Mayada ZakiThe British University in Egypt · English
Mayada Zaki
PhD in Applied Linguistics (A-) Cairo University, MA TEFL- American University in Cairo
Designing courses in corpus linguistics and assessment.
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Introduction
I have a PhD in applied linguistics, Cairo University. My research focused on syntactic complexity, interaction and argumentation quality in EFL online, oral and written discourse. I have attained my MA in TESOL, the American University in Cairo. I review academic papers in Oxford University Press; International Journal of TESOL& Education; ELSYA. Teaching rhetoric, EAP, and EFL in the British University in Egypt. Currently, I design courses in corpus; assessment; discourse research.
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Most research that observed online discussions compared them to either written (e.g., Hewing& Coffin, 2007) or oral discourse (e.g., Joiner et al., 2008), never compiling the three modalities and they did not provide comprehensive results regarding both form and interaction. Academic essays and oral debates has been widely consumed in the EAP class...
A Ph.D. dissertation invesitigating syntactic complexity and interaction in oral, written and online discourse of EFL learners studying argumentation and EAP. A corpus of data of 50 students were analyzed using theories of cognitive linguistics, functional grammar and critical discourse analysis.
Processing theories (Clahsen, 1984; Pienemann, 1997) have argued that the production of subordinate clauses is the last stage in the development of the second language learner. However, these theories did not refer to details about the development of accuracy and frequency of the production of subordinate clauses in second language learners’ speech...
This paper reviews the error analysis approach regarding second language acquisition.
This book includes research comparing argumentative discourse amongst synchronous online forums, oral debates and academic essays regarding syntactic complexity, grammatical accuracy, interaction and quality of arguments. Participants are EAP EFL university students. The study has employed corpus analysis techniques. Results are revealing the high...
Coded transcripts of argumentative essays, online forums and oral debates for undergraduate students. Codes included syntactic, interactional and argumentative features.
A video of the presentation on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDHlh1HIYvY&t=619s
Abstract
Argumentation is a process that can enhance critical thinking, and problem solving skills (Jonassen & Kim, 2010) and is intertwined with complex learning and conceptual thinking (Baker, 2009). The influence of online communication on argumentative and cognitive skills has become a major concern for educational research (Bagheri& Zenouzagh,...
In this conference presentation I discussed diversity and identity of learners in online courses, in addition to the various platforms and strategies that teachers can use to design their courses.
In this presentation I reviewed some of the results of my research on EFL students' argumentative discourse in online forums and reflected on strategies that can enhance university students' interaction and complex structures in academic online forums.
In this presentation, I employed very easy quick assessment techniques by Angelo & Cross (1993) for the ESL and EAP classroom. Angelo, T. A. and Cross, K.P. (1993). Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers (2nd ed.) San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
This paper reviews the various approaches and methods of contrastive linguistics.
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I am currently writing a paper on curriculum and instruction and was thinking of a link between Neurolinguistic programming and multimodality in curriculum design. I still need to think of other more recent ideas in design curricula of ESL.
Any suggestions or terms to look for?
But I'm still thinking of the following points
1. What kind of variables can be common to argumentative discourse?
2. What variables should I observe to find differences between spoken, written and online discourse?
The variables can be relevant to register, or may be critical discourse analysis, coherence, I can't decide. I was also looking for relevant readings.