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Errors in English among Arabic Speakers : Analysis and Remedy – Handbook for Teachers of English to Arab Students

by Ali Hajjaj and Nayef Kharma

Dr. Ali Hussein Salman Hajjaj (1933–2004) was the first non-English speaking person to acquire a (Ph.D.) in Applied Linguistics of the English Language. He attained his Ph.D. from University of Lancaster, UK in 1979.

The late Dr. Ali was born in Gaza Palestine, in 1933. He acquired the Canadian citizenship in 1995. He died in the city of Amman, Jordan, while he was on top of his academic assignment as the Head of English Department at the Faculty of Arts at Petra University, Jordan.

Dr. Hajjaj contributed to English Language Teaching (ELT) to native English language speakers as well as English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL).

Education

He received his graduate, B.A. in English Literature from Cairo University, Egypt in 1955.

His M.A. (Master’s degree) in Applied Linguistics from University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK in 1973. The Title of M.A. Thesis was “A Suggested Approach to a Functional Syllabus for ELT”.

He received his Ph.D. (doctoral degree) in applied linguistics, from the University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK in 1979. The special field was Functional Nature of Language. The Title of his Ph.D. Thesis was “The Nature and Understanding of the Term Function and its Application to ESP”.

Language: English
ISBN:  978058274601
1997, paperback, 214 pages, 24×17 cm

Book Condition: New
Publisher: Librairie du Liban