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Dear all ,,,
It was my great pleasure to nominate myself as Arabic Language Teaching Program for Speakers of Other Languages as a specialist in this for several years where I worked in teaching Arabic to foreigners at the Languages Center of Jordanian University for many years, and I practiced this job professionally in All positions held in more than one center specialized in this field.
I also worked in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers in Turkey at the TOBB University / Ankara, and I think I left a deep impression on teaching: all the required language skills, such as "reading, writing, listening and speaking"
While working at the language center at the University of Jordan, I collaborated with more than one program, such as Middlebury program , SOAS program and CIEE program.
I was teaching students at various universities such as the University of Kentucky, Wisconsin, Miami, etc., and I was Always a dynamic that loves innovation and renewal and always use modern methods of teaching in order to achieve the satisfaction of students from this new generation that occupies information technology all its life ..
My specialization in teaching diplomats, military, and economists during my work as a teacher and director of the European Academy specializing in teaching British diplomatic students has given me many of the skills and features that I need as a teacher of the Arabic language where students come to study and each one of them has his own motivations and goals that he wants to achieve.
Teaching the Arabic language to prominent and important personalities and diplomats from multiple embassies while working at the Language Center at the University of Jordan and other institutions gave me an excellent and multi-cultural background, and this achieves a high readiness to open various topics among students and provide opinions that show a wide culture for the specialized teacher.
I volunteered more than once to teach the colloquial dialect of foreign students at the University of Jordan, because I believe that a foreign student needs colloquial dialect in the same amount of his need for classical language. In which they live.
Frankly, there are students who loved Arabic and even those who spoke Arabic and who loved the country in which they studied the language, so they tried to express their love for it through a community service that they provide to the place they live in, such as painting stairs, the wall and decorating the streets in the center of the country, and even presented Arab songs with their voices.
I claim to be an active teacher, who uses every moment in the classroom to develop the language skills of her students, and to engage them in group discussions to express their ideas.
I have my own ways and my personal creativity to always be welcome from my students because she posed questions that were able to encourage students to speak and express their opinions. And even a useful discussion.
I actually believe that the teacher has important personal qualities, including acceptance, love and attachment to students, so I read a lot about the new in the field of teaching Arabic to speakers of other languages, listen to the experiences of colleagues and benefit from them, and realize the language standards that the student requires to achieve this at every level he joins To him>
I am sure that language is life and my students don’t only learn the language, but they live it.
I have many skills that serve students, I am a writer, poet, and successful festivals and administrative introduction, and I have experience in organizing recreational tourism trips for foreign students, the important thing is to learn with pleasure, love fun and use the beautiful spirit in the classroom in order to break the routine to increase motivation for students to learn the language Arabic.
The class is not the only place to learn a language. Working life is absolutely essential. We have to take our students to practice language in practical life.
It is really nice to keep the necessity of communicating with my students after the semester has ended and try to always help them, and we are keen to make our relationship with our co-workers dignified, pure and complementary, so I am keen to listen to the comments from others to achieve everything useful.
It was my great pleasure to nominate myself as Arabic Language Teaching Program for Speakers of Other Languages as a specialist in this for several years where I worked in teaching Arabic to foreigners at the Languages Center of Jordanian University for many years, and I practiced this job professionally in All positions held in more than one center specialized in this field.
I also worked in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers in Turkey at the TOBB University / Ankara, and I think I left a deep impression on teaching: all the required language skills, such as "reading, writing, listening and speaking"
While working at the language center at the University of Jordan, I collaborated with more than one program, such as Middlebury program , SOAS program and CIEE program.
I was teaching students at various universities such as the University of Kentucky, Wisconsin, Miami, etc., and I was Always a dynamic that loves innovation and renewal and always use modern methods of teaching in order to achieve the satisfaction of students from this new generation that occupies information technology all its life ..
My specialization in teaching diplomats, military, and economists during my work as a teacher and director of the European Academy specializing in teaching British diplomatic students has given me many of the skills and features that I need as a teacher of the Arabic language where students come to study and each one of them has his own motivations and goals that he wants to achieve.
Teaching the Arabic language to prominent and important personalities and diplomats from multiple embassies while working at the Language Center at the University of Jordan and other institutions gave me an excellent and multi-cultural background, and this achieves a high readiness to open various topics among students and provide opinions that show a wide culture for the specialized teacher.
I volunteered more than once to teach the colloquial dialect of foreign students at the University of Jordan, because I believe that a foreign student needs colloquial dialect in the same amount of his need for classical language. In which they live.
Frankly, there are students who loved Arabic and even those who spoke Arabic and who loved the country in which they studied the language, so they tried to express their love for it through a community service that they provide to the place they live in, such as painting stairs, the wall and decorating the streets in the center of the country, and even presented Arab songs with their voices.
I claim to be an active teacher, who uses every moment in the classroom to develop the language skills of her students, and to engage them in group discussions to express their ideas.
I have my own ways and my personal creativity to always be welcome from my students because she posed questions that were able to encourage students to speak and express their opinions. And even a useful discussion.
I actually believe that the teacher has important personal qualities, including acceptance, love and attachment to students, so I read a lot about the new in the field of teaching Arabic to speakers of other languages, listen to the experiences of colleagues and benefit from them, and realize the language standards that the student requires to achieve this at every level he joins To him>
I am sure that language is life and my students don’t only learn the language, but they live it.
I have many skills that serve students, I am a writer, poet, and successful festivals and administrative introduction, and I have experience in organizing recreational tourism trips for foreign students, the important thing is to learn with pleasure, love fun and use the beautiful spirit in the classroom in order to break the routine to increase motivation for students to learn the language Arabic.
The class is not the only place to learn a language. Working life is absolutely essential. We have to take our students to practice language in practical life.
It is really nice to keep the necessity of communicating with my students after the semester has ended and try to always help them, and we are keen to make our relationship with our co-workers dignified, pure and complementary, so I am keen to listen to the comments from others to achieve everything useful.
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I use many applications for teaching and I use teaching methods and means, and I like that the lessons with me are lively and not boringLocation
At student's location: Around Arnö, Sweden
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Duration: | 30 minutes 45 minutes 60 minutes 90 minutes 120 minutes |
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