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Dr Anwar Ali Hamid Al-Athwary
Teaching staff member
Associate Professor
College of Languages and Translation
Department of English
I teach various courses in BA and MA programs, including courses in linguistics, translation, and language skills. I also supervise master's theses. My research interests include theoretical linguistics, linguistic borrowing, phonetics, semantics, linguistic landscape, sociolinguistics, and translation.
Qualifications
Ph.D. degree 2004 Linguistics Aligarh Muslim University, India
M.A. degree 2000 Linguistics Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
B. A. degree 1994 English language Taiz University, Yemen
Experiences
| Duration | Rank | Institution | Country |
| 2018- … | Associate professor | College of Languages and Translation, Najran University, Najran | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| 2013- 2017 | Assistant professor | College of Science and Arts, Najran University, Najran | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| 2004 – 2012 | Assistant professor | Sana’a University, University of Science and Technology, National University | Yemen |
| 1996- 1998 | Teaching assistant | Faculty of Education, Sana’a University, Sa'dah branch | Yemen |
Specialties and Skills
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| No. | Committee/ admin tasks | Institution | Duration |
| 1. | Teaching | Departments of English and Translation, College of Languages, Najran University | 2013- to present |
| 2. | E-learning coordinator of the during the summer term | Departments of English and Translation, College of Languages, Najran University | 2021 |
| 3. | Quality coordinator | Department of English, College of Languages, Najran University | 2020- to present |
| 4. | Quality coordinator | Department of Translation, College of Languages, Najran University | 2019 - 2020 |
| A member of the Development and Quality Unit | Department of English, College of Science and Arts, Najran University, KSA | 2013 - 2017 |
Training Courses
| No. | Workshop/ course title | Place of the training | Date |
| 1. | Basics of Academic Advising | Central Unit for Academic Advising, Najran University, KSA | Dec 10, 2019 |
| 2. | Course and Program Reports in light of Common Mistakes | The Deanship of Development and Quality, Najran University, KSA | March 6- 7 2019 |
| 3. | The use of infographic in education | The Deanship of Development and Quality, Najran University, KSA | March 12, 2017 |
| 4. | A number of training courses on the use of Blackboard System and e-learning | E-learning Deanship, Najran University, KSA | Nov 2015 |
| 5. | Program Design from the National Qualification framework Perspective | Development and Quality Deanship, Najran University, KSA | Oct 1-9 2013 |
| 6. | Quality Standards in the learning process from the KSA National Quality System Perspective | Introduced by Development and Quality Deanship, Najran University, KSA | Sep 17- 18, 2013 |
| 7. | Creating the interactive lectures and papers and preparing the portfolio | The Center of University Education Development, Sana’a University | 2009 |
| 8. | Skills of Course Syllabus Preparation | The Center of University Education Development, Sana’a University | 2008 |
| 9. | The Analysis of Students' Examination Results | The Center of Teaching and Learning, University of Science and Technology | 2008 |
| 10. | A teaching Methodology course | The British Council, Sana'a | 2005 |
| 11. | An ESP course | AMIDEAST (Sana’a), with the association of the U. S. embassy, Sana’a | 2005 |
| 13. | DACA (Diploma in Advanced Computer Applications) | Zee Interactive Learning Systems Limited, Aligarh, India | 2003 |
| 14. | An English course | the Peace Corps of the U. S. A. | 1993 |
Resaerch
| No. | Title of the paper / book | Date of publication | Journal/publisher |
| 1. | Second Language Listening Comprehension Gain from Aural vs. Audio-visual Inputs: The Case of EFL Arab Learners | 2021 |
Journal of Language Teaching and Research, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 911-921 |
| 2. | Phonological Analysis of Errors in the Consonant Cluster System Encountered by Saudi EFL Learners |
2021 | Theory and Practice in Language Studies, Vol. 11, No. 10, pp. 1237-1248 |
| 3. | False friends and lexical borrowing: A linguistic analysis of false friends between English and Arabic |
2021 | Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 17(Special Issue 1), pp. 368-383 |
| 4. | Plural and Gender Inflection of English Loanwords in Colloquial Saudi Arabic |
2020 | Arab World English Journal (AWEJ), Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 276- 293 |
| 5. |
The Phonotactic Adaptation of English Loanwords in Arabic |
2017 | Arab World English Journal (AWEJ), Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 392-406 |
| 6. | English and Arabic Inscriptions in the Linguistic Landscape of Yemen: A Multilingual Writing Approach |
2017 | International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature, vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 149- 162 |
| 7. |
Commercial signs in Oman and Yemen: A study of street advertising in English. |
2016 | In Buckingham, L. (ed.). Language, Identity, and Education on the Arabian Peninsula Bilingual Policies in a Multilingual Context. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 59- 83 |
| 8. | The semantics of English Borrowings in Arabic Media- Language: The case of Arab Gulf States Newspapers | 2016 | International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 110- 121 |
| 9. |
On Grammatical borrowing: The Case of Arabic Plurals in the Urdu Language |
2015 | Theory and Practice in Language Studies, Vol. 5, No. 8, pp. 1642- 1651 |
| 10. | Translating Shop Signs into English in Sana’a’s Streets: A Linguistic Analysis |
2014 | The International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 12, pp. 140- 156 |
| 11. |
Translator of a book entitled “Mathematics and Science Teacher education Reform in Yemen |
2012 | MASTERY project sponsored by the Dutch Government |
| 12. |
Exploring the Structure and Functions of Sana'a's Linguistic Landscape. |
2012 | Journal of Social Studies, University of Science and Technology, Vol. 17, No. 34, pp. 9- 44 |
| 13. | The Morphological Integration of English loanwords in Arabic: The Case of Plural Inflection. | 2004 | Readings, 2 (1&2), pp. 119- 131 |
Teaching
Courses I teach in the First Semester, 2022/20231. Research Methods
2. Introduction to Linguistics
3. Reading 3
4. MA thesis supervision
Office hours
10 office hours| 8-9 | 9-10 | 10-11 | 11-12 | 12-1 | 1-2 | |
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| الاثنين Monday |
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| الثلاثاء Tuesday |
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| الأربعاء Wednesday |
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| الخميس Thursday |