Interlanguage of Arab Learners of English

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• Mabry, Anne (1994). The Communication and learning Strategies of Five Adult Learners of English as a Second Language. EDD dissertation, Columbia University Teachers College, USA.

• MacLean, John (1993). Coordination and Subordination of Clauses in the English Writing of Native Arabic-Speaking EFL Students. MA dissertation, American University of Cairo, Egypt.

• Maged, Magda Mohammad (1982). Some Stylistic Problems in the Writing of First Year Students in the Department of English at the Alexandria University Faculty of Arts. MA dissertation, Alexandria University, Egypt.

• Maghrabi, Aimen Abdulrahman (1997). The Roles of Psycholinguistic Constraints and Typological Influence in the Acquisition of Pronominal Copies in Relativization by Arabic and English Learners. PhD dissertation, Georgetown University, USA. 

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• Mahmoud, Abdulmoneim (2002). Interlingual transfer of idioms by Arab learners of English.  The Internet TESL Journal.

• Mahmoud, Amal Abdul-Ghany (1982). A Functional Analysis of Written Compositions of Egyptian Students of English and the Implications of the Notional-Functional Syllabus for the Teaching of Writing. PhD dissertation, Georgetown University, USA.

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• Majed, Hamad A. al- (1996).  An Analysis of Grammatical and Associated Errors Found in the Writing of Third Grade Saudi Male Students in Four High Schools in the City of Riyadh. PhD dissertation, University of Hull, UK.

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• Marzouk, Ghiath el- (1993). Some Aspects of phonological transfer from Arabic to English.  Teanga: The Irish Yearbook of Applied Linguistics, 13: 29-40.

• Marzouk, Ghiath el- (1995).  Avoidance or some other strategy: A case for the passive in Arabic and English.  TEANGA: The Irish Yearbook of Applied Linguistics, 15:113-125. 

• Mattar, Hameed (1990). A Cross-Sectional Error Analysis Study of the Common Writing Errors Made by Adult Arabic-Speaking EFL Learners in Bahrain.   PhD dissertation, University of East Anglia, UK.

• Mattar, Hameed (1999). Translation elicitation techniques and mother-tongue interference: Any significant connection? IRAL: International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 37.4:307-320.

• Mattar, Hameed (2001).  Is avoidance a reflection of mother tongue interference? The case for the English perfect present tense.  International Journal of Arabic-English Studies, 2: 141-156.

• Mattar, Hameed (2002-2003).  Is avoidance ruled out by similarity? The case of subordinating conjunctions/adverbs in English and Arabic. Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics, 38: 103-115.  

• Mattar, Hameed (2003).  Is avoidance ruled out by similarity? The case of subordinating conjunctions/adverbs in English and Arabic. Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics, 38: 103-115.

• Mehdi, Mohamed Farhat (1981). The Interference of Arabic in the Use of English Prepositions. PhD dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.

• Meinhoff, Michael & Joan   Meinhoff (1976).  Observations of Students in English as a Second Language at Kuwait University: 1974-1976. ERIC Document #: ED139273; pp. 1-41.

• Melouk, Mohammed   (1989). The Acquisition of Modal Auxiliaries in English as a Foreign Language: The Case of Moroccan Learners. PhD dissertation, University of Lancaster, UK.

• Merzougui, Djamel (1994).  An Enquiry into the Sources of Error in the Written Work of Algerian Learners of English, with Special Reference to the Relative Influence of Arabic and French as Sources of Interference. PhD dissertation, University of Wales-Cardiff, UK.

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• Miller, Max Eugene (1981). Interlanguage Simplification and Metropolitanization. PhD dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, USA.

• Milton, James Lawrence (1985).  The Development of English Consonant Pronunciation and Related Perceptual and Imitative Skills among Native Arabic Speakers Learning English as a Foreign Language. PhD dissertation, University of Wales, Cardiff, UK.

• Miqdadi, Abdel-Rau’f Hussein (1997). The Role of Native Language in Foreign Language: An Investigation of University Students’ Errors in English Relative Clauses. M.A Dissertation, Yarmouk University, Jordan.

• Mitchell, Terence & Shahir El-Hassan (1989). English Pronunciation for Arabic Speakers. London. Longmam.

• Mitleb, Fares (1981). Segmental and Non-Segmental Structure in Phonetics: Evidence from Foreign Accent.  PhD dissertation, Indiana University, USA

• Mitleb, Fares (1984). Timing of English vowels spoken with an Arabic accent. In Mitleb, Fares Mousa, et. al.  (Eds.) Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (Netherlands Phonetic Archives, IIB). Dordrecht: Foris, 1984, pp. 700-705.

• Mitleb, Fares (1985). Intelligibility of English "Voicing" Produced by Arabs. Journal of Phonetics, 13.2: 117-122.

• Mitleb, Fares (1989). Perception and interpretation of English intonation by Arabs. Arab Journal of the Humanities, 9.33:391-409.

• Mitleb, Fares et. al.  (119). Perception of English sentence stress by Yarmouk university majors. Journal of the College of Teachers, Al-Mustansiriah University (Iraq) , 8: 57-75.

