Research
First Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, ESL, EFL, ESL Teaching Methodology, Morphology, Syntax, Acquisition of Arabic as a first Language, Learning of Arabic as a Foreign Language.
Funded Research (Grants)
2014 Borrowed Words in Qatari Dialect: A Case Study, QUCP Grant- ENG- 13/14-04 – Qatar University.
2009 Baseline Data for Arabic Acquisition with Clinical Applications. NPRP Grant 08-738-5-107 (with others) ($957,687)
Lughataltefel Website http://lughataltefel.qu.edu.qa/index.php/en http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/research/project/2946
2007 Language Learning Strategies. CAS Research Committee.
Research Project no. CAS06022. (QR19000) University of Qatar.
2004 A Survey of the Needs and Use of English by Graduates of the University of Qatar in the Workplace. Documentation and Humanities Research Centre. (QR35000). University of Qatar.