Ali Akkache

Ali Akkache is a Part-time Lecturer at The George Washington University (GW), where he has taught French as a second language since 1997. His professional background spans academia and journalism, with roles at institutions including Radio Algeria, the US Information Agency, and Voice of America. He holds an MA in Communications from the University of Algiers (1991) and pursued graduate studies in education at GW, focusing on bilingual education.

• Education: MA in Communications (University of Algiers, 1991); Graduate studies in bilingual education (GW).

His research and teaching expertise centers on the methodology of teaching French as a second language, North African oral culture, Francophone literature, and Berber identity. He is also a poet, writing in French and Berber (Kabyle) with English translations.

Professor Akkache speaks four languages: French, English, Berber, and Arabic. His professional experience includes roles as a radio journalist, US Correspondent, Anchorman, and Section Chief of Radio Algiers, where he covered North Africa and the United States.