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.
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
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.
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.
