Events

The Language and Communication Research Lab (LCRL) holds regular seminars, workshops and training programs. Below you will find a selection of our events.

2024 Events:

Monthly Seminars:

Monday, February 5, 2024
The Construction of Knowledge Claims Research Articles
Dr. Ghadah AlGhamdi, King Saud University

Interactional Metadiscourse on Corporate Facebook Pages: A Cross-cultural Contrastive Investigation
Dr. Iman Hany, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Monday, March 4, 2024
Nominalization in Chinese-English Conference Interpreting
Prof. Hu Kaibao, Shanghai Studies International University

Syntactic Complexity Insights from Parallel Corpora: AI and Human Interaction
Dr. Muhammad Afzaal, Shanghai Studies International University

Monday, May 13, 2024
The use of punctuation marks in Arabic social media posts: Focus on Twitter
Dr. Dana Awad, Prince Sultan University

Digital rhetoric and social media
Dr. Ivana Roncevic, Prince Sultan University

Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Second Language Learning and Teaching in the Digital Age
Dr. Sharif Alghazo, University of Sharjah

Teachers’ Perceptions of Digital Language Learning Strategies: The Case of a private Egyptian University
Dr. Nermine Galal, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Tuesday, October 8, 2024
How Polite can Impoliteness be? A Jordanian Gendered Perspective
Prof. Ruba Bataineh, Yarmouk University

Hospitality Beyond the Host: Is Cooperative Hospitality Among Saudi Women the Norm?
Dr. Inas Almusallim, King Saud University

Monday, October 21, 2024
رحلتي في ترجمة كتاب: "تقنية تعقب حركة العين: دليل للبحث اللغوي التطبيقي" من الإنجليزية للعربية
Dr. Manar AlManaee, Imam Muhammed Bin Saud Islamic University

Monday, November 25, 2024
ورقتك العلمية الأولى من الفكرة إلى النشر والتقديم
Dr. Sarah Alhumoud, Imam Saud Islamic University

Monday, December 2, 2024
Colors and Orientalism as associations: Exploring the semiotic (re)presentation of Saudi women in British and Saudi newspapers
Prof. Tariq Elyas, King AbdulAziz University

Heritage Literacy in the Lives of Chinese Muslims: A Semiotic Study
Dr. Ibrar Bhatt, Queen’s University Belfast

Paid Courses/Workshops:

Monday–Wednesday, February 26–28, 2024
Corpora and AI in Applied Linguistics Research: Enhancing Analysis and Insights
Dr. Muhammad Afzaal, Shanghai International Studies University

Sunday, March 3 + Tuesday, March 5 + Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Research-informed TESOL
Prof. Dina El-Dakhs, Prince Sultan University

Activities:

Competitions:
ALLAB organized the 6th Written Speech Competition (November 24, 2024) for undergraduate students in Prince Sultan University.

Cooperative Education:
ALLAB trained one cooperative education student (Nahlah Mardini) - Applied Linguistics Program, Prince Sultan University.

2 co-authored papers under review on (1) the speech act of complaints and (2) metadiscourse.

Intercultural Communication Program:
ALLAB held an online intercultural communication program with Stony Brook University on April 24, 2024, and May 1, 2024, with the participation of 25 and 13 PSU students respectively.

Reviewing and Editorial Activities:
The ALLAB team acted as reviewers for the following journals:

• Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
• Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics
• Heliyon
• International Journal of Arabic-English Studies
• Jordanian Journal of Computers and Information Technology
• Journal of English for Academic Purposes
• Journal of Pragmatics
• Journal of Research in Language and Translation
• Lingua
• Pragmatics
• Sage Open
• Saudi Journal of Language Studies

Promotion Application:
Promotion application to Associate Professor from a Saudi public university.

Events Archive:

Monday, April 5, 2021
Introduction to Political Discourse Analysis
Dr. Mona Al-Kahtani, King Saud University

A multimodal analysis of gender representation in men vs. women memes
Dr. Iman Mahfouz, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Monday, March 1, 2021
To what degree of precision do different vocabulary measures produce estimates of L2 learners’ receptive vocabulary size?
Dr. Ahmed Masrai, King AbdulAziz Military Academy

Sensitivity to collocation frequency: An eye-tracking study
Dr. Suhad Sonbul, Umm Al-Qura University

Monday, February 1, 2021
Transnational Teachers' Concepts, Practices, and Professional Development Needs
Dr. Samar Almossa, Umm AlQura University

Intrinsic Motivation for Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication in the Online Language Learning Context
Dr. Norah Almusharraf, Prince Sultan University

