Maher Bahloul, Ph.D

Cornell University                       American University of Sharjah                              E-mail: mbahloul@ausedu

www.bahloul.com                                     Department of Language                          Office Tel: (971) 5152714

                                                                & Literature                                             Office Fax: (971)5152570

                                                                P.O.Box 26666                                        Mobile: 00971506462113

                                                                                Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

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

 

 

Assistant Professor

Fall 2006-

American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

·         Teaching graduate TESOL courses.

·         Teaching English & Linguistics BA courses

·         Teaching English Communication courses.

 

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 Communication 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

 

  1. Maher Bahloul, 2006.“Copula”,  Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (EALL). pp. 506-511. BRILL, Leiden – Boston.
  1. Maher Bahloul, 2006.“Agreement”,  Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (EALL). pp. 43-48. BRILL, Leiden – Boston.
  1. Wayne Harbert & Maher Bahloul. 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..                        
  1. Triki Mounir & Maher Bahloul. 2001. “The Reported Speech Revisited: A Question of Self and Expressions”. Academic Research, pp. 1-35. Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Sfax, Tunisia.
  1. Linda Waugh & Maher Bahloul. 1996. “La différence entre le futur simple et le futur périphrastique dans le discours journalistique”. Modèles Linguistiques, Vol.33, XVII, 1, pp. 19-36
  1. Maher Bahloul. 1994. “Extending the NegP Hypothesis: Evidence From Standard Arabic”. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory pp. 31-46.
  1. Maher Bahloul. 1994. The Syntax and Semantics of Taxis, Aspect Tense and Modality in Standard Arabic. 250pp. Cornell University, DMLL Publications.
  1. Maher Bahloul. 1993. “The Copula in Modern Standard Arabic” Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 101, pp 200 - 229. John Benjamin’s Publishing Company.
  1. Maher Bahloul & Wayne Harbert. 1993. “Agreement Asymmetries in Arabic”. The Eleventh West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics. Jonathan Mead Edition, pp. 15-31.
  1. Linda Waugh, Theresa Antes & Maher Bahloul. 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.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS  (FORTHCOMING)

  1. Maher Bahloul. Structure and Function of the Arabic Verb. Accepted for publication by Routledge (book)
  2. Maher Bahloul. “Linguistic Diversity: The Qaf Across Arabic Dialects” In Benmamoun (ed). Perspectives on Arabic linguistics 19. John Benjamins. (book chapter)
  3. Maher Bahloul. “Spelling Errors of Arab Learners: Evidence for Intergraphemic Mapping”. In Coomb and Barlow (eds), Language Teacher Research in the Middle East (book chapter)
  4. Maher Bahloul. “Real Tense Usage and the Tense we Teach” Submitted to The Journal of the Utah Academy. (Journal Paper)
  5. Maher Bahloul. “The Pragmatics of the Discourse Modal Tab’an in Conversational Arabic.” In Owens (ed),  (book chapter)
  6. Maher Bahloul. “The Particle QAD in Arabic: Is it a Syntactic Filler?” In Mughazy (ed). Perspectives on Arabic linguistics 20. John Benjamins. (book chapter)

 

BOOKS IN PROGRESS

  • Before You Start Teaching.

 

WORKING PAPERS

 

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

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

3.        Maher Bahloul  “The Use of ‘Recommend’ in Graduating Students’ Writing’

4.        Maher Bahloul. “The Pragmatics of English Demonstratives and Language Teaching”

5.        Maher Bahloul. “Assessing ESL Writing: Towards a Process Based Approach”.

6.        Maher Bahloul. “Enhancing Learning Through Corpus Linguistics”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAPER PRESENTATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCES

 

1.         Maher Bahloul. 2006. “The Pragmatics of the Particle Tab'an in Conversational Arabic”. The Conference on Communication and Information Structure in Spoken Arabic. University of Maryland, June 8-10.

2.         Maher Bahloul. 2006. “Whom to Believe: The Textbook or the Teacher?”. The Annual Conference of Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. Snow College, Utah. April 7.

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

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

5.      Maher Bahloul & Raja Mallek. 2005. “Assessing English Language Textbooks”. The 4th Annual English Language Teaching in Schools conference held in Sharjah on November 24

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

7.         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.

