Author: Christopher Denman Rahma Al-Mahrooqi

Dr Rahma Al-Mahrooqi is the Director of Sultan Qaboos University”s Humanities Research Center. She is also an Associate Professor of English at the same institution, where she has worked for 21 years. She has taught a variety of courses in language, communication, research, and sociolinguistics, always seeking to inspire and transform her students by example. She has coordinated tertiary English courses and an ESP program for SQU”s College of Science and served as SQU”s Language Center Director for almost four years (2006–January 2010). Dr Al-Mahrooqi has published widely on English language teaching and learning in Oman, with major focus areas in teaching reading, literature, and English communication skills. She is currently engaged in funded nationwide research in various areas of language instruction. In addition, under the Humanities Research Center, she is undertaking research on identity, cognition and emotion and their relationship with language learning. Dr Christopher Denman currently teaches in the foundation program in Sultan Qaboos University”s Language Centre, the Sultanate of Oman. He has a bachelor”s degree in Psychology in addition to MEd and EdD degrees focusing on Arab Muslim identity and English language learning and teaching. He has previously taught at primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in South Korea, Japan, and Australia. His research interests include language and identity and education policy.