Amira El-Soussi

Personal details

Telephone:

00971505247880

Email:

ae393@exeter.ac.uk

Education

2018-present:

University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

EdD, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

2005-2007:

Lebanese International University, Lebanon

M.Ed., Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

 

1997-1998:

American University of Beirut, Lebanon

PGD., Teaching Diploma, Teaching English as a Foreign Language

 

1994-1997:

American University of Beirut, Lebanon

BA, English Language

 

 

Professional/research experience

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