"Learning a second, third, or more languages is a plus, but replacing the home language is a mess", Dr. Akasha 2022

Free Little Library

On Sep 10, 2021, I was chosen among a large number of individuals and organizations as a recipient of an impact library package! My aim was to support the community and diversity while targeting more bilingual readers. I am still working on this project to make it an attractive destination to young readers while encouraging them to be bilingual readers, this is the plan. It is located at Terre View Dr (clay court). Please stop by to take a book, and/or leave some books (bilingual books are really needed) for other readers. The little free library was launched on Nov 22, 2021

Publications - Google Scholar

Akasha, O., Yahia, I. & Almaroum, N. (2022). Exploring Seesaw Opportunities for Diverse Groups to Learn and Connect with their Native Language. In E. Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1744-1749). San Diego, CA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/220944/.

Akasha, O. (2020). “Frozen Up Like an Ice Cube!”: The Influence of Situated Learning on Pre-Service Teachers' Cultural and Linguistic Awareness. The Qualitative Report, 25(9), 3391-3424. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol25/iss9/15

Al Khaiyali, A., & Akasha, O. (2018). Hegemony of the Empire to the Language Hegemony: A Correlation Case of English. International Journal of English Language & Translation Studies. 6(1). 150-161.

Akasha, O., & Elhess, M. (2017). Working with students from North Africa. In J. Egbert & G. Ernst-Slavit (Eds.), Views from inside: Languages, Cultures, and Schooling for K-12 Educators (pp. 349-369). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Akasha, O. (2013). Exploring the challenges facing Arabic-speaking ESL students & teachers in middle school. Journal of ELT and Applied Linguistics (JELTAL), 1(1), 12-31.

Egbert, J., Akasha, O., Huff, L., & Lee, H. (2011). Moving forward: Anecdotes and evidence guiding the next generation of CALL. IJCALLT, 1(1), 1-15.

Akasha, O. (2011). Voicethread as a good tool to motivate ELLs and much more. In M. Koehler & P. Mishra (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (pp. 3123-3127). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Akasha, O. (2010). Media Review: Active Reading. TESL-EJ, 14(1), 1-10.