Experienced ESL Teacher with CELTA

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Curriculum Vitae

Personal information

Name: Islam Abdulhameed Abdullatif Badraldin

Mobile number: (00966) 059*******

E-mail address: ***********@*****.***

Year of birth: 1986

Place of birth: Alexandria, Egypt

Marital status: single

Military service status: exempted from military service Education

Post-graduate studies:

• A Master’s degree in linguistics acquired from University of Alexandria, Faculty of Arts, the English Department, 2015. The M.A. dissertation is entitled: English Spoken Phrases and Expressions and their Colloquial and Standard Arabic Translations: A Glossary for Learners of Arabic and English. Accumulative grade of the MA stage is B+. [December 2015]

• A General Diploma of Pedagogy with the grade of “good”, University of Alexandria, Faculty of Education. [May, 2009]

Academic degree: B.A. in English linguistics and translation with a high good grade (74%, one of the top five students in the grade, the ranking is documented with a certificate), University of Alexandria, Faculty of Arts, English Department, Linguistics and Translation Section. [May, 2008] Non-academic certificates:

• Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: CELTA [2023]

• Academic IELTS IDP with a score of 8.5, with all skills scored 8 or above. [9th March 2024]

• Academic IELTS IDP with a score of 8. [29th January 2022]

• Academic IELTS IDP with a score of 8.5, with all skills scored 8 or above. [3rd March 2018]

• International TOEFL (IBT) from TOEFL.org with the score of 110 out of 120 (equivalent to 8

– 8.5 out of 9 in IELTS). [17th Dec. 2011]

• Institutional TOEFL (PBT) from AMIDEAST with the score of 653 out of 667 (equivalent to 8.5 out of 9 in IELTS). [23rd May 2011]

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• Level C2 in the Oxford Placement Test. [2020]

Books taught, prepared, and written supplementary materials on:

• The Egyptian national English curriculum: I taught, tutored, and made extensive notes and comprehensive summaries of all school books from grade 1 to 12 (the third high school grade).

• The Saudi national English curriculum: We Can, Super Goal, Goal, Full Blast series: I taught, tutored, and made extensive notes and comprehensive summaries of all school books from grade 4 to 11 (the third high school grade).

• Berlitz English: I taught and made extensive notes and comprehensive summaries and did complete preparation of levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Berlitz Business English books I and II, and Berlitz English Pronunciation books I and II. Each book contains 10 units.

• Market Leader: I taught and made extensive notes and comprehensive summaries and did complete preparation of the Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, and Upper-intermediate Books.

• New Interchange: English for international communication (3rd ed.): I taught and made extensive notes and comprehensive summaries and did complete preparation of the following levels: Introductory, 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, with each level comprising 16 units.

• Touchstone: I taught and made extensive notes and comprehensive summaries and did complete preparation of the first and second books. (the red and the blue ones)

• Q: Skills for Success (Reading and Writing – Listening and Speaking): I taught and made extensive notes and comprehensive summaries and did complete preparation of the following levels: Intro, 1, 2, 3A, 3B, with each level comprising 8 units).

• Face 2 Face: I taught and made extensive notes and comprehensive summaries and did complete preparation of the following levels: Starter, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate.

• New Headway Plus: I taught and made extensive notes and comprehensive summaries and did complete preparation of the following levels: Beginner, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate.

• Interactions and Understanding and Using English Grammar: I taught and made extensive notes and comprehensive summaries and did complete preparation of and devised new exercise packages of the Interactions series and Understanding and Using English Grammar, both by Cambridge University Press, which were used in the Aramco’s program.

• Longman Preparation for the TOEFL Test, the paper test: I designed more than 300 pages of comprehensive notes, summaries, vocabulary lists, and complete preparation of the book.

• Al-Kitaab (Arabic for foreign learners): I taught and made extensive notes and comprehensive summaries and did complete preparation of the book. 3

Work experience

• An ESL teacher at TUV KSA, who taught at NITI (National Industrial Training Institute), Al- Ahsaa.

[October 2023 to Present]

(Fulltime – On site)

(I teach ESL to ARAMCO’s and other companies’ apprentices.) Books used: Headway Plus series.

• An ESL teacher at the American Academy KSA, who taught at SPSP (Saudi Petroleum Services Polytechnic), Dammam.

[November 2021 to 2023]

(Fulltime – On site)

(I teach ESL to Saudi companies’ apprentices.)

Books used: Cutting Edge book series.

• An ESL teacher at Saudi Mining Polytechnic (SMP), Northern Province, KSA.

[July 2019 to October 2021]

(Fulltime – On site and online (during the COVID-19 epidemic))

(I taught general English, and mining vocabulary to company apprentices.) Books used: Q: Skills for Success series, Touchstone series, Mining: Introduction (by Longman), and Technical English series.

• An ESL teacher at the IIL (International Institute of Languages), KSA, who taught at NITI

(National Industrial Training Institute), Al-Ahsaa.

[December 2017 to May 2019]

(Fulltime – On site)

(I taught ESL to ARKAD, ARAMCO, and other companies’ apprentices.) Books used: New Headway Plus series, and the NITI’s electronic English curriculum.

• A language instructor at QEC (Quality Education Company) who taught students in the preparatory year at University of Baha, KSA.

[2016 – 2017]

(Fulltime – On site)

(I taught general English to preparatory-year students in Baha University.) Books used: Touchstone series.

• An English teacher at Al-Hussan Center and Schools, Dammam and Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

[From August 2013 until May 2016]

(Fulltime – On site)

Books used: Super Goal series, Goal series, and Full Blast series, Macmillan. 4

• A Fulbright grantee who worked as an FLTA (Foreign Language Teaching Assistant) of Arabic. Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan, USA.

[From: August 2012 to: 15th of May 2013]

(Fulltime – On site)

(I taught Arabic as a foreign language to university students at Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan U.S.A. I designed parts in the Arabic curriculum, and translated Egyptian movies to show to students.)

Books used: Al-Kitaab series, as well as my own study packages.

• An Internationally certified data trainer from IBM in the field of BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) to train university students in the EduEgypt program held and sponsored by Egyptian Ministries of Higher Education and Telecommunication (One of only around 220 IBM certified trainers in the whole of Egypt).

[From: October 2010 to: May 2012]

(Part-timing, on a project-based basis)

(I taught to students of University of Alexandria, and University of Mansoura.) Books used: IBM’s packages.

• An English Language instructor and Soft Skills trainer on a part-timing basis at New Horizons Egypt (Nasr City, Cairo)

[From: June 2010 to: August 2012]

(Part-timing, on a project-based basis)

(I taught English for Special Purposes ESP, Business English and phonetics; and Soft Skills curricula that comprised five areas – namely: An introduction to BPO, Communication skills, Customer service, Presentation skills, and Innovation and entrepreneurship – to students in the English sections of faculties of Arts and Commerce, at Tanta University (2010), Mansoura University (2011), Monofeyya University (Feb. through May 2012), Kafr Al-Sheikh University

(Feb. through May, June through August 2012), all on a project-based basis.) Books used: Market Leader series.

• A Language instructor at Berlitz Egypt (Nasr City- Cairo) on a part-timing basis.

[From February 2009 to March 2012]

(Part-timing, on a project-based basis)

(I did projects in ITI Mansoura (Feb. through May 2009); Toshiba El-Araby company, Quesna city (2009); University of Alexandria (2010); University of Assyout (2010, 2011); and University of Mansoura (2012); all with customer satisfaction percentage above 90%.) Books used: Berlitz series.

• Language instructor and Soft Skills trainer on a part-timing basis in Michigan Academy.

[From: September 2010 to: February 2011]

(Part-timing, on a project-based basis)

(I took part in the governmental grant of MCIT in Orascom Centre, Port Said 2010-2011, in which I taught a preparatory course for the TOEFL PBT test as well as a soft skills course). Books used: TOEFL PBT Preparation by Longman University Press.

• Has school teaching experience in Egypt.

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• Had an ESL training in Berlitz Egypt (Nasr City- Cairo) for 1 month.

[October 2008]

• Training in Bibliotheca Alexandrina (The Library of Alexandria) for 7 weeks

[June - July 2008].

• A freelance translator and tutor

• A translator in the Egyptian Centre for Creativity and Development (El-Agami Bitash)

[From: 2006 to: 2008]

(Part-timing)

(I translated books from English into Arabic for the centre.) Skills:

• Proficiency in both written and spoken English

• Perfect written and spoken Standard Arabic

• Very good at translation both from English into Arabic and from Arabic into English (I used to get the highest score at the subject throughout specialization years in college.)

• Good neutral English pronunciation with the ability to phonetically transcribe any English word or text.

• Computer skills (windows, Internet, word, PowerPoint, Excel) (certified by IBM)

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