Language and literacy in the Arab World--Teaching English as an Additional Language

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  • Abdessattar Mahfoudhi Australian College of Kuwait

Abstract

Language and literacy in the Arab World--Teaching English as an Additional Language

Author Biography

Abdessattar Mahfoudhi, Australian College of Kuwait

Abdessatar Mahfoudhi (PhD) is the Head of the English Department at the Australian College of Kuwait and an educational consultant at the Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching in Kuwait. His research interests are in language, literacy, and language-based disabilities, with a focus on Arabic as a first language and English as an additional language. His work has appeared in international journals such as Research in Developmental Disabilities, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Journal of Child Language, Reading & Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Dyslexia, Perspectives on Language and Literacy, Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Al-’Arabiyya, Indian Journal of Applied Lingusitics and I.T.L. Review of Applied Linguistics. He co-edited four volumes, the latest of which is a special issue of 'Reading and Writing' on literacy in Arabic. He also (co-)authored books and tests, including a comprehensive Arabic intervention program 'I Read and Write!' (K-9) to teach reading and writing to students with reading and writing difficulties.

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Published

01/30/2016

How to Cite

Mahfoudhi, A. (2016). Language and literacy in the Arab World--Teaching English as an Additional Language. Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1(1), iii-vi. Retrieved from https://arjals.com/ajal/article/view/41

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016): Language and Literacy in the Arab World: Teaching English as an Additional Language

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Introduction (Guest editor)

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