Prof. Dr. Atta Gebril

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeneral Education and History of Education,General and Domain-Specific Teaching and Learning,General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
Keywordsdiscourse synthesis, language assessment, Writing assessment, Second language writing

Current contact address

CountryEgypt
CityNew Cairo
InstitutionThe American University in Cairo (AUC)
InstituteDepartment of Applied Linguistics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Michael EidFachbereich Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Petra StanatInstitut zur Qualitätsentwicklung im Bildungswesen, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2020

Programme(s)

2019Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2021Gebril, Atta: Learning-Oriented Assessment: Main Issues and an Overview. In: Learning-Oriented Language Assessment, 2021, 1--10
2021Gebril, Atta: Nationwide Assessment Reform in Egypt: Challenges and Potentials of Learning-Oriented Assessment in an Examinations-Based Instructional Setting. In: Learning-Oriented Language Assessment, 2021, 109--122
2020Gebril, Atta: The Interface of Teaching, Research, and Professional Service in Language Assessment: An Interview with James E. Purpura. In: Language Assessment Quarterly, 17, 2020, 316--326
2019Gebril, Atta and Hidri, Sahbi: Language assessment in the Middle East and North Africa: An Introduction. In: Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 4, 2019, i--iv
2019Gebril, Atta and Brown, Gavin TL: Quality of feedback in TESOL: A learning-oriented assessment perspective. In: Quality in TESOL and Teacher Education, 2019, 140--149
2019Plakans, Lia and Gebril, Atta and Bilki, Zeynep: Shaping a score: Complexity, accuracy, and fluency in integrated writing performances. In: Language Testing, 36, 2019, 161--179
2019Brown, Gavin TL and Gebril, Atta and Michaelides, Michalis P: Teachers' conceptions of assessment: A global phenomenon or a global localism. Frontiers in Education. 2019. 16
2018Gebril, Atta and Boraie, Deena and Arrigoni, Elizabeth: Assessment Literacy. In: The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching, 2018, 1--7
2018Brown, Gavin TL and Gebril, Atta and Michaelides, Michalis P and Remesal, Ana: Assessment as an emotional practice: Emotional challenges faced by L2 teachers within assessment. Emotions in second language teaching. Springer, Cham, 2018. 205--222
2018Ohta, Renka and Plakans, Lia M and Gebril, Atta: Integrated writing scores based on holistic and multi-trait scales: A generalizability analysis. In: Assessing Writing, 38, 2018, 21--36
2018Gebril, Atta: Integrated-Skills Assessment. In: The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching, 2018, 1--7
2018Boraie, Deena and Gebril, Atta and Gabriel, Raafat: Teachers’ perceptions of the interface between religious values and language pedagogy in Egypt. In: Spirituality and English language teaching: Religious explorations of teacher identity, pedagogy and context, 2018, 151
2018Gebril, Atta: Test preparation in the accountability era: Toward a learning-oriented approach. In: TESOL Journal, 9, 2018, 4--16
2017Plakans, Lia and Gebril, Atta: An assessment perspective on argumentation in writing. In: Journal of second language writing, 36, 2017, 85--86
2017Gebril, Atta: Applied linguistics in the MENA countries: A research agenda. In: Applied Linguistics in the Middle East and North Africa, 2017, 364--375
2017Gebril, Atta: Arabic language teachers’ conceptions of assessment and the hidden tension between accountability and improvement in Egyptian schools. The Routledge handbook of Arabic linguistics. Routledge, 2017. 560--574
2017Plakans, Lia and Gebril, Atta: Exploring the relationship of organization and connection with scores in integrated writing assessment. In: Assessing Writing, 31, 2017, 98--112
2017Gebril, Atta: Language teachers’ conceptions of assessment: An Egyptian perspective. In: Teacher Development, 21, 2017, 81--100
2017Gebril, Atta and Eid, Michael: Test preparation beliefs and practices in a high-stakes context: A teacher’s perspective. In: Language Assessment Quarterly, 14, 2017, 360--379
2016GEBRIL, ATTA and BORAIE, DEENA: CHAPTER NINETEEN ASSESSMENT LITERACY TRAINING FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATORS IN EGYPT. In: Trends in language assessment research and practice: The view from the Middle East and the Pacific Rim, 2016, 416
2016GEBRIL, AT TA: Educational assessment in Muslim countries: Values, policies, and practices. Handbook of human and social conditions in assessment. Routledge, 2016. 436--451
2016Gebril, Atta and Plakans, Lia: Source-based tasks in academic writing assessment: Lexical diversity, textual borrowing and proficiency. In: Journal of English for academic purposes, 24, 2016, 78--88
2016Crusan, Deborah and Plakans, Lia and Gebril, Atta: Writing assessment literacy: Surveying second language teachers’ knowledge, beliefs, and practices. In: Assessing writing, 28, 2016, 43--56
2015Boraie, Deena and Gebril, Atta: Creating effective research questions. In: The cambridge guide to research in language teaching and learning, 2015, 190--197
2014Gebril, Atta and Plakans, Lia: Assembling validity evidence for assessing academic writing: Rater reactions to integrated tasks. In: Assessing writing, 21, 2014, 56-73
2014Gebril, Atta and Taha-Thomure, Hanada: Assessing Arabic. In: The Companion to Language Assessment, 2014, 1781--1789
2014Gebril, Atta and Brown, Gavin TL: The effect of high-stakes examination systems on teacher beliefs: Egyptian teachers’ conceptions of assessment. In: Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 21, 2014, 16-33
2013Gebril, Atta and Hozayin, Russanne: Assessing English in the Middle East and North Africa. In: The companion to language assessment, 4, 2013, 1649-1657
2013Gebril, Atta and Plakans, Lia: Toward a transparent construct of reading-to-write tasks: The interface between discourse features and proficiency. In: Language Assessment Quarterly, 10, 2013, 9-27
2013Plakans, Lia and Gebril, Atta: Using multiple texts in an integrated writing assessment: Source text use as a predictor of score. In: Journal of Second Language Writing, 22, 2013, 217-230
2012Plakans, Lia and Gebril, Atta: A close investigation into source use in integrated second language writing tasks. In: Assessing Writing, 17, 2012, 18-34
2012Gebril, Atta: Generalizability theory in language testing. In: The Encyclopedia of applied linguistics, 2012,
2010Gebril, Atta: Bringing reading-to-write and writing-only assessment tasks together: A generalizability analysis. In: Assessing Writing, 15, 2010, 100-117
2010Gebril, Atta: Reading-to-Write Assessment Tasks: Fundamental Issues in Reliability, Validity, and Task Development. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, 2010
2009Gebril, Atta and Plakans, Lia: Investigating source use, discourse features, and process in integrated writing tests. In: Working Papers in Second / Foreign Language Assessment, 1001, 2009, 47-84
2009Gebril, Atta Mohammad: Score Generalizability in Writing Assessment: The Interface Between Applied Linguistics and Psychometrics Research. VDM Verlag Dr. Müler, 2009
n.n.Gebril, Atta: Assessing Speaking through Oral Proficiency Interviewing: A panacea for our testing dilemmas?. n.n.,