Curriculum Vitae
Amira massaabi, Ph.D Assistant Professor of English
University Umm Kura e-mail: [email protected]
tel: +966557487287
Major intervention domains:
-Teaching Linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis and English for Foreign and Second learners.
- Training professionals: journalism, business, industry, medicine.
-Reviewing articles for the British journal 'the International Journal of Digital Television', University of London.
-A research partner in a research project funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research at Shaqra University
- A Quality coordinator
-Translation from and to four languages (Arabic, French, English and German) Education
Online training course in corpus linguistics, from 1st October 2016 to November 28th 2016, University of Lancaster, Department of Language studies-UK
Ph.D in Applied Linguistics “Metadiscourse and Reading Research Articles by some Tunisian Geography Faculty”, with Merits, May 2012, Higher Institute for Languages, University of Carthage, Tunisia.
E-Teacher certificate (English for Specific Purposes), With Merits, June, 2011, University of Oregon, Department of Education-USA
Masters in Applied Linguistics, “The Effects of Anxiety on EFL Oral/Aural tests
Performance: The case of Second Form Siliana High School Pupils”, (with Merits), June 2004, University of Carthage, Tunisia.
BA in English Studies (With Merits), June 2000, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences – University of Tunis, Tunisia.
High school diploma (Distinction), June 1996, Secondary School Ibn Abi Dhiaf- Manouba.
Publications
Massaabi, A. (2016). Does the English for tourism course delivered to Tunisian tour guide undergraduates meet the requirements of the market, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education (in Press).
Zran, J. and Massabi, A. (2016). Media and gender in the Arab World, Tunisian Journal of Communication, p23 (in Press).
Massaabi, A. (2015). "The effects of Oral/Aural anxiety on L2 language performance”. In M.
P. S. Jorda and L.P. Falomir (eds.). Learning and Using Multiple Languages. Current Findings from Research on Multilingualim, (2015), Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Massaabi, A. (2015). Quality standards in Saudi female undergraduate English programs: The case of the University College of Lith. Proceedings of the Second Interdisciplinary Conference in Linguistics, Literature, and Translation English and Translation Department Effat University "Language: The Beacon of Culture and Thought (LBCT)", Jedda, KSA.
Massaabi, A. (2014). Freedom of Speech and Newspaper Excesses, Sociology Study, 4(8), pp.
681-690.
Massaabi, A. (2014). "Metadiscourse and Reading Research Articles (RA) by Tunisian Geography Faculty ", Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 98 ( 2014 ) 1110 – 1118.
Scientific research
A paper accepted at the Metadiscourse Across Genres: Mapping out interactions in spoken and written discourses, 2017 (MAG 2017), Middle East Technical University, Cyprus, entitled “A Metadiscourse critical Analysis of Hilary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign
speeches
”
A paper presented at the Tunisian Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference and workshop, Hammamet, Tunisia (26th to 28th, 2015) entitled "A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Direct Expressions of the candidates for the Tunisian Presidential Elections 2014".
A paper presented at the "Language: The Beacon of Culture and Thought (LBCT)", Second Interdisciplinary Conference in Linguistics, Literature, and Translation English and Translation Department Effat University, Jeddah(5-6 November 2014), entitled "“Does the English training delivered to rural Saudi female Undergraduates meet the Quality Standards?:
The case of the University College of Lith”
A paper presented at the “International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design”, Istanbul, Turkey (24th-26th April, 2014) entitled “Freedom of Speech and Newspaper Excesses”.
A paper presented at the “Changing English-Contacts and variation”, University of
Helsinki,Finland (9 June 2013-13 June 2013), entitled « “Should learners’ deviancies from target language be penalized: the case of EBP students at the Institute of High commercial studies in Carthage (IHEC).
A paper presented at the “The English international Conference on Third language acquisition and Multilingualism (L3 conference)”, The Universitat Jaume 1, Castello, Spain (13th-15th September, 2012), entitled ““Language anxiety and EFL learners’ oral/aural performance”.
