Rahma Al-Mahrooqi

Rahma Al-Mahrooqi is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Postgraduate Studies and Research at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, where she has worked for more than 20 years. In addition to her current position overseeing research and postgraduate studies at Oman’s only public university, she has also coordinated tertiary-level English courses and programs, been the director of one of the largest English language centres in the region, and published widely on English language teaching and learning in Oman including such topics as reading, literature, and English communication skills. She has also acted as the principal investigator in a number of funded research projects, including investigations related to Omani students’ English-language communication skills and public school graduates’ weaknesses in English. In addition, she reviews for a number of international journals, including TESOL Quarterly, System, and the International Students’ Journal.

Publications

Handbook of Research on Curriculum Reform Initiatives in English Education
Handbook of Research on Curriculum Reform Initiatives in English Education
Christopher Denman, Rahma Al-Mahrooqi. © 2019. 372 pages.
Different regions of the world are making increasing demands for educational reform, especially when institutions are dissatisfied with the level of proficiency of their...
Awareness of Plagiarism: Omani English Foundation Students' and Teachers' Perspectives
Awareness of Plagiarism: Omani English Foundation Students' and Teachers' Perspectives
Reham Sulaiman Alhinai, Rahma Ibrahim Al-Mahrooqi. © 2019. 20 pages.
Evaluating students by giving them assignments and projects is essential for their learning. Yet the validity of this assessment can be threatened by the serious problem of...
Methodologies for Effective Writing Instruction in EFL and ESL Classrooms
Methodologies for Effective Writing Instruction in EFL and ESL Classrooms
Rahma Al-Mahrooqi, Vijay Singh Thakur, Adrian Roscoe. © 2015. 417 pages.
Educators continue to strive for advanced teaching methods to bridge the gap between native and non-native English speaking students. Lessons on written forms of communication...
Second Language Acquisition and the Impact of First Language Writing Orientation
Second Language Acquisition and the Impact of First Language Writing Orientation
Samia Naqvi, Jesudasan F. Thomas, Kakul Agha, Rahma Al-Mahrooqi. © 2015. 16 pages.
Arabic has a right to left writing orientation, whereas English, which Arab students learn as a foreign language, uses a left to right orientation. This reverse directionality...
Process vs. Product: Arabic and English Writing Classrooms in Oman
Process vs. Product: Arabic and English Writing Classrooms in Oman
Rahma Al-Mahrooqi, C. J. Denman. © 2015. 17 pages.
Learning how to write has long been perceived as an extremely complex and demanding task. Perhaps as an acknowledgement of this complexity, writing instruction in the Arab world...
Awareness of Plagiarism: Omani English Foundation Students' and Teachers' Perspectives
Awareness of Plagiarism: Omani English Foundation Students' and Teachers' Perspectives
Reham Sulaiman Alhinai, Rahma Ibrahim Al-Mahrooqi. © 2015. 20 pages.
Evaluating students by giving them assignments and projects is essential for their learning. Yet the validity of this assessment can be threatened by the serious problem of...
The Influence of the Cultural and Linguistic Orientations of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) Students on Their Responses to Literatures on the Internet
The Influence of the Cultural and Linguistic Orientations of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) Students on Their Responses to Literatures on the Internet
Rahma Al-Mahrooqi, Victoria Tuzlukova. © 2010. 13 pages.
Responding to the call for research to investigate the technological, linguistic and socio-cultural aspects pertaining to the use of the internet in the EFL classroom, this...