Dr Anna-Maria Ramezanzadeh is a Departmental Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, a language researcher and a curriculum developer. Her research areas include Arabic applied linguistics, language learning motivation, and individual and group differences in second language acquisition.
She has conducted a series of reviews of existing research on the teaching and learning of the Arabic language, funded by the Qatar Foundation International, having also produced research for the British Council and the AHRC Creative Multilingualism project. She is currently conducting a large-scale empirical study into the motivations of secondary school students learning Arabic across the UK. In addition to her research, Anna-Maria 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.
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.
Publications
- Ramezanzadeh, A.-M., Woore, R., & Malmberg, L.-E. (2025). Imagining, believing and achieving in L2 Arabic: motivational self-concepts and language outcomes in a multiglossic context. System 135.
- Ramezanzadeh, A.-M., Woore, R., & Zuniga, E. (2025). A Scoping Review into the Teaching and Learning of Arabic as an Additional Language (2025 update) – Database of Studies. University of Oxford.
- Ramezanzadeh, A.-M. & Woore, R. (2023). A Scoping Review into the Teaching and Learning of Arabic as an Additional Language (Public Report). Qatar Foundation International.
- 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