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| Title: | Arabic Language Instructor |
| Posted by: | abdulwahab qadri |
| Location: | tunis, |
| Date: | September 14, 2006 |
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Details: Abdulwahab Qadri Objective: Highly-experienced, award-winning Arabic instructor seeks position teaching working professionals practical Arabic language skills they can use at any level and any field. Skills profile: * Fifteen years’ successful teaching experience of Arabic to non- native speakers, especially diplomats and business professionals. * Reputation for engaging, high-energy classroom style that gets results. * Skilled in tailoring classroom activities to individual students’ needs. * Pushes students to higher levels of performance in everything from conversation to reading, from watching the news to giving presentation etc. * Maintains library of up-to-date articles and other teaching materials including personally recorded audio CDs that motivate and interest students. Professional highlights: * Nine years as one of the most sought-after teachers at the U.S. government's prestigious Foreign Service Institute field school in Tunisia, training diplomats in high-level Arabic language skills. * Consistently cited for awards and honors, including nomination for the U.S. government's highest award for English teaching: Abdelwahab Quadri employs creative and diverse means to push his students to eecognize and unlock the internal structure of this extremely complex language. There is no complacency in this classroom, each day being as intense as the day before, and this is the result of an instructor who studies his students, understands the barriers they face to improvement and systematically breaks those barriers down. * Presented lecture on U.S. government teaching of Arabic at worldwide Conference on “Arabic as a Second Language” in Damascus, Syria (2004). * Seizes opportunities for students to practice Arabic in real–life situations, e.g. appearing as guests on Tunis’ “Mosaic FM” radio programs. The State Department showcased these Radio Mosaic tapes at a conference at the university of Maryland (June 2004) as outstanding examples of innovation in teaching practical Arabic to diplomats. * Wrote a dictionary of Arabic verbs * Currently writing a general book on Arabic Language Study, tailored to non-natives Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Arabic literature and linguistics, Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1983-1986. 2002: Certification as language examiner/tester for U.S. Government, Foreign Service Institute Work history: 1996 to present: Arabic instructor U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Arabic field school, teaching high– level speaking, reading and listening. 1988 to present: independent writer and editor for Al-Jazira and the Riyadh Daily Ad newspapers; Al-Sharq and Al-Yamama magazines; and free-lance author of short stories, articles and editorials 1982 to present: freelance Arabic instructor for business, academic and government professionals at all levers of speaking, reading and listening. 1989-1996: Arabic instructor, American embassy in Riyadh. Taught all levers of working professionals in individual and group sessions. 1988-1996: actor, announcer and commentator on radio Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Languages: Arabic: educated native speakers with expertise in media Arabic , literary Arabic, Tunisian, Egyptian, Gulf and Levantine dialects . English: speaking (good); comprehension (excellent); reading (good) Awards 1) Meritorious Honor Award: “For superior teaching” (December 2005) 2) Meritorious Honor Award: “In recognition of the many new ideas which you have brought to our program , your hard work, and the many contributions which you have made.” (July 1998). 4) Franklin Award: For outstanding performance, innovative teaching and helping to improve U.S.–Arab understanding after September 11, 2001 (June 2002) 5) Certificate of Appreciation: “For six years of service as Arabic language instructor for the United States Embassy in Riyadh and the American community. Your efforts have significantly contributed to the ability of American diplomats assigned in Riyadh to understand both Arabic language and Arab culture.” |
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