pre-test and post-test scores a significant improvement in writing performance was revealed after using the rubric. A post-writing survey explored students’ perceptions. Results indicated a positive view of rubrics, with students appreciating the clarity, fairness, and guidance they provided. However, some students expressed concerns about potential limitations on creativity and suitability for self-assessment. The study highlights the potential of rubrics to enhance writing performance and student perceptions of the evaluation process.
The Scientific Journal of Cihan University –Sulaimaniya, 2022
This study investigates the pragmatic failure of Kurdish EFL learners in the performance of conve... more This study investigates the pragmatic failure of Kurdish EFL learners in the performance of conversational implicature. This study is based on a quantitative research method, and an MCQ is used as a tool to collect the necessary data. 35 fourth-year students (24 female, 11 male) from the English Language Department, Cihan University/Sulaimaniya participated in this study. It is found that the main reason of pragmatic failure is because of the learners’ limited language proficiency and that they cannot fully recognize when the relevance maxim is violated. It is also found that they do not quite understand the act of face management. The results demonstrated that Kurdish EFL learners lack the pragmatic knowledge needed to perform conversational implicature. To avoid future pragmatic failure the learners need to be more proficient in the target language with a deeper insight of the socio-cultural norms of the target language.
Key words: Pragmatic Failure, Kurdish EFL learners, Conversational Implicature, Performance
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Papers by Mohammed I . Mohammed
Key words: Pragmatic Failure, Kurdish EFL learners, Conversational Implicature, Performance
Key words: Pragmatic Failure, Kurdish EFL learners, Conversational Implicature, Performance