Dalal Abo El Seoud has earned her master’s degree in teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language from the American University in Cairo (AUC). Her thesis was entitled “Collocations and Vocabulary Teaching”. She earned her Ph.D. from Ain Shams University in 2003 from the department of Curricula and Methods of teaching. She has been teaching at AUC since 1997, in The Department of Arabic Language Instruction, where she was elected as the chair of the department. She, also, teaches in MA TAFL program. Her research interests focus on teaching methodology and thinking skills. She is a co-author of a series of three level Arabic writing textbooks called ‘uktub al ‘arabiyya, and the “Arabic- English Lexicon of Verbs in Context”. She also published several articles focusing on teaching Arabic as a foreign language, in “Handbook for Teaching Arabic Language Professionals in the 21st Century” 2nd edition, in “Teaching and Learning Arabic Grammar: Theory, Practice and Research” and “Digital Storytelling: A Learning-Oriented Assessment Activity” in an AUC Press publication called “Challenges in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language” Edited by herself. She also authored a book of Food expressions in colloquial Egyptian Arabic called “Fish, Milk, Tamarind”. This book has received three international awards.