Dr. Adel M. Alharbi
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics
Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
My academic interests include second language acquisition, vocabulary learning and teaching, language learning strategies, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, and the relationship between speech and gesture in second-language communication.
I hold a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Memphis and an MA in Applied Linguistics from La Trobe University in Australia. My work combines research, teaching, and practical language-learning resources, with particular interest in helping learners develop stronger and more effective approaches to vocabulary acquisition.
ADLISM was created as a space for language, learning, and research. Through this site, I share my publications, books, teaching resources, research projects, and reflections on language learning and applied linguistics. My goal is to connect academic research with practical ideas that can benefit students, teachers, researchers, and anyone interested in how languages are learned and used.
The ADLISM Story
Conceptualized in 2005 · Online as ADLISM since 2017 · Renewed and expanded in 2026
ADLISM began as an idea to create an academic and educational space connecting language learners, teachers, researchers, and educators. Over time, it developed into a broader platform for language, learning, research, publications, and practical academic resources.
Original personal library stamp, first created before 2005 and preserved from my early academic years.
