Expert in the spotlight in Oktober/November 2013 : Lydia Sciriha

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The expert in the Spotlight feature gives you the chance to interact one-on-one with our Ask the expert-section. The feature also provides interesting and insightful comments regarding the subjects mentioned above, in-depth content and exclusive Q and A’s. Dr. Lydia Sciriha is Professor of Sociolinguistics in the Department of English at the University of Malta ( Linken naar http://www.um.edu.mt/). Her research interests are: Bilingualism, Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis and Language Surveys. She is the author of the Regional Dossier: Maltese, the Maltese language in education in Malta, which will be published in October 2013 by Mercator Research Centre. Professor Sciriha has won a number of awards including the Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship, the British Council scholarship, the Marquis Scicluna Senior Fellowship and the Commonwealth Academic Fellowship. She has taught in Australia, Cyprus, Germany and Luxembourg. Professor Lydia Sciriha is the author or co-author of eleven books and has edited two volumes of Humanitas Journal of the Faculty of Arts and number of articles in linguistics in scientific journals. More biographical information at https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/lydiasciriha