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Sameerah T. Saeed
Sameerah T. Saeed
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English Language Teaching
Dr.
Teaching Staff
PhD
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Iraq
Linguistics
Erbil
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My philosophy of teaching is based on the 21st century view of teaching with students being the centre of the teaching-learning process. According to this view, my main principle of teaching is to guide, direct and lead my students professionally in the process of acquiring knowledge and skills. This will help them be independent learners and take responsibility for their own learning. For this purpose, I aim to employ the most effective teaching methods and techniques that focus primarily on critical thinking skills and problem-solving strategies.

I believe for achieving an effective teaching two components should be involved: mastering the subject matter and delivering it with the right method. Failure in one of them leads to failure of the other and consequently failure of the learning process. I also believe that trusting students and building up professional relationships with them help promoting their self-confidence and motivate them to learn. Through following these policies and putting them into practice I provide a stimulating learning environment for my students. 

Nov 2016 – June 2017: Part-time Research Assistant at the Middle East Research Institute (MERI), Erbil/ Iraq.

Dec 2016 – Aug 2017: Director of Quality Assurance and Accreditation at Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research, Erbil/ Iraq.

Sep 2014 – Dec 2014: Seminar leader at School of English Literature, Languages and Linguistics/ Newcastle University, UK.

Dec 2009 - July 2011: Assistant Director of Quality Assurance and Accreditation at Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research, Erbil/ Iraq.

Oct - Dec 2010: Program Assistant at Britannia Educational Services, Erbil, Iraq.

Nov 2007 - Nov 2009: Program Assistant at the Women Political Parties department at National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), Erbil/ Iraq.

Linguistics, Syntax, Lexicon, Academic English, Quality Assurance, Higher Education

  • Morphology and Lexicology
  • Syntax

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GEN 505: Academic English: Writing and Speaking (Postgraduate)

  • Saeed, S. T. and Zhang, M (Eds). 2023. Global Perspectives on the Difficulties and Opportunities Faced by Migrant and Refugee Students in Higher Education. IGI Global. https://www.igi-global.com/book/global-perspectives-difficulties-opportunities-faced/309691

    Saeed, S. T. and Mustafa, F. 2023. Higher Education for Refugees: Policies and Practices in the UK, Germany, and France. In Saeed, S. T. and Zhang, M. (Eds.), Global Perspectives on the Difficulties and Opportunities Faced by Migrant and Refugee Students in Higher Education (pp. 160-187). IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-7781-6.ch007

    Saeed, S. T. 2023. Syntax of Exceptive Constructions in English and Central Kurdish: A Comparative Analysis. Journal of the Kurdish Academy.

    Falk, A. F., Jordaan, M., Saeed, S. T., Chaoui, N. E., & Rao, M. B. 2023. Exploring the Literature and Rationale for Global E-Cultural Learning. In E. Meletiadou (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Fostering Social Justice Through Intercultural and Multilingual Communication (pp. 218-244). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5083-3.ch012

    Saeed, S. T. 2023. Higher Education Promotes Good Health and Well-Being. HETL Frontiers 1(1). https://www.hetl.org/hetl-frontiers/

    Saeed, S. T. 2022. The Syntax of Exceptive Constructions in Arabic. Acta Linguistica Academica. https://doi.org/10.1556/2062.2022.00520

    Blessinger, P., Yamin, T. S., and Saeed, S. T. 2022. Megacities and the challenge of inclusive higher education. University World News, October 15, 2022. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20221011115328333

    Saeed, S. T. ‘Rankings: A tool to improve student satisfaction levels?’. University World News, September 10, 2022. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220906115659467

    Saeed, S. T. and Blessinger, P. ‘Higher education can help to rebuild society after war’. University World News, August 27, 2022. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220826080927260

    Fassi Fehri, A., Alotaibi, B., and Saeed, S. T. (2021). Typology of motion events in the Arabic Constructional and Variational Lexicon. In Fassi Fehri, A. (ed.) The Arabic Constructional and Variational Lexicon: Principles, Patterns and Issues. Amman: Daar Kunooz Al-Ma’rifa.

    Saeed, S. T. 2021. Higher Education and Quality Assurance in Egypt: Pre and Post COVID19. International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies 8(2), Doi: 10.23918/ijsses.v8i2p96.

    Saeed, S. T. ‘COVID-19 has exacerbated inequality in higher education’. University World News, October 24, 2020.

    Saeed, S. T. ‘HE progresses in Kurdistan despite financial crisis’. University World News, March 30, 2019.

    Saeed, S. T. 2018. ‘Impact of Quality Assurance on Academic Performance’. International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies 5(1), DOI: 10.23918/ijsses.v5i1p178

    Saeed, S. T. 2018. ‘The polysemy of Khilal: a cognitive approach’.  International Journal of English Linguistics 8, 3.

    Saeed, S. T. 2017. ‘Effective teaching: flashing thoughts’. Arts and Humanities Open Access Journal 1, 3. DOI: 10.15406/ahoaj.2017.01.00017.

    Saeed, S. T. 2017. ‘The Kurdish adpositional system: new perspectives’. Cognitive Semantics 3, 1-35.

    Saeed, S. T. 'Is language still a mystery?' Smart, University of Human Development. April 2017.

    Saeed, S. T. 2016. ‘Motion events: syntactic-semantic mapping’. American International Journal of Contemporary Research 6, 3.

    Saeed, S. T. 2016. Space and Events: Spatial PPs and Motion VPs. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

    Saeed, S. T. ‘National ranking encourages development of quality’. University World News, April 29, 2016.

    Saeed, S. T. 2014. ‘The syntax and semantics of Arabic spatial Ps’. Newcastle and Northumbria Working Papers in Linguistics 20.

    Saeed, S. T. 2009. Anaphors in English and Kurdish: A GB Approach. MA Dissertation, Salahaddin University, Iraq.

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22 June, 2023: participated in the Dissemination Conference of APPRAIS project at Duhok Polytechnic University, Duhok, Iraq.

28-30 March, 2023: participated in the International Collaborative of the Future of Learning, a collaboration between Pennsylvania University and Ananat National University, Ahmedabad, India.

10 Jan-13 March, 2023: participated in the training program of Governance, quality assurance and Bologna process implementation, organized online as part of the APPRAIS project and funded by Erasmus+. Trainers were from the EU partners (Pisa, Evora, Oslo and Murcia).

14-15 Dec, 2022: participated in the workshop of ‘Curriculum Development of the English Language Programs’, British Council, Erbil, Iraq.

30-31 Oct, 2022: participated in the workshop of UNESCO Qualification Passport, Van Royal Hotel, Erbil, Iraq.

8-11 Sep, 2022: presented a joint talk entitled ‘An International Cultural Exchange Project Via an E-Service Learning Program’ at the International Conference on Innovation in Basic – Higher Education, Istanbul, Turkey.

8-9 May, 2022: presented a talk entitled ‘Service-learning: real life learning skills’ at the International Conference on Education and Teaching (ICET), Erbil, Iraq.

22-26 March, 2022: presented a talk entitled ‘Impact of national rankings on universities: case studies’ at the World Higher Education Ranking Summit (WHERS), Dubai, UAE.

11-12 April, 2021: presented the joint talk ‘Motion Events in the Arabic Constructional and Variational Lexicon’ in the international workshop The New Arabic Lexicon in the Face of Unity, Diversity and Comparative Methods, Dubai, UAE.

19-20 Jan, 2021: The 9th Cambridge Comparative Syntax Conference, Newcastle University (online).

28th Sep 2020: Supporting Higher Education Continuity: The Role of Governments and Public Policy, UAE (online).

14-15 Oct, 2019: participated in the workshop of ‘Program Assessment for Curriculum Development’, Cairo-Egypt.

16-18 Sep, 2019: participated in the workshop of ‘Benchmarking for best practices in Higher Education’, Dubai-UAE.

