Community Services
Committees:
A: University:
Member -Faculty Senate 2008 – 2009 (27/10/2008 – 14/12/2009) Member- A Temporary Committee to visit the Girls‟ Accommodation. 19/12/1992
Member – Reception Graduation Ceremony Committee, 1989-1992
Member – Costume Graduation Ceremony Committee, 1989-1992
Member – Editorial Board of Aljamayah Magazine, Graduation Office. 1989-1992
Leader of Cultural Activities – 1987- 1989
Member– University Academic Advising Committee 1988-1992
Member – Language Research Unit – Documentation and Humanities Research Centre, 1987
B: College of Humanities and Social Sciences:
Member – Continuing Education Committee- 2013
Member – College Counsel Board 1999-2002
Secretariat– Support of the University Libraries Committee 1989- 1992
Member – College Academic Advising Committee. 1992
C: College of Education
Member- Course Description Committee for in the B. Ed. Programme of Secondary Education – 2014
Member – Teachers’ Exams Committee – 2012
Member- Course Description Committee in the Diploma Programme of Primary Education 2004-2005
Chair – Liaison Committee – The Department of Curriculum (College of Education) and The English Department (College of Humanities)
1988-1991
D: Department of English Literature and Linguistics:
Chair – Outreach Committee 2014- Present
Chair – Promotion Committee – 2015
Chair – Admissions Committee –2013- 2014.
Member – Research Committee 2013- Present
Member – DELL Strategic Planning Committee, 15/04/2013- Present
Member -Annual Faculty Evaluation Committee 1/6/2010- Present Member- Peer Review Teaching Committee – Class visit to: John Leo Herlihy- 03/03/2014
Member- Peer Review Teaching Committee – Class visit to: Sam
Meekings (24th October 2013)
Member- Peer Review Teaching Committee – Class visit to: Mrs. Mellisa Mullins (10th October 2013)
Member- Peer Review Teaching Committee – Class visit to: Dr. Feda Al-Tamimi (6th October 2013)
Chair of Scientific Committee- Linguistics in the Gulf (4) Conference- 1/3/2012- 30/3/2013
Member – CAS Research Day-CAS Poster Competition, 19/05/2013
Member – Capstone Papers Assessment.
Member – Linguistics Capstone Presentation Evaluation Member – Linguistics in the Gulf (4) Conference- Organizing Committee, 1/3/2012- 1/3/2013
Member – Faculty Evaluation Committee 1/6/2010- Present
Member – Linguistics in the Gulf (3) Conference- Organizing
Committee, 1/3/2010- 1/3/2011
Member– Admissions Committee 1/10/2010- 2014
Member -DELL Education & Outreach Committee, 4/05/2011- Present
Member -Academic Advising Committee 1988 – Present
Member – Five Year Department Strategic Plan Committee (2010-
2015), 24/8/2008- 1/8/2010
Member – Students‟ Learning Outcome (SLO) Assessment
Committee -24/2/2009 – 1/12/2010
Chair -Equivalency Committee, 1/3/2009
Member – Executive Committee 2009 – Present
Member – Faculty Awards and Fellowships 24/8/2008- 24/8/2009
Member – Programme Learning Outcome (PLO) Committee
27/10/2009- 1/8/2010
Participant – English Day, 28/4/2011
Observer – Observation of Class Performance. Class Visit for Newly
Hired Instructor: Mrs. Mellisa Mullins (8/05/2011 )
Observer – Observation of Class Performance. Class Visit for Newly
Hired Instructor: Dr. Eirini Theodoropoulou (09/05/2011)
Observer– Observation of Class Performance. Class Visit for Newly
Hired Instructor: Ms. A. Barnes (2/11/2010)
Observer – Observation of Class Performance. Class Visit for Newly
Hired Instructors: Dr. M. Lombard (27/10/2009)
Member – Linguistics Curriculum Committee (2008-2009)
Observer -Class Visit for Newly Hired Instructors: Ms. Dana
Shaaban (31/12/2008)
Participant – English Day. 27/4/2009
Observer – Class Visit for Newly Hired Instructors: Dr. K Shahin,
16/3/2009
Chair– Timetable and Curriculum Committee, 2008-2009
Lecturer – Cover Dr. K Shahin’s Morphology class when away on conference . 24/3/2009
Chair – Website Committee, 2006-2008
Co-coordinator– Recruitment Committee, 2006-2008
Member – Budget Committee, 2005- 2008
Member – Self- Study Plan Committee, 2005- 2008
Chair – Writing Committee, 2007- 2008
Coordinator – Exit Survey Committee, 2007- 2008
Member – Course Portfolios Presented by New Faculty members
Committee, 2007- 2008
Representative of Foreign Languages Department – Interview and Nomination of students for Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies. Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. 25-30/11/2007
Assigned to conduct the affairs of the Department. 21-
25/5/2007.
