Nicenet, WebCT and Moodle were used to teach grammar to freshman students at the College of Languages and Translation, King Saud University in Saudi Arabia.

65 EFL freshman students were enrolled in a 4-hour writing course. Pretest results showed that the students could not put two words together.

52 EFL students were enrolled in a two-hour Speaking III course. At first, the students were shy, refused to talk, could not generate ideas and produce correct sentences.

EFL Freshman students at the College of Languages and Translation are required to take a writing course (4 hours per week) in addition to a grammar course (2 hours).

English has become a global language. It is widely used in Saudi Arabia, although the official language is Arabic.

Almost every upper and middle class family (especially families with working mothers) in Saudi Arabia has a maid. Some affluent families even hire a nanny to raise the kids.

E-mail messages from 190 students were analyzed for types of requests, academic needs, reasons for seeking help, communication strategies and cultural differences.

The amount of reading texts, reading exercises and reading skills covered by reading instructors in ESL college classrooms at each college level was examined.

36 EFL freshmen students took a listening‐spelling test in which they filled out 100 blanks in a dialogue.

A “Language and Culture” course was taught to sophomore students majoring in translation.