About

Victor Khachan

Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics

Dr. Victor Khachan is an associate professor of applied linguistics in the Department of English and Creative Arts.

Dr. Khachan has extensive teaching experience in academic English and public speaking. He has conducted adult illiteracy projects in Egypt and Morocco and has been a lead academic English consultant in Muscat, Oman and a regional media trainer.

Research Interests

Dr. Khachan’s research interests are in the areas of adult illiteracy, linguistic identity, diglossia, courtroom language, academic argumentation and persuasion, and corpus linguistics.  

He is a core trainer in the Young Arab Voices, a regional debate project, initiated by the British Council and the Anna Lindh Foundation.

SDGs Research Mapping

Dr. Victor Khachan conducts research relevant to the following SDGs:

Selected Publications

  1. Khachan, V. and Bacha, N. (2026). Critical thinking in a learner literary corpus: Thematic extrapolations in Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms. International Journal of Arabic-English Studies. DOI: 10.33806/ijaes1076
  2. Abouzeid, R., Liardét, C., and Khachan, V. (2025). Negotiating meaning in the Lebanese EMI classroom: teachers’ and students’ preferences, perceptions, and practices. Asian. J. Second. Foreign. Lang. Educ. 10, 47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40862-025-00339-8
  3. Abouzeid, R., Liardét, C., and Khachan, V. (2024). Lebanese EMI instructors’ role identity and teaching practices. Journal of English-Medium Instruction, https://doi.org/10.1075/jemi.22024.abo
  4. Khachan, V. (2023). The ‘Ands’ and ‘Buts’ in Kahlil Gibran’s English Works: A Corpus Stylistics Perspective. Languages, 8 (4), 246; https://doi.org/10.3390/languages8040246
  5. Bachan, N. and Khachan, V. (2023). A Corpus-Based Lexical Evaluation of L1 Arabic Learners’ English Literacy Essays. International Journal of Arabic-English Studies, 23 (2), pp. 415-442.
  6. Khachan, V. (2012). Courtroom proverbial murals in Lebanon: A semiotic reconstruction of justice. Social Semiotics, 22 (3), 1-15.
  7. Khachan, V. and Bacha, N. (2012). A lexical corpus-based analysis of L2 academic vocabulary: a case study. Asian ESP Journal, 8 (1), 53-74.
  8. Khachan, V. (2011). Lebanese masculinity in Australia: Australian-grown or Australian-misinterpreted. 2011 International Conference on Social Science and Humanity proceedings, V1-223-226. Singapore, February 26-28.
  9. Khachan, V. (2010). Arabic-Arabic courtroom translation in Lebanon. Social & Legal Studies, 19 (2), 183-196.
  10. Khachan, V., Saab, Y., and Sadik, F. (2010). Pharmacy education in Lebanon. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 2, 186-191.
  11. Khachan, V. (2009). Diglossic needs of illiterate adult women in Egypt: A needs assessment. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 28 (5), 649-660.
  12. Khachan, V. (2008). Adult literacy in the Arab world: A media outreach alternative. Thinking Beyond Borders; Global Ideas, Global Values. Proceedings of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, May 31- June 3.

Consultancy

  • Arabic Diglossia and Illiteracy in the Arab World Workshop. SAT-7 Satellite TV, Larnaca, July 3-4, 2006
  • Lead Researcher of the Illiteracy Eradication Needs Assessment- Phase I: Egypt. November 19-28, 2006. Consulting Work for SAT-7 Satellite TV
  • Lead Researcher of the Illiteracy Eradication Needs Assessment- Phase II: Morocco. February 18 to March 1, 2007. Consulting Work for SAT-7 Satellite TV
  • Illiteracy Consultant- Documentary Series on Illiteracy in the Arab World (Egypt episode)- SAT 7 Satellite TV (2007)
  • Illiteracy Consultant- Documentary Series on Illiteracy in the Arab World (Morocco episode)- SAT-7 Satellite TV (2008)
  • Literacy Networking Workshop: SAT-7 and Adult Literacy NGOs in Egypt. Cairo, July 13-14, 2007
  • Lebanese Ministry of Education- National Center for Educational Research and Development (NCERD)- National English Language Curriculum and Textbooks- English Committee- Member (August 2024- present)
  • Lebanese Ministry of Education- National Center for Educational Research and Development (NCERD)- National Language Policy Committee (K1-K12 Curriculum)- Member (2023-2024)
  • Scientific College of Design- Muscat, Oman
    LAU Support Team- English Coordinator
    Semi-annual field visits (2013-2021)
  • British Council and UNHCR- Foreign Language Groups (school-aged Syrians) - Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant (November 2017-January 2018)
  • Ibtikarat Al-Mamlaka TV Show– Airing on Saudi TV- 1st Episode on Jan. 23, 2023 - Principal Debate Trainer
  • Public Speaking Training Online Series (10 video-recorded modules- SPARK Center for young entrepreneurs - Lebanese American University (2023)
  • Stars of Science- The Arab world’s ‘edutainment’ reality TV show for young science and technology entrepreneurs (MBC4 & LBCI)- Mentor- Public Speaking (2015-present) - http://www.starsofscience.com/mentors/dr-victor-khachan
  • Young Arab Voices (YAV) Core Trainer- A regional debate initiative in partnership with the British Council and Anna Lindh Foundation— 4 TOT debate workshops, training 22 Lebanese universities, NGOs, and political parties (September and October 2016)
  • Young Mediterranean Voices (YMV)- Debate Adjudication Training of Trainers Workshop (TOT)- British Council- Beirut- November 31, 2018
  • Public Speaking. Miss Lebanon Beauty Pageant 2018. MTV Production
  • Lead Researcher of the Illiteracy Eradication Needs Assessment- Phase I: Egypt. November 19-28, 2006. Consulting Work for SAT-7 Satellite TV
  • Lead Researcher of the Illiteracy Eradication Needs Assessment- Phase II: Morocco. February 18 to March 1, 2007. Consulting Work for SAT-7 Satellite TV

Academic Degrees

  • PhD in Applied Linguistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (2005)
  • MA in Applied Linguistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (1995)
  • BA in English Language and Literature, Lebanese University, Lebanon (1993)