pashto

Naushad Khan

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Arlington VA 22209

Cell: 571-***-**** Email: *************@*****.***

OBJECTIVE:

To pursue a career in a dynamic and challenging professional environment in

which my unique skill set and critical thinking ability can be used to

educate others.

EDUCATION

. Studied American Language Pedagogies and Practicum at the University

of Massachusetts Amherst.

. Also studied and put into practice the language proficiency levels of

American Counsel for Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) at the

University of Massachusetts. These levels are almost the same as that

of Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR)

. Masters of Arts in English Literature and Linguistics.

University of Peshawar, Peshawar Pakistan, 2001-2003.

. Masters of Arts in Philosophy, (Western, Muslim, and Greek

Philosophy).

University of Peshawar, Peshawar Pakistan, 2003-2005.

. Bachelors of Arts in English Literature and Islamic Studies

University of Peshawar, Peshawar Pakistan 1999-2001.

. Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) in pre-medical studies

Govt. Superior Science College, Peshawar Pakistan 1997- 1999.

. Secondary School Certificate (SSC or High School Education) in science

group

Govt. Technical High School, Gulbahar Peshawar, Pakistan in 1997.

LANGUAGES

. PASHTO: Native fluency with excellent analytical skills and grammar.

Capable of Speaking, reading, and. writing all the regional dialects

of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Expert in the well known dialects of

Afghani, Peshawari, Waziri, and Swati. As a Fulbright Scholar,

designed and taught courses in Afghani and Waziri dialects at the

University of Massachusetts Amherst. Having grown up in Mohmand

Agency, a tribal area on Afghan border I know all the social, ethical

and traditional norms of the Afghan society and can analyze very well

what they believe, value and condemn.

. URDU: Native fluency with highest understanding of its cultural

knowledge and origin.

Taught at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a Fulbright Scholar.

Having great knowledge of grammar and script.

. ENGLISH. Fluent in speaking, reading, and writing. Scored 98 in TOEFL

iBT Test in 2008.

. HINDI: Fluent verbally.

. PANJABI: Light conversational skills.

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE

Foreign Service Institution Arlington VA October 2010

to Present

. Working at the Foreign Service Institute under the Department Of State

has meant taking extensive responsibilities to design, develop, teach,

train, monitor and evaluate language skills of foreign service

diplomats, military officers and other personnel, staff of Department

of State, Department of Justice, USAID and other agencies.

. Have exercised extensive professional linguistic skills towards

coordination, education, training, designing & developing of

curriculum, research, counseling, monitoring and evaluation of

students with different political, religious, and cultural

differences.

. I have participated in professional training workshops in many

important areas including Working as a Foreign Service team member,

MBTI personality preferences, Counseling, New Instructor's

orientation, Distance Education approaches, and Designing, Planning &

Developing curriculum, including Learning -center curricula., Smart

Board and Material Development workshops.

. Implement Pashto Language and Pashtun Culture from beginners to

advance level students. Developing curriculum material which includes

supplement books for the basic textbook to meet the needs of the

students and help them pursue their objectives. Developing useful

sentences that the students might need for better performances.

. Also, redesigned and rearranged, with another coworker, material for

distant learners to meet the learners linguistic and cultural

requirements and enable them to learn more and productive language in

a short time.

.University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA August 2008

to June 2009

Five College Center for the Study of World Language

Teacher/Fulbright Scholar (Foreign Language Teaching Assistant)

. Developed and taught regular and mentored

(http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/mentored_pashto.html) credit

bearing courses in the Pashto/Urdu language for graduates and

undergraduates.

. Developed and taught a course called 'Afghan-Pakistan Pashtuns'

Language and Culture'.

. Prepared curriculum, syllabus, and teaching materials for classes and

tutorials of Urdu and Pashto languages.

. Did placement assessment and after course oral evaluation and written

assessment of both Urdu and Pashto students for which I designed my

own tests.

. Students included undergraduates and graduates, some were preparing to

go to Afghanistan and Pakistan for work with NGOs, the US military or

university research.

. Obtained videos for the FCCSWL from Afghanistan and Tribal areas of

Pakistan. Translated them to English, for some, also wrote Pashto

scripts for classroom use at varying levels.

. In addition to scheduled classes, maintained individual once a week

tutorial sessions for checking homework and correcting mistakes.

LANGUAGE EVALUATION SKILLS

. I have taken extensive training of Language Tester and Examiner and

going through my final training to become a Certified Language

Examiner.

. Presently, working as a tester of Pashto (Afghan/Peshawari) and Urdu

languages at the Foreign Services Institute, Department of State.

. I have also studied American Language Pedagogies and Practicum, and

ATCFL testing procedure at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

. Prepared Level 2 and 3 listening (L2,L3) and reading (R2, R3) tests

for Comprehensive Language Center in Arlington.

TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION

. Worked for Imani Lee Inc. as a translator and transcriber of Pashto

language for last one year. Received both weekly projects and daily

assignments for Pashto into English and vice versa. These projects

also include transcription of Pashto audio files.

. Worked for INLINGUA International Translations as a translator and an

interpreter. The interpretation was mostly medical and legal.

. Also worked as an interpreter for Benoit Translation Services Boston.

. Work as certified interpreter and translator for Massachusetts Trial

Court on freelance basis.

. I do simultaneous interpretation, consecutive interpretation,

whispering, and question answer. I also translate videos, audios, do

voice over, editing, proofreading, and localization.

Brains Postgraduate College Peshawar, Pakistan November 2005

to July 2008

English language and literature Teacher.

. Taught English language and literature.

. Designed syllabus preliminary tests and final assessment tests for

the British Counsel Project of English language.

. Taught English to the Ullima of Mosques and Maddrassas of Pakistan- a

project of British Counsel-on behalf of Brains College.

National University of Modern Languages Peshawar, Pakistan January 2007

to June 2007

. English Language Teacher.

. Taught spoken and written English.

. Directed conversation sessions.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

. Elected Vice President of English Literary Club (ELC) that was

arranged literary and cultural functions for students as well as

offered motivation for creative writing.

. Edited E.L.C. Magazine, published by the Department of English,

University of Peshawar.

. Worked as a member of Khyber Literary Club, University of Peshawar,which is responsible for students welfare and collecting blood

donations for children in need.

. Participated in English and Urdu debates and stage performance at

University level. Have well honed conducting and performances skills.

. Played as Captain of E.L.C Cricket team in Peshawar University

Cricket Tournament.

. Served as class representative to the administration in the

Department of English and Applied Linguistics University of Peshawar

for curricular and extra-curricular activities and issues.

. Attended global issues seminars at University of Peshawar given in

English.

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