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CURRICULUM VITAE

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ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

Ph.D in Linguistics

Sep.88-May 94

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. U.S.A

Major field: Syntax & Semantics

Minor Field: Discourse & Pragmatics

Dissertation Title: “The Syntax and Semantics of Taxis, Aspect, Tense and Modality in Standard Arabic”

M.A. in Linguistics January 92

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, U.S.A

Major: Theoretical Linguistics

M.A. (D.E.A) (Very High Honors). Sep.85 - June 86

Sorbonne University, Paris III, Paris, France

Major Field: Contrastive Linguistics

Minor: Discourse & Pragmatics

B.A. (Maitrise)

(Very High Honors)

Sep.85 - June 86

Sorbonne University, Paris III, Paris, France

Major Field: Theoretical Linguistics.

Minor Field: Contrastive Linguistics

DIPLOMA in Chinese.

Sep.85 - June 87

National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilization, Paris, France.

Major: Chinese Language

Minors: Chinese History & Civilization

LICENSE in English, Chinese & Arabic

Sep. 82 - May 85

Bourguiba Institute of Modern Languages. University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.

Major: English & Chinese Languages

Minor: Arabic

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Teacher Training

Summer 1988

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. U.S.A. Training Program consisting of lectures readings, and practical experience in foreign language teaching with particular emphasis on current teaching methods.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Visiting Scholar

Spring 2006

· University of Utah, USA

o Department of Languages and Literature

Assistant Professor

Fall 2000- Fall 2005

American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

· Teaching undergraduate and graduate TESOL courses.

· Teaching English & Linguistics BA courses

· Teaching English Composition courses.

· Teaching Translation courses within the B.A. & M.A in Translation programs.

Assistant Professor

Fall 95 – Spring 2000

College Of Languages & Translation, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Taught courses in English language & linguistics.
Taught translation courses within the Diploma and B.A in Translation programs.

Language Instructor

Fall 96 – Spring 2000

Intensive English Program, Institute Of Banking, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

· Taught English language skills ( Grammar, Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking) within the Evening Intensive Language Program.

Lecturer

August 93 - Fall 94

Dept. of Modern Languages and Linguistics, Cornell University. New York, U.S.A.

Taught graduate and undergraduate courses within the French Program. (Full teaching responsibilities)
Directed graduate translation projects

Adjunct Lecturer

August 92 - May 93

Dept. of Classical & Near Eastern Studies. SUNY at Binghamton, New York, U.S.A.

Taught courses in Arabic language & linguistics.
Directed graduate linguistic research projects.
Directed undergraduate translation projects.

Teaching Assistant

August 88 - May 93

Dept. of Modern Languages and Linguistics, Cornell University. New York, U.S.A.

Taught courses within the French language program (full teaching responsibilities).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

1. Maher Bahloul. 1994. The Syntax and Semantics of Taxis, Aspect Tense and Modality in Standard Arabic. 250pp. Cornell University, DMLL Publications.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Maher Bahloul & Wayne Harbert. 2002. “Postverbal subjects in Arabic and the theory of agreement”. In: Themes in Arabic and Hebrew Syntax, edited by Jamal Ouhalla and Ur Shlonsky, Dordrecht: Kluwer, p. 45-70..

2. Maher Bahloul. 1993. “The Copula in Modern Standard Arabic” Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 101, pp 200 - 229. John Benjamin’s Publishing Company.

3. Maher Bahloul & Wayne Harbert. 1993. “Agreement Asymmetries in Arabic”. The Eleventh West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics. Jonathan Mead Edition, pp. 15-31.

4. Maher Bahloul. 1994. “Extending the NegP Hypothesis: Evidence From Standard Arabic”. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory pp. 31-46.

ARTICLES IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS

1. Maher Bahloul & Triki Mounir. 2001. “The Reported Speech Revisited: A Question of Self and Expressions”. Academic Research, pp. 1-35. Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Sfax, Tunisia.

2. Maher Bahloul & Linda Waugh. 1996. “La différence entre le futur simple et le futur périphrastique dans le discours journalistique”. Modèles Linguistiques, Vol.33, XVII, 1, pp. 19-36

3. Maher Bahloul & Linda Waugh & Theresa Antes. 1992. Review of Tense and Text: A Study of French Past Tenses by Engel Dulcie, Routledge (Croom Helm Romance Linguistics Series), 1990.Studies in Language, 16: 1, pp. 192-200.

PUBLISHED ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES

1. Maher Bahloul, 2006.“Copula”, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (EALL). pp. 506-511. BRILL, Leiden – Boston.

2. Maher Bahloul, 2006.“Agreement”, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (EALL). pp. 43-48. BRILL, Leiden – Boston.

BOOKS IN PROGRESS

Linguistics For English Language Teachers
Structure and Function of the Arabic Verb. Under review by Routledge.

BOOK CHAPTERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION

Maher Bahloul, “Variation and Attitudes: The Qaaf Across Arabic Dialects”. To appear in Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, Benmamoun & Parkinson eds.

WORKING PAPERS

a. Maher bahloul. “Toward a Theory of Foreign Language Spelling”

b. Maher Bahloul “Tenses in Journalistic Discourse: Challenging English Grammar Textbooks”

c. Maher Bahloul & Ron Sheen “Assessing Writing Progress of ESL Learners: What Went Wrong?”

PAPER PRESENTATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCES

1. Maher Bahloul. 2006. “The Verbal Particle Qad in Arabic: Is it a Syntactic Filler?” Accepted for presentation at The 20^th Arabic Linguistic Symposium. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, March 3-5, 2006.

2. Maher Bahloul. 2005. “Spelling & Pronunciation: Unveiling the link” TESOL Arabia Literature SIG Conference. Emirates Aviation College, Dubai, UAE. December 15, 2005.

3. Maher Bahloul. 2005. “Assessing graduating students’ performance” The 9^th TESOL Arabia CTELT Conference. Dubai Men’s College, Dubai. UAE. November 16-17, 2005.

4. Maher & Raja Bahloul. 2005. “‘The Pragmatics of English Demonstratives and Language Teaching” The 9th International Pragmatics Conference. Riva Del Garda, Italy, 10-15 July 2005.

5. Maher Bahloul. 2005. “‘The Uvular Sound ‘Q’: A Sociolinguistic Analysis” The 19^th Arabic Linguistic Symposium. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1-3 April 2005

6. Maher Bahloul. 2005. ““Enhancing Learning Through Corpus Linguistics”. 11^th TESOL Arabia International Conference. Dubai , 8-10 March 8-10 2005.

7. Maher Bahloul. 2005. ““Designing Questionnaires for Action Research” 11^th TESOL Arabia International Conference. Dubai , 8-10 March 2005.

8. Maher Bahloul. 2004. “From Hurtful to Helpful Comments” The 8^th TESOL Arabia CTELT Conference. American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, December 8-9, 2004.

9. Maher Bahloul. 2004. “Toward a Theory of Foreign Language Spelling”, paper presented at The Annual TESOL convention, TESOL 2004. Long Beach, California, USA, March 31-April3

10. Maher Bahloul. 2004. “Tenses in Journalistic Discourse: Challenging English Grammar Textbooks” presented at TESOL-Spain 2004, March 26-28, Madrid.

11. Maher Bahloul. 2004. “Negation and Negative Sensitive Items in Arabic Dialects” co-presented with Dr. Elabbas Benmamoun at the Arabic Linguistic Society Annual Conference, University of Oklahoma, USA, March 19-20, 2004.

12. Maher Bahloul. 2004. “Toward a Process-Based Approach (PBA) of College Writing Assessment” presented at the TESOL Arabia Annual Conference to be held at the Rotana Hotel in Dubai, March 10-12, 2004.

13. Maher Bahloul. 2004. “The Sound ‘Q’ in Arabic: A Sociolinguistic Analysis” presented at The Third International Conference on Middle Eastern and North African Popular Culture. American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, January 25-27, 2004

14. Maher Bahloul & Ron Sheen. 2003. “Assessing Writing Progress of ESL Learners: What Went Wrong?” presented the TESOL Arabia 7th Annual CTELT Conference American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE. December 10-12, 2003

15. Maher Bahloul. 2002. “Real Tense Usage and the Tense We Teach: Revisiting the Past Perfect” Paper presented at The First Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) group International Conference on "Language in Use and Language in the Classroom" Hosted jointly by The University of Limerick and Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland 14 - 15 June 2002.

16. Maher Bahloul & Raja Bahloul. 2002. “When the Use Violates the Rules: Revisiting Reported Speech” Paper presented at the 7^th International BUSEL Conference ‘A Fresh Look at Grammar and Vocabulary’, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey 24-26 January 2002.

17. Maher Bahloul. 2001. “Writing an Article: It all Starts in the Classroom”, Paper presented at TESOL Arabia Conference ‘Research, Present, Publish’ American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, U.A.E. November 15, 2001.

18. Maher Bahloul. 2000“Spelling Errors and the Interference Hypothesis” at Association Francaise de Linguistique Applique (AFLA) 2000 International Conference. University of Jussieu, Paris, France. 6-8 July 2000.

19. Maher Bahloul. 2000. “Spelling Mistakes and the Interference Hypothesis” Paper presented at the TESOL Arabia 2000 Conference. Al-Ain University, April 12-14, UAE.

20. Maher Bahloul. 1998. “When English Acronyms are Translated to Arabic: Semantic Ambiguity and Solutions” Paper presented at a conference entitled “Generalizing Arabization and Developing Translation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” Sep. 22-23, 1998 King Saud University, KSA.

21. Maher Bahloul. 1994. “Extending the NegP Hypothesis”. Paper presented at the Eighth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA.

22. Maher Bahloul & Raja Bahloul 1993. “Subject-verb Agreement, Variation and Salience”. Paper presented at the Seventh Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, University of Austin, Texas, USA.

23. Maher Bahloul. 1992. “Verbal Morphology, Tense/Aspect and the Structure of IP”. Paper presented at the Sixth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics. Ohio State University. USA

24. Maher Bahloul & Wayne Harbert. 1992. “Agreement Asymmetries in Arabic”. Paper presented at The Eleventh West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA.

25. Maher Bahloul. 1991. “The Copula in Standard Arabic”. Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics. University of Ann Arbor, Michigan. USA

RESEARCH, TRAVEL & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

1- Maher Bahloul. 2005. “‘The Uvular Sound ‘Q’: A Sociolinguistic Analysis” The 19^th Arabic Linguistic Symposium. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1-3 April 2005 . (AUS Grant, $2000.00)

2- Maher Bahloul, Jerald Cumbus and Ron Sheen. (2004) Project entitled “Assessing the Communication and Writing Program at the American University of Sharjah: An Ethnographic Approach to the Discrepency Analysis Model” (AUS Grant $4000.00)

3- Maher bahloul. 2004. “Toward a Theory of Foreign Language Spelling”, paper presented at The Annual TESOL convention, TESOL 2004. Long Beach, California, USA, March 31-April3. (AUS Grant, $2000.00)

4- Maher Bahloul, , (2002) “Visiting Scholar at The Summer Institute of Applied Linguistics, the State University of Pennsylvania, July 1 - July 26, 2002, Pennsylvania, USA. (TESOL Arabia Grant, Dhs. 2500)

5- Maher bahloul, (2002) “Visiting Scholar at The Summer Institute of Applied Linguistics, the State University of Pennsylvania, July 1 - July 26, 2002, Pennsylvania, USA. (AUS CAS Grant, Dhs 3000)

6- Maher bahloul. .(2002) “Real Tense Usage and the Tense We Teach: Revisiting the Past Perfect” Paper presented at The First Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) group International Conference on "Language in Use and Language in the Classroom" Hosted jointly by The University of Limerick and Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland 14 - 15 June 2002. (Aus Grant, $2000.00)

7- Maher Bahloul & Raja Mallek (2001), “When the Use Violates the Rules: Revisiting Reported Speech” Paper presented at the 7^th International BUSEL Conference ‘A Fresh Look at Grammar and Vocabulary’, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey 24-26 January 2002. (AUS Grant, $2000.00)

CONFERENCES , SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS

2005-2006

Attended

The 9^th TESOL Arabia CTELT Conference. Dubai Men’s College, Dubai. UAE. November 16-17, 2005
TESOL Arabia Literature SIG Conference. Emirates Aviation College, Dubai, UAE. December 15, 2005.

2004-2005

Attended

The 9^th International Pragmatics Conference. Riva Del Garda, Italy. 10-15 July 2005
The 19^th Arabic Linguistic Symposium. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1-3 April 2005
The 11^th TESOL Arabia International Conference. Dubai , 8-10 March 8-10 2005.
The 8^th TESOL Arabia CTELT Conference. American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, December 8-9, 2004.

Conducted the following workshops:

“Tenses in Journalistic Discourse: Challenging ESL Textbooks”, Sponsored by TESOL Arabia, Abu Dhabi Chapter, British Council, Abu Dhabi, 16 December, 2004.
“How to deal with Students’ Spelling Errors” Sponsored by Sharjah Educational Zone, Az-Zahrah Secondary School, Sharjah, 28 March, 2005.
“A Speaker based approach to English Tenses” Sponsored by TESOL Arabia, Sharjah Branch, Shajah Pakistani School, 15 April, 2005.

Participated in the following seminar

“Students’ low performance/achieving factors at the American University of Sharjah”, Challenges Facing English Teaching in the UAE’. Seminar sponsored by the UAE Ministry of Education, Al-Bustan Rotana, Dubai, 13 March, 2005.

2003-2004

Attended The Annual TESOL convention, TESOL 2004. Long Beach, California, USA, March 31-April3
Attended TESOL-Spain 2004, Madrid, Spain, March 26-28,.
Attended TESOL Arabia Annual Conference held at the Rotana Hotel in Dubai, UAE, March 10-12, 2004.
Attended The Third International Conference on Middle Eastern and North African Popular Culture. American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, January 25-27, 2004.
Attended TESOL Arabia 7th Annual CTELT Conference American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE. December 10-12, 2003

2002-2003

The Summer Institute of Applied Linguistics, the State University of Pennsylvania, July 1 - July 26, 2002, Pennsylvania, USA.
The First Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Group International Conference on "Language in Use and Language in the Classroom" Hosted jointly by The University of Limerick and Mary Immaculate College, 14 - 15 June 2002. Limerick, Ireland
Pre-conference workshop: "Increasing Language Proficiency and Autonomy through Understanding Learning Styles and Strategies" Leader: Rebecca Oxford, with assistance from Victoria Talbott and Clifford Stocking. Friday, June 14^th, 2002. The University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
The 6^th Annual Current Trends In English Language Testing Conference TESOL Arabia CTELT International Conference “Assessment On The Move” (Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dubai) May 8-9, 2002
The 8th Annual TESOL Arabia International Conference: "Critical Reflection and Practice". March 20-22, Abu Dhabi Hilton, U.A.E.
TESOL Arabia Branch conference entitled ‘From ABC to BA’, February 2, 2002, Dubai, U.A.E.
The 5^th Annual Current Trends In English Language Testing Conference TESOL Arabia CTELT International Conference “Teaching, Learning & Assessment” (Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dubai) May 8-9, 2002.
The 7^th International BUSEL Conference ‘A Fresh Look at Grammar and Vocabulary’, Bilkent University, 24-26 January 2002. Ankara, Turkey

2001-1991

TESOL Arabia Sharjah Branch Conference In Affiliation with Research SIG, “Research, Present, Publish” Publish’ November 2001. American University of Sharjah, U.A.E.
“The 10^th Conference of the European Chapter” organized by the ‘Association for Computational Linguistics’. Toulouse, July 9^th to 11^th 2001, France.
A workshop entitled “ Collocation: Computational Extraction, Analysis and Explotation”. Association for Computational Linguistics’. Toulouse, July 7^th 2001, France.
A workshop entitled “ Arabic Language Processing: Status and Prospects”. Association for Computational Linguistics’. Toulouse, July 6^th 2001, France.
“The 5^th International Afroasiatic Linguistics Conference”. University Paris 7, 28-30 June 2000, Paris, France.
Association Francaise de Linguistique Applique (AFLA) 2000 International Conference “Dysfonctionnement langagiers et difficultes d’apprentissages de la langue et des langues” Jussieu University, 6-8 July 2000, Paris, France.
“On-Line Learning” Sharjah Men’s College, HCT, April 11, 2000. Sharjah, U.A.E.
Generalizing Arabization and Developing Translation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” Sep. 22-23, 1998 King Saud University, KSA.
The Eighth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, March 1994, USA.
The Seventh Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, University of Austin, Texas, March 1993, USA.
The Sixth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics. Ohio State University. March 1992, USA
The Eleventh West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), April 1992, USA.
The Fifth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics. University of Ann Arbor, Michigan. March 1991. USA.

