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Program Overview
The doctorate program entitled “Specialty languages for the Socio-economic Sector and Research Fields” aims to establish English as a specialized language, with emphasis on the phenomena of specialization of the English language in key professional areas such as economics and the acquisition of competencies. Specialized English is a branch of applied linguistics that studies the forms of English used in specific domains, focusing on their nature, stylistic features and technical lexicons.
This same program will also focus on the critical study of media discourse, whether written, broadcast or online, due to its importance. The ideological and geostrategic messages that circulate in media communication have the capacity to disrupt everyone’s deep ingrained beliefs. Given that stability and national security are priorities in Algeria, this doctorate program aims to train future doctors in critical discourse analysis, in order to detect underlying discourses and develop strategies to counter them.
The “English Specialty for the Socio-economic Sector Research Fields" major includes so-called subjects such as ‘Critical Discourse Analysis’ and ‘Media Studies’. These subjects will be taught by local experts in the field and may be taught by other external experts.
The doctoral program has already predefined research topics in the current specialty. These have been validated by the Ministry of Higher Education given their correspondence to the training objectives established from the design of the research project. The topics selected by the candidates are as follows:
1- The Optimization of English Language Instruction through the Incorporation of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Academia.
2- Incorporating Language Economy as a Communicative Strategy in the Context of Algerian International Marketing Services
3- Business communication in English for international investment, trade and economic integration
4- Revolutionizing English language teaching (ELT) in Algeria: Proficiency enhancement through online learning platforms
5- Incorporating Songs’ Discursive Practice for Culturo -Linguistic Education in University EFL Context: Targeting the American Songs and Identity Issues among Algerian learners.
6- Unveiling Newspeak: The Manipulation of Language in Modern Media Discourse
7- Exploring Social Media ‘Imagined Communities’ Discourse to pitch Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing
8- Framing analysis of US coverage of military attacks against Muslims and non-Muslims
9- Rethinking the Algerian Historical Narrative of the War of Independence through New Media : A CDA Approach
10- Exploring the Language of New Media Industry: Online Games Content and the English language