سمير الرمال
Biography:

Curriculum Vitae (CV) of

Dr. SAMIR M. RAMMAL

Assistant Professor

 

 

Permanent Address:                                                                          Current Address

12 Schools’ Street                                                                              Department of L & T

Salfit, West Bank, Palestine                                                             Birzeit University

Home Phone: 09-2515-825                                                                Birzeit, Palestine.

Fax: 09-2515-667                                                                               Phone #: 02-298-2099

Fax: 02-992-9303

E-mail: [email protected]

            [email protected]

 

Career Objectives: To teach and design ESL curriculum in the USA or overseas, preferably in Palestine, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, or Jordan at university level

 

EDUCATION

2004                Summer Institute for the Study of the United States for Secondary School Teachers and Teacher Trainers, June 25- August 7, 2004, Institute for Training and Development (ITD), Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Fulbright Scholar. This intensive 6-week course covered the equivalent of 260 university course hours in the following American Studies topics:

  1. American Democracy: Continuing Debates over Rights and Obligations

  2. Education in Contemporary America

  3. Evolution of Individual Rights in America

  4. Representations in American Studies

  5. Methods and Materials for Teaching American Studies

  6. Religious Pluralism and Tolerance in America

  7. Women’s Rights and Racism in America

  8. The Immigration Experience in America

  9. Civil Rights and Racism in America

  10. Nature and the Environment in America

  11. Native American History and Culture

  12. The Image of the West in American Culture

     

1992-95           Ph.D. English Rhetoric & Linguistics, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), Indiana, PA 15705 USA, coursework included: Research Methodology, Linguistics and the English Teacher, TESL/TEFL Methodology, Teaching Basic Writing, ESL Materials & Media, Cross-Cultural Communication, Sociolinguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Topics in ESL Pedagogy, Bibliographical Methodology, Environmental Writing, and American English Grammar

 

Dissertation Topic: Investigating the English Writing Skills                                                                      Curriculum at Hebron University

 

1989                TESOL Summer Institute, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA Second Language Acquisition & Testing including all kinds of tests, tests design, and test evaluation under the supervision of Professor Sybel Carlson of San Francisco State University.

1986                A two-week short training program on TESTING sponsored by the British Council in Jerusalem and the supervision of Professor Hugh Walker of the University of Reading (April, 1986)

 

1984-85           MA Translation & Linguistics (English/ Arabic), the University of Bath, Bath, England, coursework included: Syntax, Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Translation Arabic/English and English/Arabic, Theory of Translation, and Theoretical Linguistics

                        Thesis: Annotated Translations: English/Arabic

 

 

1975-77           MA English Literature, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, coursework included: Old English Literature, Medieval English Literature and Chaucer, Elizabethan Literature, Shakespeare, 17th Century English Literature, Dr. Johnson, The Age of Alexander Pope, Victorian Literature, The Romantics, 20th Century English, and American Literature

 

1972-75           BA English with Honors, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, coursework included: English Language & Literature courses, Linguistics, General Science, Urdu, and Sociology

 

1968-69           High School/General Secondary School Certificate Examination (TAWJIHI), Salfit Secondary Boys School, Salfit, West Bank, Palestine. Coursework included Arabic, English, History, Religion, Geography, Sociology, General Science, and Mathematics              

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2017                Human ResourcesDevelopment Center, Ramallah, a 30 Hour 5 days Business English Training Program for the Water Resources Staff (Nov. 11, 12, 19, 21, & 22, 2017)

2014-Now       Al-Istiqlal University, Jericho, Part-Time lecturer of English

                       

2012-Now       MA Program, Al-Quds Bard, Part-time teaching and MA Thesis Supervisor

 

2012                Head of the 4th EFL Symposium Organizing Committee, Department of Languages and Translation, Birzeit University

 

2013                Member of the National English Curriculum Team, the Ministry of Education, Palestine

 

2013-Now       Head of the Official Testing Committee of the Licensed Translators, Ministry of Justice, Palestine

 

2011                Head of the 3rd EFL Symposium Organizing Committee, Department of Languages and Translation, Birzeit University

 

