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Yacoub, M. (2018). A Creative, translingual, multimodal, news poem. In Randolph, P. & Ruppert, J. (ed.), , 87-90. Alexandria: TESOL Press.

 

Yacoub, M. (2018) To teach or not to teach poetry in in ESL classrooms. (4), 27-33.

 

Yacoub, M. (2017). What Knapsack of Invisible Privileges Do Muslim ESL University Students Wish to Possess? Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 16(6), 408-415

 

Yacoub, M. (2017). Islamic music and the mastery of listening skill. In Arnold J. & Herrick, E. (ed.), , 82-84. Alexandria: .

 

Yacoub, M. (2016). English loanwords in the Egyptian variety of Arabic: What morphological and phonological variations occurred to them? Studies In Contrastive Grammar / Studii De Gramatica Contrastiva, (25), 121-136.

Yacoub M. (2016). Play riddles with grammar. In Rucynski, J. (ed.), , 112-114. Alexandria: TESOL Press.

 

Yacoub, M. A. (2015). Diglossic situation of Arabic language in Egypt: Is L planned to get standardized? International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, 3(1), 382-387.

 

Yacoub, M. A. (2015). English article errors in the writings of ESL advanced Arab students. International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, 3(1), 226-233.

 

 Forthcoming and Submitted Publications

 

Farag, I., Yacoub, M. & Reda, D. (2019) ELT Policies and Practice in Egypt: Teachers’ perspective. In Ekembe, E., Harvey, L., & Dwyer, E. (Editors) Interface between ELT Policies and Practice: A Global Perspective. Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. (In press)

 

Yacoub, M. (2019). Reiterating Anti-Muslim Rhetoric: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Interview Practices in Fox News’ Hannity. The Linguistics Journal. (Forthcoming).

 

Yacoub, M. (2019). Present perfect tense in American English and its problematic implications for ESL students. TESOL in Context. (Submitted).

 

Yacoub, M. (2019). “Yay! I didn’t know that I was a poet”: The efficacy of writing poetry in the ESL classroom and the role of translingualism.. (Submitted).

 

Yacoub, M. (2019).Reading Poetry and ESL Students’ Surface Information Recall. . (Submitted).

 

 

Book Reviews

 

Yacoub, M. (2018). Language and superdiversity, by Arnaut, K., Blommaert, J., Rampton, B. & Spotti, M. (Eds.).  (Accepted).

 

Yacoub, M. A. (2017). To think or not to think with theory in qualitative Research. , 22(7), 1777-1780.

 

Yacoub, M. A. (2015). Consciousness and second language acquisition, by Truscott, J. Linguist List. https://linguistlist.org/issues/26/26-5367.html

 

Yacoub, M. A. (2015). Do ten thousand Arabic loanwords truly exist in English? , 3(1), 102-106.

 

Current Research Projects

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Voices: Lived Experiences of Minority Students in the USA. (This is an edited volume in which I am collecting narratives of minority students in the USA. I intend to publish it with Routledge)

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Sense of Belonging and Motivation to Persistence of First-Year Writing Students in Relation to their Race, Gender, and First Language (This is first of three papers I am preparing to publish from my dissertation findings)

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Self-Efficacy and Motivation to Persistence of First-Year Writing Students in Relation to their Race, Gender, and First Language (This is second of three papers I am preparing to publish from my dissertation findings)

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Perceived Value of Curriculum and Motivation to Persistence of First-Year Writing Students in Relation to their Race, Gender, and First Language (This is third of three papers I am preparing to publish from my dissertation findings).

 

Conference Presentations

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Isolation or Integration: FYC Program Structures and International Students. Conference on Writing Education Across Borders at Penn State University. September 2019. State College, PA.

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Positionality, Diversity and Inclusion in Mentoring Program. CWPA (Council of Writing Program Administrators) Panel by Vetter, M.; Wenqi, C.; & Yacoub, M. July 2019. Baltimore, MD.

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Integration or Division of Labor: The Impact of FYC Program Structure on Multilingual Students’ Sense of Belonging, Self-efficacy, and Perception of Curriculum. CCCC Convention panel by Yacoub, M.; Darwish, A., Farag, I. Yacoub, O. March 2019. Pittsburgh, PA.

