Rabab Ahmad Mizher

rabab_mizher@bau.edu.jo
rabab_mizher@hotmail.com

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Education
2010 – 2012 PhD in English Language Curriculum and Instruction (TEFL)
Yarmouk University, Irbid - Jordan

1999 – 2001 M.A. Degree in Translation

University of Jordan, Amman - Jordan

1994 – 1998 Bachelor Degree in English language and Literature

University of Jordan, Amman - Jordan

Professional Experience
Sep.1992–May 1999 Technical Trainer (Part Time)
Jordan Radio Paging (JRP)

Sep. 1999-Oct.2002 Banker at Foreign and Local Department

Islamic International Arab Bank – Amman - Jordan
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Issuing documentary credits (L/C) and Letters of Guarantee, and
following up the related correspondences (SWIFT messages).
* Handling the correspondences regarding the Inward and Outward
Bills of Collection
* Opening the related types of accounts
* Checking, debiting and crediting the checks
* Issuing and debiting the promissory notes

Oct. 2002 – 2011 Part time lecturer: The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Language Center
(English Dept. & Applied English Dept.) University of Jordan
Courses:
- Translation I (From English into Arabic)
- Translation II (From Arabic into English)
- Oral Skills
- Paragraph Writing
- Advanced Writing
- English Language (99, 101, 102)
- Pronunciation and Speech

Aug.2002-Nov.2002 Free Lance Technical Translator for the SAP AG project (Financial Applications)
Horizons, Media and Information Services

Sep.2003 – Now Instructor: Al-Balqa’ Applied University.

 - Introduction to Linguistics - Paragraph Writing
- Semantics - Essay Writing
- Syntax - Oral Skills
- English Phonetics and Phonology - Listening
- Applied Linguistics - Advanced Listening
- TEFL - Reading
- English Grammar - English 99, 1, 2

Sep. 2014 – Now Head of the English Department

Salt College for Human Sciences, Balqa Applied University

Research Interests:
Translation, Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, ESP, Sociolinguistics
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), Corpus Linguistics

Conferences & Academic Activities:

- Participated in the 10th International TEFL Conference at Damascus
University on 7-9 October 2010 with a paper titled: Using Back
Translation Strategy in Teaching Translation.
- Participated in an on-line teacher training course titled : English for
Specific Purposes, Best Practices for Courses and Materials.
University of Oregon, Department of Linguistics
It is a scholarship granted by U.S. Department of State. March 2014
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Publications:
- Attitudes towards Using Standard Arabic among Academic Staff at
Balqa Applied University /Center in Jordan: A Sociolinguistic Study
http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijel/article/view/32337/19413

- Investigating the Topic Area Focus of PhD TEFL Dissertations at AAUGS

http://awej.org/images/AllIssues/Volume6/Volume6Number1March/18.pdf

Computer Literacy
1. Microsoft Office
2. Trados (Machine Translation Program)