21st Jan, 2019: Teacher Professional Development Training Program (presented a workshop on Academic English proficiency), Tishk International University, Erbil/ Iraq.

1-5 Oct, 2018: The Internship Programme for Quality Assurance officials at the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), Putrajaya, Malaysia.

11-14 April, 2018: The 8th International Arab Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education (IACQA- 2018), Lebanese International University (LIU), Bekka, Lebanon. (Oral presentation: ‘Impact of Quality Assurance on Academic Performance at Tishk International University: Achievements and Challenges’).

9-10 April, 2018: A workshop entitled ‘Building a Sustainable Quality Culture: From Internal Quality Assurance to External Accreditation’, Lebanese International University, Bekka, Lebanon (participant). 

28 March, 2018: The ‘E-repository system’ workshop, Tishk International University, Erbil/ Iraq (participant).

1 & 5 April, 2018: Presented a workshop on ‘Career Development and Career Success’, Tishk International University, Erbil/ Iraq.

14 Feb, 2018: Presented a workshop entitled ‘Course Syllabus: How to Make It Effective’ Tishk International University, Erbil/ Iraq.

5-6 Oct 2017: The 1st International Conference on Language Focus: Linguistics, Language Teaching, Translation and Literature, Urmia University, Urmia/ Iran. (Oral presentation: ‘The polysemy of Khilal: a cognitive approach’).

3-4 Oct 2017: Linguistics, Language Teaching, Translation and Literature Workshop, Urmia University, Urmia/ Iran. (Oral presentation: ‘Teaching Process: Stimulating Thoughts’).

16-17 Mar 2016: The Fourth Annual Sulaimani Forum, The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani/ Iraq (participant).  

19-20 Jan 2015: Introduction to Learning and Teaching in Higher Education workshop, Newcastle University/ UK (participant). 

27 June 2014: International Workshop on Adpositions, Newcastle University/ UK. Organizing and presenting a talk (Adpositions in Place and Path Domains).

12-13 June 2014: Workshop on Aspect and Argument Structure of Adverbs and Prepositions (WAASAP 2), University of Tromsø, HSL-Fakultet, Norway. (Oral presentation: ‘Place Relators: English and Kurdish’).

9-10 May 2014: Cambridge Comparative Syntax Conference (CamCoS2), University of Cambridge, UK. (Oral presentation: ‘Place domain adpositions: a comparative study’).

4 April 2014: the 9th Newcastle upon Tyne Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics, Newcastle University, UK (Oral presentation: ‘Arabic spatial Ps: new perspectives’).

24 Jan 2014: North-East Research Away Day in Linguistics, Newcastle University/ UK. (Oral presentation ‘To/from/through: spatial relators’).

30 Nov 2013: 150 Hour Online Master TEFL course (final grade: Pass A)

24 May 2013: New to Teaching (Languages & Linguistics), University of Leeds.

16 May 2013: HASS 2nd and 3rd Year Researchers Postgraduate Poster Conference, Newcastle University/ UK. (Oral presentation: ‘Internal syntax of Kurdish spatial adpositions’).

15-17 May 2013: Empirical Approaches to Multi-Modality and to Language Variation (AFLiCo 5), Lille/ France. (Oral presentation: ‘The polysemy network of khilal: a cognitive approach’).

5 April 2013: the 8th Newcastle Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics, Newcastle University, UK. (Oral presentation: ‘Internal syntax of Kurdish locative adpositions’).

10 May 2012: (R)Evolution? Moving forward as researchers (Oral presentation: ‘The grammatical category of prepositions in kurdish: an overview’) 

Sep 2011 - May 2012: the HASS Postgraduate Research Training Programme and got the PG certificate. Newcastle University, UK.

April 2010: the International English Language Teaching Conference, Ishiq University, Erbil/ Iraq (attendee).

May - June 2010: a course on the basics of methods of teaching. Salahaddin University/ Erbil, Iraq.

 

 

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