Dr. Zainab Allaith, Assistant Professor, English Language Education Department, Bahrain Teachers College. Area of Expertise: Literacy and Literacy Acquisition, Reading, Spelling, Orthography, Second Language Acquisition, Language Arts, Teacher Education, Curriculum Design. Qualifications: Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction / Reading and Language Arts, Texas A&M University, USA. Master's Degree, Curriculum and Instruction / English Second Language, Texas A&M University, USA. Advanced Research Methods Certificate, Texas A&M University, USA.