Dr. Ayman Elsoufy is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the Arab Open University (Egypt Branch), distinguished by his extensive overseas experience teaching English and linguistics at the university level. His international background informs his research agenda, which includes discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), alongside developments in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). He has published peer-reviewed research in Scopus-indexed journals and serves as a reviewer for different international academic journals.
He also holds a Certificate in TESOL from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. In addition to his research, Dr. Elsoufy provides dedicated mentorship by supervising MA candidates pursuing their degrees in TEFL at the Arab Open University.
- Branch Course Coordinator and instructor of Linguistics and skills-based modules for undergraduates, including EL120 (English Phonetics & Linguistics), EL117 (Academic Writing) and EL119 (Oral Presentation), TR307 (Political and Diplomatic Translation), and L201A (English in the World)
- Teaching several courses in linguistics, translation, in addition to general English.
- Extensive teaching experience at Universities in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
• Overseeing the AOU University Writing Centre tutors and developing instructional materials for the centre.
Peer-Reviewed Articles:
1- Elsoufy, A. M. (2024). Media bias through collocations: a corpus-based study of Egyptian and Ethiopian news coverage of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 77(1), 1-15.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-03145-8
2- Elsoufy, A. M. (2022). Investigating recurrent themes and semantic fields in news reports on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A Corpus-based critical discourse analysis. JFAFU Journal, 14(2), 575-611.
https://jfafu.journals.ekb.eg/article_242860.html
3- Elsoufy, A. M. (2023). A Critical Discourse Analysis of Polarization in Egyptian and Ethiopian News Reporting on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. JFAFU Journal, 15(1), 73-104.
https://jfafu.journals.ekb.eg/article_268861.html
Conferences:
The Eleventh EFL Skills Nile Conference.
Integrating EFL Skills. "Learning Standards: The Challenges of Change"
The American University in Cairo. Egypt. 2006.
The First English Language Teaching Professionals (ELTP) Conference “ELT in the 21st Century: Issues
& Challenges”.Supported by the Regional English Language Office, American Embassy in Bahrain
and the British Council in Bahrain. 2011
Nile TESOL/AUC Conference XVII "Revolutionizing TESOL: Techniques and Strategies", January 28th, 2013.
