Omar Ali Al‐smadi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4617272 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Omar Ali Al‐smadi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Omar Ali |
| FAMILY NAME | Al‐smadi |
| SIGNATURE | AL SMADI O A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3630-771X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Discursive identities of non-hijabi Muslim Jordanian women
This study explores how non-hijabi Muslim women in Jordan construct and negotiate their identities within a culturally conservative context where veiling is often equated with religiosity and moral virtue. Drawing on a Discursive Psychology framework, this qualitative research analyses a group interview with four participants, highlighting their rhetorical and discursive strategies: Stake Inoculation, Script Formulation, and Extreme Case Formulat…
Figurative Language as Identity Work: A Discourse Analysis of Syrian Refugee Narratives
This study investigates how Syrian refugee students in Jordan employ figurative language including metaphors, similes, and imagery with metaphorical function to construct and negotiate their identities amidst displacement. While much existing research examines how refugees are portrayed by external actors, such as media or policymakers, little is known about how refugees themselves use such figurative resources to shape their own self-representat…
Public responses to Malaysia’s exam abolition policy: A metadiscursive analysis
Public responses to educational policy reforms offer a lens into how language mediates public sentiment, shapes ideological debates, and reflects societal values. This study analyses the metadiscursive strategies employed in 895 first-level Facebook comments reacting to Malaysia’s recent abolition of standardized exams. Using Hyland’s interactional metadiscourse framework, the research highlights how linguistic features such as hedges, boosters, …
A Discourse Analysis of Syrian Refugee Learners' Reflective Accounts of Returning to Syria From Jordan
This paper is part of a larger study investigating the educational experiences of Syrian refugees in Jordan. It explores the reflective accounts of 129 Syrian refugee university learners in Jordan, collected during the third week following the fall of Bashar al‐Assad, a period marked by significant political transition and the voluntary return of nearly 60 000 Syrians. Using a discursive analytical approach, the research investigates how language…
Trolling in public discourse: Online reactions to Malaysia’s abolishment of examinations
This paper investigates trolling as a socio-discursive phenomenon within Malaysia’s public discourse on the abolishment of two national school examinations, namely the Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR, abolished in 2021) and the Form Three Assessment (PT3, abolished in 2022). The study analyses 895 first-level Facebook comments to identify how trolling was used and to explore its rhetorical strategies and cultural significance. Through criti…
Power Imbalances in Marriage: A Study of Online Support Group Discourse
This study examines how wives in an online support group discursively construct power imbalances within their marriages. By conducting a discursive analysis of 192 posts, we identify how they use specific discursive devices to articulate their experiences of power within four primary domains: Resource Power, Social Power, Coercive Power, and Influence Power. The findings highlight how the posts construct perceptions of financial, social, legal, a…
Exploring Linguistic Modification Techniques Employed in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Teachers’ Discourse
This study aims to explore the linguistic modifications techniques employed by ODL teachers. Linguistic modification is a crucial aspect of learning and teaching as it facilitates students’ comprehension by reducing the complexity of syntactic structures and utilizing familiar language patterns. The research data were collected through observations and informal chats with the teachers. A total of 10 observations were conducted during the Second S…
The Identity of a Storyteller in Teachers’ Facebook Status Updates
This paper explores how teachers discursively construct the identity of a storyteller when posting Status updates on Facebook Timelines. Data were generated using participant observation where 29 Timelines belonging to Malaysian secondary school English language teachers were observed throughout a six-month period. A total of 178 teaching-related Status updates were recorded and then analyzed using a discursive analytical approach combining ‘broa…
Visual Representation of Malaysian Candidates in General Election in Selected Coalition Parties: A Visual Survey on Social Media
The 15th General Election was held on November 19, 2022. The warmth of the previous GE-15 (General Election 15) is still being talked about by many today. In the context of elections in Malaysia, the main factors that influence selected coalition parties based on communication strategy involving the manifesto agenda besides its effective visual strategy. The use of visuals is seen as a practical, easy, and fast medium of dissemination to influenc…
Malaysian English Language Teachers’ Engagement With Instrumental Support on Facebook
This study investigates how Malaysian English language teachers utilize networking sites for social support. It focuses on the social and discursive practices of Malaysian English language teachers as they co-construct social support on Facebook Timelines. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 20 Malaysian English language teachers to identify the value of social networking sites for teachers’ development. The findings re…
Artificial Intelligence for English Language Learning and Teaching: Advancing Sustainable Development Goals
This study explores the affordance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to English language learning and teaching, focusing on its alignment with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It aims to investigate the role of AI in enhancing language education and fostering student-centered learning. Data for this study were collected through semi-structured interviews with 18 English teachers to gather qualitative insights into their exp…
We are clueless: The voices of jordanian teachers untrained in conflict-sensitive pedagogy
A Linguistic Ethnography of Teacher Talk in an English for Medical Purposes Classroom
This study is a linguistic ethnographic investigation of the characteristics of teacher talk in an English for Medical Purposes (EMP) class at one of the medical colleges in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Teacher talk is an important element in classroom interaction and it has direct and indirect implications on the students’ learning. In classroom interaction, students and teachers are in a state of dynamic interactions. If not carried out tactful…
A Discourse Analysis of Syrian Refugee Learners' Reflective Accounts of Returning to Syria From Jordan
