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Asmaa Shehata

Assistant Professor of Arabic

Assistant Professor of Arabic

Research Interests

Second Language Acquisition, Phonology, Pronunciation, Literacy Skills

Biography

Dr. Asmaa Shehata is an Assistant Professor of Arabic at the University of Mississippi. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics at Ohio University and the University of Utah. She is currently a member of the Mississippi Arabic Flagship Program and has previously held positions at esteemed North American universities, including the University of Notre Dame and the University of Calgary. Her research interests include second language acquisition with a focus on second language phonology and pronunciation. Dr. Shehata reviews manuscripts for many academic journals like Foreign Language Annals (FLA) and Language Learning and Technology (LLT). She is also a certified Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) tester of Arabic through the American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

Publications

Books 2023 “Women’s rights in Islam: A critique of Nawal El Saadawi’s writing,”

Berlin: De Gruyter. 2016 “When Variability Matters in Second Language Word Learning,” Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.

Peer-Reviewed Articles and Chapters 2023 “Corrective Feedback on Arabic Pronunciation: Teacher Beliefs and Practices,”

in R. I. Thomson, T. M. Derwing, J. M. Levis, & K. Hiebert (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, held June 2022 at Brock University, St.Catharines, ON. doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/psllt.15714. 2021 “Short vowels and context effects: The case of English speakers reading Arabic,”

International Education Studies, 14(8), 93–103. 2018 “Native English Speakers’ Perception and Production of Arabic Consonants,” in M. T. Alhawary (Ed.), Handbook of Arabic Second Language Acquisition (pp. 56–69). New York, NY: Routledge.

Courses Taught

Education

M.A. Linguistics, Ohio University Main Campus (2008)

Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Utah (2013)

M.A. Religious Studies, University of Ottawa (2021)