2012-Now       Head of the Official Testing Committee of the Licensed Translators, Ministry of Justice, Palestine

 

2011                Member of the National English Curriculum Team, the Ministry of Education, Palestine

 

2011                Member of the English Department Recruitment Committee

 

2011                First Vice President of the APETAU (Association of Professors of English & Translation at Arab Universities)

 

2011                Editor of the Third Quality English Teaching Symposium's Proceedings

 

2010                Editor of the Second Quality English Teaching Symposium's Proceedings

 

2009                Editor of the First Quality English Teaching Symposium's Proceedings

 

 

2010                Head of the Recruiting Committee, Department of Translation and Linguistics, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine

 

2009-Now       Member of the Council of the Arts College, Birzeit University, Palestine

 

2009                Head of the 2nd EFL Symposium Organizing Committee, Department of Languages and Translation, Birzeit University

 

2009                Head of the Recruiting Committee, Department of Translation and Linguistics, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine

 

2009-Now       ELT Consultant, Oxford University Press, Oxford & London, (Part-time Job)

 

2008-2011       Chairman, the Department of Languages & Translation, Birzeit University

 

2008-Now       Quality English Teaching & Learning Project (QETLP), Supervisor, Birzeit University

 

2008                Head of the 1st EFL Symposium Organizing Committee, Department of Languages and Translation, Birzeit University

 

2001-Now       Associate Professor, Languages & Translation Department; I taught ENGC 101, 141, & 231 in addition to Translation courses, and Current Issues.  I also taught Rhetoric, Research Writing, Writing I & II, and Literature 238 in the English Department.  

 

2004-Now       Member of Recruiting Committee, Department of Translation and Linguistics, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine

 

2004-2006       Head Coordinator of ENGC Courses 101, 141, & 231, Department of Languages & Translation, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine.

 

2002-2009       Head of Authorship Advisory Committee for the Secondary Grades New Palestinian English Curriculum, Curriculum Development Center, Ministry of Education, Palestine

 

2003-2011       Vice-President of APETAU (The Association of Professors of English and Translation at Arab Universities)

 

2001-Now       Department of Languages & Translation/ English Department, Birzeit University, Palestine: Assistant Professor of English/ ENGC102 Course Coordinator/Placement

Test Committee Member/Syllabus Committee Member & Textbooks Committee

 

    1. English Department, Hebron University, Palestine. Assistant Professor of English.

       

    1. Palestine Polytechnic University, Hebron, Palestine. Part-time

       

      1997/8/9          Department of Languages and Translation, Bir-Zeit University, Palestine, (Summer Semesters only)

       

    1. Alquds Open University, Nablus, Palestine. Part-time.

       

      1999-Now       Alquds Open University, Salfit, Palestine. Part-time.

       

    1. Alquds Open University, Hebron, Palestine. Part-time.

       

      1993-96           American Language Institute, Indiana University of        Pennsylvania, 212 Eicher Hall, Indiana, PA, USA, Position: ESL instructor of Grammar and Vocabulary.

                             

      1996- 97          Part-time Instructor of ESP for Engineering Students, Hebron Polytechnic

       

      1997-Now       Member of the Palestinian Curricula National Team, Co-author and Head of the Authorship Supervisory Committee of the 10th, 11th, & 12th Grades English Textbooks

      1985-92           Hebron University, Hebron, West Bank, Palestine.

      English Department Chair for the last three years. EFL Instructor of language Integrated Reading, Writing, and Listening skills; EST instructor of Linguistic Theory, Sociolinguistics, and Literature

       

                              ESOL courses Coordinator

       

      1977-1984       An-Najah University, Nablus, West Bank, Palestine

       

                              English Department Chairman

       

      Composition, Grammar and Speech

       

                              Coordinator of EFL courses

       

      1980-1983       Part-time English Language Instructor, Nablus Nursing College

       

 

RESEARCH SUPERVISION

2018               MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Slafa Sami Fayez Musallam: Translating the Language of Narration in British Media. Deanship of Graduate Studies: Al-Quds University

                         

 

2017                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Yaseen Nouriddin Assayid: Translating Political Ideology: the Case of English Translation of the Charter of the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS). Deanship of Graduate Studies: Al-Quds University

 

2016-               Present Member of the Discipline Committee, Faculty of Arts, BZU

 

 

2017                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Wafa’ Abu-Zeineh. A Comparative Study of Word Collocation and Its Impact on the Teaching of English to Palestinian Students. Hebron University: Deanship of Graduate Studies: Hebron University

 

                       

2017                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Riham Al-Sahib. The effect of Project-Based Learning on Students’ Achievement in Motivation in the EFL Learning Context. Hebron University: Deanship of Graduate Studies: Hebron University

 

2015                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Falastin Mohammad M. Hribat. Subtitling Humor in Animation Comedies into Arabic. Deanship of Graduate Studies: Al-Quds University

 

 

2014                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Samar Shadfan, Analyzing the English Language Needs of Law Students at Hebron University: a Case Study. Deanship of Graduate Studies: Hebron University

 

2014                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Suha Muhammad Salim Ziyada, Subtitiling and Dubbing Animation Movies from English into Arabic, Deanship of Graduate Studies, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem  

 

2014                MA Thesis Supervisor: Student:, Inam Qandeel, The Effect of Using Technology on Students’ English Listening and Speaking Skills in Ramallah Governorate Schools, Deanship of Graduate Studies, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem  

 

2013                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Samah Muhammad Abdel-Fattah Al-     Ayaseh.The Translation Impact of Gender Sensitization on the Palestinian Society, Deanship of Graduate Studies, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem               

 

2012               Evaluation (refereeing) of research for An-Najah University Refereed Research

                                                Magazine, Title: Investigating Al-Quds Open University Students’                            Learning Anxiety: July 1, 2012

 

2012               MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Basim Jamil Etmeizi, Modernism in                        T. S. Eliot’s Dramatic Monologue (The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 1975). Institute for Area Studies, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem                                                                                                      

                                                                      

            2012             MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Maisa’ Azzam Salaimeh,                             Towards English-Arabic Subtitling Standards,   Deanship of Graduate                            Studies, Al-Quds University, Abu-Dees: 16/06.2012                        

                                              

2012               MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Maha Mohammad Ali Isa, The                                                                           Effectiveness of Using Task-Based Learning (TBL) Approach on the Acquisition

                       Of the Desired English Language Concepts & Motivation toward Learning among

                      Ninth Grade Students in Bethlehem District, Deanship of Graduate Studies, Al-

                       Quds University, Abu-Dees: 11/12/2012          

 

2012               MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Ibrahim Mustafa Ad-Dahli, Culture-                         Bound Problems in Subtitling and Dubbing, with Particular Reference to                           English-Arabic Translation, Deanship of Graduate Studies Al-Quds                                     University, Abu-Dees: 16/06.2012            

 

2011                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Maysoon Muhammad Ibrahim Shehadeh, An Evaluation of English for Palestine Textbook 10th Grade in Palestine from the Teachers' Perspective, Deanship of Graduate Studies, Al-Quds University, Abu-Dees: 17/12/2011

 

2011                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student:Muhammad Zigan. Relative Pronouns in Modern English Literature: their Significance in Teaching Grammar within the EFL Context, Faculty of Graduate Studies, the English Department, Hebron University: 19/11/ 2011.

 

2011                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Sarah Mustafa Taha Zahran, Perceptions of Eighth Grade English Language Teaching in Ramallah and Al-Bireh District of Cooperative Learning, Deanship of Graduate Studies, Al-Quds University, Abu-Dees: 27/06/2011.

 

2011                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Fakhriyyah Ahmad Khamees Nassar. The Effect of Role-Play Strategy on Improving Student's English Speaking Skills in Ramallah Government Schools, Deanship of Graduate Studies, Al-Quds University, Abu-Dees: 27/06/2011.

 

2011                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Nahawand Samih Ahmad Elihmeidat. Reference to Weaponry in the Mass Media: a Study in the Loss Translating the Terminology of Military Discourse, MA Program in Translation and Interpreting, Deanship of Graduate Studies, Al-Quds University, Abu-Dees: 14/06/2011.

 

2011                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Eid Muhammad Eid Bheis. The Translatability of English Profanity in Arabic Subtitles, MA Program in Translation and Interpreting, Deanship of Graduate Studies, Al-Quds University, Abu-Dees: 05/06/2011.

 

2010                MA Thesis External Supervisor: Student: Ziyad Mustafa Mansour Dahnoon. Analysis of Writing Errors Made by Palestinian EFL Learners in Jericho Governmental Schools, Deanship of Graduate Studies, Al-Quds University, Abu-Dees: 24/10/2010.

 

2010                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Maysoon Shehadeh Muhammad Qaqour. The Influence of Question Types and Wait-Time on the Patterns of Interaction in the Palestinian Classroom, Faculty of Graduate Studies, the English Department, Hebron University: 25/02/2010.

 

2010                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Muyassar Abu Algilasi. The Effects of Using Text and Picture Animation on Promoting English Learning among Students of the 5th Grade, Faculty of Graduate Studies, the English Department, Hebron University: 25/02/2010.

 

2010                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student Amani Abeul-Karim. Tests and Testing at the School Level; Al-Quds University, Abu-Dees: Feb. 27, 2009

 

2009                MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Fakhri Abdul Rahman Al-Jabal. The Impact of Politics on Selected Classical American Novels, American Studies, Al-Quds University, Abu-Dees: 10/11/2009.

 

2009               MA Thesis External Examiner: Student: Laila Mohammad Ahmad Saleem. English Department, An-Najah University                                              

 

 

2006                MA Thesis Supervisor: The Instructional Training Needs of English Teachers in        Ramallah and Jericho Government Schools, Student: Fatima Khalaf, College of            Education, Al-Quds University

 

2005                MA Thesis Supervisor: Teachers Questions of Student: Iliani Abu Ed, Department of Education, Birzeit University

 

 

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCIES

Arabic: Excellent reading, speaking, writing, and listening skills

 

English: Excellent reading, speaking, writing, and listening skills

 

Hebrew: Good speaking and writing skills; fair reading and listening skills

 

Urdu: Fair speaking, reading, and writing         

 

 

TRAVELS AND STUDY AWARDS

2017               New Delhi, Aligarh, & Allahabad, India. Aug. 24-Sept. 10, 2017

 

2010                Cairo, Egypt, Primary Methodology Training, Feb. 7-8, 2010

2010                Amman Jordan,University Press Annual Conference, Jan. 17-21, 2010

 

2009                Istanbul, Turkey, Oxford University Press, Teachers' Training, Dec. 19-21, 2009

 

2009                Antalya, Turkey,Oxford University Press Annual Conference, Feb. 16-20, 2009

 

2007               France, Paris City Union Conference, Dec. 2-4, 2007

 

2007               Jordan, Tafilah, APETU Second Regional Forum: The Petra Forum Aug.19, 2007

 

2007               UAE, TESOL Arabia, Dubai, March, 21-23, 2007

 

2006              Jordan, APETAU International Conference, Jordan University

 

2006               Egypt, CDELT, 26th Symposium at Ain-Shams University, Cairo

 

2005               UK, Oxford, McMillan, Ministry of Education, English for Palestine

 

2004                ITD, Mas. Amherst, USA, Fulbright American Studies Summer Institute,

 

2003                Jordan, AETAU Conference, Jordan University

 

2000                Ministry of Education, Acknowledgment Certificate, Hebron Education Department

 

2005                Egypt, Arab Students’ Annual Meeting

 

1999                Egypt, American University TESOL, Cairo

 

1992                USA, American AID/AMIDEAST

 

1989                USA, San Francisco American AID/AMIDEAST

 

1984                The United Kingdom, Bath, British Council

 

1975                PLO Scholarship, India, Aligarh

 

 

INTERNATIONAL & REGIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2018               Revisiting Students Journals: A Motivating Pedagogic Notion that Can Reshape

                       EFL Learners' Perception of Writing, Public Lecture, BZU. April 14, 2018

 

2018               New Trends in Translation. Translation Day. Al-Quds Open University,                           Ramallah. April 2, 2018

 

2018               PALTAG, ‘Palestine Teacher Activity Group’ ELT Symposium, 2018.    

                     Ramallah, Palestine. 6-3-2018

 

2018          Revisiting Students Journals: A Motivating Pedagogic Notion that Can Reshape EFL

                    Learners' Perception of Writing, Techniques for Improving Students’ Proficiency                                            Symposium: February 21, 2018. Al-Quds Open University,

 

2017              Post Colonial Theory with Special Reference to Edward Said. Department of

                                                           English & Modern Languages, University of Allahabad,

                       September 6, 2017: India

 

2017               Problems of Literary and Functional Translation. Department of English, AMU,

                       Aligarh Muslim University, India: September 4, 2017

 

2017               New Trends in Translation. Department of Arabic, Jamia Millia Islamia, New

                       Delahi, India: September 8, 2017.

  

2017               Using Technology in TEFL: A Student-Teacher Motivating Process. International                         Conference on the Teaching of English Language and Literature: Critical   Perspectives. Department of English, GITAM University, India: Aug.11-12, 2017                              

2017               Motivating EFL Learners: Classroom Interactive Workshop. CDELT Symposium,                         Ein Shams University, Cairo Egypt: March 23-24, 2017

 

2012                Using Technology in TEFL: A Student-Teacher Motivating Process. Language Arts Pre-service Teacher Education Development Program Dissemination Workshop: Faculty of Education, An-Najah National University, Palestine;Tertiary Education Project Quality Improvement Fund (QIF) Funded by the World Bank. December 8, 2012.

 

2012                Arabic-English Code-Switching: a Useful Means of Communication Arab University Students Resort to in Their Conversations: Zarqa University, Jordan. Perspectives on Contemporary Academic Research the 2nd International Conference of the Department of English Language & Translation, Faculty of Arts-Zarqa University, Jordan: 28-29 March, 2012

 

2010                Teaching Oxford University Press Textbooks: Family & Friends Series: Cairo, Egypt, Primary Methodology Training, Feb 7-8, 2010

2010                English for Palestine: An Interactive Approach: Amman Jordan,University Press Annual Conference, Jan. 17-21, 2010

 

2009                Palestinian EFL Teachers: Self in-Service Development: Istanbul, Turkey, Oxford University Press, Teachers' Training, Dec. 19-21, 2009

 

2009                Diglossia: A Comparative Study between English & Arabic. New Perspectives: New Challenges. First English Language Conference, An-Najah National University; Dec. 5, 2009

 

2009               Rhetorical Issues in the Writing Samples of Arab Learners of English, the 4th                           APETAU International Conference, Amman, Jordan, Nov. 14-16, 2009

 

2009               Treating EFL Students' Writing Errors, the Second QETLP National Symposium:

                       Quality English Teaching: EFL Enhancement in the New Millennium The                                    

                        Departmentof Languages and Translation, Birzeit University: June 27, 2009-11-09

 

2009               The First Educational Conference, An-Najah University, Oct. 17-18, 2009-11-09

                               

2009                Tertiary Education Project Workshop. Ministry of Education and Higher Education Tertiary Education Project; Intercontinental Hotel, Jericho, Palestine: May 5-6, 2009

 

2009                Rhetorical Issues in the Writing Samples of Arab Learners of English: Quality English Teaching: EFL Enhancement in the New Millennium, Second National Symposium, Department of Languages & Translation, Birzeit University, Palestine June 26, 2009             

 

2009                Participated in three workshops supervised by Professor Lilia Savova on: Using Technology in the EFL Classroom, Testing, and Writing; The Department of Languages and Translation, Birzeit University, Palestine: June 27-29, 2009

 

2008            Teacher Self Development and Self Motivation: a Risk-Taking Process, the First                            National Symposium on: Quality English Teaching Encountering Challenges,                                    Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine: Aug. 30-31, 2008.

 

2008             Facilitating Peer-Response Journals by Using E-mail, 28th CDELT Symposium,                                     Ein-Shams UniversityinCairo, Egypt: March 1-3, 2008.                      

 

2007               Representing Salfit Municipality, Paris, France: Paris City Union Conference,

                       City Union Conference, Dec. 2-4, 2007

                      

2007               Chaired a Session, Jordan, Tafilah, APETU Second Regional Forum: The Petra                               Forum Aug. 19, 2007

 

2007               Teaching the Preposition (AT) to EFL Students, UAE, TESOL Arabia, Dubai

 

2006                The Other Side of the Mirror: EFL/ESL Students Offer Their Opinions of Good     Language Teaching, APETAU 3rd International Conference, Aug. 23-35, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

 

2006               Treating EFL students’ Oral and Writing Errors, CDELT 26th Annual Symposium,

                        April 10-12/2006, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

 

2005                Using Video in the EFL/ESL Classroom, CDELT 25th Annual Symposium, Aug. 10-12/2005, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

 

2004                Approaching American Identities through Diverse Teaching Materials, Fulbright American Studies Summer Institute, ITD, Amherst College, Mas. USA.

 

2003                Handling the New English Curriculum, a Workshop for the Parents of the First Grade Pupils, Salfit Basic School.

 

2005                Facilitating Peer-response Journals via Email.The 6th EFL Skills Conference,    English Studies Division – Center for Adult and Continuing Education, The American University in Cairo, Egypt; Monday Jan. 24, 2000- Thursday 27, 2000.

 

1998                Teaching Environmental Literature to EFL Students at Palestinian Universities. The first International Conference on Literature and Translation, Irbid National University, Irbid, Jordan. July 14-16, 1998.    

                                          

1997                Diglossia: A Contrastive Quantitative Study of Arabic-English Diglossic Situation. The First Conference on Arabic-English Contrastive & Comparative Studies, Department of English, University of Jordan, August 23-27, 1997.

 

1997                Foreigner Talk and Foreigner Register, The 4th EFL Skills Conference, English Studies Division – Center for Adult and Continuing Education, The American University in Cairo, Egypt; Tuesday December 9, 1997.

 

1997                Toward Writing as a Process in EFL Classrooms, at the Third Maghreb ESP Conference, Institute Bourguiba Des Languages Vivantes, University De Tunis I, Feb. 27 - Mach 01, 1997.

 

1997                Students’ Journals: A Useful Pedagogic Notion That Can Reshape Palestinian EFL Learners’ Perception of Writing at the Third IATEFL, Beth-Lehem University, Beth-Lehem, Palestine, April 11,1997.

 

1996                Investigating the English Writing Skills Curriculum at Hebron University, The Second IATEFL Annual Conference, Beir Zeit University, Palestine. April 19, 1996.

 

1996                Developing Sound English Writing Skills Curricula at Palestinian Universitiesat the International Middle Eastern Studies Conference, Al Al-bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan. April 7-11/1996

 

1994                The Arab Israeli Peace Treaty at Derry Senior High School, Derry, PA, USA

 

1994                Teaching by Video: “ Slices from Life” at the Three Rivers     TESOL Annual Conference, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA, Nov. 1994.

 

1987                Teaching Literature: Genre Vis Chronology at the Second Annual EFL University Teachers Symposium, Hebron University, Hebron, West Bank, Palestine

 

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

2012                Using Technology in TEFL: A Student-Teacher Motivating Process. Tertiary Education Project Quality Improvement Fund (QIF) World Bank, (pp. 1-37)

 

2009                Teacher Self-Development: A Risk-taking Process. (Aug. 30-31, 2008). Proceedings: The First National Quality English Teaching; Encountering Challenges Symposium, Birzeit University, Palestine

 

2008       Rhetorical Issues in the Writing Samples of Arab Learners of English,Teaching              Writing skills in EFL: Theory Research TESOL Arabia Publications: p. 91-103.            

 

2006 Using Video in EFL Classrooms - Articles - UsingEnglish.com An article about using video in EFL classes ... Dr. Samir M. Rammal, Assistant Professor of English Department of Languages & Translation ...www.usingenglish.com/articles/video-efl-classroom.html

           2006 The Other Side of the Mirror - Articles - UsingEnglish.com

An article about what ESL students think about good language teaching ... Dr. Samir M. Rammal, Assistant Professor of English Department of Languages & Translation ...www.usingenglish.com/articles/other-side-mirror.

 

2006             Treating EFL students’ Oral and Writing Errors. (April 10-12/2006). Proceedings: 26th CDELT Annual Symposium, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt  

                                                                                                                                

2006               Using Video in the EFL Classroom. (April 12-13, 2005). Proceedings: 25th CDELT                         National Symposium on English Language Teaching: Published by CDELT,                             Ain-Shams University, Cairo.

2002               Economic Monitor, Translated Text Arabic-English. (Issue Number 9-December  2002): Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS); (pp. I-XXI, & 1-54)

 

2000             Facilitating Peer-response Journals by Using E-mail. (December, 2000) Palestinian Educational Research & Studies Journal (PERSA) Vol. 4: Gaza (pp. 1-23)

                            

1999                Students’ Journals: A Useful Pedagogic Notion that Can Reshape Palestinian EFL Learners’ Perception of Writing. (August, 1999): Hebron University Research Journal, Vol. 1: Hebron. (p. 77-97)

 

1998                Organizing an EFL Materials & Media Fair Project. PATEFL Newsletter, Issue No 3, April 1998. (p. 4-6)

 

1996                Teaching Environmental Writing to EFL Students in Palestinian Universities Environment 2.2 (1996-1997) USA. http://etex.lib.virginia.edu/osi/ASLE/asle96.html                               

 

 

TRANSLATIONS AND UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS

  •      Work Place Environment, Author: Dr. Samir Harb, Translation from Arabic into                                                                        EnglishDemocracy & Workers’ Rights Center, Ramallah, Palestine.

 

 

2004                Dr. Nabil Qissees’s Inauguration Speech on September 15, 2004, Original text in Arabic translated into English

 

2004                Alternative Palestinian Agenda: Proposal for an Alternative Configuration in Palestine-Israel (38 pp). Original Text in English translated into Arabic, www.ap-agenda.org, Dr. Nasser Abu Farha

 

2002                Euro-Palestinian Partnership Agreement, Author: Dr Oruba Al-Barghouthi. Translation from Arabic into English, Democracy and Workers’ Rights Center, Ramallah, Palestine, 200 pages

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2006                Member of the Administrative Committee for Quality Improvement Fund Project, Languages and Translation, Birzeit University

 

2006                Re-elected as Vice-President of APETAU (The Association of Professors of English and Translation at Arab Universities)

 

2006                Member of the College Council, Faculty representative elected member

 

2005-Now       Treasurer, Fulbright Alumni Association, Palestine

 

  1. English Language National Team for Schools English Curricula Design & Development, Ministry of Education, Ramallah, Palestine

     

    1992             Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL) Head Quarters,       

                     Alexandria, Virginia, USA

     

  2. Three Rivers TESOL Headquarters, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

     

  3. IATEFL, (PATEFL), Palestine

     

    1999                ASLE The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment: asle@sle ONLINE

     

    1993                The BETA GAMMA CHAPTER KAPPA DELTA PI Member and Award Outstanding Candidate. An Honor Society in Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA 15705, USA

     

  4. APETAU (The Association of Professors of English and Translation at Arab universities), Vice-President, 2003

     

    2002-07           Head of Authorship Advisory Committee, Secondary Schools Textbooks, English for Palestine, Curriculum Development Center, Ministry of Education & Higher Education, Ramallah, Palestine. (Work with the Mac-Milan Team, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK)  

     

 

 

 

 

REFERENCES

Professor Jerry G. Gebhard, Rhetoric & Linguistics, English Department, IUP, PA, USA: E-mail: [email protected]

 

Professor Michel Williamson, Rhetoric & Linguistics, English Department, IUP, PA, USA: E-mail: [email protected]

 

Professor Ali Agbar, Rhetoric & Linguistics, English Department, IUP, PA, USA: E-mail: [email protected]

 

Professor Khuluki Khanfar, President of Hebron University, Hebron, Palestine

 

Dr. Omar Abu-Humos, Palestinian Center for Curricula Development, Ministry of Education, Ramallah, Palestine: E-mail: [email protected]

 

Mr Mahmoud Abdelfattah, X Chairman, Languages & Translation, Birzeit University, Palestine. E-mail: [email protected]