Lafi M. Alharbi

List of John Benjamins publications in which Lafi M. Alharbi is involved.

Articles

Alharbi, Lafi M. and John M. Swales 2011 Arabic and English abstracts in bilingual language science journals: Same or different? Languages in Contrast 11:1, pp. 70–86 | Article

Although Arabic is a language with a long scholarly tradition, relatively little is known about the rhetorical and linguistic features of contemporary Arabic prose. In this paper, we examine 28 Arabic and English paired abstracts dealing with the language sciences drawn from three journals. The… read more

Alharbi, Lafi M. 1999 Local and ENS Rating of EFL Composition: in Arabic 'Culturo-Linguistic' context. ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 123/124, pp. 79–124 | Article

This paper reports on an empirical examination of the effect of instructors' formal training, professional experience, culturo-linguistic background, and exposure to the local context on the evaluation of EFL composition. A total of 106 English-native and Arabic-native instructors, with varying… read more

Alharbi, Lafi M. 1998 An investigation of the correlation between Language proficiency, cultural awareness And rhetorical performance of ESL learners ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 119/120, pp. 91–106 | Article

This paper debates the nature and the source of 'influence' on normative writing. In particular, it investigates the influential factor among language proficiency and cultural awareness on the rhetorical performance of ESL learners.