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Dr Rola Naeb

Assistant Professor

Department: Humanities

I completed my BA in English Language and Literature from Aleppo University in Syria in 1998.  I then went on to complete a Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics in 1999 and another in Translation and Interpreting in 2001.  In 2004, I finished my MA in Applied Linguistics at Durham University with focus on English language teaching and educational technology.  In 2015, I got my PhD from Newcastle University.  In 2013, I joined Northumbria as a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, having worked for more than 8 years at Newcastle University as research assistant and part-time lecturer. 

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  • Literacy, Legitimacy, and Investment in Language Learning. The Experiences of a Female Syrian Refugee in the UK, Al Dhaif, A., Hall, G., Naeb, R. 15 Feb 2022, Literacies in the Age of Mobility, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Religion, identity and investment in adult migrants’ English language learning in the UK, Al Dhaif, A., Hall, G., Naeb, R. 2 Apr 2022, Language Learning of Migrants in Europe , Cham, Switzerland, Springer
  • Antiguas y nuevas ideas para el apoyo educativo de los migrantes adultos vulnerables, Naeb, R., Young-Scholten, M., Sosinski, M. Mar 2021, Educación en grupos vulnerables, Madrid, Octaedro
  • Acquisition and Assessment of Morphosyntax, Young-Scholten, M., Naeb, R. 30 Jun 2020, Teaching Adult Immigrants with Limited Formal Education, Bristol, Multilingual Matters
  • Acquisition and Assessment of Morphosyntax, Young-Scholten, M., Naeb, R. 1 Jan 2020, Teaching Adult Immigrants with Limited Formal Education, Channel View Publications
  • Aprendizaje potenciado por la tecnología (TEL) en el contexto LESLLA, Naeb, R., Sosinski, M. 28 Aug 2020, Perspectivas actuales en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de lenguas en contextos multiculturales , Navarra, Thomson Reuters Aranzadi
  • De los sonidos a las palabras: el aprendizaje asistido por tecnología para desarrollar la lectura de migrantes adultos, Naeb, R., Sosinski, M. 31 Jul 2020, Las metodologías didácticas innovadoras como estrategia para afrontar los desafíos educativos del siglo XXI, Madrid, Dykinson
  • Immigrant and Refugee Languages, Naeb, R., Young-Scholten, M., Sosinski, M. 30 Sep 2019, In: Languages
  • Online training and development for those who work with adult migrants with little or no home language schooling, Young-Scholten, M., Naeb, R. 30 Sep 2019, ESOL Provision in the UK and Ireland, Switzerland, Peter Lang
  • Acquisition and assessment of morphosyntax, Naeb, R., Young-Scholten, M. 30 Nov 2018, EU-Speak 3: A Compendium of Module Content, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle University

  • Rim Day Reading Assessment System in Pre-A1 ESOL Courses in England for LESLLA Learners Start Date: 01/03/2018
  • Samawal Jarad Measuring Implicit and Explicit Linguistic Knowledge of Gender and Number Agreement Morphology: A Comparison between Foreign Language and Heritage Language Learners of Arabic Start Date: 01/09/2017 End Date: 03/09/2021
  • Hafez Karout Reconstructing the ESOL Curriculum: A Participatory Approach for Empowerment and Linguistic Integration Start Date: 01/10/2017 End Date: 14/06/2023
  • Rim Day Start Date: 01/03/2018

  • Applied Linguistics PhD April 22 2015
  • Linguistics MA June 30 2004
  • PGDip September 30 2001
  • Linguistics PGDip September 28 1999


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