• Mobaidin, Hosam Eddin Zakaria (1989). Tense and Aspect Transfer Errors: A New Analysis of Transfer Errors in English Compositions of Jordanian University Students. PhD dissertation, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA.

• Mobaidin, Hosam Ed-Din (2003).  An optimality theoretic analysis of stress assignment in the English production of English majors at Mu'tah University. Mu’tah for Research and Studies, University of Mu’tah, 18.2:312-326.

• Mohammad, Mahmoud Dawood (1982).The Semantics of Tense and Aspect in English and Modern Standard Arabic. PhD dissertation, Georgetown University, USA.

• Mohammed, Huwaida Ahussain (1997). Difficulties in Reading Comprehension Encountered by 3rd Intermediate Students of Government Schools in Bahrain. M.Ed. dissertation, University of Sheffield, UK.

• Moharram, Nagia Eltorai (1992). An Understanding of the Linguistic and Cultural Aspects of the Native Arabic Speaker Learning English. MA dissertation, Texas Woman's University, USA.

• Mortaji, Latifa el- (2001). Writing Ability and Strategies in two Discourse Types: A Cognitive Study of Multilingual Moroccan Students in Arabic (L1) and English (L2).  PhD dissertation, University of Essex, UK.

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• Mousa, Ahmed Ibrahim (1995). The Interphonology of Saudi Learners of English. PhD dissertation, University of Essex, UK.

• Moustafa, Margaret Heiss (1969). Perception and Articulation Difficulties of Cairene Arabs Learning English Segmental Phonemes: An Exploratory Study. MA dissertation, American University in Cairo,   Egypt.

• Moustafa, Margaret Heiss (1978). Some Deep Structure Manifestations in Second Language Errors of English Voiced and Voiceless "th.”.  ERIC Document #: ED172520, pp. 1-7.

• Moustafa, Margaret Heiss (1979).    Perception Analysis. The Modern Language Journal, 63.8: 435-441.

• Muarik, Sulaiman Ali al- (1982). Error Analysis and English Language Learning Strategies among Intermediate and Secondary School Students in Saudi Arabia. PhD dissertation, Indiana University, USA.

• Mubarak, Mohammad (2003).  Common Writing Errors: A Preliminary Investigation into the Types of Interference Errors in English Writing of Bahraini ESL Sophomore Students at the University of Bahrain. MA dissertation, University of Bahrain, Bahrain.

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• Muhammad, Magda Hassan (1981). Difficulties Involved in Teaching English Consonant Clusters to Egyptian Students and a Program for Error Remediation. MA dissertation, Ain-Shams University, Egypt.

• Mukattash, Lewis (1978). A pilot project in common grammatical errors in Jordanian English.  Interlanguage Studies Bulletin, 3.2:250-291.

• Mukattash, Lewis (1980a). English language proficiency in Jordan. Dirasat, University of Jordan, 7.2: 7-31.

• Mukattash, Lewis (1980b). Yes/No questions and the contrastive analysis hypothesis. English Language Teaching Journal, 34.2:133-145.

• Mukattash, Lewis (1981a). Wh-Questions in English: A problem for Arab students, IRAL, International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 19.4: 317-332.

• Mukattash, Lewis (1981b). Problems in error analysis.  Papers and Studies in Contrastive Linguistics, 13: 261-274.

• Mukattash, Lewis (1983). The Problem with difficulty in foreign language learning, in Dahiyat, E. and Ibrahim, M. (eds.) Papers from the First Conference on the Problems of English Language and Literature at Arab Universities, University of Jordan, pp. 145-175.

• Mukattash, Lewis (1984).  Errors made by Arab university students in the use of English prepositions. Glottodidactica: An International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 17:47-64.

• Mukattash, Lewis (1986). Persistence of fossilization. IRAL, International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 24.3:187-203.

• Munro, Murray J. (1992). Perception and Production of English Vowels by Native Speakers of Arabic. PhD dissertation, University of Alberta, Canada.

• Munro, Murray J. (1993). Productions of English vowels by native speakers of Arabic: Acoustic measurements and accentedness ratings. Language and Speech, 36.1: 39-66.

• Musa, Danial K. (1981). Some errors of Iraqi learners of English. Institute for the Development of English Language Teaching (IDELTI) Journal, 20:90-124, Baghdad.

• Mushait, Saud Abdullah (2004). The Relationship of L1 Reading and L2 Language Proficiency with the L2 Reading Comprehension and Strategies of Saudi EFL University Students. PhD dissertation, University of Essex, UK

• Mustafa, M H (1969). Perception and Articulation Difficulties of Cairene Arabs Learning Segmental Phonetics:  An Exploratory Study. MA dissertation, American University in Cairo, Egypt.

• Mustafa, Osama Mustafa M. (2003). Discoursal Elements in the Written English of Seniors at An-Najah University. MA dissertation, An-Najah National University, Palestine.

• Mustafa, Zahra Ahmad (1987) The Relative Gravity of the Different Types of Lexical Errors in Second Language Learning: An Empirical Study. PhD dissertation, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA.