Nabhan Ahmad, Instructor

Nabhan Ahmad

Instructor

GHD

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Master's degree, Linguistics and Literature
Experience
18 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 4 Months

Instructor at GHD
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since September 2010

Trainer who taught at the following governmental entities:
• His Highness Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Crown Price Court;
• Abu Dhabi Police Head Quarters;
• Family Development Foundation;
• Emirates Foundation;
• Abu Dhabi Health Authority;
• Department of Economic Development;
• Abu Dhabi Judicial Department;
• Abu Dhabi Educational Council;
• Department of Transport; and
• Environmental Agency.

Instructor at Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • September 2010 to December 2011

• To undertake undergraduate teaching including the supervision of postgraduate and undergraduate dissertations and theses;
• To contribute to and maintain the institute’s excellent reputation in teaching and student satisfaction;
• To teach existing modules as required by the Director of Programs;
• To co-operate with colleagues in the continuous review and development of the curriculum;
• To give lectures, seminars and other classes as appropriate in support of the required teaching obligations;
• To assess student work and provide feedback in accordance with the relevant institute’s policy;
• To ensure that student feedback on teaching is sought, through questionnaires and other sources, and to respond constructively to such feedback and to advice from peers;
• To maintain a broad knowledge of up-to-date research to ensure that teaching meets the standards expected;
• To undertake academic duties (i.e. setting examination questions, marking, invigilation, and pastoral support of students) required to sustain the delivery of high quality teaching; and
• To support and comply with the institute’s teaching quality assurance standards and procedures including the provision of information required by the institute.


My responsibilities included:
• Working with the higher diploma students on a selective financial subject - where I had to guide, support and closely follow up on how to adapt the recent most efficient academic research strategies;
• Supervising students’ research to ensure compatibility and conformance with the international standards of the academic researches; and
• Editing (linguistically) all research papers and providing comments and feedback to be implemented to produce successful reference-like academic research papers.

Instructor at Interior Office - UAE
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2009 to September 2010

• Teaching English and preparing inmates for the City and Guilds exams. (Classes varied in levels, some of the inmates had a very advanced level of English);
• Preparing daily lesson plans and delivering lessons to a range of classes;
• ‪Providing a positive environment in which inmates are encouraged to be actively engaged in the learning process for future employment after being released; and‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
• ‪Selecting and using effective instruction methods and learning materials.

Instructor at Emirates College of Technology
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2009 to October 2009

Part time job

TOEFL Instructor:
My responsibilities included:
Teaching TOEFL to undergraduate students to prepare them for the university academic environment.

Instructor at Liverpool John Moores University - Al Khawarizmi International College
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2005 to August 2008

Among the courses and subjects I taught in KIC:

• New Headway English Courses - All levels;
• Writing skills;
• Reasoning and Critical thinking;
• Toefl iBT Edition - International Test;
• Toefl iTB (Local Test); and
• Toeic (Test of English for International Communication) All levels.
My responsibilities were:
• To use all modern means of technology in the methodology of teaching adapted;
• To preparing the students to use the modern means of communication through practical sessions where students can have the chance to apply the theoretical knowledge they learnt;
• To undertake undergraduate teaching;
• To contribute to and maintain the college’s excellent reputation in teaching and student satisfaction;
• To teach existing modules as required by the Director of Programs;
• To co-operate with colleagues in the continuous review and development of the curriculum;
• To give lectures, seminars and other classes as appropriate in support of the required teaching obligations;
• To assess student work and provide feedback in accordance with the relevant college’s policy;
• To ensure that student feedback on teaching is sought, through questionnaires and other sources, and to respond constructively to such feedback and to advice from peers;
• To maintain a broad knowledge of up-to-date research to ensure that teaching meets the standards expected;
• To undertake academic duties (i.e. setting examination questions, marking, invigilation, and pastoral support of students) required to sustain the delivery of high quality teaching; and
• To support and comply with the college’s teaching quality assurance standards and procedures including the provision of information required by the college.

Instructor at ADNOC Technical Institute
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • February 2004 to July 2004

Part time job

2.6.1. Teacher of ESP (English for Special Purposes) in ADNOC Technical Institute.
• Teaching English as a foreign language;
• Preparing lessons in accordance with ADNOC ATI policy and students’ academic needs;
• Undertaking assessment tests to verify the student level;
• Documenting students’ progress and keeping track of their achievements throughout the scholar year; and
• Continuously assessing the performance of the students.

Education

Master's degree, Linguistics and Literature
  • at American University of Sharjah
  • June 2014

Translation and Interpretation (MATI). (Thesis Title: Achieving Textual Equivalence through Pragmatics and the Semiotics of Culture).GBA: 3.72

Bachelor's degree, English Literature and Humanities
  • at Damascus University
  • January 2001

Graduated in 2001

Specialties & Skills

English Literature
Linguistics
Literary Criticism
Critical Thinking
Reasoning
TEACHING
GOVERNMENT
INTERPRETATION
LECTURER
Ms Office
pragmatics

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
Russian
Beginner