A paper presented at the “The 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), China English Language Education Association, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China (24th August, 2011), entitled ““The Role of Metadiscourse in Comprehending Research Articles:
The Case of Geography Researchers”
A paper presented at the “The international conference on English Language Testing and Teaching: Developments and Challenges”, Higher Institute for Applied Studies in the Humanities, Zaghouan, Tunisia (22th April, 2010), entitled ““Metacognitive reading strategies and reading research articles in English by some Tunisian geography faculty”.
A paper presented at « the international conference on Formation, Exigence de Qualité de Demarches à Entreprendre, Higher Institute for Tourism Studies Sidi Dhrif, Tunis, Tunisia (11th December, 2009), entitled ““The Evaluation of the teaching of the oral/aural skills at the IHET: The case of Tourist guide students”
A paper presented at “the international conference on the Roles of Writing Development in Higher Education and Beyond”, The European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing Conference (EATAW 2009) ,Coventry, United Kingdom, 30th June, 2009, entitled “A Study of Essays Written by Tunisian Undergraduate Students of English: Using Hyland’s (2005) theory of metadiscourse”
Training
Organizer Place Activity Date
SouthLondon College England (London) Teaching English as a Foreign Language
(TEFL)
01July to 28th 2013
Portsmouth English
Language School England (London) Teaching English as a Foreign Language
(TEFL)
01July to 28th 2012
Faculty of Education Winters College, University of York,
Toronto, Canada
A visiting scholar From 1st January to 1st July 2011
Center of Advanced Research
University of
Birmingham, UK A visiting scholar From 1st September to 1st April 2011
Tunisian Virtual
Tunis, Tunisia
-Use of Platform
November 2010
University
“Moodle” for teaching purposes
-Tutoring online
Faculty of Education
Winters College, University of York,
Toronto, Canada.
A Visiting scholar
From 1st January to 28th May 2010
Faculty of Education University of Business, Environment and Society, Coventry,
United Kingdom.
A Visiting scholar 02nd February to 15th August 2009
American State Department
USA (Washington, Florida, California, Colorado, Illinois)
International Visitor Leadership Program:
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
09th March to 04th April 2009
Anglo-Continental School
England (Bournemouth)
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
(TEFL)
01July to 28th 2008
Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of
Tunis
England (Chichester) TEFL 04th to 28th July, 1998
Professional experience:
A- Teaching experience
Institution Occupation Intervention domaine Date University Umm
Kuraa, Mecca, KSA
Assistant Professor
-Introduction to Linguistics -Grammar
-Discourse analysis of Islamic texts
Since September 2013
Faculty of Letters, Arts and Humanities-
Manouba
Assistant Professor -Advanced reading/writing -Sociolinguistics -Business English -Legal English -Introduction to Linguistics -TEFL
2010-2013
Higher Institute of Commercial studies
Online tutor -English for Logistics -English for the Economy of services
2011-2012
Institute of Press and Sciences of
Information- Manouba.
Lecturer English for Journalism 2011-2012
Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Tunis,
Tunisia
Lecturer
Linguistics TEFL Grammar Translation
ESP EAP
2002- 2010
Private companies (Schmeller, SITEM, SCEET, ATB Bank,
SIKA, Sanofi Aventis, STERI, NESTLE, TELNET,
UNILEVER)
Trainer Business and medical
English Since 2002 to 2012
Governemnt institutions (Tunisian Office of
Topography, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Culture, Ministry
of Tourism, TUNISAIR, Tunisian National
Post)
Trainer Business English Since 2002 to 2012
Virtual University of Tunis
Course designer Legal English Since May 2010
B. Translating experience
Company Occupation Task Date
Al Qabs Translation, Translator Translation of Since 2013
Jedda, KSA research dissertation
Tunisian Ministry of
Transport Translator/Interpreter Translation of the Minister’s speeches/
immediate interpreter at international conferences
From June 2011 to August 2013
National Geography Association
Translator Translation of abstracts of research articles.
January 2010
Private companies (Bonna firm, Gemus, SO GOOD, The firm of
mineral water of Aousja)
Translator Translation of manuals, business correspondence,
Since September 2008
Others:
-Good knowledge in computing sciences (Word, Excel, SPSS, Power Point …) -Animator of a drama club at the Faculty of Arts, Letters and Humanities, University of Manouba.