ORGANIZED AND CHAIRED THE FOLLOWING SEMINARS & PANEL DISCUSSIONS

“Criteria for an Adequate Translation: A Literary & Technical Applications”. Mohamed Sharshabi, October 13, 1997. COLT, KSU.
“Translation during the Golden IslamicEra” Yousuf Shawkat, Novemver 11, 1997. COLT, KSU.
“Language and Culture” Panel discussion, May 26, 1998. COLT, KSU.
“The Feasibility of Text Typology in Translating” Abduljabbar Aouid, March 10, 1998, COLT, KSU.
“Role of Comprehension Ability in Task Selection in the Second Language Classroom”. Ali Shehady, March 29, 1998. COLT, KSU
“A Generative Explanation of the Morphophonemic Alternation of the Lateral in the Arabic Definite Article”, Abuljawad Mahmoud, April 21, 1998. COLT, KSU.
“Consequences of Westernizing the Turkish Language” Abdelrazek Baraket, May 12, 1998. COLT, KSU.
“A Brief Overview of the Chinese Language & the Relationship Between Language and Culture” July Cai, invited speaker from Peijing University. May 24, 1998. COLT, KSU.
“Arabization: Challenges and Limitations” Amer Alfi & Ahmad Ajmi, October 10, 1998. COLT, KSU.
“A Linguistic Approach to the Teaching of English Grammar” October 19, 1998. COLT, KSU.
“Towards a New Approach to Language Teaching: The Hebrew Model”, Ahmad Hammad. November 3, 1998. COLT, KSU.
“Issues in Translation & Arabization” Mohamed Humsi, November 16, 1998. COLT, KSU.
“The Ironic Triangle: Language, Culture and Politics” William Peachy. December 1, 1998. COLT, K.S.U.
“Can Translation be a Non-interdisciplinary Subject?” Muhiddin Hamidi, February 15, 1999. COLT, KSU
“Translation: An Art or a Science?” Ahmad Muaqqat, March 15, 1999. COLT, KSU.
“Issues in Simultaneous Translation” Panel Discussion. May 10, 1999. COLT, KSU.
“The Ethics of Translation”, Michael Beard, May 11, 1999. COLT, KSU.
“Collectivism vs. Individualism in Message Interpretation”. El-Koussa Houda, Nov. 26, 2000
“Re-Righting History :Joint Slave Rebellions Between Catholic Irish & Muslim Coromantee Slaves in 17th Century Barbados”, Kate McCafferty, Dec. 10, 2000. AUS, U.A.E.
“Understanding Sentence Structure, Run-on Sentences & Fragments” Nassir Ghazi, February 21, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
“Improving Topic Sentences” Craig Magee, February 27, 2001. AUS, U.A.E
“Improving Thesis Statements” Kate McCafferty, March 13, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
“The Correct Use of Subordinate Clauses & Modifying Phrases » Judith Ceasar, March 20, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
“Teaching Translation: a Few Birds, One Activity” Said Faiq, March 24, 2001, AUS, U.A.E.
“Pronoun shift and subject-verb agreement” Alona Shepard, March 27. AUS, U.A.E.
“The use of Calypso in Political Communication in Trinidad and Tobago”, Lynette Lashley, April 8, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
“How to write a Good Introduction” Mohamed Zayani, April 10, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
“Writing a Research Paper” Ahmad Al-Issa, April 24, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
“Please, don’t upset me, I’ll pay for me and for you” Interlanguage Pragmatic Transfer in Speech Act Production”, Ahmad Al-Issa, April 29, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
“Mr/Ms Chairman, Avoiding Sexist Language” Nawar Golley, May 1, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
“Writer’s invisibility in Academic English” Hatim Basil, November 20, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
“The Role of English as a Learned language and the Challenges of Multiculturalism at AUS” Peter Fallon. March 26^th 2002. AUS, U.A.E.
“Electronic Mentoring: An Alternative IT Approach” Daniel Norton, April 23^rd, 2002. AUS,
“To Culture or Not to Culture in Translation” Said Faiq. “April 30^th, 2002. AUS, U.A.E.
“Beating on the Dead Horses: Does the Communications Program Respond to the University’s Expectations?” Ron Sheen & Maher Bahloul. April 11, 2004. AUS, UAE.

