ESEFA

Department of Languages, Humanities,
and Social Sciences

Training, thinking, communicating: the keys to tomorrow

Hicham EL KHALIFI
Head of Department

Education Sciences and Training Engineering

Specialized in educational sciences and training engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in pedagogy and university management from Mohammed V University in Rabat and a university accreditation in pedagogical innovation from Ibnou Zohr University in Agadir. He is currently a teacher-researcher at the Higher School of Education and Training in Agadir. He is also a trainer in e-learning and a researcher in educational technology.

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AGHOULID Bader

Applied Linguistics

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Specialist in applied linguistics, with a particular focus on language learning and teaching. Passionate about educational psychology, which allows for the exploration of cognitive and emotional factors influencing language learning.

AIT BOUZID Hassan

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His research focuses on English language teaching (ELT) materials, curriculum design, and evaluation, with a particular interest in the role of critical pedagogy in enhancing the quality of ELT materials and curriculum in the age of AI. He has published extensively on ELT textbook analysis, gender representation, global citizenship education, and reflective teaching practices.

AIT ICHOU Mohamed

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Specialized in Amazigh linguistics, specifically in the field of Amazigh phonology and morphophonology. An experienced teacher, he has 12 years of teaching the Amazigh language.

ASSENDAL Mohamed

Didactics of French as a Foreign Language (FLE)

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Specialist in the didactics of French as a Foreign Language (FLE). His research focuses on teacher training, professional integration, and support for beginners. Emphasis is placed on self-training, professional development, and the integration of digital tools to enhance pedagogical practices and foster innovation in the teaching of French.

BEN HAMOU Malak

French Language and Literature

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Literature, French literature, 20th-century literature, contemporary literature, obsessive writings, writing of marginality, artistic genius.

BENKIRANE Sara

Communication et Soft Skills

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Sa spécialité porte sur les études en communication et Soft Skills, des compétences importantes dans le monde professionnel actuel. Ses recherches se concentrent essentiellement sur la valorisation de la communication afin d’améliorer les interactions sociales, et sur le développement des compétences émotionnelles et comportementales chez l’individu. Sa démarche d’enseignement s’appuie sur des méthodes d’enseignement innovantes visant à améliorer l’autonomie de l’étudiant.

BOUTGLAY Lahcen

Arabic Language

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Text linguistics, discourse pragmatics, and language didactics.

DRAOUI Abdelkhaleq

French Language and Literature

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Professor of French Language and Literature at ESEF in Agadir. His research focuses mainly on Francophone and comparative literatures.

EL BOUHALI ET-TAYEB

Arabic Language

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Specialist in the Arabic language, with particular expertise in Classical Arabic. His work combines teaching and research in this linguistic field.

EL OMARI Abdessamad

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Associate Professor at the Higher School of Education and Training (ESEFA), Ibn Zohr University of Agadir
Researcher in Training Engineering and the Didactics of Science and Technology, Educational Technologies, and Education Sciences.
Trainer in Educational ICT and E-learning.
Member of the Interdisciplinary Research Team in Didactics, Education, and Language (ERIDEL); Digital Laboratory for Education, Communication, and Languages “NUMECOL”, Ibn Zohr University of Agadir.

ERRAFIQ Brahim

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Associate Professor in Language and Culture Didactics, he conducts research on interculturality, sub-disciplines of language teaching (reading, grammar, vocabulary, speaking, and writing), and pedagogical approaches.
Author of numerous scientific publications, he contributes to innovation in language didactics.

ESLIFANI Khadija

Communication et Soft Skills

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Her research interests focus on the field of information and communication technologies. More specifically, they aim to understand how machine learning systems and social dynamics shape the processes of constructing, validating, and transmitting knowledge within technology-mediated learning environments.

FACKIR Hanane

Didactics of French as a Foreign Language (FLE)

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Associate Professor at ESEFA, her research interests focus on the integration of information and communication technologies in education, with particular emphasis on their impact on teaching practices, teacher training, and the development of students’ soft skills.

FERTAHI Yassamine

Didactics

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Accredited Associate Professor at the Higher School of Education and Training in Agadir, Ibn Zohr University.
Her research interests focus on the analysis of teaching practices, French didactics, literature didactics, and the learning of writing. Her work also explores comparative didactics of educational systems in multilingual contexts.

KACHAR Radouane

Language Sciences

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Sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and discourse analysis.

KHATTAM Jaouad

Arabic Language and Didactics

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His research focuses on linguistics in general, and pragmatics in particular, especially related to discourse analysis and autism.

LEMOUISSI Omar

Sociology of Education

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MADAOUI Redouane

Didactics

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he is a professor at ESEF Agadir, Morocco, with a Ph.D. in Education from Rabat. He coordinates the LLT Research Group at Ibn Zohr University and is a certified Cambridge ESOL speaking examiner. His research focuses on EFL reading and listening pedagogy, academic writing, and teacher education.

MOUSSAID Rachid

Applied Linguistics and Teacher Education

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Researcher in applied linguistics and teacher training. His work focuses on improving language teaching and professional development for teachers. Areas of interest include language acquisition, innovative teaching methodologies, curriculum design, and the integration of educational technologies.

REGRAGUI Souad

General Linguistics and French Linguistics

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Spécialiste en analyse du discours et études lexicales. Les travaux se concentrent sur la notion de genre, explorée à travers divers corpus incluant la littérature, les médias et les dictionnaires.

RIDOUANE Abdelmajid

Globalization and Transnational Studies

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An interdisciplinary researcher exploring contemporary issues at the intersection of culture, politics, and economics in a global context. His work emphasizes developing a critical perspective that examines the hegemonic tendencies of Western thought systems, with implications in history, philosophy, critical theory, and religion.

ROCHDI Sara

Didactics of French and Digital Technologies

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PhD in French didactics, specializing in the integration of digital technologies into teaching practices. Her research focuses on innovation in education, exploring how technology can enrich and transform French language teaching. She is particularly interested in designing digital educational tools that promote effective and engaging didactic approaches.

YOUSSOUFI Khadija

Communication

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Her research focuses on communication, media, digital technologies, and soft skills, aiming at reshaping practices and usages.
Her contributions lie within the fields of Information and Communication Sciences (ICS) and digital studies, seeking to deconstruct established expressions and preconceived ideas while attempting to transcend traditional boundaries between the local and the global.
She is particularly interested in the presence of digital technology in the media, education, and social sectors.
Her teaching approach is based on project-based learning and active methods, aiming to enhance student engagement and develop their ability to communicate effectively in various contexts, as well as their interpersonal skills.

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