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

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

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

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

12.      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

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

14.      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.

15.      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.

16.      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

17.      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

18.      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.

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

20.      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.

21.      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.

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

23.      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.

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

25.      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.

26.      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

27.     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.

28.      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. 2006. “‘The Particle QAD in Arabic: Is it a Syntactic Filler?” The 20th Arabic Linguistic Symposium. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, March 3-5, 2006.. (AUS Grant, $760.00)

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

3-    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)

4-    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)

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. (TESOL Arabia Grant, Dhs. 2500)

6-    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)

7-    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)

8-    Maher Bahloul & Raja Mallek (2001), “When the Use Violates the Rules: Revisiting Reported Speech” Paper presented at the 7th 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 9th International Pragmatics Conference. Riva Del Garda, Italy. July 10-15, 2005.
    • The 9th TESOL Arabia CTELT Conference. Dubai Men’s College, Dubai. UAE. November 16-17, 2005.
    • The 4th Annual English Language Teaching in Schools Conference Sharjah University City, November 24, 2005.
    • The 20th Arabic Linguistic Symposium. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, March 3-5, 2006.
    • The Annual Conference of Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. Snow College, Utah. April 7, 2006.
    • The Conference on Communication and Information Structure in Spoken Arabic. University of Maryland, June 8-10, 2006.

 

 

2004-2005

  • Attended 
    • The 9th International Pragmatics Conference. Riva Del Garda, Italy. 10-15 July 2005
    • The 19th Arabic Linguistic Symposium. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1-3 April 2005
    • The 11th TESOL Arabia International Conference. Dubai , 8-10 March 8-10 2005.
    • The 8th 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 14th, 2002. The University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland 
  • The 6th 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 5th 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  7th International BUSEL Conference ‘A Fresh Look at Grammar and Vocabulary’, Bilkent University, 24-26 January 2002. Ankara, Turkey

 

 

2001-1991

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

 

 

ORGANIZED AND CHAIRED THE FOLLOWING SEMINARS & PANEL DISCUSSIONS

 

 

  1. “Beating on the Dead Horses: Does the Communications Program Respond to the University’s Expectations?” Ron Sheen & Maher Bahloul. April 11, 2004. AUS, UAE.
  2. “To Culture or Not to Culture in Translation” Said Faiq. “April 30th, 2002. AUS, U.A.E.
  3. “Electronic Mentoring: An Alternative IT Approach” Daniel Norton, April 23rd, 2002. AUS,
  4. “The Role of English as a Learned language and the Challenges of Multiculturalism at AUS” Peter Fallon. March 26th  2002. AUS, U.A.E.
  5. “Writer’s invisibility in Academic English” Hatim Basil, November 20, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
  6. “Mr/Ms Chairman, Avoiding Sexist Language” Nawar Golley, May 1, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
  7. “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.
  8. “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.
  9. “Writing a Research Paper” Ahmad Al-Issa, April 24, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
  10. “How to write a Good Introduction” Mohamed Zayani, April 10, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
  11. “The use of Calypso in Political Communication in Trinidad and Tobago”, Lynette Lashley, April 8, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
  12. “Pronoun shift and subject-verb agreement” Alona Shepard, March 27. AUS, U.A.E.
  13. “Teaching Translation: a Few Birds, One Activity” Said Faiq, March 24, 2001, AUS, U.A.E.
  14. “The Correct Use of Subordinate Clauses & Modifying Phrases » Judith Ceasar, March 20, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
  15. “Improving Thesis Statements” Kate McCafferty, March 13, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
  16. “Improving Topic Sentences” Craig Magee, February 27, 2001. AUS, U.A.E
  17. “Understanding Sentence Structure, Run-on Sentences & Fragments” Nassir Ghazi, February 21, 2001. AUS, U.A.E.
  18. “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.
  19. “Collectivism vs. Individualism in Message Interpretation”. El-Koussa Houda, Nov. 26, 2000
  20. “The Ethics of Translation”, Michael Beard, May 11, 1999. COLT, KSU.
  21. “Issues in Simultaneous Translation” Panel Discussion. May 10, 1999. COLT, KSU.
  22. “Translation: An Art or a Science?” Ahmad Muaqqat, March 15, 1999. COLT, KSU.
  23. “Can Translation be a Non-interdisciplinary Subject?” Muhiddin Hamidi, February 15, 1999. COLT, KSU
  24. “The Ironic Triangle: Language, Culture and Politics” William Peachy. December 1, 1998. COLT, K.S.U.
  25. “Issues in Translation & Arabization” Mohamed Humsi, November 16, 1998. COLT, KSU. 
  26. “Criteria for an Adequate Translation: A Literary & Technical Applications”. Mohamed Sharshabi, October 13, 1997. COLT, KSU.
  27. “Translation during the Golden IslamicEra” Yousuf Shawkat, Novemver 11, 1997. COLT, KSU.
  28.  “Language and Culture” Panel discussion, May 26, 1998. COLT, KSU.
  29.  “The Feasibility of Text Typology in Translating” Abduljabbar Aouid, March 10, 1998, COLT, KSU.
  30.  “Role of Comprehension Ability in Task Selection in the Second Language Classroom”. Ali Shehady, March 29, 1998. COLT, KSU
  31.  “A Generative Explanation of the Morphophonemic Alternation of the Lateral in the Arabic Definite Article”, Abuljawad Mahmoud, April 21, 1998. COLT, KSU.
  32.  “Consequences of Westernizing the Turkish Language” Abdelrazek Baraket, May 12, 1998. COLT, KSU.
  33. “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.
  34.  “Arabization: Challenges and Limitations” Amer Alfi & Ahmad Ajmi, October 10, 1998. COLT, KSU.
  35.  “A Linguistic Approach to the Teaching of English Grammar” October 19, 1998. COLT, KSU.
  36.  “Towards a New Approach to Language Teaching: The Hebrew Model”, Ahmad Hammad. November 3, 1998. COLT, KSU.

