Research Activities 

Al-Shumaimeri, Y. A. N. (1999). Saudi students’ perceptions of their textbook: English for Saudi Arabia, (EFSA), secondary year one. Unpublished Master Dissertation, University of Leeds, Leeds.

Al-Shumaimeri, Y. A. N. (2001). Who is the successful teacher? Al-Thaqafia, 45, 70-71.

Al-Shumaimeri, Y. A. N. (2003). Learn how to learn. Al-Thaqafia, 51, 84.

Al-Shumaimeri, Y. A. N. (2003). A study of classroom exposure to oral pedagogic tasks in relation to the motivation and performance of Saudi secondary learners of English in a context of potential curriculum reform. Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, University of Leeds, Leeds.

Al-Shumaimeri, Y. A. N. (2005). Gender differences in Reading comprehension performance in relation to content familiarity of gender-neutral texts. Paper presented at the The second international conference: Language, culture and literature, Minia University, Eygept.

Al-Shumaimeri, Y. A. N. (2006). The effects of content familiarity and language ability on reading comprehension performance of low-and high-ability Saudi tertiary students studying English as a foreign language. King Saud University, Educational Sciences & Islamic Studies, 18(2), 1-19.

Cook, G. (2007). Applied Linguistics (Y. A. N. Al-Shumaimeri, Trans.). Riyadh: King Saud University. 

Other Research interests 

• Oral second language learning
• Using pedagogic tasks
• Oral tasks and language development
• Syllabus design for TESOL
• EFL teacher training