Mousa Abdelghani Btoosh

Highly skilled professional with expertise in decision-making acumen, delegation efficiency, and prioritisation mastery. Adept at managing administrative operations and fostering effective interpersonal communications. Demonstrates exceptional diplomatic communication skills, ensuring smooth interactions across diverse teams. Committed to leveraging these competencies to drive organisational success and operational excellence.

• NEOM Social Responsibility & FBSU, Coordinator, 2020, Coordinator, Intensive English courses addressed to NEOM., Task: Preparing and running the courses.
• Dept. of Language and Translation, Tabuk University, Member, 2019, Member, Evaluation and Revision Committee, Task: Revision of the program’s mission, vision, study plan, and intended learning outcomes.
• Fahad Bin Sultan University, Instructor, 2019, Instructor, Task: Teaching IELTS preparation course addressed to people of the local community.
• Directorate of Education and Seasonal Clubs in Mecca and Tabuk, Presenter, 2018, Presenter, Task: Offering a presentation on the horizons of education and learning opportunities at Fahad Bin Sultan University.
• Fahad Bin Sultan University, Founder, 2017, Founder, Summer Institute of English Language, Task: Establishing the Summer Institute of English Language addressed to school and university students in the Tabuk region.
• Tabuk Directorate of Education in cooperation with Fahad Bin Sultan University, Designing and Delivering, 2016, Designing and Delivering, Trainers’ English Course, Task: Designing and delivering a specialized English course to trainers of English language in the Tabuk Directorate of Education.
• ETS and Fahad Bin Sultan University, Coordinator, 2016, Coordinator, Task: Establishing and administering the two TOEFL centers at Fahad Bin Sultan University (addressed to people of local community).
• Tabuk Directorate of Education and Fahad Bin Sultan University, Coordinator, 2011, 2017, Coordinator, Task: Introducing delegates to the learning opportunities at Fahad Bin Sultan University
• Tabuk Emirate, Designing and Delivering, 2012, Designing and Delivering, English Course, Task: designing and delivering an English course to Tabuk Emirate's Employees

