I am a second language acquisition researcher. I investigate the acquisition of verb argument structure and other related phenomena at the syntax semantics interface.
English Language Teaching in Moroccan Higher Education, 2020
This introductory chapter provides a survey of the history and current situation of English as a ... more This introductory chapter provides a survey of the history and current situation of English as a medium of instruction and research production in Moroccan higher education. It opens with a historical account of the diplomatic relations between Morocco and the English-speaking world. English made its entry into the Moroccan university in the 1960s, and its influence has grown apace especially in the era of globalization. The second part of the chapter outlines a series of challenges facing the departments of English in Moroccan higher education institutions. Finally, we preview the sixteen chapters in this volume, which consists of extensive and empirical studies by experienced Moroccan faculty members.
The senior undergraduate research project offers students a culminating integrative learning expe... more The senior undergraduate research project offers students a culminating integrative learning experience to cap off their educational journey. An emerging body of literature documents how both students and supervisors undergo the experience. Given the difficulty of extrapolating results across different educational contexts, this paper examines how this graduation requirement is conceptualized, implemented and evaluated in English departments in Morocco. A sample of undergraduate supervisors in English studies Licence programs (N=30) responded to a 13-item questionnaire. The responses to the open-ended questions were subjected to a sentiment analysis and a content analysis. The results suggest that the end-of-study project requirement offers a training opportunity for students to develop their personal, linguistic, intellectual, and technical skills as they go through the research process. To a lesser extent, supervisors also benefit from the experience, especially by honing their su...
This book explores the global spread of English and its ramifications for the status of English i... more This book explores the global spread of English and its ramifications for the status of English in Morocco. It sheds light on motivational issues in English language teaching and learning in Moroccan higher education and examines various teaching practices in terms of: teaching effectiveness, assessment and evaluation, written feedback, English-Arabic translation, and undergraduate supervision. In addition to identifying critical issues in the discipline of English studies and the main challenges facing English departments from historical, institutional, and pedagogical perspectives, it suggests strategies for addressing and overcoming them.
The present study aims at investigating the acquisition of the English dative alternation by Moro... more The present study aims at investigating the acquisition of the English dative alternation by Moroccan EFL university learners within Stochastic Optimality Theory. In this lexicosyntactic alternation, the recipient argument in a giving event, for example, can be realized as a ...
English Language Teaching in Moroccan Higher Education, 2020
This introductory chapter provides a survey of the history and current situation of English as a ... more This introductory chapter provides a survey of the history and current situation of English as a medium of instruction and research production in Moroccan higher education. It opens with a historical account of the diplomatic relations between Morocco and the English-speaking world. English made its entry into the Moroccan university in the 1960s, and its influence has grown apace especially in the era of globalization. The second part of the chapter outlines a series of challenges facing the departments of English in Moroccan higher education institutions. Finally, we preview the sixteen chapters in this volume, which consists of extensive and empirical studies by experienced Moroccan faculty members.
The senior undergraduate research project offers students a culminating integrative learning expe... more The senior undergraduate research project offers students a culminating integrative learning experience to cap off their educational journey. An emerging body of literature documents how both students and supervisors undergo the experience. Given the difficulty of extrapolating results across different educational contexts, this paper examines how this graduation requirement is conceptualized, implemented and evaluated in English departments in Morocco. A sample of undergraduate supervisors in English studies Licence programs (N=30) responded to a 13-item questionnaire. The responses to the open-ended questions were subjected to a sentiment analysis and a content analysis. The results suggest that the end-of-study project requirement offers a training opportunity for students to develop their personal, linguistic, intellectual, and technical skills as they go through the research process. To a lesser extent, supervisors also benefit from the experience, especially by honing their su...
This book explores the global spread of English and its ramifications for the status of English i... more This book explores the global spread of English and its ramifications for the status of English in Morocco. It sheds light on motivational issues in English language teaching and learning in Moroccan higher education and examines various teaching practices in terms of: teaching effectiveness, assessment and evaluation, written feedback, English-Arabic translation, and undergraduate supervision. In addition to identifying critical issues in the discipline of English studies and the main challenges facing English departments from historical, institutional, and pedagogical perspectives, it suggests strategies for addressing and overcoming them.
The present study aims at investigating the acquisition of the English dative alternation by Moro... more The present study aims at investigating the acquisition of the English dative alternation by Moroccan EFL university learners within Stochastic Optimality Theory. In this lexicosyntactic alternation, the recipient argument in a giving event, for example, can be realized as a ...
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