Editor-in-Chief's Introduction

Authors

  • Habib Abdesslem Professor of Linguistics Faculty of Languages and Translation King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

This Issue of Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics concentrates on topics related to Reading and Writing Skills and reviews a book on Evaluation and a book on fostering Democratic Education. The first two articles focus on learner attitudes towards and practices of Reading and Writing, while the third article addresses the effect of diglossia on literacy development. 

Author Biography

Habib Abdesslem, Professor of Linguistics Faculty of Languages and Translation King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

Habib Abdesslem, BA English (University of Tunis), MA & PhD Linguistics (University of Sheffield, UK), MA Philosophy of Language and Literary Criticism (University of Sheffield, UK). Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Doctoral Program, Department of English, University of Manouba, Tunisia. Visiting Professor at King Saud University. Author of Lesson Discourse Analysis (1992), Edwin Mellen Press; Co-author of The Teaching of Foreign Languages in the Arab World (2009), ALECSO Press. Published papers in International Review of Applied Linguistics, Journal of Literary Semantics, Cahiers de Linguisitique d' Ottawa, Langues et Litteratures (University of Algiers), and Lettres de Kairouan (University of Kairouan). Supervised Doctoral Theses at the Universities of Manouba, King Saud, and Strathclyde  (Scotland).

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Published

10/08/2017

How to Cite

Abdesslem, H. (2017). Editor-in-Chief’s Introduction. Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2(2), i-x. Retrieved from https://arjals.com/ajal/article/view/133

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2017): Reading in the Arab World

Section

Introduction (Editor-in-chief)

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