• Forthcoming Translate Bridging Linguistics and Economics (Cambridge University Press) into Arabic (Granted an official license).
• In Press Lost in Translation: Global Errors in AI-Generated Arabic Subtitles of English Movies.
• In Progress Constraint Interactions in Standard Arabic
• 2019 Btoosh, Mousa A. “Resyllabification in Standard Arabic: A Constraint-Based Approach” SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics. Vol. 16 (2), 1-23.
• 2019 Btoosh, Mousa A. “Tense and Aspect in the Academic Writing of Arab L2 Learners of English: A Corpus-Based Approach.” Journal of Language and Education, Vol. 5(2), Pp. 26-47.
• 2019 Btoosh, Mousa A. “Modals in Arab EFL Learners' Composition: A Corpus-based Approach.” Journal of Linguistics and Literature Studies, Vol. 7(3), Pp. 100-109.
• 2018 Btoosh, Mousa A. “Rules or Constraints? A Cross Methodological Comparison of Approaches to ‘Syncope’ and ‘Vowel Shortening’ in Cairene Arabic.” SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, Vol. 15, No.1, Pp. 59-79.
• 2018 Btoosh, Mousa A. “Some Observations on Microsyntactic Units and Discourse Grammar of Kam.” Open Journal of Modern Linguistics, 8, 108-125.
• 2017 Btoosh, Mousa A. “Case and Word Order Alternation in Standard Arabic: An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis.” SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, Vol. 14, No.1, Pp. 24-47.
• 2015 Btoosh, Mousa A. Review of “In Search of Our Origins”. Oriole Book Publishers, India.
• 2014 Btoosh, Mousa A. “The Pragmatics of Color in Antara’s Poetry”. Journal of Advances in Language and Literary Studies, Vol. 5, No. 3, Pp. 170-178.
• 2012 Taweel, Abeer Q. & Btoosh, Mousa A. “Syntactic Aspects of Jordanian Arabic-English Intrasentential Code-Switching”. Linguistica Online Journal, Vol. 4, No. 13, Pp. 1-21.
• 2011 Btoosh, Mousa A. & Taweel, Abeer Q. “Contrastive Rhetoric: Inflation, Verbal Voices, Polyphonic Visibility in Learners and Native Speakers’ Academic Writing- A Corpus-Based Approach”. Asian EFL Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3, Pp. 205 – 228.
• 2011 Btoosh, Mousa A. “Error Types in the Approximate System of Arab Students of English: A Multiple Classificatory Taxonomy. Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics Vol. 37 No. 1.
• 2010 Btoosh, Mousa A. “Wh-Movement in Standard Arabic: Optimality Theoretic Account.” Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics, Vol. 46/1, Pp. 1-26.
• 2010 Btoosh, Mousa A. & Taweel, Abeer Q. “Burke & Austin: Comparing Insights on Studying Meaning”. European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 40 No. 3, Pp. 478-491.
• 2010 Btoosh, Mousa A. Notices of "An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics)", (3rd Edition). by John Clark, Colin Yallop and Janet Fletcher. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Co. 2007. E-language, Language Journal of the Linguistic Society of America.
• 2010 Btoosh, Mousa A. Notices of "Modern Iraqi Arabic with MP3 Files", (2nd Edition). by Yasin M. Alkalesi. USA: Georgetown University Press. 2006. E-language, Language Journal of the Linguistic Society of America.
• 2010 Btoosh, Mousa A. Notices of "An Introduction to Syntactic Theory". by Edith A. Moravcsik. London, New York: Continuum Publishers. 2006. E-language, Language Journal of the Linguistic Society of America.
• 2010 Btoosh, Mousa A. Notices of "The Modern Arabic Literary Language: Lexical and Stylistic Developments (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language and Linguistics)", by Jaroslav Stetkevych. USA: Georgetown University Press. 2006. E-language, Language Journal of the Linguistic Society of America.
• 2008 Btoosh, Mousa A. Notices of “Text, Context and Pretext: Critical Issues in Discourse Analysis”, by H.G. Widdoson. E-language, Language Journal of the Linguistic Society of America.
• 2007 Btoosh, Mousa A. “Lexical complexity and frequency in L1 and L2 students' writing: a computer corpus linguistics approach.” Corpora and ICT in Language Studies. Lodz Studies in Language, Vol. 13. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
• 2006 Btoosh, Mousa A. “Constraint Interactions in Jordanian Arabic Phonotactics: An Optimality-Theoretic Approach.” Journal of Language and Linguistics, Vol. 5 No. 2. Pp. 192 – 221.
• 2003 Btoosh, Mousa A. Notices of The Persian contributions to the English language: An historical dictionary, by Garland Cannon and Alan S. Kaye. Language Journal of the Linguistic Society of America 79,4.
• 2003 Btoosh, Mousa A. Notices of “Speaking back: The free speech versus hate speech debate”, by Katharine Gelber. Language Journal of the Linguistic Society of America. 79.4.
• 2024 Perspectives on Second Language Acquisition: Behaviorism, Innatism, Error Analysis Movement and Comprehensible Input. English Language Institute, Tabuk University.
• 2023 Genesis & Development of the English Language: Historical & Linguistic Perspectives. Colloquium Talk, Dept. of English Language and Translation, FBSU.
• 2019 Generative Grammar: Evidence for Successful Transition from Sequential to Simultaneous Computation. Symposium on Generative Linguistics, Mutah University, Jordan.
• 2018 Intended Learning Outcomes Workshop, University of Tabuk, KSA.
• 2017 Propell Workshop for the TOEFL iBT Test: Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing. Global Division, ETS.
• 2017 Lexical Richness and Variation in L1 and L2 Students’ Writings: A Corpus-Based Approach. 8th International Conference on Language, Education and Innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• 2015 Workshop on “Flipping Your Classroom To Increase Engagement & Learning”, Fahad Bin Sultan University & American University of Beirut.
• 2013 Teaching Methods, Teaching Methodology Workshop, Fahad Bin Sultan University & American University of Beirut.
• 2011 Computational Lexicology & Lexicography: Perspectives on L1 & L2 Students’ Writing. Language Learning & Teaching Workshop, Fahad Bin Sultan University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• 2009 Accreditation Criteria in Higher Education Institutions, Zarqa Private University, Zarqa-Jordan.
• 2009 ARAB ACRO Conference, Balamand University, Lebanon.
• 2008 ARAB ACRO Conference, American University, Cairo, Egypt.
• 2006 Using Corpora in Language Teaching. Information Technology and the Teaching of English Language and Literature Symposium. Irbid National University, Jordan.
• 2005 Lexical Complexity and Frequency in L1 and L2 Students’ Writing: A Computer Corpus Linguistics Approach. PALC (Practical Applications in Language and Computers), Łódź University, Łódź, Poland
• 2005 Automatic Profiling of Authentic and Interlanguage Texts: A Corpus-Based Approach. 17th International Conference on Language, Linguistics and Literature. Yarmouk University, Jordan.
• 2003 Continuous Syllabification in Karak Arabic: An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis. 10th Annual University of Texas at Arlington Student Conference in Linguistics, Arlington, TX, U.S.A.
• 2002 Hedging in Spoken Political Discourse. 9th Annual University of Texas at Arlington Student Conference in Linguistics, Arlington, TX, U.S.A.

• 2023 Reviewer, The International Journal of Arabic-English Studies (IJAES) (www.ijaes.net), Jordan.
• 2023 Reviewer, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research (JOPR), Springer USA.
• 2022 Reviewer, Journal of SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics: www.skase.sk, Slovakia.
• 2018 Reviewer, Journal of Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics.
• 2017 Reviewer, International Journal for the Semiotics of Law (Springer Journals)
• 2015- 2022. Reviewer, Journal of Linguistics and Literature Studies, Horizon Research Publishing, USA.
• 2015 Reviewer, Arab World English Journal.
• 2012 External Reviewer, Sky Journal of Linguistics, Finland.
• 2012-Present Referee for promotion of faculty members at some regional universities.

• Corpus Linguistics
• Phonology
• Discourse Analysis
• Second Language Acquisition
• Syntax
• Semantics & Pragmatics

• 2018-01-01, Chair, Appellate Disciplinary Council, Fahad Bin Sultan University, KSA
• 2011-2017, Editor-in-Chief, FBSU Times Newsletter, Fahad Bin Sultan University, KSA

• Title: Professor of Linguistics
• Date of birth: 08-13-1972
• Nationality: Jordanian
• Marital status: Married