Noorchaya Yahya

Position:

Lecturer in English
College:

College of Liberal Arts
Office:

GEH C217

Educational Background

1994 PhD in Rhetoric and Linguistics (Specialization: TESOL)

Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), PA, USA

Dissertation Title: A Comparative Study of Multilingual Writers’

Composing Processes

1985 M.A in TESOL

University of Northern Iowa (UNI)

Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA

Thesis title: Need Analysis of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Courses for Malaysian Students: A Survey M.A. in English Education

1982 B.A in English

University of Northern Iowa (UNI)

Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA

Biography

Noorchaya Yahya is a lecturer in the School of English Studies at the College of Liberal Arts, Wenzhou-Kean University in China. Currently she is teaching Business and Professional Writing course and Academic Written Discourse. Specializes in TESOL Education, she has taught ESL in the USA and Malaysia, and EFL in Saudi Arabia for over 25 years. A tenured Associate Professor in Florida Atlantic University, Florida for 15 years in the College of Education, she trained pre-service and in-service teachers in TESOL education. For the past 11 years at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, she was in the College of Languages and Translation, teaching Linguistics and Cultural courses. A passionate educator of English Language Learners (ELLs) with more than 30 years’ experience in the field, she thrives in using cutting -edge pedagogy in educating ELLs.

Research interests

In general, my research interests lie in second Language writing, pragmatics, teacher education, vocabulary learning, and content-based learning. My recent collaborative publications demonstrate my research interests.

Publications/scholarly and creative work

A comprehensive list of my scholarly and creative work is available on the following web platform:

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID):

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0769-4581

El-Dakhs, D. A. S., Masrai, A., & Yahya, N. (2022). University student use and perception of listening comprehension strategies: The case of online EMI lectures. International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT), 12(1), 1-21. DOI: 10.4018/IJCALLT.291114

Masrai, A., El-Dakhs, D. A. S., & Yahya, N. (2022). What Predicts Academic Achievement in EMI Courses? Focus on Vocabulary Knowledge and Self-Perceptions of L2 Skills. SAGE Open, 12(2), DOI: 10.1177/21582440221101044

El-Dakhs, D.A.S., Yahya, N. & Pawlak, M. (2022). Investigating the impact of explicit and implicit instruction on the use of interactional metadiscourse markers. Asian. J. Second. Foreign. Lang. Educ. 7, 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40862-022-00175-0

Yahya, N., AlOtaibi, H., Dakhs, D. (2020). The Use of Parallel Corpora in EFL Writing Class: Are They Effective? International Journal of Computer- Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALL) 10(2). DOI 10.4018/IJCALLT.2020040102 F

Furner, J and Yahya, N. (Winter, 2020) Using GeoGebra, Photography, and Vocabulary to Teach Mathematics while Aiding our ESOL Populations.. Transformations. 6 (1). Nova South Eastern University. I S S N : 2 4 7 4 – 6

Ariza,E, Yahya, N., Morales, C. & Zainuddin,H. (2015). Fundamentals of teaching English to speakers of other languages in K-12 mainstream classrooms. (4th ed). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishers

Ariza, E., Morales, C., Yahya, N. & Zainuddin, H. (2015). Why TESOL? The changing face of America: Theories and issues in teaching English as a second language for K-12 teachers (4th ed.). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishers.