Thesis Title: A Comparison of Text-Driven and Course book Approaches: Investigating their Effectiveness and Learners’ Perceptions.

University Email: e.f.aldhahri@liverpool.ac.uk

Primary Supervisor (90%): Dr. Hitomi Masuhara

Secondary Supervisor (10%): Dr. David Oakey

Biography: My name is Eman Aldhahri, from Saudi Arabia. I hold a BA in English Language from King Abdulaziz University, KSA and an MA in TESOL from University of Liverpool. I work as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) at University of Jeddah, KSA, teaching the foundation year students general English language. Currently I’m a PhD student at University of Liverpool.

Research interests: I’m interested in Second Language Acquisition and Methods of teaching. In my research, I’m investigating the effects of Text-driven and course book approaches on EFL learners’ performance, interaction, and attitudes.

Conference paper: A Comparison of Text-Driven and Course book Approaches: Investigating their Effectiveness and Learners’ Perceptions (University of Liverpool PGR Annual conference, 2019).