1997-1998: |
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
PGD., Teaching Diploma, Teaching English as a Foreign Language
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January 2021: |
American University of Sharjah
Academic Writing I (101) & Academic Writing II (WRI 102)
• Introduce critical writing and information literacy skills.
• Help students compose analytic essays utilizing a range of rhetorical modes such as description, compare/contrast, cause and effect, causal, and rhetorical and process analysis.
• Devise strategies to teach constructing logical, ethical, and persuasive arguments supported with a variety of rhetorical strategies
• Guide students on evaluating texts and composing essays using the principles of critique
• Develop and hone students’ academic research and library skills, using APA citation, and composing a research essay
• Advise students on ways to assess advanced principles of audience, purpose, and context for each writing, reading, and rhetorical task
• Mentor students to produce an advanced academic style (clear, persuasive, and highly varied sentences) through reflective writing
Basic Academic Writing (WRI001)
• Guide students on composing well developed and organized paragraphs and essays
• Help students identify various rhetorical strategies and incorporate them effectively into written assignments
• Hone students’ ability to analyze audience, purpose, context and write in an appropriate and effective tone of voice
• Design activities to help students identify and evaluate main ideas and supporting details in texts
• Provide contextualized grammar instructions
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