Member of the Lebanese Association for Educational Studies


Name: Ghazi Ghaith

E-Mail: ghaith@aub.edu.lb

Degree:
Ph.D. in Language Education
Indiana University, Bloomington, 1991

Current Position:
Professor of Education at the American University of Beirut

Specialty and Research Interests:
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language

Publications (since 1990):

  • (in press). Ghaith, G. M. Correlates of the implementation of the STAD Cooperative Learning Method in the EFL Classroom. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.
  • (2004). Ghaith, G. M. & Abd El- Malak M. Effect of Jigsaw II on EFL Reading Comprehension. Educational Research and Evaluation, 10(2), 105-115.
  • (2003). Ghaith, G. M. Effects of the Learning Together Model of Cooperative Learning on EFL Reading Achievement, Academic Self-esteem, and Feelings of School Alienation. Bilingual Research Journal , 27(3), 451-474.
  • (2003): Ghaith, G. M. The Problems and Prospects of Using Selected Cooperative Learning Structures in Educating Teachers of English as a Foreign Language. Journal of Student Centered Learning, 2(1), 93-100.
  • (2003): Ghaith, G. M. and Bouzeineddine, A. Relationship Between Reading Attitudes, Achievement, and Learner’s Perceptions of Their Jigsaw II Cooperative Learning Experience. Reading Psychology, 24(2), 105-120.
  • (2003): Ghaith, G. M. The Relationship between Forms of Instruction, Achievement, and Classroom Climate. Educational Research, 45(1), 107-117.
  • (2003): Ghaith, G. M. Readiness of Educational Reform: The Case of EFL Reading Teachers in Lebanon. Journal of Education for Teaching, 29(2), 177-178.
  • (2003): Ghaith, G. M. and Harkous, S. Role of Text Structure Awareness in the Recall of Expository Discourse. Foreign Language Annals, 35(1), 86-96.
  • (2003): Ghaith, G. M. and Obeid, H. Effect of Think-alouds on Literal and Higher-order Reading Comprehension. Educational Research Quarterly, 26(4).
  • (2003): Shaaban, K. and Ghaith, G. M. Effect of Religion, First Foreign Language, and Gender on the Perception of the Utility of Language. Journal of Language Identity and Education, 2(1), 53-77.
  • (2002): Shaaban, K. and Ghaith, G. M. University Students’ Perceptions of the Ethnolinguistic Vitality of Arabic, French, and English in Lebanon. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 6(4), 557-574.
  • (2002): Ghaith, G. M. The Relationship Between Cooperative Learning, Social Support and Achievement. System, 30(3), 263-273.