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Learning a language is a complicated process and leaning a second language is even more complicated. In countries in which students depend mainly on rote memorization,1 such as Saudi Arabia, this difficulty is evaded by exchanging learning a second language with the acquisition of grades2 so students think they know the other language (L2) when they have just acquired grades.
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Bawazeer, K. (2015). A System for Teaching English in Saudi Arabia. In: Hamdan, A.K. (eds) Teaching and Learning in Saudi Arabia. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-205-9_2
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