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P.O. Box 1848 , Al Akhawayn University, Avenue Hassan II, Ifrane, Morocco 53 000 Telephone: +212 535862448 Fax:+212-535862977 Email: a.chekayri aui.ma |
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Education |
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PhD. In linguistics, 1999 Doctorat (Nouveau régime)In linguistics, 1994 University of Paris 8 University, France DEA In linguistics, 1990 |
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Computational linguistics, dialectology, Arabic language pedagogy, and ICTs enhanced learning. |
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Research Interests |
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Courses for non-native speakers of Arabic: Colloquial Arabic, Beginning Arabic, Intermediate Arabic, and Advanced Arabic. Courses for native speakers of Arabic: Arabic for Communication Purposes, and Arabic through the Mass Media. |
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Teaching |
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Representative publications |
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Books
CHEKAYRI, A. & G. BOHAS, 1998: Problèmes de la morphologie arabe: de l’empirie à la théorie. A special Issue of the journal Languages and Linguistics.
Articles
Bohas, G. & A. Chekayri, 1993: “Les réalisations des racines bilitères en arabe », SEMITICA Serta philologica Constantino Tsereteli dicata, Silvio Zamorani Editor, pp.: 1-13
Bohas, G. & A. Chekayri, 1991: “Les racines “redoublées” et “défectueuses” en arabe”, esquisse d'une analyse », Linguistica Communicatio, III, 2, pp.: 62-77
Chekayri, Abdellah, 2011. “La sensibilisation culturelle dans l’enseignement de la langue arabe”, in the Conference proceedings on « Langues en immigration : Mutations et nouveaux enjeux», June 24 and 25, 2010, organised by Conseil de la communauté marocaine à l'étranger (CCME), Rabat, pp. : 217-233.
CHEKAYRI, A. 2009. “Arabic as a foreign language: needs and expectations” in Abu-Shams, L. (ed.), Actas del III Congreso Internacional de Arabe Marroquí: estudio, enseñanza y aprendizaje, Bilbao: Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco, 55-78
CHEKAYRI, A. 2008: “The Verb in Standard and Moroccan Arabic”, in Actas del II Congreso Internacional de Árabe marroquí: estudio, enseñanza y aprendizaje, Toledo, May 4-5, 2007, Eds. Francisco Moscoso García, Luis Miguel Pérez Cañada, Nadi Hamdi Nouaouri Izrelli, pp. 55-88.
CHEKAYRI, A. 2006: “Diglossia or Triglossia: Reality and Facts ”, in Actas del I Congreso Internacional de Árabe marroquí: estudio, enseñanza y aprendizaje, University of Cádiz Press, Eds. N. H. Nouaouri and F. Moscoso Garcia, pp. 41-58. |
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Membership |
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Middle East Studies Association (MESA). |
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Grants |
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Multi-media Materials for Teaching Egyptian, Jordanian, Kuwaiti and Moroccan Colloquial Arabic and Culture. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education in Fall 2009, the project aims to produce materials to enhance instruction in the language and culture of a critical language by leading to the production of DVDs that will support the teaching of Egyptian, Jordanian, Kuwaiti, and Moroccan colloquial Arabic and Egyptian, Jordanian, Kuwaiti and Moroccan culture.
Intelligent IT Support for Enhancing Reading and Listening Comprehension of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA): Emphasis on Moroccan Culture and Topics. The objective of the project is to build intelligent software tools to enhance reading and listening skills in MSA at the intermediate and advanced levels; and to profit from and focus the extensive pedagogical know how and Arabic language resources developed at AUI. The project is funded by Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane in 2009 (the project is implemented in collaboration with Drs Violetta Cavalli-Sforza, and Kevin Smith).
“Interactive Distance Education in Arabic Language and Culture” is a research proposal that was funded in 2002 by Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane and Montana State University. A grant was allocated for research. (the project was implemented in collaboration with Drs Mohamed Bounajma, and Allal Elhajjam). By the end of Fall 2004, all the material developed were included in a learning management system which administer the delivery of the online course. |
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Dr. Abdellah Chekayri |