Arabic instructor Resume
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Resume:
Name: Razak W Abedalla
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Objective: To teach Arabic, English as a Second Language (ESL), consultation and curriculum development and specific language skills to university or community college students. To do translation and interpretation from English into Arabic and vise versa. Experienced linguist and foreign language teacher of Arabic, and ESL, and consultant and curriculum developer, seeking language teaching position with university or community college level. Experienced university language teacher, translator and interpreter of English and Arabic language, seeking translation/interpreter position within the fields of Arabic and English language and linguistics.
Summary of skills:
· years of Arabic and English languages teaching experience at University level and high schools (beginner to advanced)
· Experience in developing, implementing and evaluating Arabic and ESL curricula for university linguistic departments and teacher training courses
· years of experience in university administrative positions: Director of Admissions office, Assistant to the Chair of English Language Department and Director of translation office
· Translation Specialist and Experienced in translating humanitarian, social, and scientific texts, transcripts, certificates and documents between Arabic and English language.
· LANGUAGES: Fluent English, Native Arabic, Basic Spanish.
· TECHNICAL SKILLS: MS Word, Excel
Professional Experience:
Consultant, Curriculum Development: to present, Carnegie Speech Company, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
· Responsible for designing the curriculum of Iraqi Arabic and for providing explanation and consultation of how it works and differs from MSA (Modern Standard Arabic)
· Provide complete lessons of Iraqi Arabic language including dialogues, cultural notes, vocabulary, grammar points with examples, pronunciations and show how it differs from MSA.
· I do modal speaker recordings for all the Iraqi Arabic words, phrases, clauses and sentences.
· Conduct weekly meetings with the people in the company and do consultations, explanation and suggestion for curriculum development and how to teach Iraqi Arabic or MSA intelligibly for non-native speakers of Arabic.
· I do run testing for correcting the errors and mistakes done by the programmers.
Instructor, Arabic Language: to present, Department of Linguistics School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
· Taught classes of Arabic I in Fall , with approximately - students each; teach one class of Arabic II, Spring , with approximately students.
· Designed curriculum for Arabic language classes, utilizing various books for teaching MSA; employ, variety of teaching methods, including, CDs and DVDs to teach Arabic culture. I show them as well how the MSA differs from Arabic Dialects. Utilize cooperative learning techniques to teach effective speaking, reading, writing and listening skills.
· Provide excursions to cultural events to expose students to Arabic movies, restaurants, cafes, conversations with Arabs and sharing with them the knowledge, culture, traditions, religion, etc.
· Course Objectives: The courses I\'m teaching are intended to considerably enrich my students\' vocabulary, improve their writing skills through the acquisition of grammar rules, and enable them to understand and converse accurately in Arabic.
· Utilize a variety of informal and formal evaluation and assessment methods and tools.
· Attend monthly meetings with faculty members and discuss ongoing development of Arabic program and collaboratively implement next step in progress of progress program.
· Provide recommendations for teaching new materials and other Arabic dialects besides MSA
Visiting Scholar, Department of Linguistics: / to Present
School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
· Conducted research on contrastive linguistics between Arabic and English language.
· As an audit student, I attend linguistic courses in the Department of Linguistics and in other Educational departments as well.
Assistant Department Chairman and Instructor: / to /
Department of English Language and Linguistics, University of Wassit, Al-Kut, Iraq
· Supported Chair of Department in program development, curriculum development and leading the department.
· Coordinated teaching schedules and corresponded with all instructors to establish classes that fit their schedules.
· Scheduled meetings and vacations between the instructors and Dean Office.
· Supported instructors by addressing questions and needs from the department and college.
· Supervised and advised graduate students in their research works and provide guidance and advising with information and references and support in conducting a well-organized projects.
· Taught English language classes full time; taught , one year long classes of approximately (- of students); responsible for teaching grammar, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, conversation and methods of teaching. The classes are conducted completely in English Language and sometimes put in comparison with Arabic.
· Helping the students with their problems and needs and put them in contact with their instructors regarding the materials and progress they have to do in their activities.
Director of Admission Office: / to /
Dean Office, University of Wassit, Al Kut, Iraq
· Managed staff in positions of testers for checking the applications if they are complete or not, lecturers of how fill out the applications, applications collectors, applications organizers separating the scientific students from literary students.
· Collaborated with Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in further developing admission process.
· Conducted meetings with staff, students\' parents and directors of high schools to improve methods of assessing students\' needs and effective programming.
