English Language Instructor
Saudi Arabian Drilling Academy
Total years of experience :21 years, 6 Months
EFL Instructor and Tests Developer at Saudi Arabian Drilling Academy.
In May 2021, I Joined TUV Rhineland to work as an EFL and ESP instructor at the Saudi Arabian Drilling Academy which provides training to Saudi high school graduates that qualifies them for entry-level jobs in the leading oil and gas companies. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Creating exams that assess the four skills of English language with international standards and using formative assessment to monitor students learning and provide ongoing feedback.
Delivering effective and engaging lessons to low-achiever learners that help them improve their language skills.
Teaching English for oil and gas trainees that improve their communicative skills in the oil and gas field.
Creating and developing effective learning and teaching materials based on the learners’ needs.
With a proven ability to build innovative programs and course work that foster learning and meet the needs of diverse groups, I joined Hertfordshire London Colleges in September 2015 to teach English in the Colleges of Excellence in Burydah, Saudi Arabia where I helped the foundation year students achieve A2 and B1 in order for them to progress to their vocational specialism and graduate. I had the following achievements :
Consistently achieved high pass rates and improved the learning experiences of my learners by planning and delivering engaging lessons for various levels while teaching general English and preparing them for international exams like PET, KET and APTIS.
Significantly improved the students' progression in their respective specialism by adopting certain techniques and approaches while delivering ESP sessions which included technical English and medical terminology.
Socially intelligent as I have always been, I managed to instill motivation and make my students keen on learning, thanks to the excellent rapport, support and team spirit that I maintained in my classes.
As a certified Cambridge examiner, who examined many students on KET and PET speaking exams, I utilized the test candidates experience in exam preparation sessions to help learners reflect on and overcome fossilized errors and mistakes which strengthened their confidence
Designed effective PET and KET curricula and a bank of materials.
supervised the foundation program teachers and provided them with guidance and support in terms of training, curriculum development and other extra curricular activities .
I worked as an EFL teacher with-the Canadian Language center which had a training partnership with the Saudi Electric Company.
Responsibilities and Achievements:
* Teaching English language for post secondary school students of different levels using the most up to-date teaching technology such as smart boards and English labs.
The courses that I taught: Workplace Plus - New interchange, Technical English - Fundamentals of English Grammar.
* Teaching technical English for the trainees of the
company with more concentration on using it in their future career.
* Participating as a leader in the weekly meetings of English Toastmasters and training the trainees to give speeches during the club meetings.
* Conducting short courses of English for the employees of the Saudi Electric Company.
* Translating various articles and technical books from English into Arabic and vice versa.
The Technical Institute for Health Training was one of the leading institutes where students studied 3 years to get a diploma in nursing, paramedics, radiology or physical therapy .
Responsibilities:
* Teaching English language for the students of the institute using the most advanced technology and methods.One of my main objectives was teaching the four skills of English using the student-centered method.
* Teaching Medical language for students of different health majors.
*Conducting English language short courses for the employees of some medical centers in Riyadh.
* Developing and creating a curriculum of English language and medical terms which was accredited by the Saudi Council for Health specialties.
* Translating several medical books from English into Arabic .
* Editing thesis and researches in English .
A Bachelor's degree in English language and literature, Aleppo university, Syria. A Certificate of Teaching English Language to Adults.(CELTA) TOEFL ITP , score 617 .March ,219 Academic IELTS ,score 7.5 .June , 2013