A. Translation & interpretation (from and into English: Arabic, French, Spanish, German, Tamazight, Italian & Portuguese).
B. While I continue to improve, solidify and maintain my skills and proficiency/fluency in the eight languages above, I have recently embarked on the ambitious linguistic journey and enterprise to explore and learn, at least at the basic/conversational level, along with familiarizing myself with the corresponding scripts, 27 more world languages, on my own:
1. Romanian (Limba Romana) 2. Amharic (Amarinya) 3. Hebrew (Safaa Ivreet) 4. Farsi (Zabaanee Farsee) 5. Greek (Elliniki Glossa) 6. Turkish (Turk Dili) 7. Russian (Roskee Yazik) 8. Finnish (Suomen Kieli) 9. Swahili (Lugha ya Kiswahili) 10. Filipino Tagalog (Wika ng Tagalog) 11. Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) 12. Albanian (Gjuha Shqipe) 13. Armenian (hayots' Lezu) 14. Dutch (Nederlands) 15. Hindi (Hindi Bhaasha) 16. Swedish (Svenska) 17. Korean (Hangu-eo) 18. Polskie (Polish) 19. Srpski/Hrvatski (Serbo-Croatian) 20. Magyar (Hungarian) 21. Chinese (Zhongwen) 22. Japanese (Nihongo) 23. Kartuli langguaji (Georgian language) 24. Cesky Jazyk (Czech language) 25. Bulgarskiyat ezik (Bulgarian ) 26. Ede yoruba (Yoruba language) 27. Runasimi (Quechua language)
C. Using the Translation technique as one of the learning techniques in the classroom for effective learning and production of the target language.
D. Learning foreign languages using the Word/Linkword/Image association technique.
E. Learning foreign languages by making connections between the target language and one's native language (s) , background, education & life experiences.
F. Simplifying Grammar to make grammar less "painful" and fun: using devices & techniques to remember grammar/syntax rules ( Mnemonic devices etc)
G. World languages and their similarities
H. Linguistics.
I. World History & Geography.
J. Islamic Spain: History & culture
PENDING PROJECTS / RESEARCH:
1. A biographical novel: "يومياتي مع "بنو هرقن
2. Mutterzunge: اللغة الأم Mother tongue (Translation of the German sem-biographical novel Mutterzunge by Emine Sevgi Özdamar ): Publishing
3. Common errors students of Arabic make.
4. Arabic words in world languages.
5. Revisiting the kinship between Arabic and Hebrew: Beyond سلام & עלום (Salaam & Shalom)
6. Revisiting the kinship between Arabic & Spanish: Beyond ان شاء الله & ojala
7. Revisiting the kinship between Arabic & Farsi: Beyond صباح الخير & صبح بخير
8. Moroccan Arabic words of classical Arabic origin not used in other Arab dialects.
9. Memorizing the measure chart of Arabic verbs the easy way
10. A compendium of Top 200 survival phrases and words in Arabic & 22 other languages.