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Hayat Hafez El Khatib

Hayat Hafez El Khatib

Faculty of English Language studies
Faculty of Language Studies
Faculty of Language Studies Local Dean
Contact Information
01/392139 Ext. 6806
hkhatib@aou.edu.lb
Office Beirut center, Arab Open University - Lebanon, 4th floor.

Professional Biography

Hayat Al-Khatib is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Arab Open University – Lebanon. She holds British and Lebanese nationalities. Al-Khatib received the degree of PhD from the University of London in 2003. Al-Khatib is member of the British Association of Applied Linguists (BAAL), Research Support Group at the University of London, and the Association of Professors of English and Translation at Arab Universities (APETAU).

Hayat Al-Khatib is active in regional and international conferences, with an interest in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, rhetoric, language and communication, language teaching and education. Al-Khatib gave plenary addresses in Britain, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Greece, Cuba and Australia. Hayat Al-Khatib was shortlisted for best paper award at the Cambridge Fourteenth International Conference, Cambridge University, 25-28 September 2011.

Hayat Al-Khatib’s professional background includes supervising PhDs and participating in viva voce panels at the Lebanese University Doctorate School of Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences since 2008 to date.  Al-Khatib has also acted as an external examiner for PhD candidates at European and Lebanese universities. In addition, she reviewed, as critical reader, the British Open University Master level course (E852 Rethinking Language and Learning). Al-Khatib taught at the University of London Institute of Education PGCE courses from 1999-2001 and at the University of London Goldsmiths College from 2000-2002. Hayat Al-Khatib joined the Arab Open University in 2002 as faculty of English and in 2005 became the chair of the English department, a position she holds till the present time in addition to becoming the Associate Dean.

Hayat Al-Khatib is Course Chair to the following British Open University Courses: U210 (The English Language Past, Present and Future from 2004 – 2012), U214 (Worlds of English) 2013 – 2021 and L201 (English in the World) from 2022- to date. She held the position of Academic Deputy Director at Arab Open University Lebanon from 2004-2014.

 

 

 

Courses Taught

Research Interests

Applied linguistics is a fascinating discipline that has developed in an interdisciplinary manner to include the study of language in all its aspects including its structure, its diversity, how it changes and evolves, how people learn and make use of it to communicate, and how it is implicated in relations of power. Communication and miscommunication, rhetoric, speech acts, political discourse, Critical Discourse Analysis, Functional Linguistics, language and identity, language acquisition, language education, cross-cultural communication, bilingualism and multilingualism, ethnography, forensic linguistics, the preservation and revival of endangered languages, and the assessment and treatment of language difficulties are intriguing areas of interest.


Research students interested in working in any area related to applied linguistics, sociolinguistics or language acquisition are encouraged to get in touch. 

List of Recent Taught Courses

Sociolinguistics

Communicating in English

English in the world

The Politics of English

Grammar, Context and Meaning

Construing the World: The Ideational Meaning Making

Managing Communication Flow: Textual Meaning Making

Creating Relationships: Interpersonal Meaning Making

Literacy in Social Practice

Professional Experience

Impact and Engagement

Professor Al-Khatib’s work has been designed to impact academic and non-academic stakeholders. The core principle of her work is to ensure that it helps solve some language-related problem or address some language-related concern while upholding a scientific approach to the study of language in context. Al-Khatib has organised and presented more than 60 seminars, workshops and conferences for teachers, educators and researchers in areas of applied linguistics, in collaboration with the British Council in Lebanon, the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL), the Centre for Applied Linguistics Research at Warwick University in the UK and the Research Support Group at the University of London. She has launched the Centre for Applied Linguistics Research (CALR) at the Arab Open University in 2008 and gained Scopus indexing for its online journal CALR Linguistic Journal in addition to the European Reference Index for the Humanity (ERIH Plus). CALR Linguistics Journal has an international panel of editors (ISSN 2073-1175).

Professional Affiliation

Al-Khatib has extensive international links having held membership at international professional communities as well as playing a leading role in international debate and conferencing. Key international membership includes:

Membership of the British Association of Applied Linguists (BAAL) since 2007.