 

TEACHING AND SUPERVISING EXPERIENCE

COURSES TAUGHT

Courses

Dates

Course Name (** Graduate courses)

 

English &

Linguistics

 

 

Fall 2006

**ELT 694: Corpora for ELT Teachers

ENG 302: Stylistics

ENG  204: Advanced Academic Writing

ENG  208: Public Speaking

 

Spring 2006

VISITING SCHOLAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

English &

Linguistics

 

Fall 2005

ENG 331: Phonetics, Phonology & Morphology

COM 204: Advanced Academic Writing

COM 208: Public Speaking

Linguistics

(University of Sfax, Tunisia)

December 2005

**Formal Semantics

**Cultural Semiotics

 

 

 

 

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

1.       ELT 694: Corpora for ELT Teachers

2.       ELT 511: Linguistics for ESL Teachers

3.       TRA 504: Discourse, Semantics & Pragmatics in Translation

4.       ENG 501: Advanced English Grammar

5.       TRA 303: Interpreting and the Profession

6.       ENG 334: Semantics and Pragmatics

7.      ENG 406: Survey of Topics in Linguistics and Communication

8.      ENG 331: Phonetics, Phonology & Morphology

 

 

 

UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

1.   AUS Faculty Rep. Ad-hoc Committee for Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Research candidate selection. Fall 06.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9.    Writing Center Interview Committee, Fall 2002.

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

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

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

13.     Coordinator of the AUS Writing Center, Spring 2001

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

15.     Translation Hiring Committee, member, 2000-2001

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

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

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

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

20.     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.        Chair, AUS General Education Self Study Committee. 2002-04

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

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

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

5.        Zener Smart-Classroom Demonstration , Spring 2002

6.        Instructional Technology Resources Day at AUS, Spring 2002

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

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

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

10.     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 12th Annual Heritage Conference, Spring 1999, Riyadh.

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

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

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

8.        College representative at the 12th 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

  1. AUS Faculty Senate President’s Certificate of Appreciation
  2. Chairs’ reports on teaching, service, and research, AUS
  3. Dean’s reports on teaching, service, and research, AUS
  4. Business Manager, Edutech Middle East appreciation letter
  5. Chancellor’s Certificate of Appreciation, KSU
  6. Dean of Students Award, KSU
  7. Students Council’s Award, KSU