Dr. Sherif Elsharkawy is a scholar-practitioner in Arabic studies and applied linguistics, specializing in Arabic pedagogy, sociolinguistics, classical Arabic scholarship, literature, and culture.
Title: "Integrity by Design: Re-Designing Arabic Writing Assessment in the GenAI Era"
Author: Sherif Elsharkaway
Abstract: This poster presents a mixed-methods project examining how Generative AI mediates Arabic writing assessment in higher education. When AI-generated text appears fluent, product-only assessment risks misreading tool output as learner competence — the "fluency illusion." The study compares three AI-robust assessment models and centres Arabic diglossia (MSA ↔ ʿāmmiyya) as a validity construct absent from existing frameworks. It aligns with the symposium theme by foregrounding learner epistemic agency: the capacity to explain and direct one's own writing decisions in an AI-supported environment.