received B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. degrees in applied linguistics from Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University and her Ph.D. degree (Hons.) in applied linguistics from King Saud University. She is currently an Associate Professor of applied linguistics at the College of Languages and Translation, Imam Mohmmad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Her research interests include Arabic applied linguistic studies, Arabic corpus linguistics, and computer applications in linguistic research and language learning.