Personal Information

 Assistant Professor

Department of  Foreign Languages and Literature

Faculty of Arts & Humanities

Contact Information

Phone: 02-695000 Ext. 75502

Email: LBalkhair@kau.edu.sa

Loay Mobarak Ali Balkhair

 Assistant Professor

Profile

Education

  • 2006

    Bachelor degree from English Language DepartmentJeddah Teachers' College, Jeddah Teachers' College, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2009

    Master degree from Department of Language and LinguisticsFaculty of Social Sciences, Essex University, كولشستر, بريطانيا

  • 2015

    Doctorate degree from Department of Languages and LinguisticsFaculty of Social Sciences, Essex Univeristy, كولشستر, بريطانيا

Employment

  • 2006-2008

    Teaching Assistant, King Abdullaziz University - Faculty of Education - English Department, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2015-حاليا

    Assistant Professor, European Languages Department - Faculty of Arts and Humanities - King Abdullaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2016-2018

    Department Chair, General Required Courses Department - Community College- King Abdullaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2018-حاليا

    Vice-Dean, Community College - King Abdullaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

My main research interest is the area of psycholinguistic morphological processing in English as a second language and the dissociation between single and dual routes of language processing. My other research interests also include second language acquisition and processing, the organisation and access of the mental lexicon and morphological processing in general. 

Scientific interests

Courses

Introduction to Linguistics 321 LANE
Seminar in Linguistics 424 LANE
Research Methods 331 LANE
Sociolinguistics 626 LANE
Special Topics in Linguistics 697 LANE
Research Project 698 LANE

Areas of expertise