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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Arabic and Translation Studies

Teaching areas

Linguistics, Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL), Translation

Research areas

Corpus Linguistics, Teaching Arabic to non-native speakers, Translation, Teacher training, Semantics, Pragmatics.

Education

PhD, Phd In Linguistics, Middlesex University, United Kingdom, 2011
PGD, Certificate In Teaching Arabic As A Foreign Language, SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom, 2010
MA, Masters In Linguistics, Ain Shams University, Egypt, 2004
BA, B.a. In English Language And Literature, Ain Shams University, Egypt, 2000

Professional experience

Lecturer, Arabic And Translation Studies, Middlesex University, United Kingdom, 2009 - 2012
Teaching Fellow, Department Of Near And Middle Eastern Studies, SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom, 2009 - 2010
Teaching Assistant, Department Of English Language And Communication, Middlesex University, United Kingdom, 2005 - 2009

Memberships

Association of American Teachers of Arabic (AATA), September 2015 - August 2016
Linguistics Association of Great Britian, April 2005 - January 2012

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2505

Dr. May Zaki

Associate Professor
PhD, Middlesex University, United Kingdom

May Zaki is currently an Associate Professor in linguistics and Arabic. She has taught courses in linguistics, translation and Arabic as a foreign language in Egypt, the UK and the UAE. Her research interests include semantics, pragmatics, Corpus linguistics, corpus-based translation studies, translational stylistics, and corpora in language teaching. She also has professional experience in curriculum development, accreditation of Bachelor programs, lexicography, teacher training, abstract writing and reviewing/editing translated texts.

Publications

May Zaki. The Metadiscourse of Arabic Academic Abstracts: A corpus-based Study, Research In Corpus Linguistics, 2022
Meis Al-kaisi And May Zaki. Arab Influencers and Social Media: A Sociolinguistic Study of a New Culture, September 2022
David Wilmsen And Mai Zaki. The Utility of Arabic Corpus Linguistics, The Cambridge Handbook Of Arabic Linguistics, September 2021
Mai Zaki, David Wilmsen And Karin Ryding. Stylistics and translation: A corpus-based study of English-Arabic demonstratives, September 2021
Mai Zaki, David Wilmsen And D. Abdulrahim. The utility of Arabic corpus linguistics., September 2021
Zaki And John Mace. Business Arabic: Comprehensive Vocabulary, August 2021
May Zaki. Corpora and translation teaching in the Arab world, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2021
May Zaki. Corpus‐based language teaching and learning: Applications and implications, International Journal Of Applied Linguistics, 6 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020
May Zaki. Self-correction through Corpus-based tasks: Improving writing skills of Arabic learners, International Journal Of Applied Linguistics, 6 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020
Mai Zaki, S. Soliman, H. El-farahaty, A. Khalifa, S. Soliman, H. El-farahaty And A. Khalifa. Translating the Divine: A relevance-theoretic account of lexical-pragmatic adjustment in translating some Qur'anic concepts, December 2019
Mai Zaki. Corpus-based teaching in the Arabic classroom: Theoretical and practical perspectives, International Journal Of Applied Linguistics, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2017
Mai Zaki. The Pragmatics of Arabic Religious Posts on Facebook: A Relevance-Theoretic Account, Research In Language, 1 May 2017
Mai Zaki, Jeremy Palmer, Mahmoud Al-batal And Mahmoud Al-batal. Integration and Student’s Perspectives in a Multi Dialect Environment, March 2017
Mai Zaki. The Semantics and Pragmatics of Demonstratives in English and Arabic: A Corpus-based Study, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2012
Mai Zaki. A Procedural Analysis of kadhalik in Modern Standard Arabic: Demonstrative or discourse marker?, May 2011

Conference Presentations

ESD in the Humanities, Best Practices In Teaching And Learning, 3 May 2023
Arab Social Media and the Culture of Influencers: The case of Hashtags, Living In A Digital Age Conference, 12 March 2023
Redesign of the 'Introduction to Arabic Heritage 102' course to reflect ESD principles, Learning Design And Education For Sustainable Development Bootcamp 2022, June 2022
What’s in a name? Annotating and visualising name/place words in two Arabic novels, Right To Left Conference (rtl), Digital Humanities Summer Institute (dhsi), June 2021
Arabic Teacher Training for the Post-COVID Era: Towards a Complete Model, Consortium Of Middle East National Resource Center: Virtual Language Workshop, April 2021
The Language of Arab Influencers on Twitter and Instagram: Language choices and hash tagging styles, Experimental Arabic Linguistics Exal 2021, 6 April 2021
Coping with Change: Technology and Corpora in Language Teaching, The Asian Conference On Language Learning., April 2018
Self-correction through Corpus‐based tasks - Improving writing skills of Arabic learners, Arabic Language Teaching & Learning In Uk Higher Education Conference, March 2017
Like or Else! The Pragmatics of Arabic Religious Posts on Facebook, London Language Series, Middlesex University, London, Uk, February 2015

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Professional development in Digital Humanities, AMICAL, 2019 - 2020
Faculty Research Grant, AUS, 1 June 2019

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