Publications

It is my pleasure to introduce some of my publications.

  1. Al-Issa, A. (2005). An ideological discussion of the impact of the NNESTs’ English language knowledge on Omani ESL policy implementation. Asia EFL Journal On-line, 7(3). Available at: http://www. asian-efl-journal.com/September_05_asmai.php.
  2. Al-Issa, A. (2005). Ideologies governing teaching the language skills in the Omani ELT system. Journal of Language and Learning 4(2). Available at: http://www.shakespeare.uk.net/journal/jllearn/4_2/al-issa.htm.
  3. Al-Issa, A. (2005). The implications of the teacher educator’s ideological role to the ELT system in Oman. Teaching Education, 16(4), 337-348.
  4. Al-Issa, A. (2005). The place of the English language culture in the Omani ELT system: An ideological perspective. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 18(4), 258-270.
  5. Al-Issa, A. (2006). Language problems facing Omani learners of English. ORTESOL, (24), 19-26.
  6. Al-Issa, A. (2006). The cultural and economic politics of ELT in the Sultanate of Oman. Asia EFL Journal On-line, 8(1). Available: http://www. asian-efl-journal.com/September_06_asmai.php.
  7. Al-Issa, A. (2007). An ideological discussion of the implications of implementing a flexible syllabus for ESL policy in Sultanate of Oman. RELC (Regional Language Centre) Journal, 38(2), 199-215.
  8. Al-Issa, A. (2007). English language teaching at the College of Law – Muscat, Sultanate of Oman: Analyzing needs and understanding problems. Asian Journal of English Language Teaching (AJELT), 17, 65-86.
  9. Al-Issa, A. (2008). The implications of the teacher training program to the ELT policy implementation in Oman. The Journal of Asia TEFL, 5(2), 59-91.
  10. Al-Issa, A. (2009). ELT games and teacher beliefs: The use of games in teacher education in Oman. Reflections on English language teaching, 8(1), 35-53. Available at: http://www.nus.edu.sg/celc/research/books/relt/vol8/no1/35-52ali.pdf.
  11. Al-Issa, A. (2009). Reflection through peer collaboration: A study from Omani ELT classrooms. Iranian EFL Journal, 4, 169-216. Available at: http://www.iranian-efl-journal.com/2009-Editions.php.
  12. Al-Issa, A. and Al-Bulushi, A. (2010). Training English language student teachers to become reflective teachers. The Australian Journal of Teacher Education 35 (4), 41-64. Available: http://ajte.education.ecu.edu.au/.
  13. Al-Issa, A. and Al-Qubtan, R. (2010). Taking the floor: Oral presentations in the TEFL classroom. TESOL Journal 1(2), 227-246. Available: http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/login.asp?TP=view.aspandParam=@CID=1997@DID=13035.
  14. Al-Issa, A. (2011). Advancing English language teaching research in Gulf Cooperation Council States universities. The Modern Journal of Applied Linguistics, 3(2), 60-77. Available at: http://www.mjal.org/removedprofiles/2013/6.pdf.
  15. Al-Issa, A. and Al-Bulushi, A. (2011). Mere indolence or genuine hindrance: Paucity of publishing in ELT at an Omani university. Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 6 (1). Available at: http://www.world-education center.org/index.php/cjes/article/view/206.
  16. Al-Issa, A. and Al-Bulushi, A. (2012). English language teaching reform in Sultanate of Oman: The case of theory and practice disparity. Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 11(2), 141-176.
  17. Al-Issa, A. (2012). Integrating English into legal studies at an Omani college: Inspirations and aspirations. Asian Journal of University Education, 8(1), 69-90.
  18. Al-Issa, A. (2012). Prospective teachers connecting through innovation for target language development. The International Journal of Learning, 18(12), 277-300.
  19. Al-Issa, A. (2012). Re-conceptualizing English language teaching teacher education and development in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Addressing transformations and challenges, International Journal of Arts and Sciences, 5(5), 537-559.
  20. Al-Issa, A. (2013). The implications of expanding the Instruction time for the English language teaching policy implementation in the Sultanate of Oman: A qualitative study. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 10(4), 311-333.
  21. Al-Issa, A. (2014). A critical examination of motivation in the Omani English language education system. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 5(3), 406-418. Available at: http://ojs.academypublisher.com/index.php/jltr/article/view/jltr0502406418.
  22. Al-Issa, A. (2014). Researching the use of the English language in the Law job market in the Sultanate of Oman: Implications for policy-practice improvement. Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 13(1), 25-44.
  23. Al-Issa, A. (2014). Constructing grammar instruction in the Omani EFL system: A critical literacy perspective. The Qualitative Report, 19(104), 1-25. Available at: http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR19/al-issa104.pdf.
