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يتناول البحث روايتين من لغتين مختلفتين، رواية الكاتبة العراقية شهد الرّاوي التي حملت عنوان ساعة بغداد، ورواية الكاتبة الايرانية گلي ترقّي خواب زمستاني وترجمتها ( سبات الشتاء ). الكاتبة گلي ترقّي لها باع في كتابة الرواية والقصة، بينما عرفت الكاتبة شهد الرّاوي من خلال روايتها ساعة بغداد. تجشّمت الكاتبتان عناء الغربة، ولوعة الفراق والبعد عن الوطن، وانعكس ذلك جلياً في آثارهنّ. هنّ أيقونة المرأة الساعية لكسر القيود، والتقاليد السائدة في مجتمعيهما. مع الحفاظ على رابط الصلة بين الحياة في الغربة وبين الوطن، اذ بهما لم تجعلا من السلطات الحاكمة عدواً، يطارد أفكارهما العابثة في تركات الحكومات الجائرة والتقاليد السائدة، بل يعتقد الباحثان أنّهنّ هادنتا، من أجل إيصال رسالتيهنّ إلى المجتمع بشكل دقيق وجلي. الروايتين تنتميان للمذهب الواقعي، تحملان في طياتهما سمات المدرسة الانتقادية التي تشخص عيوب المجتمع وتشهرها للعلن

The aim of this research is to determine the level of psychological resilience in a sample of Damascus University students. And to know differences in the psychological resilience according to the specialization variable (civil engineering and education) and to sex variable. The researcher used the descriptive approach which suits the current research. The sample consisted of (115) male and female students with (62) students from the Faculty of Education and (53) from the Faculty of Civil Engineering. The number of male and female students was( 59) females and (56) students. . The scale of psychological resilience of Connor and Davidson (2003), was applied after verifying its validity and stability by the researcher. Results showed that the level of psychological resilience in the sample is high, and there were differences in the level of psychological resilience between the students of the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Civil Engineering, in favor of the students of the Faculty of Education and the existence of differences in the level of psychological flexibility according to the gender variable, in favor of mal. Based on the results, the researcher presented a set of proposals to improve students' psychological resilience.

The current research aimed to study differences in Attitudes between individuals belonging to the social pattern. It studied the variable of the college to which the students of the three faculties of social pattern as one of the patterns of professional orientation, which are the faculties of education, literature and nursing from the Tishreen University colleges. The Strong Scale for Professional Trends he (social service axis) was used as a research tool and was applied to a sample of 300 students. The results showed that there are differences on the scale of social services among the students of the Faculty of Education and Nursing for the benefit of students of Education. The results also revealed differences on the scale of social services among the students of the Faculty of Education and literature for the benefit of students of Education. And the absence of statistically significant differences on the scale between students of literature and Nursing.

The aim of the current research is to explore the relationship between academic self-regulation and in a sample of students of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and the Faculty of Education at Damascus University, in addition to knowledge of the differences in both academic self-regulation and due to specialization and sex (males and females). The sample consisted of (115) male and female students with 62 students from the Faculty of Education and (53) males from the Faculty of Civil Engineering. The number of male and female students was( 59 females and 56 students. . For this purpose, the measure of academic self-regulation was used, after verifying their sincerity and persistence with the sample members of the current study. The results showed that the effect of both specialization and gender had a significant impact on academic self-regulation

The research paper aims to investigate EFL mentees' perceptions of mentoring experience in one of the Higher Education institutes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Academic years 2019 and 2020. The mentoring experience includes four domains: the mentorship program, mentors' roles and responsibilities, benefits of mentoring, and barriers to mentoring. The researcher attempted to answer two questions. The first explores the mentees' perceptions of the mentoring experience, and the second question attempts to find out the mentees' suggestions to make the mentoring experience more effective. A questionnaire of 4- Likert scale was used to collect data from thirty-three newly recruited instructors to answer the first question. The mentees were also asked to add their suggestions for the betterment of mentoring experiences as an answer to the second question. Descriptive statistics in the form of means, standard deviation, and percentages were used to analyze the collected data. The findings revealed that the mentees were satisfied with the mentoring experience. They have a positive attitude towards the mentorship program and the mentor's roles and responsibilities. However, a few mentees have certain concerns regarding some factors related to their mentoring experience. These were highlighted and discussed under each domain. In addition, the mentees had a number of suggestions that would contribute to having a more effective mentoring experience. Based on the findings, the researcher presented a number of conclusions and recommendations.

This paper investigated the instructors' perceptions of supervisors' classroom observation practices at Taif University English Language Center (TUELC) in the second semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. The researcher attempted to answer two questions. The first investigated the instructors' perceptions of supervisors' classroom observation practices. The second question investigated the instructors' suggestions for better practices by supervisors. A 4-Likert scale questionnaire was used to gather data from fifty nine instructors to answer the first question, and content analysis was used to answer the second question. The collected data were analyzed in the form of descriptive statistics, using means, standard deviation, frequencies, and percentages. The results showed that the instructors were generally satisfied with the supervisors' classroom observation practices. However, some had certain concerns regarding some observation practices to be considered for further action of improvement. In addition, the instructors had several suggestions for better practices implemented by supervisors. The most important of these was the suggestion to conduct peer observation. Based on the results, the researcher drew several conclusions and recommendations.

The present paper aims to investigate EFL instructors? perceptions of Cambridge English Unlimited (CEU) textbooks taught at Taif University English Language Center (TUELC) in the Academic year 2017-2018. To achieve this purpose, the researcher attempted to answer three questions. The first investigates instructors? perceptions of the textbooks. The second question aims to find out the features that add to the strengths of the textbooks. The third question is an attempt to reveal the shortcomings of the textbooks from the instructors' perspectives and their suggestions to overcome these drawbacks. A questionnaire of 4-Likert scale was used to gather data from ninety two instructors to answer the first two questions, and content analysis was used to answer the third question. The collected data were analyzed in the form of descriptive statistics, using means, standard deviation and percentages. The results showed that instructors have a very positive attitude towards the textbooks in terms of the criteria and features investigated in the first two sections of the study tool. These answer the first two questions. However, they had certain concerns and suggestions in aspects other than those included in the study tool. These have been summarized according to their frequency of occurrence in the instructors' responses. Based on the results, the researcher drew a number of conclusions and recommendations.

The present paper aims to investigate EFL instructors' perceptions of Blackboard learning management system (LMS) at Taif University in Saudi Arabia. To achieve this purposes, the researcher attempted to answer two questions. The first question investigates EFL instructors' perceptions of Blackboard LMS. The second question aims to identify instructors' suggestions to overcome difficulties encountered while using the system. A questionnaire of 4- Likert Scale was used to gather data from one hundred and two instructors to answer the first question, and content analysis was used to answer the second question. The collected data were analyzed in the form of descriptive statistics. The results, on one hand, revealed that 75% of the instructors have not used Blackboard technology before coming to university, which would affect their perceptions of the system. It was also evident that most of the instructors believe that the different features of Blackboard LMS are either poor or very poor. In addition, the instructors, in most of their responses to the functionalities of using the Blackboard LMS, rarely or never used the system. On the other hand, the results revealed that the instructors have a positive attitude towards the system in terms of its impact on learning, which can be the starting point to help them be familiarized more with the system's features and functionalities through professional development. Based on the results, the researcher presented a number of conclusions and recommendations.