Nassira Boudersa is a Doctor in Applied Linguistics at the Ecole Normale SupérieureAssia Djebar-
de Constantine (Constantine-Algeria). She has been teaching subjects like English for Academic
Purposes, English for Specific Purposes, Translation, English Composition, English Phonetics and
Phonology, English Grammar and Language Assessment since 2009. The researcher’s areas of interest include: Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Linguistic Typology, Language Acquisition, Meta-discourse Studies, Composition Studies, Contrastive Rhetoric, Corpus Linguistics, Gender Studies, Pragmatics, Stylistics, Cross-linguistic Studies, Academic Literacies, Reading and Writing Relationships, Translation Studies, Language Assessment, ESP/EAP, Teacher Training and Professional Development, Comparative Education.