Mahmoud Ali
- Assistant Director - Facilitator III
Contact
- (520) 621-7834
- Santa Rita House, Rm. 10
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- mahmoudali@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States
- The Foreign-accentedness, Comprehensibility, and Intelligibility of L2 Arabic Speech
- M.A. Linguistics
- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States
- B.A. Foreign Languages
- Minia University, Alminyia, Alminyia, Egypt
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2021 - Ongoing)
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (2018 - 2021)
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (2017 - 2018)
Licensure & Certification
- Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Ohio University (2017)
- Second Language Studies, University of Kansas (2020)
- Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Tester and Rater, American Councils on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (2019)
Interests
Teaching
Arabic as a Foreign LanguageLinguisticsPhonetics and Phonology
Research
L2 speech perception and assessmentOral proficiency assessmentL2 pronunciation
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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4th Year Arabic II
ARB 408 (Spring 2025) -
4th Year Arabic I
ARB 407 (Fall 2024) -
4th Year Arabic I
ARB 507 (Fall 2024) -
Advanced Arabic Media
ARB 490 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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4th Year Arabic II
ARB 408 (Spring 2024) -
4th-Year Arabic II
ARB 508 (Spring 2024) -
4th Year Arabic I
ARB 407 (Fall 2023) -
4th Year Arabic I
ARB 507 (Fall 2023) -
Advanced Arabic Media
ARB 490 (Fall 2023) -
Advanced Arabic Media
ARB 590 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Elementary Arabic I
ARB 101 (Spring 2023) -
Elementary Arabic II
ARB 102 (Fall 2022) -
Intermediate Arabic I
ARB 401 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Elementary Arabic II
ARB 102 (Spring 2022) -
Intermediate Arabic I
ARB 401 (Fall 2021)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Ali, M. M. (2023).
The foreign-accentedness, comprehensibility, and intelligibility of L2 Arabic speech
. Language Teaching Research, 0(0). doi:10.1177/13621688231158787
Presentations
- Ali, M. (2023, February). L2 Speech Perception: Implications for Instruction and Assessment . The 22nd SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable.. University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ. United States.
- Ali, M. (2023, March). The Assessment of Communicative Effectiveness in L2 Arabic Speech . Middle East National Resource Centers Virtual Language Pedagogy Workshop. Online: Middle East National Resource Centers.
