My Teaching Philosophy:

To prepare myself for an English teaching career, I have been learning teaching methods and observing certified English language teachers in their field work; the more I read, observe, and learn on this subject, the clearer idea I get on how a good teacher would be like. Reading different theories and seeing different teaching styles in practice, I realized that there is no perfect one because every theory has its pros and cons. Furthermore, it made me believe that one learning and teaching style absolutely doesn’t fit all the learners. Therefore, I have been creating and editing my own teaching philosophy since the first day I started my graduate program in TESOL (Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages).

From what I have been learning, I picked various effective English teaching techniques in which I found suitable, beneficial and most importantly, interesting for English learners.

In my philosophy, an ideal English class is a combination of a welll-equipped classroom and effective teaching techniques.

A language learning class, in my opinion, is a class of art. I believe that the best thing in teaching a new language is to have fun while using creative artistic ideas and technology that let the new information go to the students’ minds through their senses. By hearing, touching, looking, and thinking about those educational aids, a new language would definitely be more interesting to learn.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

 Master of Arts (M.A.) with Dean’s Recognition award               2013 –2015

MA in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, USA

Bachelor with 2nd Honor Degree, GPA                2006 - 2012

English Linguistics and Literature from Faculty of Arts and Humanities at King AbdulAziz University, Jeddah , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

TRAINING COURSES:

English Language Program                  2013

Intensive English For Academic Purposes ELS Language Center - Garden City, New York, USA

English Language Program and Specific Module for KAU                  2010-2011

One-Year Preparatory English Sep 2010 — Sep 2011 Center for English Language Education at The University of Nottingham, Nottingham. UK                           

Experience and Achievements

· August 2015 – June 2016 (English instructor, Academic Coach, and Ambassador trainer)

Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

· Jan 2015 – May 2015 (Student-Teacher) for 480 hours

P.S 148 Elementary School in Queens, New York, USA

· 2008-2010 Working by Hours as a tutor and an office clerk

The English Club, the Students' Affair Deanship, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS:

Presenting My Action Research Findings                         March 7, 2015

At The 36th Annual NYS TESOL Applied Linguistics Winter Conference “Multiple Perspectives: Integrating Theory & Practice” which was held at Columbia University, New York. 

CERTIFICATES/AWARDS

• 2015 Dean’s Award for Graduate TESOL Non-Certification Track in Recognition  of Outstanding Achievement  

   

• 2016 Certificate of Dedication and Contribution to Effat English Academy, Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia