Khaled Al Masaeed
Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and Arabic Studies
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341 Posner Hall
Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Education
Ph.D., Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, University of Arizona
M.A., Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, University of Arizona
M.A., English Education, University of North Carolina–Pembroke
B.A., English Language and Literature, Al al-Bayt University
Bio
I work with both graduate and undergraduate students in applied linguistics, applied multilingual studies, second language acquisition and Arabic studies – always on issues of interest to them, eventually of interest to me.
My own research is mainly in the interdisciplinary field of second language acquisition. The crux of my scholarship focuses on underscoring the relationship and inconsistency between language ideologies and everyday actual sociolinguistic practices in societal and individual language use contexts. To this end, my primary reserach interests include multilingual and multidialectal practices and second language pragmatics. some of my recent publications in this domain have appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Applied Linguistics, The Modern Language Journal, Foreign Language Annals, System, Frontiers, etc. And my efforts to share the work I do go beyond publishing venues, and have included lecturing, giving research presentation and serving on Ph.D. dissertation committess in Australia, Canada, France, Egypt, Greece, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, Qatar, Spain, United Arab Ermirates, United Kingdom and United States.
Prior to joining Carnegie Mellon University, I taught at the University of Arizona and directed and coordinated study abroad programs around the Arab region, including Egypt, Jordan and Morocco.
Areas of Interest
- Sociolinguistics & Second Language Acquisition
- Translanguaging (multidialectal and multilingual) Practices
- Second Language Pragmatics
- Societal & Individual Multilingualism
- Language Program Administration
Courses Taught
- 82-888: Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition
- 82-888: Second Language Pragmatics
- 82-512 Arabic Language and Identity: A Social Perspective (Arabic & English)
- 82-412 Topics in Arabic Studies: Spoken & Written Professional Genres (Developed)
- 82-283 Language Diversity and Cultural Identity (in English)
- 82-217 Multilingualism & Multiculturalism in the Arab World (Arabic & English)
Selected Community, University and Professional Service
- General Editor for Routledge’s Book Series “Topics in Arabic Applied Linguistics”
- Coordinator & Minor Advisor, Arabic Studies
- Board Member (Section Head for Arabic), American Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators, and Directors for Language Programs
- Arabic Advisory Board Member, AMIDEAST (Washington D.C.).
Selected Publications
- Al Masaeed, K. (2023). Tracking learnables and teachables in L2 Arabic dyadic conversations-for-learning. The Modern Language Journal, 107(3), 1-20.
- Kawafha, H., & Al Masaeed, K. (2023). Multidialectal and multilingual practices in L2 Arabic classrooms: Teachers’ beliefs vs. actual practices. Frontiers in Education.
- Al Masaeed, K. (2022). Bidialectal practices and L2 Arabic pragmatic development in a short-term study abroad. Applied Linguistics, 43(1), 88-114.
- Al Masaeed, K. (2022). Researching and measuring L2 pragmatic development in study abroad: Insights from Arabic. In J. McGregor & J. Plews (Eds.), Designing second language study abroad research: Critical reflections on methods and data (pp. 155-170). Palgrave Macmillan.
- Al Masaeed, K. (2022). Sociolinguistic research vs. language ideology in L2 Arabic. In K. Geeslin (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of sociolinguistics and second language acquisition (pp. 359-370). New York, NY: Routledge.
- Al Masaeed, K. (2020). Translanguaging practices in L2 Arabic study abroad: Beyond monolingual ideologies in institutional talk. The Modern Language Journal, 104(1), 250-266.