Aisha M. Sayidina 1500 Massachusetts Avenue NW # 316 Washington, DC 20005 USA Email: asayidina@gwu.edu Academic Qualifications: University Degree Major University of CERTESEL TESL Saskatchewan Canada University of PhD Applied Exeter, Linguistics United Kingdom A Contrastive Study of Syntactic Relations, Cohesion and Punctuation as Markers of Rhetorical Organization in Arabic and English Narrative Texts Georgetown University, MA TESOL Washington, D.C. USA University of BA (Hon.) English Language Khartoum (Magna cum laude) and Linguistics Sudan Teaching Certificates: TESL Ontario Accredited ESL Instructor: Current TESL Ontario TESL Trainer Certificate of Accreditation: Theory Instructor, Methodology Instructor Academic Coordinator, Practicum Supervisor: Current Employment History: August 2015-present: Qatar University, Department of English Literature and Linguistics Assistant Professor August 2014-30 July 2015: EAP Program, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, the George Washington University, Washington, DC. USA Assistant Professor, Graduate EAP Coordinator
Coordinating Graduate EAP instruction, organizing teaching, developing syllabi, placement and diagnostic tests for international students, leading workshops to enhance instruction and blending of classroom practices and instructional technology August 2013-August 2014: Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta EAP faculty Taught EAP to international students at the University of Alberta, developed assignment to help students cope with the demands of their academic majors, used assignments to develop critical thinking and research writing with emphasis on academic integrity July- August 2013: DUKE Academy, Toronto Business Communication Course Developer, IELTS Instructor Developed course materials for Business Communication Teach IELTS test preparation 2007 June, 2013: American University of Sharjah Assistant Professor of English Taught ESP/EAP courses and Research Writing. taught: English for Engineering with emphasis on collaborative team work within different engineering disciplines for optimal training in technical proposal writing, project writing and presentation techniques; coordinated the English for Engineering courses. Taught Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics and grammar courses; taught Business English to undergrad students emphasizing intercultural business communication with particular focus on effective presentations, production of effective business documents. 2005-2007: TAIE Institute. EAP faculty Taught EAP to international students who were to join the University of Alberta, developed assignments with emphasis on academic listening, reading, writing and speaking; emphasized critical thinking and use of ethical documentation in academic writing 2003-2007: Western Town College TESL Canada Lecturer, ESL Instructor Taught all ESL levels, taught all ESL skills (listening, speaking
reading, writing), taught pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. Trained native English language speakers for TESL Canada Diploma, Supervised Practicum at Western Town College 2002-2003: University of Toronto, Institute for Women and Gender Studies Visiting Scholar Analyzed media texts for research in Gender and the Press 1999-2002: The Police College, Abu Dhabi, UAE Assistant Professor of English Head of the Language Division, Coordinated and developed the ESL/ ESP Program, Trained the teaching staff to use the multimedia language labs, Taught ESP and EAP courses to police officers studying for degrees in Police Sciences in the UK and USA universities, taught TOEFL and IELTS test preparation 1997-1999: Al-Bayan University, Abu Dhabi, UAE Head of English and Translation Department, Director of ESL/ESP Program Established the English and Translation Department, Managed the placement tests Established the CALL and Multimedia Language program 1996-1997: On leave in the UK researching a book on pedagogical grammar (published) 1993-1996: College of Women Education, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia Assistant Professor of Applied linguistics Taught Linguistics, Translation, Academic Writing, Teaching Methods and supervised practicum 1991-1993: University of Exeter, UK Graduate Student in the Applied Linguistics PhD Program, Teaching Assistant in the Language Centre, University of Exeter, Recognized Teacher of Arabic in the Language Center, Lecturerof Translation and AFL in the Department of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Exeter 1990-1991: College for Women Education, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Lecturer in the English Department Taught all level ESL courses, taught speaking, listening and pronunciation Taught various Linguistics courses 1989-1990: English Department, University of Khartoum, Sudan ESP/ESL Lecturer Taught ESP courses for the Scientific English Unit, Developed the ESL/ESP curricula, Developed and administered placement and achievement tests Taught linguistic courses 1987-1989: Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA Graduate Student in the MA TESOL Program, Department of Linguistics, School of Graduate Studies, Taught ESP courses in the EFL Department, Georgetown University Taught English to international students, graded exit exams, assisted in diagnostic and placement testing 1985-1987: Department of English, University of Khartoum, Teaching Assistant in the Department of English Taught ESL/ ESP, College Composition, Critical Reading and Study Skills Community work 1. Volunteer instructor for adults with the ALFA Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2. Volunteer tutor for adults with disability at Frontier College, Toronto 3. Volunteer instructor for literacy with Toronto School Board of Education, teaching literacy and study skills to immigrant children Scholarships and Academic Prizes Sir George Arthur Prize for best student in English, 1982 Faculty of Arts Prize for best graduating student, 1985 Fulbright Scholar, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.1987-1989 American Association of University Women Fellowship, 1989 Membership of Professional Associations TESOL Ontario TESL Canada Poetics and Linguistics Association The International Society for Language Studies Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics Sample Publications
Transfer of L1 Cohesive Devices and Transition Words into L2 Academic Texts: The Case of Arab Students : RELC Journal. 41.3 December 2010:253-266. SAGE Publications. Cohesion and the Role of Culture. A paper presented at TESL Ontario 38 th. Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 2010. Elements of the English Sentence. Muenchen: LINCOMEUROPA. (2005) Syntax as a Marker of Rhetorical Organization in Written Texts: Arabic and English. IRAL, vol. XXXVII, No. 4.1999: 291-305 The Finite English Verb Group: A Working Book. Muenchen: LINCOMEUROPA. (2001) Texture and Culture: Cohesion as a Marker of Rhetorical Organization in Arabic and English Narrative Texts". RELC Journal, vol. 31, No. 2 (December, 2000):45-75. A version of this paper was presented at the 17 th. Annual conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), Nottingham, England,1-5, July, 1997. The Contrastive Rhetoric Hypothesis and composition teaching to EFL Arab students". The proceedings of the Inaugural MLI Teacher to Teacher Conference. Abu Dhabi: Military Language Institute Publications, (2000). A Contrastive Study of Syntactic Relations, Cohesion, and Punctuation as Markers of Rhetorical Organization in Arabic and English Narrative Texts". Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of Exeter, U.K. A Contrastive Study of English and Arabic Rhetorics. Unpublished MA Dissertation, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., U.S.A. Syntactic Markers of Given-New Information in English and Arabic. Unpublished BA (Hon.) Dissertation, University of Khartoum, Sudan.