Certified IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Examiner,
Resource Person on RSA COTE, Senior Instructor of ESP and ESL. Designed, revised
and taught ESP and ESL courses at tertiary and baccalaureate level. Designed
tests and curricula. Coordinated courses and academic programmes including
pre-session programmes.
Instructor– English Composition, Department
of Language and Literature Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE, February
2004 to date
Senior Instructor, The Aga Khan University, Centre of
English Language (CEL), Karachi, Pakistan, January 1997 to August 2001
Related experience
English instructor on the English Challenge
Summer Camp, Zayed University and Abu Dhabi Education Zone, Abu Dhabi, UAE,
June 24-July12, 2005
IELTS and IGCSE (Orals) Examiner, British Council, Abu Dhabi,
UAE, October 2001-date
Resource person on Royal Society of Arts,
Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English (COTE), SPELT House, Karachi,
Pakistan, June-July, 2001
Teaching
Courses taught
Colloquy on Integrated Learning Course – English Composition (view
a lesson plan)
Colloquy on Integrated Learning Course – Independent
Study
General English
Study Skills
Intensive English Course for MEd
Self-directed Learning
Functional Grammar
Academic Presentation Skills
Expository Writing
Reading Comprehension for Nurses
Process Writing
Listening for specific purposes
Writing Course, Modules 1-5
Advanced Writing Skills Course
Interviewing Skills
Courses revised
Self-directed Learning
Functional Grammar
Communication Skills
Curricula developed and revised
English for Nursing Science, Diploma Programme, Year I, II & III
English for Nursing Science, Generic BScN Programme, Year I & II
Supplementary English, BScN Programme
English for the Track-1 Programme
Courses developed
Intensive English
Interviewing skills
Communication skills
New Trends in ELT
Advanced Writing Skills Course
Reading Comprehension
Learning projects initiated at CEL
Learner initiated dictionaries (concept paper published in The Internet
TESL Journal)
Experiential learning through a project-orientated approach - Student created
class web pages
Process writing
Portfolio development and assessment
Use of Internet and e-mail to teach writing
Comprehensive Student Evaluation Report
Project-based learning Learner centered testing (View tests here - Speaking, Writing, Reading)
Administrative
Coordinator, Computer Assisted Language Learning
(CALL) Programme, CEL, 1999-2001
Coordinator, Programme for Short Courses and
Workshops (ELT Unit), CEL, 1999-2001
Coordinator, Year II Diploma in Nursing Programme,
CEL, 1998-2001
Coordinator, Track-one Programme (pre-session
programme), School of Nursing, AKU, 1999
Co-Coordinator, Track-one Programme, School
of Nursing, AKU, 1998
Chair, Editorial Committee, CEL, 1999-2001
Chair, International Speakers Committee for
the AKUCEL Seminar 2001
Chair, Programme Book and Printed Material
Committee for the AKUCEL Seminar 2001
Coordinator, Post-seminar Institute on CALL,
AKUCEL Seminar 2001