Monday, November 2, 2020
Promoting critical thinking with controversial essays through Turnitin
Dr. Ali Al-Hoorie, Jubail Industrial College

L2 demotivation among Saudi learners of English: The role of the language learning mindsets
Dr. Fatema AlBluwi, King AbdulAziz University

Monday, October 5, 2020
The Structure of Business Complaint Calls in Saudi Arabic: A Socio-pragmatic Analysis
Dr. Najla AlFadda, King Saud University

A Cross-linguistic Study on Genre and Politeness in Arabic, Russian and English
Dr. Reema Albilehi, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

Monday, September 7, 2020
Postsecondary Instructors’ Perspectives on Teaching English as a Foreign Language by Means of a Multimodal Digital Literacy Approach
Dr. Norah Almusharraf, Prince Sultan University
Dr. Joseph Engemann, University at Buffalo

Monday, February 3, 2020
Formative assessment in TESOL classrooms
Dr. Rasha Alaudan, King Saud University

The Development of A Bilingual Education Curriculum for Minority Languages: A Mixed Method Study
Dr. Burhan Ozfidan, Prince Sultan University

December 2, 2019
Metadiscourse in the Digital Age: A Way of Engaging Readers through Language and Pictures
Dr. Hmoud AlOtaibi, Shaqra University

Exploring Linguistic and Visual Metadiscourse in Social Media Advertisements
Dr. Aisha Al-Subhi, Umm Al-Qura University

November 4, 2019
The Design of the SauLTC Application for the English-Arabic Learner Translation Corpus
Dr. Maha Alharthi, Princess Noura Bint AbdulRahman University

Semantic Prosody of Research Verbs: A Corpus-Based Study
Ms. Ghuzayyil AlOtaibi, King Saud University

October 7, 2019
The Influence of Emotion on Memory and Language Processing
Prof. Jeanette Altarriba, State University of New York

The Processing of Emotion Words by Foreign Language Learners
Dr. Dina El-Dakhs, Prince Sultan University

Activities:

Intercultural Communication Program:
The program involved 10 PSU students from different colleges. The program lasted for 20 hours of communication sessions including students from PSU and Durham University. Certificates were issued by PSU and Durham University.

Competitions:
- Written Speech Competition (Semester 201)
- Encyclopedia Entry Competition
- Travel Guide Competition

Mentorship:
- Mentored students to become certified reviewers from Publons Academy
- Mentored 3 student research projects presented in the 9th Undergraduate Research Forum at PSU

Reviewing and Editorial Activities:
The team served as reviewers for journals including:
- Pragmatics and Society
- Journal of Intercultural Communication Research
- English for Specific Purposes

Monday, April 5, 2021

Introduction to Political Discourse Analysis

Dr. Mona Al-Kahtani, King Saud University

A multimodal analysis of gender representation in men vs. women memes

Dr. Iman Mahfouz, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Monday, March 1, 2021

To what degree of precision do different vocabulary measures produce estimates of L2 learners’ receptive vocabulary size?

Dr. Ahmed Masrai, King AbdulAziz Military Academy

Sensitivity to collocation frequency: An eye-tracking study

Dr. Suhad Sonbul, Umm Al-Qura University

Monday, February 1, 2021

Transnational Teachers' Concepts, Practices, and Professional Development Needs

Dr. Samar Almossa, Umm AlQura University

Intrinsic Motivation for Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication in the Online Language Learning Context

Dr. Norah Almusharraf, Prince Sultan University

The Construction of Knowledge Claims Research Articles Dr. Ghadah AlGhamdi, King Saud University

Monday, November 2, 2020

Promoting critical thinking with controversial essays through Turnitin

Dr. Ali Al-Hoorie, Jubail Industrial College

L2 demotivation among Saudi learners of English: The role of the language learning mindsets

Dr. Fatema AlBluwi, King AbdulAziz University

Monday, October 5, 2020

The Structure of Business Complaint Calls in Saudi Arabic: A Socio-pragmatic Analysis

Dr. Najla AlFadda, King Saud University

A Cross-linguistic Study on Genre and Politeness in Arabic, Russian and English

Dr. Reema Albilehi, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

Monday, September 7, 2020

Postsecondary Instructors’ Perspectives on Teaching English as a Foreign Language by Means of a Multimodal Digital Literacy Approach

Dr. Norah Almusharraf, Prince Sultan University
Dr. Joseph Engemann, University at Buffalo

