Ahmar Mahboob

Dr Ahmar Mahboob teaches at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Sydney http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/linguistics/). Ahmar earned his PhD at Indiana University, Bloomington, in 2003. The title of his dissertation was: Status of nonnative English speakers as ESL teachers in the United States. Ahmar has worked in the areas of language policy development, pidgin and creole languages, NNEST studies, English language acquisition, English language teaching and teacher education, World Englishes, pragmatics, and issues surrounding minority languages in South Asia. His recent work has focused on Pakistani English and on languages of Pakistan. Ahmar is the Past President of Indiana TESOL (http://www.intesol.org) and the immediate Past Chair of the NNEST Caucus (http://nnest.moussu.net) in TESOL International.

Some of Ahmar's recent publications include:

(In Press) (with Talaat, M). English language teachers and teacher education in Pakistan. In S. Dogancay-Aktuna & J. Hardman (Eds.), Global English Language Teacher Education. Washington, D.C.: TESOL Publications.

(In Press) (with Bhatt, R.). Minority Languages in South Asia. In B. Kachru & K. Sridhar (Eds.), Languages in South Asia: Cambridge University Press.

2005- Beyond the native speaker in TESOL. In S. Zafar (Ed.), Culture, Context, & Communication. Abu Dhabi: Center of Excellence for Applied Research and Training & The Military Language Institute. (http://nnest.moussu.net/bibliography2.html)

2004- Pakistani English: A historical and phonological overview. In B. Kortmann and E. Traugott (eds.) A Handbook of Varieties of English . Mouton de Gruyter. [with Nadra Ahmar]

2004 - Pakistani English: An overview of its syntax, morphology, and lexis. In B. Kortmann and E. Traugott (eds.) A Handbook of Varieties of English . Mouton de Gruyter.

2004 - Models of discourse in the letter of complaint. World Englishes . Vol . 23.4. [with Beverly Hartford]

2004 - Native or nonnative: What do the students think? In L. Kamhi-Stein (ed.) Learning and Teaching from Experience: Perspectives on Nonnative English-Speaking Professionals . University of Michigan Press.

2004 - Children of a lesser English: Nonnative English Speakers as ESL teachers in English language programs in the United States. In L. Kamhi-Stein (ed.) Learning and Teaching from Experience: Perspectives on Nonnative English-Speaking Professionals . University of Michigan Press. [with K. Uhrig, K. Newman, and B. Hartford]

2004 - Pakistan Mein Angreizi ka Mustaqbil (in Urdu: The Future of English in Pakistan). Islamabad: Strengthening Participatory Organization.

2004 - “On, for and with”: Finding room for ‘emancipation’ in academic research. NNEST Newsletter Vol. 6.2.

2004 - Demystifying the Native Speaker in TESOL. SPELT Quarterly .

2004 - A Sad Story Looking for a Happy Ending. Teacher Education Interest Section Newsletter . Vol. 19(2).

2003 - The Future of English in Pakistan . Islamabad: Strengthening Participatory Organization. (2003)

2002 - No English, No Future: Language Policy in Pakistan. In S. Obeng & B. Hartford (eds.) Political Independence with Linguistic Servitude: The politics about languages in the developing world . New York: NOVA Science.

1999 - Wh-words and question formation in Pidgin/Creole Languages. In J. McWhorter (ed.) Language change and language contact in pidgins and Creoles. Philadelphia: J. Benjamins. [with Clancy Clements]