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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | aaalmohammadi@kau.edu.sa | Twitter: @alaa_moe
Education
2012–2017
PhD in Child Language Development • School of Communication, Education, and Public Policy • King’s College London • London, United Kingdom
Thesis: The Development of Metaphor Understanding in Arabic-Speaking Children
Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature • Department of European Languages and Literature • King Abdulaziz University • Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Scholarships
July- August 2019
Visiting Scholar
University of Oxford • St. John’s College • Oxford, United Kingdom
Diplomas and Short Courses
January 2018 – June 2018
Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education • Center for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education • King Abdulaziz University • Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
May 2017
Certificate in Academic Management • International House • London, United Kingdom
March 2016 – May 2016
Certificate in Leadership and Management • City University, University of London • London, United Kingdom
Professional Experience
2019- To Date
Vice Chair of the Department of European Languages and Literature • King Abdulaziz University
2017– To Date
Assistant Professor • Department of European Languages and Literature • King Abdulaziz University • Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Undergraduate courses: Introduction to Linguistics, Language Development, Seminar in Linguistics, and Applied Linguistics
Postgraduate courses: Research Methods in Linguistics
November 2016– February 2017
Postgraduate Research Assistant • School of Communication, Education, and Public Policy • King’s College London
September 2016 – December 2016
Postgraduate Teaching Assistant • School of Communication, Education, and Public Policy • King’s College London
November 2015 – February 2016
Postgraduate Teaching Assistant • School of Communication, Education, and Public Policy • King’s College London
2009–2012
Lecturer • Department of European Languages and Literature • King Abdulaziz University
Publications
Bergmann, C., Dimitrova, N., Alaslani, K., Almohammadi, A., Alroqi, H., Aussems, S., ... & Mani, N. (2022). Young children’s screen time during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 12 countries. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-15.
Kartushina, N Mani, N Aktan-Erciyes, A Alaslani, K Aldrich, N Almohammadi, A Alroqi,..... & Mayor, J. (2022, 2 6). COVID-19 first lockdown as a window into language acquisition: associations between caregiver-child activities and vocabulary gains. Language Development Research 2(1) :1-36. doi: 10.34842/abym-xv34
Elyas, T., Al-Zhrani, K. A., Mujaddadi, A., & Almohammadi, A. (2021). The representation (s) of Saudi women pre-driving era in local newspapers and magazines: a critical discourse analysis. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 48(5), 1033-1052.
Almohammadi, A., Safi, S. (2009). Language mode, language input, and code-mixing in bilingual children. Language and Linguistics, 23(1), 29-44.
Conference Presentations
March 2020
Developing sustainable language learning practices: What do teachers do to promote early language development? Arts and Humanities Forum • King Abdualziz University • Saudi Arabia
July 2018
Metaphor Development in Arabic-Speaking Children • Arabic Linguistics Forum • School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London • London, United Kingdom
June 2016
Figurative Language Understanding: Children’s Understanding of Metaphors • International Conference of Intercultural Pragmatics • Split University, Croatia
July 2015
Figurative Language Understanding: On the Understanding of Primary and Perceptual Metaphors • 13th International Conference of Cognitive Linguistics • Newcastle University, United Kingdom
July 2015
Figurative Language Understanding: How Preschoolers Understand Metaphors • Child Language Symposium • Warwick University, United Kingdom
November 2014
Metaphor Development in Children • Center for Language and Communication • King’s College London • London, United Kingdom
May 2013
Pragmatic Development in Children • Center for Language and Communication • King’s College London • London, United Kingdom
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