Monday, February 7, 2022

Monday, March 2, 2020

Linguistically Unconditioned Variability and Phonological Theory

Dr. Yasser Al-Tamimi, AlFaisal University

Phonological Features of Saudi Arabian Anthronyms

Dr. Michael Thomas Smith, AlFaisal University

Monday, February 3, 2020

Formative assessment in TESOL classrooms

Dr. Rasha Alaudan, King Saud University

The Development of A Bilingual Education Curriculum for Minority Languages: A Mixed Method Study

Dr. Burhan Ozfidan, Prince Sultan University

December 2, 2019

Metadiscourse in the Digital Age: A Way of Engaging Readers through Language and Pictures

Dr. Hmoud AlOtaibi, Shaqra University

Exploring Linguistic and Visual Metadiscourse in Social Media Advertisements

Dr. Aisha Al-Subhi, Umm Al-Qura University

November 4, 2019

The Design of the SauLTC Application for the English-Arabic Learner Translation Corpus

Dr. Maha Alharthi, Princess Noura Bint AbdulRahman University

Dr. Amal AlSaif, Imam Mohamed Bins Saud Islamic University

Semantic Prosody of Research Verbs: A Corpus-Based Study

Ms. Ghuzayyil AlOtaibi, King Saud University

October 7, 2019

The Influence of Emotion on Memory and Language Processing

Prof. Jeanette Altarriba, State University of New York

The Processing of Emotion Words by Foreign Language Learners

Dr. Dina El-Dakhs, Prince Sultan University

April 1, 2019

A Quantitative Approach to Exploring Politic Offering Behaviour in Saudi Women’s Talk

Dr. Inas Almusallam, King Saud University

How Do Saudis Complain? A Dialogue-Analytic Analysis of the Najdi Dialect

Dr. Dina El-Dakhs, Ms. Jawaher Alhaqbani, Ms. Manal Al-Thaqafi & Ms. Shuruq AlFouzan, Prince Sultan University

March 4, 2019

An Evaluation of the Intensive English Program for the Preparatory Year at King Saud: Female Section

Dr. Amal AlHamid, King Saud University

Successful Evaluation of Language Teaching Programs

Dr. Alia Mitchell, Prince Sultan University

February 4, 2019

Classroom Input to Accelerate Feature Re-Assembly of English Generics

Dr. May Abumelha, King Saud University

Ms. Fawzia Goni, Prince Sultan University

The Effect of Textual Enhancement on Collocation Learning: The Case of Arab EFL Learners

Dr. Dina El-Dakhs, Ms. Fatima Ambreen & Ms, Maria Zaheer, Prince Sultan University

Monday, December 13 + Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Refresher Capsules for Effective English Language Teaching

Dr. Alia Mitchell, Dr. Dina El-Dakhs, Dr. Norah Almusharraf, Dr. Safaa Eissa, Dr. Suhad Sonbul, Ms. Fatima Ambreen, Ms. Fawzia Goni & Ms. Sofia Adan, Prince Sultan University

October 17 – November 2, 2021

Effective Thesis Writing

Dr. Norah Almusharraf, ERL Leader, WTC Director & LTD Assistant Professor, PSU

Monday- Wednesday, October 25-27, 2021

Doing Research with Eye-tracking

Mr. Kurt Debono, SR Research, Sussex, UK

Monday, October 18, 2021

Score High in IELTS Writing: Tips and Tricks

Sunday, April 4, 2021

Language Assessment Redefined: From Frustration to Triumph

Ms. Maria Zaheer, Founder, Educational Webinar Jam

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Training for PNU English Language Institute Teaching Vocabulary in Context

Dr. Suhad Sonbul, Umm Al-Qura University

Importance of Lexical Chunks

Dina El-Dakhs, Prince Sultan University

Teaching supra-segmental phonology

Dina El-Dakhs, Prince Sultan University

Monday, March 15, 2021

Online Fun with Grammar

Ms. Fatima Ambreen, Prince Sultan University

Monday, February 15, 2021

Virtual Instruction – Making a Real Impact in the Digital Classroom

Ms. Amira Mohsen, Notting Hill College Manshester, UK

Monday – Wednesday, January 25-27, 2021

Doing Research with Eye-tracking

Mr. Kurt Debono, SR Research, Sussex, UK

Dr. Alia Mitchell, Dr. Dina El-Dakhs, Dr. Norah Almusharraf, Dr. Safaa Eissa, Dr. Suhad Sonbul, Ms. Fatima Ambreen, Ms. Fawzia Goni & Ms. Sofia Adan, Prince Sultan University

Monday, November 16, 2020

How to Boost your IELTS Speaking Score

Ms. Fawzia Goni, Prince Sultan University

Monday-Tuesday, October 5-6, 2020

Orientation to the use of the eye-tracker

Dr. Kurt Debono, Sussex Innovation Center

Monday, September 21, 2020

How to Boost your Kids’ English Vocabulary

Dr. Suhad Sonbul, Umm Al-Qura University

July 19, 2020

Basics of Journal Reviewing

Dr. Suhad Sonbul, Umm Al-Qura University

July 12, 2020

Effective Writing on the Job

Mr. Maruf Rahman & Dr. Dina El-Dakhs, Prince Sultan University

July 5, 2020

Methods in Teaching and Testing Vocabulary

Dr. Suhad Sonbul, Umm Al-Qura University

June 28, 2020

Extending Classroom Management to Virtual Classes

Dr. Hala Dalbani, Prince Sultan University

June 21, 2020

Effective Thesis Writing in Applied Linguistics

Dr. Dina El-Dakhs, Prince Sultan University

June 14, 2020

Assessing Language Skills Remotely

Ms. Hanaa Khamis, NileTESOL

February 25, 2020

Website Localization

Dr. Hind Alotaibi, Translation and Authoring Center, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, SA.

April 9, 2019

The Use of E-prime Software for Psycholinguistic Experiments

Dr. Suhad Sonbul in Prince Sultan University

November 19, 2019

The Life of a Teacher Trainer

Dr. Thomas Santos, RELO

Dr. Orchida Fayez, Dr. Hala Ismail, Dr. Hala Dalbani & Dr. Safaa Eissa, Prince Sultan University

October 28 – November 25, 2019

Action Research for English Language Teaches

Dr. Dina El-Dakhs, Prince Sultan University

October 12 – November 23, 2019

Classroom Management

Dr. Hala Dalbani, Prince Sultan University

Teaching Reading

Ms. Aiysha Siddika & Ms. Noor Shono, Prince Sultan University

Teaching Vocabulary

Ms. Fatima Ambreen, Prince Sultan University

Test Design

Ms. Fouzia Goni, Prince Sultan University

• Intercultural Communication Program with Durham University
• The program involved 10 PSU students from different colleges. The program lasted for 20 hours of communication sessions including students from PSU and Durham University. In addition, the PSU students attended a 2-hour workshop on teaching Arabic to foreigners. Certificates were issued by PSU and Durham University.
• Written Speech Competition – Semester 201 (open to all PSU students)
• Mentoring 6 students to become certified reviewers from Publons Academy
• Nessreen Abo Saleh, Yumna Aksoy and Sara AlOtaibi (Dr. Dina El-Dakhs)
• Deema AlSheikh , Yumna AlDaqqaq and Hadia Hadid (Dr. Safaa Eissa)
• Co-Op Student (Nessreen Abo Saleh) – Linguistics Department – Summer 193
• Encyclopedia Entry Competition – Summer 193 (open to all PSU students)
• Travel Guide Competition – Summer 193 (open to all PSU students)
• Intercultural Communication Program with Durham University - (January 27, 2021 – March 31, 2021)
• Examining PhD thesis title: Pragmatic transfer in advice-giving as a speech act of Saudi students in Western Sydney University, Australia. Examiner: Dr. Dina El-Dakhs
• Reviewing Journal of Librarianship and Information Sciences; Journal of Language and Education; Open Culture Studies; Pragmatics and Society; SAGE Open; Journal of Intercultural Communication Research; Corpus Pragmatics; English for Specific Purposes
• Fourth Written Speech Competition
• Third News Story Competition (May 15, 2022)
• Mentoring 3 student research projects that were presented as posters in the 9th Undergraduate Research Forum in Prince Sultan University: Types of word associations in the mental lexicon
• Matching or mismatching compound nouns; Which ones are easier to learn?
• The acquisition of congruent versus incongruent collocations by Arab EFL learners

Benefits of replication research: Why we need replication studies to better understand the learning and teaching of a second language (L2) and Congruency and the processing of L2 collocations: Evidence from eye-tracking

Non-native rhythm in L2 speech and accentedness Speech rhythm in speech processing

Turns in linguistic analysis & Egyptian Parents’ Responses to Children’s Complaints

The international competence of advanced Saudi EFL speakers in offer negotiations The realizations of the speech act of complaint and responding to complaint in Vodafone Egypt and Vodafone UK: A cross-cultural pragmatic study

How do foreign language learners process L2 emotion words in silent reading? An eye-tracking study Differential emotional expression in autobiographical narratives: The case of Arabic-English bilinguals

Translation, echos of the mind or a very deliberate act? Theorizing solidarity from within translation studies