Academic & Teaching staff

Dr Radia Kesseiri

Lecturer in Arabic

+44(0)113 343 9116

Background

After graduating from the University of Algiers' Institute of Translation and Interpreting in 1998, I undertook postgraduate studies at the University of Leeds, where I gained an MA in Interpreting and Translation (English-Arabic-French) and a PhD in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies. Prior to joining the University of Leeds, I taught Arabic translation and interpreting at higher education institutions and government and non government organisation whilst also developing examination materials which have been accredited by the Chartered Institute of Linguists. I have a specific interest in developing strategies and teaching techniques in Arabic as a foreign language and understand the problem faced by Arabic non-native learners. 

 

Research Interests

  • Modern Standard Arabic and globalization
  • Comparative study of the morphology of MSA with Arabic dialects
  • Modern Standard Arabic and other dialects and the existing existentialist relation
  • The Algerian dialect and how it relates to Modern Standard Arabic
  • The controversy over a tiercery mean in Arabic  as a medium to unify spoken Arabic
  • Egyptian as a middle language for Arabic speakers
  • How to achieve near native skills in Arabic
  •  Contrastive linguistics Arabic-English
  • Translation for military and diplomacy
  • Translation and interpreting (conference and liaison interpreting)
  • Arabic poetry in the pre-Islamic and modern era
  • The translation of poetry
  • History, politics, culture  and languages in Algeria

 

Taught Courses

  1. ARAB 1001 - Beginning Arabic
  2. ARAB 2020 - Essential skills in practical Arabic
  3. ARAB 3010 - Arabic Stylistics
  4. ARAB 5120 - Specialised English-Arabic translation

Responsibilities

  • Year 1 and 2 language co-ordinator/module leader
  • Year abroad tutor

Publications and Papers

Book reviews:

France and Algeria: A History of Decolonization and Transformation. By Philip C. Naylor. Florida, Florida University Press, 2000. In The British Journal of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, 2002, Vol 29, no.2, 178).

Advanced Media Arabic by el Mustapha LahlaliI. Edinburgh University Press, 2008. In The British Journal of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies ( issue to be confirmed).

Papers:

"Modern Algeria: The Legacies of the Past" . "Mapping Middle Eastern and North African Diasporas", British Society for Middle Eastern Studies annual conference, Leeds University, 4th-6th July, 2009.

"Algeria and the Maghrib: Between geopolitics and the dictates of ideology". Athens Institute for Education and research, 2nd International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 9th-11th April 2009.