CURRICULUM VITAE

ZAHIR SHAH

Teacher/Instructor/Trainer

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PROFILE A trained professional with relevant experience -- a year with educational institutions and 16 plus years as a U.S. Department of State employee -- in teaching school/college students English and training U.S. diplomats in languages, culture, bilateral relationships

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB, LAHORE, PAKISTAN

- Bachelor’s Degree with English Language Major (1987)

- Master’s Degree in English (Literature) (1990)

(Foreign Consultants, Inc., U.S.-based credential evaluation service, evaluated both Degrees, performed comparability as well as course by course evaluation, and certified Bachelor’s Degree to be equivalent to Bachelor of Arts in General Studies and Master’s Degree to Master of Arts in English (Literature Emphasis) granted by regionally accredited academic colleges and universities in the United States)

TRAINING

U.S. NATIONAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS TRAINING CENTER (FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE), ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

Advanced Political Tradecraft (included English writing/spoken skills), 2009 (On-Campus)

Human Resource Training, 2002 (On-Campus)

American Studies (Language, History, Culture) On-Line Writing Course, 2000

Political Tradecraft (included English writing/spoken skills), 1999 (On-Campus)

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON D.C.

Orientation Session, 2009 (part of Advanced Political Tradecraft)

LANGUAGES

English (IV/IV Full Professional Proficiency)

Urdu (native skills) (spoken in Pakistan, parts of Afghanistan)

Punjabi (native skills) (parts of Pakistan and India)

Seraiki (working knowledge) (parts of Pakistan)

Hindi (working knowledge) (India)

Persian/Farsi (limited working knowledge) (Afghanistan)

WORK EXPERIENCE

TEACHING

Currently teaching SAT preparatory classes and High School students.

THE NEW ERA COLLEGE

89 MAIN SAMANABAD, LAHORE, PAKISTAN

LECTURER IN ENGLISH LITERATURE

January 1991-January 1992

RESPONSIBILITIES - Teach Master’s Degree classes Classical Poetry, Drama, Novel

- Train students in critical thinking/analysis

- Help students establish correlation between literature and human/social development

- Responsible for planning course outline, assessment of students’ performance

(Medium of instruction English)

STREAMLINE ENGLISH

29 L BLOCK, GULBERG II, LAHORE 54660, PAKISTAN

INSTRUCTOR IN SPOKEN ENGLISH

February 1991-January 1992

RESPONSIBILITIES - Train beginners, professionals in English communication

- Teach students application of grammatically correct language

- Management of classroom with students of diverse backgrounds

(Medium of instruction English)

JINNAH FOUNDATION HIGH SCHOOL & COMMERCE COLLEGE

81 A, MODEL TOWN, LAHORE, PAKISTAN

ENGLISH TEACHER

Four months in 1991

RESPONSIBILITIES - Teach school/college students Education Board-prescribed syllabus of English

- Responsible for planning course outline, assessment of students’ performance

(Medium of instruction mix of English and Urdu)

U.S. DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN PAKISTAN

CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

50 SHAHRAH-E-ABDUL HAMEED BIN BADEES (OLD EMPRESS ROAD), LAHORE, PAKISTAN

SR. POLITICAL SPECIALIST

March 1998-July 2014

RESPONSIBILITIES - Train U.S. diplomats assigned to Pakistan/visiting Washington D.C. delegations in Urdu language, local politics, cross-cultural issues, social values, religious sensitivities

- Hold whiteboard language training sessions in U.S. Consulate General, Embassy offices

- Interpret, translate, transcribe Urdu into English for American diplomats, Washington DC officials for better comprehension of local realities

- Advise/brief audiences on significance of information material in local languages

- Train new hires in training/interpreting methodologies

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