· Manage application process and ensure deadlines are met; submit applications to Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
· Collecting the application in the deadline time and send them to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
· Compile application results after two months from Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and inform the students.
· Manage the process of gathering the students\' requests for windrowing from the programs that they are not interested in and send them back to the ministry.
Foreign Language Teaching Assistant: / to /
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations under Fulbright Scholar Program
· Taught class of Arabic I in Fall , with approximately - students each; teach one class of Arabic II, Spring , with approximately students.
· Designed curriculum for Arabic language classes, utilizing various books for teaching MSA; employ, variety of teaching methods, including, CDs and DVDs to teach Arabic culture. I show them as well how the MSA differs from Arabic Dialects. Utilize cooperative learning techniques to teach effective speaking, reading, writing and listening skills.
· Provide excursions to cultural events to expose students to Arabic movies, restaurants, cafes, conversations with Arabs and sharing with them the knowledge, culture, traditions, religion, etc.
· Course Objectives: The courses I\'m teaching are intended to considerably enrich my students\' vocabulary, improve their writing skills through the acquisition of grammar rules, and enable them to understand and converse accurately in Arabic.
· Utilize a variety of informal and formal evaluation and assessment methods and tools.
· Attend monthly meetings with faculty members and discuss ongoing development of Arabic program and collaboratively implement next step in progress of progress program.
· Provide recommendations for teaching new materials and other Arabic dialects besides MSA
Instructor of ESL and Linguistics: / to /
University of Wassit, College of Education, Department of English Language and Linguistics
· Taught English language classes full time; to freshmen, sophomore, juniors, and seniors day and night classes.
· Taught year long classes of approximately (- of students); responsible for teaching grammar, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, conversation and methods of teaching, conducted completely in English Language and sometimes put in comparison with Arabic.
· Advised and supported students with academic needs through appointments or office hours.
· Provide multiple forms of assessment including test, question and answer, creativity, variety of activities and presentations in the target language.
· Evaluating their deeds and helping them with solving the difficulties that blocked their way of progress.
Translation Specialist: / to /:
Office of the Dean of the College of Education, Wassit University
· Experienced in translating humanitarian, social, and scientific texts, transcripts, certificates and documents between Arabic and English languages
· Verified translated certificates of graduated students.
· Supported the students with their translated documents.
Teacher of English Language: / to /
Secondary School Teacher of English Language at Al-Kindi High School, Kut, Iraq.
· Taught English as a second language for (Iraqi students) non-native speakers of English.
· Help them how to speak, read, write and listen.
Translator and Interpreter: / to /
World Food Program (WFP), United Nations (UN), Communication Center. Utilized standard communication codes. Position required course in Basic Security in the Field-Staff Safety Health, and Welfare.
Translator: / to /
Kut Media Team in Iraq. Employed by Titan Company (US Military Company).
· Translated English documents into Arabic and reported to Iraqi people on TV.
· Conducted interpretation between Iraqis and Americans.
Other Professional Activities:
· ACTFL Conference in Baltimore, MD
· Instructor of Basic Arabic at International House, Philadelphia, PA. (Spring, )
· Teaching Methods Workshop, Certificate of Completion, Office of the Dean of the College of Education, Wassit University ()
· ACTFL Phases of Language Training for Testing the Iraqi Arabic Learners, White Plains, NY
· ESL volunteer lecturer (Wassit Province, ): Provided ESL lessons\' support to a group of Health Ministry workers; responsible for content of course; developed and implemented curriculum on Speech Communication Improvement
Education:
M.A. English Language and Linguistics ()
(University of Al-Qadissiyah, Id-Diwaniyah, Iraq)
B.A. English Language and Literature ()
(University of Wassit, Al-Kut, Iraq)
· Diploma College of Education in Methods of Teaching ()
Specialization in Teaching (University of Wassit, Al-Kut, Iraq)
· FLTA Fulbright Certificate in Teaching Arabic ()
(University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA)
Grants:
Fulbright Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, Sponsored by State Dept. and IIE (Institute of International Education) // to //.
Research and Publications:
Passivization in English & Arabic: A Contrastive Study.
Rhetorical Question in English & Arabic: A Contrastive Study.
Antithesis as a Stylistic Device with Reference to Neo-Classical Poetry.
SLA (Second Language Acquisition)
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs in English
Word-Formation
Consonants and Vowel Sounds in English.
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