Membership of the Research Support Group (RSG) at the University of London since 2001

Critical reader for Open University master level course E852 Rethinking Language and Learning.

Panel editor of the Linguistic Journal ISSN: 1718-2298 since 2007

Editor-in-Chief of the Centre of Applied Linguistics CALR online journal ISSN 2073-1175 

Conferences

1. Al-Khatib participated as speaker in the following international conferences:

Sociolinguistic Symposium 14, University of Gent, Belgium, 4-6 April 2002.

Research Methods in Language Studies, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, 20-22 May 2004.

World Congress of Comparative Education, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba, 25-29 October 2004.

International Conference on Critical Discourse Analysis: Theory into Research, University of Tasmania, Australia, 15-18 November 2005.

The British Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 6-8 September 2007.

Methodological Challenges to Applied Linguistics, VALS-ASLA Conference, University of Lugano, Switzerland, 7-9 February 2008.

Cambridge International Conference, Supporting Learning in a Digital Age: Rethinking Inclusion, Pedagogy and Quality, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 22-25 September 2009.

Cambridge International Conference, Internationalistion and Social Justice: The Role of pen, Distance and E-Learning, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 24-27 September 2011. Best Paper Award.

2. Al-Khatib participated in the following online conferences

The 25th International Lexical-Functional Grammar Conference, hosted by the Department of Linguistics at the University of Oslo, 23-25 June, 2020.

 

Global learners; Global innovation, hosted by the British Council – UK, 29-30 June, 2020.

 

Online Teaching: A Journey from Course Design to Delivery, AOU, Lebanon, 3 July 2020.

 

Conference titled منتدى "التعليم والتعلّم عن بعد أثناء الطوارئ والأزمات        AOU, Kuwait, 9-10 August 2020

 

Literacy in Education During Challenging Times, the University of Maryland Baltimore County, 8 September 2020.

 

Narrative inquiry in applied linguistics, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 21 October 2020.

 

Academic Writing in University: Argumentative, Disciplinary content and Intellectual Values, University College London (UCL) Centre for Applied Linguistic Research. 16 December 2020.


Research Publications


Saeed, A., Al-Khatib, H., Abdelhafeez, G. and Nour, K., (2022). Transcending Lockdown: Teaching and Learning EFL during Covid-19 Crisis. “Transcending Lockdown: Teaching and Learning EFL during Covid-19 Crisis.” Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics. 4:1, 44-63.


Al-Khatib, H. (2018). Stimulating Innovative Environment: The CALR Experience. International Conference on Innovation and Economic Diversification in GCC’s National Development Plans (IED18). Arab Open University. Kuwait. 14-15 March.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2017). “The Five Tier Model for Teaching English Academic Writing”. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Vol. 8. No.2.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2017). “Revisiting the Communicative Approach: The Tripod Construct”. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Vol. 8 No.1.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2016). A Critical Enquiry into TEFL in the Expanding Circle. Philologia Journal ISSN 1451-5342, vol.9, no. 13/14.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2016). “Issue of Identity and Boundary between Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching”. Arab World English Journal Vol.7, No.3.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2016). “English Language Teaching in the Periphery”. The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL , Vol.5, no.1.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2014). “Globalizing online: binary distinctions or global partaking?” in N. Tcherepashenets and F. Lojacono (eds.) Telecollaboration, Internationalization and Social Justice. Peter Lang Press. New York.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2014). “Towards Paradigm Shift in Higher Education in the MENA Region” in Baporikar (ed.) Higher Education in the MENA Region: Policy and Practice. Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Higher Education. IGI Global publishers.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2014). “Innovations in Learning and Development”. Journal of Learning for Development JL4D, vol. 1. Commonwealth of Learning.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2013). “Can Universal Linguistic Fundamentals Contribute to the Interpretation of EFL Learning?” European Scientific Journal (ESJ), vol 35, no.9.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2013). “Continuity, Change and Sustainability in Open, Distance and E-learning”, University of South Africa UNISA Conference Proceedings, Cape Town, 28 September– 3 October.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2012). “The Research Needs of the Civil Society and the Private and Public Sectors in the Letters and the Humanities”. Proceedings of the Fifth Scientific Conference of the Lebanese University and University de Lyon. Beirut 19-20 October 2012.