TEACHING AND SUPERVISING EXPERIENCE

COURSES TAUGHT

*Courses*	*Dates*	*Course Name ( Graduate courses)***
*English &* *Linguistics*	*Fall 2005*	*ENG 331: Phonetics, Phonology & Morphology* *COM 204: Advanced Academic Writing* *COM 208: Public Speaking*
*English &* *Linguistics*	*Spring 2005*	*ENG 234: Language in society* *ENG 331: Phonetics, Phonology & Morphology* *COM 204: Advanced Academic Writing* *COM 208: Public Speaking*
*English &* *Linguistics*	Fall 2004	ELT 511: Linguistics for ESL Teachers COM 204: Advanced Academic Writing COM 208: Public Speaking**
*English*	Spring 2004	COM 204: Advanced Academic Writing COM 208: Public Speaking
*English &* *Linguistics*	Fall 2003	ELT 511: Linguistics for ESL Teachers COM 204: Advanced Academic Writing COM 208: Public Speaking**
*English &* *Linguistics*	Spring 2003	ELT 511: Linguistics for ESL Teachers COM 204: Advanced Academic Writing COM 208: Public Speaking**
Communications	Fall 2002	COM 102: Reading & Writing Across the Curriculum COM 204: Advanced Academic Writing COM 208: Public Speaking
Communications	Spring 2002	COM 101: Academic Writing COM 102: Reading & Writing Across the Curriculum
Communications	Fall 2001	COM 101: Academic Writing COM 001: Fundamentals of Writing
*English &* *Linguistics* & Translation	Spring 2001	TRA 504: Discourse, Semantics & Pragmatics in Translation ENG 334: English Semantics & Pragmatics COM 101: Academic Writing**
*English &* *Linguistics* & Translation	Fall 2000	ENG 224: Structure & Function of English TRA 334: Interpreting I: Focus on the Community COM 101: Academic Writing
*English &* *Linguistics*	Spring 2000	Eng.403: Int. to Semantics Reading 3 Eng 226 Listening & Speaking 3 Vocabulary 2
*English &* *Linguistics*	Fall 1999	Eng.423: Morphology and Syntax Eng.403: Int. to Semantics Eng 242 Listening 4 Eng 252 Reading 4 Eng 227 Grammar 2
Linguistics	Spring 1999	Eng.403: Int. to Semantics Eng.323: Linguistics II Eng.423: Transformational Grammar.
Linguistics	Fall 1998	Eng.403: Int. to Semantics Eng.323: Linguistics II Eng.423: Transformational Grammar.
Linguistics	Spring 1988	Eng.403: Int. to Semantics Eng.323: Linguistics II Eng.423: Transformational Grammar.
Linguistics	Fall 1997	Eng.403: Int. to Semantics Eng.323: Linguistics II Eng.423: Morphology and Syntax
Linguistics	Spring 1997	Eng.403: Int. to Semantics Eng.323: Linguistics II Eng.423: Morphology and Syntax
Linguistics	Fall 1996	Eng.403: Int. to Semantics Eng.323: Linguistics II Eng.423: Morphology and Syntax
*English &* *Linguistics & Translation*	Spring 1996	Vocabulary III Vocabulary I Eng.403: Int. to Semantics Simultaneous Translation
English Language Skills	Fall & Spring 1995	Speaking, Reading Vocabulary I
*English* and Translation	Spring 94	French for Reading**
Arabic Language Skills	Fall 92-Spring 1993	Arabic Grammar, Listening & Speaking, Reading & Writing, Vocabulary
French Language Skills	Fall 1998-Spring 1993	Arabic Grammar, Listening & Speaking, Reading & Writing, Vocabulary
English Language Skills	Fall 1997& Spring 2000	English Grammar, Listening & Speaking, Reading & Writing, Vocabulary, Computer Assisted Language Learning, Video Laboratory.
Linguistics & Literature (Independent Study)	Fall 1997-Spring 2000	Sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, history of linguistics, literary criticism, Introduction to Literature, British Drama, British Prose & Poetry, American Literature.

COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND REVISION

- ELT 511: Linguistics for ESL Teachers

- TRA 504: Discourse, Semantics & Pragmatics in Translation

- ENG 501: Advanced English Grammar

- TRA 303: Interpreting and the Profession

- ENG 334: Semantics and Pragmatics

- ENG 406: Survey of Topics in Linguistics and Communication

- ENG 331: Phonetics, Phonology & Morphology

UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

1. AUS Senator, Department of English, Mass communications & Translation Representative, Fall 2002-Spring 04.

2. Chair of the Senate Research Committee: Fall 2002-Spring 04.

3. Chair, General Education Committee for AUS Self Study: Fall 2002-Spring 04.

4. Director, AUS MA TESOL Program, 2002-2003.

5. Senate ad-hoc committee on faculty frofile, member, Spring 03.

6. Department Teaching Evaluation Committee, member, Fall 2002.

7. Department Curriculum Committee, member, Fall 2002-Spring 03.

8. Writing Center Interview Committee, Fall 2002.

9. Accreditation MA TESOL & MA Translation committees, member, 2000-2003.

10. Coordinator of the English Faculty Seminars Series: Fall 2000-2003.

11. MA TESOL committee co-chair, Spring 2002.

12. Coordinator of the AUS Writing Center, Spring 2001

13. CAS Teaching Enhancement Committee, secretary, Fall 2000-Spring 2002

14. Translation Hiring Committee, member, 2000-2001

15. MA TESOL Committee, member, Fall 2000-Fall 2001

16. DoE COM 101 committee, member. Fall 2000-Fall 2001

17. DoE COM 102 committee, member. Spring 2002-Fall 2003

18. DoE COM 204 committee, member. Fall 2002-Spring 2004

19. Submitted a number of Activities, Program & Professional Development Proposals, Spring 2001-present

a. AUS Writing Center Enhancement Proposal

b. AUS Students’ Progress Assessment & Effective Learning Proposal

c. Foreign/second Language Writing International Conference Proposal ( in progress)

d. Communication Program Assessment Proposal

e. AUS Public Speaking Contest Proposal

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY

1. AUS Textbook Fair ad-hoc committee, member, Spring 2002

2. Edutech Smart Classroom Demonstration (1), Fall 2001

3. Edutech Smart-Classroom Demonstration (2), Spring 2002

4. Zener Smart-Classroom Demonstration , Spring 2002

5. Instructional Technology Resources Day at AUS, Spring 2002

6. CAS representative at the 14^th Gulf Education and Training Exhibition World Trade Center, Dubai, April 9-12, 2002

7. CAS representative at the AUS Career Fair 2002 at AUS

8. AUS Writing Center Tutor, AUS, Fall 2000-present

9. Organized, Final Exams Review Sessions, Spring 2001

OTHER SERVICE

1. Chair of College New Faculty Evaluation Committee: Fall 98-Sprin 2000. . College of languages and Translation, King Saud University.

2. Chair of College Admission Test Committee: Fall 97. College of languages and Translation, King Saud University.

3. College Teaching Assistants’ Hiring Committee: Member, Fall 98-Spring 2000

4. College representative at the 12^th Annual Heritage Conference, Spring 1999, Riyadh.

Professional Society Memberships

TESOL International

Member, 2004-present

TESOL Arabia

Member, 2000-present

Tunisian Society for Anglo-saxon Studies (TSAS),

Member, 1995-present

Arabic Linguistic Society (ALS, USA)

Member, 1992-present.

Awards, Certificates & Letters of Appreciation

AUS Faculty Senate President’s Certificate of Appreciation
Chairs’ reports on teaching, service, and research, AUS
Dean’s reports on teaching, service, and research, AUS
Business Manager, Edutech Middle East appreciation letter
Chancellor’s Certificate of Appreciation, KSU
Dean of Students Award, KSU
Students Council’s Award, KSU