English Language Instructor
Resume:
TARANNUM MUSTAFA
PERSONAL INFO.
Country of Residence: Saudi Arab
Country of Nationality: India
Date Of Birth: 15/01/1981
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Passport No: N4017023
Validity of Passport: 13-03-2026
EDUCATION
MA in English Language Teaching
(ELT)
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, UP,
India.
June 2003-June 2005
BA in Communicative English
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, UP,
India
July 2000-June 2003
10+2 Physics, Chemistry, Biology &
English.
BNS DAV Public School affiliated to CBSE
India, Giridih, and Jharkhand.
May 1998-March 2000
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY
A dedicated and experienced language instructor with a Master's degree in English Language Teaching and 17 years of teaching expertise. Skilled in teaching English for specific purposes and academic purposes to preparatory year students. Proficient in curriculum evaluation, syllabus design, and question paper creation. Adept at conducting support sessions for struggling students and actively engaging in student activities. Committed to professional development, currently pursuing a certificate course in Teaching English to Students of Other Languages. Seeking a position where I can utilize my teaching skills, passion for education, and commitment to student success.
CONTACT
***************@*****.***
Flat No 7, Imarah Babki No 2, Jizan, KSA.
• Teaching ESP and EAP for 18 hours per week at the preparatory year program of Business College.
• Conducting very successfully many We Care sessions for low-achieving Students.
• Serving as a representative of the student activity club for the College of Business Administration.
• Heading as the examination paper setter or writer for the EAP since 2017 till date.
• Represented as an examination evaluation committee member for the college in the 2015-2016 session.
• Taught reading and Writing skills to the IELTS aspirants at Jazan University in 2018-2019.
• Taught ESP to the distance learning evening program to the DCSE students of vocational courses from 2019 to 2022 session.
Language Instructor in English
Jazan University Jazan City, Saudi Arabia
23 September,2011 - 20th August 2023
• Taught the English language to the art students of the bachelor program.
• Conducted Evening classes for two hours per week for the weaker section students consecutively for 3 years.
Lecturer in English Language Teaching
Soghra College (MU), Muslim Minority College. Biharsharief, Bihar, India. 12 July 2005 to 31 Dec 2009
• Taught English for communicative purpose to the business management students for the graduate and undergraduate diploma programmes.
• Developed tests for the progress and achievement of those students.
• Designed the syllabus for the ESP for diploma-learning business students. Lecturer in English Language Teaching
Centum Learning Centre, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India 12 January 2010 -15 June 2011
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• Won 1st prize in an essay writing competition conducted by Raleigh Literary Society, Department of ENGLISH, AMU, ALIGARH held in 2004.
• Certificate of Excellence for playing a vital role in ELC as a Trainer of the ELC Professional Development Training Program, Jazan University, K.S.A. (2012-2014 academic year).
• Certificate of Achievement for showing outstanding teaching skills by teacher evaluation committee by English Language Centre (ELC), Jazan University, K.S.A. (2014-2015 academic year).
• Certificate of Excellence for playing a vital and invaluable role in ELC as a member of the Examination Evaluation Committee, Jazan University, K.S.A. (2015-2016 academic year).
• Conducted workshop on Dos and Don’ts of Formal Email writing for the students of CBA, Jazan University on 23rd October 2018.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Language and Linguistics provide insights regarding the key properties and functions of human language in general and the role of linguistics in providing a framework for the understanding of language.
• English for Business purpose (ESP) which focuses on learning and communicating English for business purposes. Enable students to build their Language and confidence to use English in a wide range of business and social situations.
• Reading and Writing which develops practical critical thinking strategies for students. The ability to synthesize, analyze, and apply information from different sources in a variety of contexts and is gradually polished with special emphasis on vocabulary learning and building. Real-life writing tasks presented with authentic Writing situations. Editing and proofreading exercises encourage students to refine their writing skills.
• Listening and speaking which focuses on student’s ability to gain ability in listening to new conversational situations with CD players/ Tape recorders and form their responses accordingly. The listening and speaking skill is Developed by designing appropriate work exercises and repeated practice enabling the students to perform in various situations by using exclusively English language.
• English Grammar which acts as a base for appropriately building the language for student’s learning English as a second or foreign language. Grammar rules are provided and practiced exhaustively as well as inferred from the list of examples giving the insight to students to use them properly in their use of English as a medium of communication.
• Online teaching via Blackboard interactive media for teaching and learning which focuses to learn online teaching for student success and retention with Blackboard assessment and insight tools during the COVID-19 period of 2020 and 2021. Face-to-face interaction is a more valuable mode of teaching than online teaching paradigm with its limited advantages.
ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
• Currently pursuing a Certificate course in Teaching English to Students of Other Languages (CELTA-Cambridge).
• Completed a project on connectives: their basic form. It was submitted for the partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of Master of Arts in ELT, under the supervision of Prof.A.R.Kidwai, English department, AMU, Aligarh.
• Teaching skill-involvement of 12 days teaching program for BCOM, AMU students under the guidance of Dr.Shahina Tarannum, English dept., AMU, Aligarh.
• Self-written article “Inside view of Indira Gandhi Hall” published in AMU Hall magazine, 2005.
SKILLS
• Teaching
• Instruction
• English Language Proficiency
• Curriculum Development
• Classroom Management
• Assessment
• ESP (English for Specific Purposes)
• Technology Integration
• Interpersonal Skills
• Adaptability
• Flexibility
• Professional Development
• MS-WORD, MS- EXCEL &POWERPOINT
• Learning Management Systems
PUBLICATION
Integrating Intercultural Communicative
Competence (ICC) In an English Language
Course; A Study of Perception of
Undergraduate Students and Teachers at
Magadh University, India.Gradiva Publication
June 2023, ISSN :0363-8057, Literature
Journal .DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/XWR5U
WEBSITES
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5957-7371
REFERENCES
Dr.Shalini Chaknarayanan
English Language Institue
Mobile:+966*********
Email:**************@*****.***
WORKSHOPS AND SHORT-TERM COURSES
• Attended 2 days workshop on “Materials Adaptation in Aligarh Region” conducted in association with British Council India in A.M.U Aligarh in 2005.
• Short-term course in ELC Information Technology held in Jazan University, K.S.A.
(March 2013).
• Workshop on A Practical Approach to Critical Thinking: Building Blocks conducted by Cambridge University Press, UK in Jazan University, K.S.A. (May 2014).
• Workshop on Sharing Our Good Practices- Dealing with Mismatches Between the Curriculum and student’s Language Level held at Jazan University, K.S.A.(June 2014).
• Workshop on Incorporating Differentiated Instructions in a Mixed Ability Class held at Jazan University, K.S.A. (Sept 2014).
• Certificate for attending the Cambridge UNLOCK Series Orientation program at Jazan University, K.S.A. (September 2014).
• Workshop on Making Large Classes Interactive by Various Work Forms held at Jazan University, K.S.A. (December 2015).
• Workshop on Teaching methods used in EFL classroom held at Jazan University, K.S.A. (November 2018).
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITIES
• Member of the Evaluation Committee for Examination purposes in the Department of English, Jazan University, and K.S.A.)
• Organizer of Student Activities, College of Business Administration, Jazan University.
• AMU Representative of AMU Film Club in Women’s College, AMU
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