Member: Self-Study /Review Committee, 4/4/2007- 2008
Member: BA Programme Accreditation. Department of Foreign
Languages. 2005-2008
Coordinator of the first year courses 1991-1993
Member of the editorial board of QUEST English-speaking newsletter 1988-2002
Member Recruitment Committee 1988- 1999
Chair – Recruitment Committee 2000- 2003
Member – Planning Committee 1988 – 2007
Chair – Planning Committee 2000- 2003
Member-Entrance Exam Committee 1988- 2001
Chair– Distribution of courses for language teachers (first and second year) Committee 1990-1991
Coordinator of the Grammar and Vocabulary Courses (English 124,
125 and 225) 1990 -1993
Activities outside The University:
EXTERNAL ASSESSOR FOR PROMOTION TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Salman University – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
External Examiner – KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY – KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
Reviewer – Journal of English Language and Literature [JELL],” The effect of instruction on learning refusals in EFL learners” –Online – 2/2015
Supervising Editor- Novelty Journals www.noveltyjournals.com 30/09/2014
Senior Associate Editor on the Board of The International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature. http://www.ijalel.org/editorialteam.aspx
Member of AWEJ team peer reviewers – Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) – on line Refereed Journal, from 26/12/2010 – Present. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Editor – International Journal of Linguistics and Literature (IJLL), from 23/10/2013 –Present
Member of the editorial board – Journal of English Language and
Literature
External Reviewer of Foreign Language Annals (FLA) – on line
Refereed Journal – 2014- USA.
External Reviewer of Language Learning Journal – on line
Refereed Journal – from 11/03/2010- Present- USA.
External Examiner – Master Thesis- Bahrain University.
Reviewer -Review of Dr. Waleed M. Amir’s Promotion to Full
Professor.
Reviewer- Review Manuscript – Journal of Jazan University- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 2014
Reviewer- Review Manuscripts – International Journal of Applied
Linguistics and English Literature. Australia – 2014
Reviewer- Review Manuscripts – Journal of English Language and
Literature. TechMind Research, Canada- 2014
Reviewer -Review Manuscript entitled ” Teachers‟ Perspective on Teaching Grammar in Communicative language Classroom”. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ), 4/2/2011-2/4/2011, Malaysia.
Reviewer– Review Manuscript ID 09-10-068, entitled “A quasi- experimental Study of Reading Strategy Instruction: influences on EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension” . Foreign Language Annals (FLA) – on line Refereed Journal, 23/2/2011- 19/3/2011- USA. (Received Thanking Letter from the editor).
Reviewer– Review Manuscript ID 09-11-095, entitled ” The Effects of Input-Based Approaches on the Development of Learners’ Pragmatic Competence” . Foreign Language Annals (FLA)–
2/6/2010- 15/7/2010- USA.
Reviewer – Review Manuscript ID 10-ES-0083 “Processability Approach to Arabic L2 Teaching and Syllabus Design”, Language Learning Journal, 1/3/2010- 1/5/2010 – USA.
Reviewer – Manuscript ID InJAL-09-062-Art entitled ” The Acquisition of Wh.-Qs in English by Iranian EFL Learners”. International Journal of Applied Linguistics (IJAL), on line Refereed Journal, 19/10/2009- 08/12/2009- USA
Member – Book/Project Review Committee, Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, 05/03/2009 – 01/05/2010. Qatar
Reviewer – “An Advanced Oral Expression course: Techniques and Expressions in Speaking and Conversation” . King Saud University – Deanship of Academic Research – Languages and Translation Research Centre. KSA. 2008
Reviewer of English language Mid and Final Examinations of the Third grade of secondary school (boys). January and June 2007. Ministry of Education – Educational Complexes.
Representative of the State of Qatar -Supreme Council of the Higher Arab Institute for Translation –League of Arab States. Meetings 22-27/7/2006. Cairo – Egypt
Representative of the State of Qatar -Supreme Council of the Higher Arab Institute for Translation –League of Arab States. Meetings 18-19/7/2005. Cairo – Egypt
Reviewer – English language Mid and Final Examinations of the Third grade of secondary school (boys). January and June 2006. Ministry of Education – Educational Complexes.
Reviewer of English language Mid and Final Examinations of the
Third grade of secondary school (boys and girls). January and June
- 2005. Ministry of Education – Educational Complexe
Representative of the State of Qatar -Supreme Council of the Higher Arab Institute for Translation – Meetings 22-28/7/2004. League of Arab States, Cairo – Egypt.
Member– Curriculum and Standards Committee- Education
Institute of the Supreme Council, September 2003- June 2004.
Reviewer – “The Interlingual Errors of Arab Students in the Use of the English Binomials” – Centre for Documentation and Humanities Research. 2003. QU. Qatar.
Reviewer – Fragments in the Writing of Saudi Secondary School Graduates: identification and Remedy. Journal of King Saud University. College of Arts. 2002. KSA.
Radio Interview : Project 24/5/2011 ( This Evening) Doha. Qatar
TV Interview: 24/5/2011 (Al-Dar Programme) Doha. Qatar
Guest Speaker- Educational Affairs Radio Programme
(20/03/2011)