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Dr Abdullah Alamer is an assistant professor of the Psychology of Language Learning and holds a PhD from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and a Master of Applied Linguistics from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. His areas of expertise include second language motivation, anxiety and learning interest. He applies advanced quantitative research methods including structural equation modelling (SEM). His works have appeared in the top journals in the field including Applied Linguistics published by the University of Oxford and Studies in Second Language Acquisition published by the University of Cambridge. He has recently authored a new psychological theory referred to as ‘autonomous single language interest’ which has been published in System, a leading journal in the field.