This paper is part of a larger study investigating the educational experiences of Syrian refugees in Jordan. It explores the reflective accounts of 129 Syrian refugee university learners in Jordan, collected during the third week following the fall of Bashar al‐Assad, a period marked by significant political transition and the voluntary return of nearly 60 000 Syrians. Using a discursive analytical approach, the research investigates how language…
A Linguistic Ethnography of Teacher Talk in an English for Medical Purposes Classroom
This study is a linguistic ethnographic investigation of the characteristics of teacher talk in an English for Medical Purposes (EMP) class at one of the medical colleges in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Teacher talk is an important element in classroom interaction and it has direct and indirect implications on the students’ learning. In classroom interaction, students and teachers are in a state of dynamic interactions. If not carried out tactful…
Exploring Linguistic Modification Techniques Employed in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Teachers’ Discourse
This study aims to explore the linguistic modifications techniques employed by ODL teachers. Linguistic modification is a crucial aspect of learning and teaching as it facilitates students’ comprehension by reducing the complexity of syntactic structures and utilizing familiar language patterns. The research data were collected through observations and informal chats with the teachers. A total of 10 observations were conducted during the Second S…
The Identity of a Storyteller in Teachers’ Facebook Status Updates
This paper explores how teachers discursively construct the identity of a storyteller when posting Status updates on Facebook Timelines. Data were generated using participant observation where 29 Timelines belonging to Malaysian secondary school English language teachers were observed throughout a six-month period. A total of 178 teaching-related Status updates were recorded and then analyzed using a discursive analytical approach combining ‘broa…
Visual Representation of Malaysian Candidates in General Election in Selected Coalition Parties: A Visual Survey on Social Media
The 15th General Election was held on November 19, 2022. The warmth of the previous GE-15 (General Election 15) is still being talked about by many today. In the context of elections in Malaysia, the main factors that influence selected coalition parties based on communication strategy involving the manifesto agenda besides its effective visual strategy. The use of visuals is seen as a practical, easy, and fast medium of dissemination to influenc…
Malaysian English Language Teachers’ Engagement With Instrumental Support on Facebook
This study investigates how Malaysian English language teachers utilize networking sites for social support. It focuses on the social and discursive practices of Malaysian English language teachers as they co-construct social support on Facebook Timelines. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 20 Malaysian English language teachers to identify the value of social networking sites for teachers’ development. The findings re…
Artificial Intelligence for English Language Learning and Teaching: Advancing Sustainable Development Goals
This study explores the affordance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to English language learning and teaching, focusing on its alignment with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It aims to investigate the role of AI in enhancing language education and fostering student-centered learning. Data for this study were collected through semi-structured interviews with 18 English teachers to gather qualitative insights into their exp…
We are clueless: The voices of jordanian teachers untrained in conflict-sensitive pedagogy
Figurative Language as Identity Work: A Discourse Analysis of Syrian Refugee Narratives
This study investigates how Syrian refugee students in Jordan employ figurative language including metaphors, similes, and imagery with metaphorical function to construct and negotiate their identities amidst displacement. While much existing research examines how refugees are portrayed by external actors, such as media or policymakers, little is known about how refugees themselves use such figurative resources to shape their own self-representat…
Public responses to Malaysia’s exam abolition policy: A metadiscursive analysis
Public responses to educational policy reforms offer a lens into how language mediates public sentiment, shapes ideological debates, and reflects societal values. This study analyses the metadiscursive strategies employed in 895 first-level Facebook comments reacting to Malaysia’s recent abolition of standardized exams. Using Hyland’s interactional metadiscourse framework, the research highlights how linguistic features such as hedges, boosters, …
A Discourse Analysis of Syrian Refugee Learners' Reflective Accounts of Returning to Syria From Jordan
This paper is part of a larger study investigating the educational experiences of Syrian refugees in Jordan. It explores the reflective accounts of 129 Syrian refugee university learners in Jordan, collected during the third week following the fall of Bashar al‐Assad, a period marked by significant political transition and the voluntary return of nearly 60 000 Syrians. Using a discursive analytical approach, the research investigates how language…
Trolling in public discourse: Online reactions to Malaysia’s abolishment of examinations
This paper investigates trolling as a socio-discursive phenomenon within Malaysia’s public discourse on the abolishment of two national school examinations, namely the Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR, abolished in 2021) and the Form Three Assessment (PT3, abolished in 2022). The study analyses 895 first-level Facebook comments to identify how trolling was used and to explore its rhetorical strategies and cultural significance. Through criti…
Power Imbalances in Marriage: A Study of Online Support Group Discourse
This study examines how wives in an online support group discursively construct power imbalances within their marriages. By conducting a discursive analysis of 192 posts, we identify how they use specific discursive devices to articulate their experiences of power within four primary domains: Resource Power, Social Power, Coercive Power, and Influence Power. The findings highlight how the posts construct perceptions of financial, social, legal, a…
Discursive identities of non-hijabi Muslim Jordanian women
This study explores how non-hijabi Muslim women in Jordan construct and negotiate their identities within a culturally conservative context where veiling is often equated with religiosity and moral virtue. Drawing on a Discursive Psychology framework, this qualitative research analyses a group interview with four participants, highlighting their rhetorical and discursive strategies: Stake Inoculation, Script Formulation, and Extreme Case Formulat…
Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social media (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · World Wide Web (3 works)