She is a member of ACTé Laboratory (EA 4281); her research topics include genre mastery, indexicality, ethnographic approaches, L2 writing research and pedagogy and intercultural rhetoric. She is currently working on the construction of discoursal expertise in novice technical communicators, and on the effects of intercultural exchange on the writer’s identity. Her published work includes journal articles (English for Specific Purposes, ASp…) and chapters in several books (Benjamins 2012; Wiley-Black 2013; Peter Lang 2013…). Dacia.Hammouda@univ-bpclermont.fr