Rate My Professor Nadia Selim

Dr Nadia Selim is featured on the researcher profiles at Adelaide University within the School of Education, College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences, where she is eligible to co-supervise Masters and PhD students. She holds the position of Adjunct Lecturer in Education Futures at the University of South Australia (UniSA) and serves as an affiliate member of the Centre for Educational and Social Inclusion. In these roles, she co-supervises higher degree research students, including a current PhD candidate on computer-assisted language learning to develop listening skills for adult migrant students in foundation skills programs at TAFE SA. Her research centers on the motivation and engagement of non-Arab adolescents in learning Arabic at Australian Islamic schools. She offers supervision in Arabic language learning, instruction, and planning; the integration of technology in language learning; and the Australian Islamic schooling context. Dr Selim's teaching strengths cover Arabic language courses, Arab studies courses, and Honours courses.

Dr Nadia Selim obtained her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of South Australia in 2021, Master of Applied Linguistics from the University of Queensland in 2010, and Vocational Graduate Certificate in TESOL and Language Development from Southbank Institute of Technology in 2011. Her publications encompass journal articles and book chapters on Arabic education and related topics. Key works include: Selim, N. (2023). Adolescent non-Arab Muslims learning Arabic in Australian Islamic schools: expectations, experiences, and implications. Religions, 14(1), 1-24; Selim, N. (2024). Reimagining Arabic in Islamic Schools. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education, 1-22; Selim, N., & Abdalla, M. (2022). Exploring motivation and engagement: voices of adolescent non-Arab Muslim learners of Arabic at Australian Islamic schools. Religions, 13(6), 1-22; Nichols, S., & Selim, N. (2022). Digitally mediated parenting: a review of the literature. Societies, 12(2), 1-15; Selim, N. (2022). Arabic teaching at Australian Islamic Schools: working with student diversity and curriculum challenges. In Supporting Modern Teaching in Islamic Schools, 182-196; Selim, N. (2019). Arabic should not be cast as heritage: Arabic lives. Ulum Islamiyyah, 27(1), 18-25; Selim, N. (2019). Will Arabic survive in Australia? Participation and challenges. Islam and Civilisational Renewal, 10(1), 85-105; Selim, N. (2018). Arabic teaching at Australian Islamic schools: a CALL framework. In Islamic Schooling in the West, 285-314; Selim, N. (2017). Ibn Sahnun's ninth century framework: a guide for Arabic language curriculum writing. Islam and Civilisational Renewal, 8(4), 488-506.