Books Reviews
Arab Society of English Language Studies (ASELS) members are encouraged to send their reviews or their books for review and consideration in the Society journal: Arab World English Journal(AWEJ). Additionally AWEJ will publish a special addition of selected and peer-reviewed papers from any annual ASELS conferences.
Please check our guides for Book Review Submission
List of Books Reviews:
Marmaduke Pickthall Reinstated: What Canon?
Author: Ebtisam A. Sadiq
Title of the Book: Marmaduke Pickthall Reinstated: What Canon?
Year of Publication: 2016
Publisher: Singapore: Partridge
Number of Pages: xxiv + 200
Reviewer: Dr. May A. Witwit, Hon. Research Fellow University of Bedfordshire, UK
Mobile Learning: languages, literacies and cultures
Author: Mark Pegrum
Book: Mobile Learning: languages, literacies and cultures
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year of publication: 2014
Place of publication, London, UK
Pages: 569
Reviewers: Jabreel Asghar & Pir Suhail Sarhandi
King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia
Papers in Arabic/English Translation Studies 1: An Applied Perspective
Author: Mohammed Farghal et al.
Title of Book: Papers in Arabic/English Translation Studies 1: An Applied Perspective.
Year of Publication: 2015
Publisher: The Jordanian Translators’ Association, JordanNumber of Pages: 281
Reviewer: Dr. Ahmad Al-Harahsheh, Yarmouk University,Translation Dept.
Research Design, Creating Robust Approaches for the Social Sciences
Author: Stephen Gorard
Title of the Book: Research Design, Creating Robust Approaches for the Social Sciences
Year of Publication: 2013
Publisher: Sage, United Kibgdom
Number of Pages: 232
Reviewer: Dr. Nadia Idri, Faculty of Arts and Languages, University of Bejaia
Social Science Research: From Field to Desk
Author: Barbara Czarniawska
Title of Book: Social Science Research: From Field to Desk
Year of Publication: 2014
Publisher: Sage, United Kingdom
Number of pages: 175
Reviewer: Dr. Nadia Idri
The Teaching Gap
Authors: James W. Stigler and James Hiebert
Book: The Teaching Gap
Year of publication: 1997
Place of publication: Free Press: A Division of Simon and Schuster,Inc. , New York.
Number of pages: 179
Reviewer: Dr. Sabah Salman Sabbah
Rethinking academic writing pedagogy for the European University
Author: Ruth Breeze
Title of Book: Rethinking academic writing pedagogy for the European University
Year of Publication: 2012
Publisher: Amsterdam: Rodopi
180 Pages
Reviewer: Dr. Khairi Obaid Al-Zubaydi
Language Academy, University Technology Malaysia(UTM) International Campus, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
The Language, Society and Power Reader
The Language, Society and Power Reader
Edited by Annabelle Mooney, Jean Stilwell Peccei, Suzanne LaBelle,
Berit Engøy Henriksen, Eva Eppler, Anthea Irwin, Pia Pichler, Satori Soden
Published February 24th, 2011 by Routledge – 378 pages
Reviewed by Krishna Bista, Arkansas State University, USA
Handbook of the Neuroscience of Language
Title: Handbook of the Neuroscience of Language
Authors: Brigitte Stemmer & Harry A. Whitaker (Editors)
Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher & Publishing Location: Academic Press; 1stedition, London.
Language: English
Year of Publication: April 2, 2008
Global English and Arabic: Issues of Language, Culture, and Identity
Editos: Ahmad Al-Issa and Laila S. Dahan
Title of Book: Global English and Arabic: Issues of Language, Culture, and Identity
Year of Publication: 2011
Place of Publication: New York
Publisher: Peter Lang
Pages: 366