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Tinto’s Socio-psychological Model and Success in a First-Year Composition Course. TESOL Convention. Atlanta, GA. March 2019.

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Sense of Belonging and Engagement: College Muslim Students’ Persistence. New York TESOL. Albany, NY. Online Presentation. November 2018.

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ESL Students’ Self-Efficacy and Success: Correlations and Implications. New York TESOL. Albany, NY. Online Presentation. November 2018.

 

Social Media and Sense of Belonging: How Can We help ESL students belong and persist? Technology Day at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. August 2018.

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The Magic of Reading Poetry on Surface Information Recall. TESOL Convention. Chicago, IL.  March 2003.

Reiterating Anti-Muslim Rhetoric: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Interview Practices in Fox News’ Hannity. AAAL Convention. Sheraton Grand Hotel. Chicago, IL. March 2018.

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Postcolonial Feminism and the Teaching of Writing: Proposing the Idea. CCCC Conference. RNF 2018 VIRTUAL Work-in-Progress. March 2018.

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Rhetorics of Muslim Identity in the West. CCCC Conference. Kansas City Marriott Downtown, MO. A Panel by Duffy, J; Coles, C.; Earle, C.; Miron, L; & Yacoub, M. March 2018.

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From a Theory-less into a Theory-ful Qualitative Researcher in the Field of TESOL: A Personal Anecdote. The Qualitative Report Conference. Nova Southeastern University. Fort Lauderdale, FL. January 2018.

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Is “nativeness” a preference or an absolute requirement in the ESL job posts overseas? A problematization of the notion. Three River TESOL Conference. Pittsburgh, PA. October 2017.

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How Social Media Phone Apps Can Do Part of the Teacher's Job? A Story of How WhatsApp Saved a Class. Technology Day at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. August 2017.

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The Rhetoric of Social Media Comics and the Making of Teaching ESL funnier. PCEA (Pennsylvania College English Association) Conference at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA.  March 2017.

English Article Errors in the Writings of ESL Advanced Arab Students. The 2nd Purdue Languages and Cultures Conference. Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN. March 2017.

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The lure and harm of the word ‘native speaker’. TESOL Convention. Sheraton Hotel. Seattle, WA. March 2017.

Teachers’ awareness of international students’ religious practices conflicting with classroom’s. A roundtable discussion at TESOL Convention by Yacoub, M. & Belknap. Sheraton Hotel. Seattle, WA. March 2017.

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Super-diversity or Supra-diversity? ESL Students’ Identity in the US Colleges. Paper presented in the Doctoral Research Forum at TESOL Convention. Sheraton Hotel. Seattle, WA. March 2017.

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Reading poetry and information recall: Is there any correlation? GEO Conference at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. February 2017.

 

Egyptian Feminism on the Spot: Women’s Portrayal in the Modern Egyptian Film. Paper presented as roundtable discussion at GEO Conference at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. February 2017.

Students’ right to their own religion: The inclusion of students’ religious practices that can fall into conflict with classroom practices. The 9th State System Summit on Inclusive Excellence and International Education. Indiana, PA. Yacoub, M. & Belknap, K.  November 2016.

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Can loanwords scaffold ESL learners? Arabic as a case study. Three Rivers TESOL, Slippery Rock University. Slippery Rock, PA. October 2016.

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Constructing social media memes to benefit ESL students. Three Rivers TESOL, Slippery Rock University. Slippery Rock, PA. October 2016.

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Memes as a digital literacy tool that has motivational role in ESL classes. Presented online at the L2 Digital Literacies & AZCALL: A Hybrid Symposium on Research and Practice, Arizona State University. Tucson, AZ. September 2016.

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Writing poetry as a negotiation-based translingual pedagogy in ESL classrooms. The Graduate Scholar Forum at Indiana University of Pennsylvanian, PA. USA. April 2016.

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Toward a translingual understanding of Arabizi as an emerging phenomenon. The Graduate Scholar Forum at Indiana University of Pennsylvanian, PA. April 2016

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Franco Arabic in the Post-Colonial Egypt. Penn-TESOL Conference, Philadelphia, PA. April 2016.