P.O. Box 104 , Al Akhawayn University, Avenue Hassan II, Ifrane, Morocco 53 000

Telephone: +212 535862470                  Fax:+212-535862977

Email: m.sahli    aui.ma

Ms.Meriem Sahli

Education

B.A. in English literature and linguistics from the Faculty of Letters at Mohammad V University in Morocco.

 

M.A. in teaching English as a second language at the Department of Linguistics and English Language Teaching at Lancaster University

        

Teaching Arabic as a foreign language,

 

Curriculum development,

 

Use of CALL in teaching Arabic,

 

Contrastive rhetoric

Research Interests

Representative publications

 

“Involvement of Immigrant Arab Parents in their children’s learning of Arabic”, a Master Degree Dissertation.

Conference Presentations

“Designing Listening Materials for Advanced Students of Arabic as Foreign Language-An Ongoing Project” at the Middle East Studies Association Conference-November 2009 in Boston.

Invited Lectures

“Women Legal Rights in Morocco: Problems and Challenges of Implementation” at Worcester Polytechnic Institute-November 2009

“Customs and Traditions of Morocco” at Middlebury School of Arabic in California-summer 2009.

 

 

Lecturer

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane

Membership

Member of the American Association of Middle Eastern Studies (MESA)

 

Member of the Arabic Committee at Al-Akhawayn University

 

Coordinator of the Arabic Self-Access Study Center at Al-Akhawayn University

Grants

 

· Developed a new course  on business Arabic funded by Montana State University.

 

 

· Currently,  she is working on a listening project for advanced learners of Arabic funded by Al-Akhawayn University