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Master of Arts, English Literature (with an emphasis on Later Romantic poetry, linguistics and rhetoric)
Bachelor of Arts , Major: English Literature, linguistics with a minor in German language and literature
2005 - Present, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, English Language Instructor
I am currently working on an Integrated Skills Course team. My primary duties include teaching secondary age Emirati male students in the national oil company’s technical training institute and developing and implementing computer center integrated skills courses using basic computer applications. (Sample lesson plan)
2003 – 2005, Pitman Training, Amideast, British Council, part time Business English Instructor, Kuwait
I worked for two years teaching Business English as a sub-contractor.
1999 - 2003, College Preparatory Center, Aramco, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, Trainer
My primary duties included teaching English composition for Academic Purposes and basic Microsoft computer application courses to Saudi Arabian secondary-aged students who were preparing to study abroad in the United States or the United Kingdom.
1994– 1999 Kuwait University Faculty of Science (concurrent with) the University of Maryland’s University College, Fulltime lecturer/ Instructor
I taught during the day at Kuwait University. My primary duties at K.U. included teaching English for scientific purposes and working as a coordinator solely developing all course materials such as lesson plans, quizzes, mid-term and final examinations.
I taught in the evenings at the University of Maryland’s University College as a part time instructor.
My primary duties at UMUC included teaching evening communications courses to US service members stationed in Kuwait. These courses included introduction to composition, speech and introduction to American, British and world literature.
1990 – 1994 Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana, Full Time Instructor
My primary duties included teaching beginner’s and advanced composition and sophomore literature courses in American, British and world Literature.
1983– 1988, Miami-Dade Community College, Downtown Campus
My primary duties included teaching ESL and introduction to freshman composition as well as working part time in the language program’s writing center as a personal tutor.
Pedagogical Statement http://www.anenglishoasis.com/pedagogy.html
2007 TESOL Arabia “A Target Specific Error Correction System”
2006 TESOL Arabia "A C.A.L.L.-Based Integrated Skills Lesson Plan for EFL Students"
2005, ITESOL Journal "Basic Operating System Computer Vocabulary" http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Vocabulary/Lists/
2000 TESOL, Vancouver, B.C. "Building Blackboard Classroom Web Pages: A Teaching Resource for Expanding Multi-Level Classroom" http://anenglishoasis.com/TESOL2000Abstract.htm
2000 TESOL, Vancouver, B.C. "Using I.S.L.A .for Ethnocentric Content Based ESL Instruction" http://snipurl.com/zztu
1998 T.E.S.O.L. Arabia, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates "Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine Students' Attitudes toward English and an English Based Curriculum" http://snipurl.com/zzsj
May 1994, TESOL Southeast Regional Conference, “Minimalist Fiction as an ESL/FL Learning Mechanism”
TESOL A global professional association for English language educators involved in the
teaching English as a second, foreign, or other language.
TESOL ARABIA An organization which has established a network of communication among professionals who use English as a medium of instruction, in order to promote and maintain the excellence of their teaching and administration.
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