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Attia Youseif
Indiana University Bloomington
Occupation
Lecturer
Contact
ABOUT
Attia Youseif is a lecturer, Arabic Flagship Program and the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University. He was previously a visiting professor at Tbilisi State University in Georgia. He earned his Ph.D. in Linguistics at Alexandria University and holds a Diploma in Teaching Arabic for non-native speakers, an MA in Arabic Syntax and Morphology, and a BA in Arabic Language and Literature. His research interests include the role of culture in learning a foreign language, general linguistics, sociolinguistics, dialects, analyzing discourse, phonetics, and theories of language acquisition, as well as the activation of modern pedagogy in teaching. He has over 15 years of experience in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers.​
Discipline
Education
Sub Areas
Arabic
Specialties
General Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Dialects
Analyzing Discourse, Phonetics
Language Acquisition
Languages
Arabic (native)
English (advanced)
Georgian (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2008 | Arabic Language | Alexandria University
Abstracts
البيت بيتك /Make Yourself at Home: Hospitality in Arab and American Culture