  24. Al-Issa, A. (2015). Making a case for new directions in English language teaching research at an Omani university: A critical qualitative content analysis report. The Qualitative Report, 20(5), 560-595. Available at: http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2131andcontext=tqr
  25. Al-Mahrooqi, R., Denman, C., and Al-Issa, A. (2015). Student perspective of quality assurance mechanisms in an EFL program in the Sultanate of Oman. International Journal of Arts and Sciences, 8(5), 81-106.
  26. Al-Issa, A., Al-Bulushi, A. and Al-Zadjali, R. (2016). Arab English language candidates climbing the IELTS mountain: A Qualitatively driven hermeneutic phenomenology study. The Qualitative Report, 21(5), 848-863. Available at: http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2367andcontext=tqr
  27. Al-Issa, A. (2016). The effects and implications of implementing oral presentations in an Omani ICLHE classroom. Asian EFL Journal Quarterly, 18(2), 113-155. Available at: http://www.academia.edu/27967586/The_effects_and_implications_of_implementing_oral_presentations_in_an_Omani_ICLHE_classroom
  28. Al-Issa, A. (2017). Meeting students’ curriculum and teaching expectations in an Omani ICLHE/EMI context: Implications for policy and practice. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 6(1), 209-226. Available at: http://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJALEL/article/view/2760
  29. Al-Issa, A. (2017). Qualities of a professional English language teacher educator: Implications for achieving quality and accountability. Cogent Education, 4: 1326652. Available at: https://www.cogentoa.com/article/10.1080/2331186X.2017.1326652.pdf
  30. Al-Issa, A., Al-Bulushi, A., and Al-Zadjali, R. (2017). A critical discourse analysis of the reasons underlying Arab student-teachers’ inadequate English language proficiency. Cogent Education, 4: 1340821. Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/2331186X.2017.1340821?needAccess=true
  31. Al-Issa, A., Al-Bulushi, A., and Al-Zadjali, R. (2017). Perceptions of the selection criteria of Omani English language teachers: Implications for policy reconsideration. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 13(2), 235-259.
  32. Al-Bulushi, A. and Al-Issa, A. (2017). Playing with the language: Investigating the role of communicative games in an Arab language teaching system. International Journal of Instruction, 10(2), 179-198.
  33. Al-Issa, A. and Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2017). Students’ perceptions of the foundation program English language at an Arab university: Implications for bridging the policy-practice gap. Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods, 7(11), 42-61.
    Al-Bulushi, A., Al-Issa, A., and Al-Zadjali, R. (2018). Qualitative perspectives on the English language content knowledge and methods on communicative language proficiency: Implications for succeeding in the IELTS. Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 21(3), 67-89.
  34. Al-Riyami, T. and Al-Issa, A. (2018). Investigating TESOL teachers’ awareness of critical pedagogy at higher education institutions in Oman: Implications for critical professional development. Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 21(3), 35-66.
  35. Al-Issa, A. (2019). Beyond textbook instruction: Stories from ELT teachers in Oman. Changing English, 26(3), 263-281.
  36. Doecke, B., Mirhosseine, S.H., Al-Issa, A., and Yandell, J. (2019). The ideological work of English teaching. Changing English, 26(3), 217-221.
  37. Al-Issa, A. (2020). The language planning situation in the Sultanate of Oman. Current Issues in language Planning, 21(4), 347-414. DOI: 10.1080/14664208.2020.1764729.
    Mourssi, A. and Al-Issa, A. (Eds.) (2017). English Language Teaching Education in the Arab World: Realities, Transformations, and Challenges. Beirut Bookshop, Muscat. ISBN 978-9-77-627320-7.
  38. Al-Issa, A. and Mirhosseini, S.A. (Eds.) (2019). Worldwide English Language Education Today: Ideologies, Policies, and Practices. Routledge. ISBN 9780429485879. DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429485879
  39. Al-Issa, A. (2022). Planning language identity in the Sultanate of Oman: A linguistic anthropological perspective. In S. Hopkyns, & W. Zaghbor (Eds.). Linguistic identities in the Arab Gulf countries pp. 33-51). Routledge
  40. Al-Issa, A. & Al-Najjar, N. (2023). A historical archaeology of higher education in the Sultanate of Oman: A critical social and education policy perspective. In A. Ibrahim, & O. Barnawi, (Eds.). The past, present, and future of higher education in the Arabian Gulf region: Critical comparative perspectives in a neoliberal era (pp. 47-71). Routledge.
  41. Al Kaf, F. & Al-Issa, A. (2023). Higher education in the Sultanate of Oman today. In A. Ibrahim, & O. Barnawi (Eds.). The past, present, and future of higher education in the Arabian Gulf region: Critical comparative perspectives in a neoliberal era (pp. 225-250). Routledge