Focus and Scope

Focus :

HuRuf Journal: International Journal of Arabic Applied Linguistics is a scholarly journal that publishes empirical research and conceptual articles contributing to the advancement of Arabic applied linguistics. The journal focuses on the application of linguistic theories, approaches, methods, and research findings to understand, analyze, and address issues related to Arabic language teaching and learning, language acquisition, assessment, language use, translation, communication, and the integration of digital technologies and artificial intelligence across educational, social, cultural, professional, and digitally transforming contexts.

SCOPE :

The journal welcomes submissions in the following areas:

  1. Arabic language teaching and learning, including pedagogy, curriculum, instructional materials, teaching strategies, and the development of Arabic language education.

  2. Arabic language acquisition as a second or foreign language, including the development of language proficiency and communicative skills.

  3. Arabic language assessment, testing, evaluation, and proficiency measurement.

  4. Arabic sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics, including diglossia, language variation, identity, language attitudes, bilingualism, and multilingualism.

  5. Arabic pragmatics, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, and studies of Arabic language use across diverse contexts.

  6. Arabic lexicography, terminology, translation, interpreting, and Arabic for Specific Purposes (ASP).

  7. Technology-enhanced Arabic language learning, including Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), digital learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Arabic language learning, analysis, assessment, and use.

  8. Functional Arabic grammar, Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), and the application of linguistic theories that contribute to the advancement of Arabic applied linguistics.

  9. Qur’anic Arabic linguistics, including stylistics, semantics, pragmatics, corpus-based studies, and discourse analysis, particularly where these approaches have relevance to Arabic language learning, translation, language use, or the advancement of Arabic applied linguistics.

Interdisciplinary studies are also considered, provided that the Arabic language and issues within Arabic applied linguistics constitute the primary focus of the research.