Arwa Abdul Rahman AL Tasan
I am a dedicated English language academic researcher, instructor and advisor who is eager to resume to the advertised career. I offer a proven track record of commended teaching and research, with a passion for education, communication, people support, translation, research and testing and a commitment to optimizing student and institutions success. Core Competencies
English Teaching
Corpus linguistics studies
Curriculum Development
Instructional Best-Practices
Academic affairs management
Standardized Testing/Scoring
Language teaching Studies
Linguistics Studies
English- Arabic translation and
interpretation
Experience
(2023)
Adjunct assistant professor at Prince George Community college, Largo, Maryland
( 2012-2022, 10 years experience)
Full time English Language instructor and advisor at Princess Norah University
( 2022-2022, 1 year experience)
Full time the vice chair of the academic affairs office at PNU’s Asian Languages Department.
( 2022-2022, 1 year experience)
Part time English Language trainer at Technical and Vocational Training Corporation
(2003-2012, 8 Years Experience)
Full time English Language teacher in a public Schools, teaching elementary, intermediate, and high schools students.
Education
Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud University
PhD Degree in linguistics, 2022
King Saud University
Master Degree in TESOL, 2010
Al Qassim University
Bachelor in English Language and Literature, 2003
Theses
Masters Research:
Project: Research about the effect of using role play strategy on students’ oral communication skills. PhD Research:
Research about The Effect of Implementing Focus on Form Instruction on Developing Saudi EFL University Students’ Speaking Skills in Terms of Accuracy, Fluency, and Complexity
Studied Courses
• Teachers Education
• Materials
• Methods of behavioral research
• Learning Languages
• The advanced teaching methods
• English with using technology
• Language assessment
• The basis of curriculums
• Curriculum development
• Syllabus design
• Young learners
• Psycholinguistic
• CALL
• Bilingualism
• Pragmatics
• Semantics
• Statistics
• Advanced studies in applied linguistics
• Training of Trainers TOT
Taught Courses
• Syntax
• TESOL
• Language Acquisition
• Morphology
• Phonetics
• Grammar
• Applied Grammar
• Writing
• Academic Writing
• Listening and speaking
• Arabic- English translation ( I have taught many general and specialized courses)
• Arabic- English interpretation ( I have taught many general and specialized courses
• Supervising students’ undergraduate projects for 4 semesters. Certificates
• A certificate of Attendance
MA TESOL Summer School at the School of Education at the University of Leeds (29th June to 21st August 2009)
• A certificate of Attendance, training program.
Topic: The Scientific sufficiency for English Language teacher. (Al Qassim, 2004)
• A certificate of Attendance
The Creative Teacher Course. (2 Days, Al Qassim, 2004)
• A Certificate of Participation
Certificate of Participation in the Contest Based Instruction. Workshop presented by US Embassy Riyadh and Dar Al Uloom University (2009)
• A certificate of Attendance
Academic Creativity Program that includes :
Introduction to University Policies
Effective Communication with Teamwork and Students in Campus Effective Strategies of Teaching
Building and Evaluating the Achievement Test
(10 days, The Academic Development Deanship at PNU (2013)
• A Certificate of Completion
Training of Trainers TOT
(6 days- 30 Training hours, The Academic Development Deanship at PNU (2021) Administration positions
• The vice head of academic affairs office of the Asian languages department at Princess Nourah University.
Personal Bio Data
• Nationality: American & Saudi
• Languages: English & Arabic
• Date of Birth: 30th August 1981
Interests
• Teaching English, linguistics, and Arabic- English translation and interpretation.
• Language testing.
• Writing Editing.
• Curriculum Developing.
• Training.
• Second Language teaching& linguistics (especially task based studies that focus on speaking skills and corpus linguistics studies that study sociolinguistic women and gender issues ).