Dr Sara Al Tubuly
Teaching Fellow and Course Organiser
Contact details
- Email: saltubu@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Centre for Open Learning
Holyrood Road - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport
- City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Availability
By appointment
Background
Sara earned her PhD in Linguistics in 2016 from the University of Essex. Her research focused on the acquisition of Arabic by English-speaking adult learners, with a particular emphasis on aspects of speech production and perception. Sara became an associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2014 and a fellow of Advance HE in 2020. She further enhanced her pedagogical skills by completing the Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education from the University of Dundee in 2020.
Sara held positions at the Language and Linguistics Department and the Languages for All Programme at the University of Essex. She also taught linguistics courses to undergraduate students, in addition to other language courses for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Sara serves as a lecturer in Arabic and linguistics at ALM College in Dundee. She taught modules at various levels, ranging from SCQF5 to SCQF11. Recently, Sara joined the COL and ILE at the University of Edinburgh. She has also gained experience working in educational institutions abroad. She is the secretary of the British Association of Teachers of Arabic and a member of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic, along with other professional associations.
Qualifications
2020 Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education, University of Dundee
2016 Ph. D in Linguistics, University of Essex
2009 M.A. University of Essex
2007 Postgraduate Diploma, University of Tripoli
2003 B.A. (Hons.), University of Tripoli
Research summary
- Al Tubuly, S. (2020). Evaluation of the Cultural Content in Arabic textbooks, Language Scholars: Arabic Language Special Issue, University of Leeds - https://languagescholar.leeds.ac.uk
- Al Tubuly, S. (2020). Review of ‘Introduction to Spoken Standard Arabic: A Conversational Course on DVD, Part 2’, by Shukri B. Abed with Arwa Sawan, AlArabiyya Journal, Georgetown University press. http://aataweb.org/alarabiyya
- Al Tubuly, S. (2018). ‘The Perception and the Production of Arabic Consonants: A Cross Linguistic Study’, In M. Alhawary (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Arabic Second Language Acquisition, Routledge, New York, pp. 70-92. https://www.routledge.com/RoutledgeHandbook-of-Arabic-Second-Language-Acquisition-1stEdition/Alhawary/p/book/9781138940550
- Al Tubuly, S (2016). ‘The production and perception of Arabic stress patterns by English speaking learners: A comparison with native speakers. Ph.D. thesis, University of Essex. Published in http://repository.essex.ac.uk/17923/
Conference details
- Linguistic Patterns in the Arabic of Second-Generation Arab Immigrants, Arabic Linguistics Forum 2023, 8-10 November 2023, University of York, رواق العربية http://arabiclinguisticsforum.com/york-2023-information/
- How has COVID-19 affected ML learners and educators? Post pandemic analysis, “Where Are We Now? The Location of Modern Languages and Cultures” MLaC conference, 19th -21st April 2023, Durham University. https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/modern-languages-cultures/about-us/events/where-are-we-now-the-location-of-modern-languages-and-cultures-/
- The phonological development of Quranic Arabic in children’s pronunciation, Inaugural International online Conference, 14-15 March 2023, Swansea University. https://qlg.swansea.ac.uk/2023/02/03/qlg-inaugural-international-conference/
- What is the ideal approach to incorporate Arabic dialects into the curriculum? 3rd Biennial Arabic Language Teaching & Learning in the UK Higher Education Conference Arabic in a Globalized World April 8-9, 2021, University of Exeter.
- Evaluation of Cultural content in Arabic textbooks, UK LINGUA – Multilingual Language Learning and Teaching Colloquium: Culture in the Language Classroom Conference 27/4/2019, Durham University https://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/mlac/news/events/uklingua/ProgrammeUKLingua2019.pdf
- ‘Approaches to informal formative assessments: online assessment versus paper-based assessment in Arabic’ 2nd Annual Arabic Language Teaching & Learning in UK Higher Education Conference 4/4/2019, King’s College London. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/assets/PDF/modern-language-centre/programme-2nd-annual-arabic-language-teaching-and-learning-conference.pdf
- ‘The production and perception of Arabic stress patterns by English learners: A comparison with native speakers’ 3rd Arabic Linguistic Forum, SOAS, 5/7/2018 http://arabiclinguisticsforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Book-of-abstracts.pdf
- ‘The perception and production of Arabic consonants: across linguistic study’, The 2nd Arabic Linguistic Forum (University of York) 13/12/2016 https://educationdocbox.com/Language_Learning/71781446- Rwq-l%60rby@-abstracts-2-nd-arabic-linguistics-forum-th-december-humanities-research-centre-university-of-york.html
- ‘The Interlanguage of English Speaking Learners of Arabic’ Lancaster International Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching (University of Lancaster, 11/7/2016) http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/laelpgconference/files/2016/02/2016-Book-of-abstractsv.4.pdf
- ‘The Perception of Arabic words by English Speaking Learners and Native Speakers’ Language at the University of Essex Postgraduate Conference (Lang UE, 2016).
- ‘The Acquisition of Arabic Consonants’ East Coast Phonology Network (University of Durham, 7/ 7 2016).
- The Production of Arabic words by English Speaking Learners’ Manchester Forum in Linguistics (University of Manchester, 7/ 11/2015) https://mfilconf.co.uk/archive/mfil-2015/
- ‘Arabic Stress Patterns’ Language at the University of Essex Postgraduate Conference (Lang UE, 2013).
- Nomination for People of CAHSS Award (2024-University of Edinburgh)
- Digital and Innovative Teaching Award (2020/21 – ALM College)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
- Council Member and founder, British Association of Teachers of Arabic (BATA)
- Member, 'Together we Build it' Child & Woman Rights Non-profit Organization in the Middle East (TWB)