Education

• Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics. University of Technology Sydney [UTS], Australia
• Bachelor in English Language for Specific Purposes [ESP], Jordan University of Science and Technology [JUST], Jordan

Research Interests

• Global Englishes
• English teaching
• Teaching English with technology
• Lingusitics, Applied Lingustics
• Implications of the global spread of English
• English language teaching
• Critical applied linguistics
• Language, popular culture and identity

Selected Publications

• Owais, A. K. (2025). AI in English teaching with ChatGPT: Does it really work? In Using AI tools in text analysis, simplification, classification and synthesis (pp. 199–227). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-66941-782-1.ch007

• Owais, A. K., & Taym, A. K. (2025). Exploring teacher perspectives on the effectiveness of AI tools in enhancing students’ engagement in English language learning. International Journal of Humanities Education, 23(2), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0063/CGP/v23i02/1-16

• Owais, A., & Hathaway, T. (2025). A phenomenographic study of engineering students’ conceptions of learning English as a foreign language. Language Teaching Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688251326815

• Farouqa, G., Hysaj, A., Hatamleh, Z., Owais, A., Ibrahim, O., Hiasat, L., & Khan, S. A. (2025). Undergraduate students’ journey with AI in the United Arab Emirates. In Lecture notes in computer science: Social computing and social media (LNCS, Vol. 15786, pp. 155–171). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93539-8_11

• Owais, A. K., & Taym, A. K. (2024). Exploring the influence of AI and ChatGPT on university EFL learners. International Journal of Literacies, 32(2), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0136/CGP/v32i02/1-29

Teaching Courses

• English 1
• English 2
• English 1 for Business Students
• English 2 for Business Students
• Intensive Remedial of English
• Educational Technology
• Ethical Awareness
• Research Methods

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

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