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

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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

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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.

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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
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
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

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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

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
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

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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