Barraq Ali, ESOL Lecturer

Barraq Ali

ESOL Lecturer

Crawley College

Location
United Kingdom - London
Education
Doctorate, Adult Education
Experience
46 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :46 years, 11 Months

ESOL Lecturer at Crawley College
  • United Kingdom - London
  • My current job since September 2019

Teaching English to speakers of other languages, both young learners and adults.

ESOL Lecturer at New City College
  • United Kingdom - London
  • January 2019 to June 2019

Delivering English language and test preparation courses to young and adult learners covering the four language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking as well as preparing teaching material, assessments and progress reports.

ESOL Lecturer
  • United Arab Emirates
  • August 2011 to July 2018

Delivering English language and test preparation courses and research methods to male Emiratis in the Foundations and bachelor's programs.
Achievements including
•Scoring very high on the student-faculty evaluations in which students express their level of satisfaction with their teachers
•Organizing community work projects and international trips
•Supervising and evaluating bachelor's students' work placement assignments

ESOL Instructor
  • Saudi Arabia
  • November 1996 to August 2011

Teaching English language and clerical and office technology courses.
Achievements including
•Creating a public speaking forum where students developed their spoken English and acquired public speaking skills
•Leading a team in charge of teaching a new English program
•Co-coordinating sports and extra-curricular activities.

Arabic Translator & Interpreter
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • March 1996 to October 1996

Providing commercial, banking, finance, marketing and legal Arabic/English translation and interpreting service.
Achievements including
•Creating own glossaries of discipline-specific terminology
•Interpreting at conferences and high-level meetings
•Managing clients and marketing own business.

ESOL Instructor
  • Thailand
  • February 1994 to February 1996

Successfully providing 300 Thai nationals with the necessary language skills to assume important roles in a new venture.
Achievements including
•Implementing with success Accelerative Learning methodology that employs the orchestration of psychological factors, stimulating environment, music, art and group dynamics to achieve outstanding results.

ESOL Instructor at Sirte Oil Co
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • January 1992 to January 1994

Teaching general as well as oil and gas technology English to Libyan nationals.
Achievements including
•Developing curricula and test materials to meet the company's technical training needs
•Organizing academic and sports activities.

Arabic Translator & Interpreter
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • January 1988 to December 1991

Providing commercial, banking, finance, marketing and legal Arabic/English translation and interpreting service.
Achievements including
•Creating own glossaries of discipline-specific terminology
•Interpreting at conferences and high-level meetings
•Managing clients and marketing own business

Translation Manager at Moody Graphics International
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • January 1984 to December 1986

Receiving and assigning translation and interpreting assignments to in-house and freelance translators and interpreters, participating in management-client negotiations and discussion.
Achievements including
•Interviewing and selecting free-lance translators, interpreters and support staff
•Publishing Amnesty International's Arabic Newsletter for two successive years.

Translator & Editor at The Baghdad Observer
  • Iraq
  • January 1978 to October 1981

Translating articles and news reports as well as reporting major cultural and social events around the country.
Achievements including
•Editing the daily's weekly supplement
•Interpreting at high-level conferences and meetings.

ESOL Instructor at Ministry of Education
  • Iraq
  • September 1973 to July 1981

Teaching the English language secondary school curricula to Iraqi students in different parts of the country.
Achievements including
•Achieving on average 90% pass rate every year for students sitting their Ministry of Education Baccalaureate Examinations
•Conducting model classes for the Ministry's English teachers
•Organizing extra-curricular activities including international trips to other Middle Eastern countries.

Education

Doctorate, Adult Education
  • at University of Exeter
  • October 2016

Part-time, 2010-2016, English to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Master's degree, Translating/Interpreting
  • at Heriot-Watt University
  • July 1983

Arabic/English translation & interpreting program (theory & practice), Translation Theory

Higher diploma, TEFL
  • at University College of North Wales
  • July 1978

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language -- full academic year

Bachelor's degree, English
  • at Baghdad University
  • January 1972

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Specialties & Skills

Teaching Arabic
College Teaching
Teaching English
MS Office tools
CLERICAL
CONFERENCES
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
EDITING
MARKETING
MEETING FACILITATION
MICROSOFT OFFICE
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
PUBLIC SPEAKING

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner