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]
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:
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American Democracy: Continuing Debates over Rights and Obligations
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Education in Contemporary America
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Evolution of Individual Rights in America
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Representations in American Studies
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Methods and Materials for Teaching American Studies
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Religious Pluralism and Tolerance in America
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Women’s Rights and Racism in America
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The Immigration Experience in America
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Civil Rights and Racism in America
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Nature and the Environment in America
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Native American History and Culture
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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
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English Department, Hebron University, Palestine. Assistant Professor of English.
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Palestine Polytechnic University, Hebron, Palestine. Part-time
1997/8/9 Department of Languages and Translation, Bir-Zeit University, Palestine, (Summer Semesters only)
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Alquds Open University, Nablus, Palestine. Part-time.
1999-Now Alquds Open University, Salfit, Palestine. Part-time.
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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
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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
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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
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Three Rivers TESOL Headquarters, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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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
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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]