Dr Anna-Maria Ramezanzadeh is a language researcher and curriculum developer. She received her doctorate in Education, focussing on Arabic Applied Linguistics, from the University of Oxford’s Department of Education, along with her MSc in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, and a bachelor’s degree in Arabic and Persian from the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
She is currently working at the Department of Education to conduct a review of existing research on the teaching and learning of the Arabic language, having also produced research for the British Council and the AHRC Creative Multilingualism project. She has taught Arabic at undergraduate and graduate levels at the University of Oxford and has experience in designing curricula for in-person and online Arabic language programs.
Publications
- Ramezanzadeh, A. M. (2021). Motivation and multiglossia: Exploring the learning of Arabic in UK schools [PhD thesis]. University of Oxford. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2135e20b-1a02-41a9-9a1f-b21b03bd6d14/files/d9019s2655
- Ramezanzadeh, A. M. (2016). One Size Fits All? An Analysis of Heritage and Non-Heritage Language Learner Performance in GCSE Arabic. British Council. https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/an_analysis_of_heritage_and_non-heritage_language_learner_performance_in_gcse_arabic.pdf