 

Al-Khatib, H. Abdel Malak, M. Sleiman, R. and Zadourian, H. (2012). “Difficulties that Arab Learners Face When Studying English”. CALR Special Issue (April). ISSN 2073 1175.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2011). “Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL): Virtual Realities Concrete Results: Case study on the impact of TEL on learners”. The European Journal of Open and Distance Learning (EURODL).

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2011). “Towards Pragmatic and Functional Competence in English Language Teaching”. CALR proceedings on Multiple Perceptual Frames in English Language Teaching and Research. Beirut, 22-23 March.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2011) “Scientific Explorations in the Fields of Humanities and Social Sciences”. Research Orientations, Humanities and Social Sciences. Lebanese University Press. ISBN 978-9953-589-11-4.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2011). “Cross Border Education; a Quest for Social Justice or a Case for Cultural Imperialism?” Shortlisted for best paper award in Cambridge International Conference on Internationalisation and Social Justice and published in the conference proceedings. Cambridge University. Cambridge, United Kingdom 25-28 September.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2011) “Combating Intertextual Muddling and Plagiarism in Open Learning”. 7th International conference on Education. Barcelona, 4-7 January.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2010). “Technology, Ideology and Practice in Applied Linguistics – Revisiting Multimodality”. Learning in an Open World. Open University Online Conference, 22-23 June.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2010) “Morphology” in Al-Mukattash, L, Al-Shehabi, N. and Al-Khatib, H. English Phonetics and Linguistics. Kuwait. Arab Open University.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2010) “Word Classes” in Al-Mukattash, L, Al-Shehabi, N. and Al-Khatib, H. English Phonetics and Linguistics. Kuwait. Arab Open University.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2010). Language Frames, Cognition and Perception, London Education Research Unit. London Digest issue 1.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2009). “How has pedagogy changed in a digital age?” The European Journal of Open and Distance Learning (EURODL).

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2009). Pragmatic Explorations in the Predictability of the Language Behaviour of Social Groups, Proceedings of the 16th International Scientific Conference, Beirut, Lebanon.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2009). “Negotiating Realities: Grammar Tools and the Staging of Information”. AOU – CALR seminar, Beirut, 20 March.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2009). “Pragmatic Explorations in the Predictability of the Language Behaviour of Social Groups”. Proceedings of the 16th International Scientific Conference, Beirut, Lebanon.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2007). “When Language Talks”. Colloquium on Functional Linguistic Analysis. Proceedings of the Conference on Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh, Britain.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2006). “The Collaborative Model of Open Learning”, Proceedings of the UNESCO Forum 1st Regional Research Seminar. Paris: Division of Higher Education.

 

Al-Khatib, H., and Mehana, M. (2006). “Contrastive Linguistic Studies: Bilingual Acquisition, Development and Performance”. Proceedings of the 3rd APETAU Conference, Jordan, Amman.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2005) “Language Variation and Code Switching in Bilingual Performance”. Language and Change. Beirut: Librairie du Liban.         

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2005). “Grammar Choices and Learning How to Mean”. Critical Discourse Analysis: Theory into Research. Tasmania, Australia: University of Tasmania Press.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2004). “Research Methods in Language Studies”, in Lazaridou et al (eds.) Education: Concepts and Practices. Athens: Athens Institute for Education and Research.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2004). “Open Education: A Step in the Right Direction”, Abstracts - 12th World Congress of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES). Havana, Cuba: WCCES.

 

Kenner, C., Kress, G., and Al-Khatib, H. (2004) “Finding the Keys to Biliteracy”, International Journal of Language and Education, vol. 18: 2, Clevedon, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2003). “Language Alternation: Reflecting or Constructing Social Realities”, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, BEB 174, vol.4, Clevedon, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters.

 

Al-Khatib, H. (2002) “Demythologising Language Studies”. Sociolinguistic Symposium 14, Gents, Belgium: Gents University Press.