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Dr. Ahmad Mohammad Ahmad AL-Harahsheh
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and Translation
Translation Department- Faculty of ArtsYarmouk University. Irbid -Jordan
Mobile: +962779924822
E-mail: Harahsheh77@yu.edu.jo
harahsheh77@hotmail.com
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
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Marital status: Married
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Children: Auon (Male)
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Nationality: Jordanian
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Place of Birth: Hatem - Irbid
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Date of Birth: 05/01/1977
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Mail Address: Yarmouk University – Faculty of Arts-Translation
Department-Jordan- Irbid
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Education
1-Ph.D in Applied Linguistics, Edith Cowan University- Perth / Western
Australia (2012).
Title of Thesis (The Perception and Practice of Silence in Australian and
Jordanian Societies: A Socio-Pragmatic Study.)
2- MA in Linguistics, Yarmouk University – Irbid – Jordan (2004)
Title of Thesis (A Study of Linguistic Techniques in the Language of the
Internet and Mobile Phones)
3- B.A. in English Language& Its literature, Yarmouk University – Irbid –
Jordan (1999).
EXPERIENCE
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9/9/2012- till now
Full- time Assistant professor.
Yarmouk University- Translation Department
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2013- Now
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Part-time Assistant Professor
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Dec. 2007 – Jan. 2008
Abu Dhabi University – Abu Dhabi Campus –U.A.E.
A Part-time Instructor of English Language.
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Feb. 2007 – Oct. 2007
Syscoms College – Abu Dhabi- U.A.E.
A part- time Instructor for Remedial English 101 +102.
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June 2007 _June 2009
AL Khwarizmi College –Abu Dhabi – U.A.E.
A part- time Instructor for English Beginner, Intermediate and TOEFL.
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Feb. – March 2006
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CEPA Instructor and trainer in the Ministry of Education (U.A.E)
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February 2006 - June 2009.
Emirate College of Technology – Abu Dhabi –U.A.E.
A part- time Instructor for (ESL 101 / 102/ 103/ TOEFLE, Communication
1&2, Study Skills and Fundamentals of English ). Also, Instructor of Islamic
Culture and Job Search.
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August 2004 – June 2009
Ministry of education (U.A.E) A Teacher of English Language
(Both Primary and Secondary)
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August 2000- July 2004
Ministry of education (Jordan) A Teacher of English Language
(Both Primary and Secondary stages)
Courses Taught:
Yarmouk University (MA level) (Sep. 2012- Now)
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Mass-Media Translation (Tra687)
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Translation Theories.
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Translating General Topics From English into Arabic.
Yarmouk University ( BA Level) (Sep. 2012- Now)
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Translation of Religious Texts (Tra 489)
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Mass- media Translation (Tra.306)
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Technical Translation (Tra. 304)
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Legal Translation (Tra. 303)
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Consecutive and simultaneous interpretation[E-A] (Tra. 275)
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Vocabulary Building (Tra. 104)
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Listening and Reading Comprehension (Tra. 101).
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Translation of Touristic Texts (Tra. 491)
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Analysis of Literary Texts (Tra.106)
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Writing in Arabic (Tra.102)
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Advanced Reading Skills in English.
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Consecutive and simultaneous interpretation[A-E] Tra.302
Courses Taught at Jordan University of Science and Technology
Undergraduate
1- Sociolinguistics (Eng.406)
2- Functional Grammar (Eng.374)
Graduate
1- Applied Linguistics (Eng. 701)
UAE (2004- 2009)
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English as a Second Language ( Levels 1+2+3)
2-
Intensive English Language( Levels 1-5)
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Communication 1 ( Writing)
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Communication II ( Advance Writing)
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Fundamentals of English.
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Study Skills.100 / 101
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Job Search.
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TOEFL
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ILETS
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Islamic Culture.
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Business Ethics
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Committees:
Yarmouk University
Department Level:
a. M.A. and Committee.
b. Textbooks Committee.
c. Graduate Studies Committee.
d. Extra-Curricular Committee.
e. Academic Advisor.
f. Library Committee.
g. Appointment Committee.
h. Improving Students’ Performance Committee.
i. Study Plan Revision Committee.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (1999- 2009)
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Teaching English as a second language for Non-native speaker.
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Participating in developing procedures and remedies to improve
student’s ability in learning English.
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Learning CEPA course.
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Training students for TOEFL test.
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Participating in raising the student's awareness of the importance of
teaching English as a second language.
6- English Unit Head in several secondary schools.
7- Planning , organizing , implementing and evaluating the unit activities for
each academic year.
8-Administrating diagnostic tests to find out the students' weak points .
9- Preparing daily and annually plans shifting the focus from teacher to student
and from teaching to learning .
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10- Studying the textbooks so as to list the difficulties, suggest alternatives,
suggest modifications and corrections, prepare supplementary exercises and
write evaluation reports.
11-Carrying out activities for bright students such as book reports and
supplementary readings.
12- Carrying out activities for weak students such as coaching classes and
remedial work.
13-Teaching and testing oral skills (listening and speaking)
14- Teaching and testing writing and reading skills.
15- Teaching functional writing that students carry out in the course of their
jobs, studies or other activities.
16- Preparing different teaching aids that can help students gain better
competence and performance of the language.
17- Helping Students to engage in new and interesting ways to practice
vocabulary, reading, writing and comprehensive to build the skills needed for better
understanding.
18- Handling remedial works concerning learning English as a foreign
language.
19-Attending seminars, MA theses' defenses, workshops or conferences for
professional self – development.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
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ICDL
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Have an excellent Internet Skills
LANGUAGES:
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Fluent in English.( Reading , Listening, Speaking and Writing)
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Fluent in Arabic. .( Reading ,Listening, Speaking and Writing)
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CHARACTRISTICS & SPECIAL INFORMATION
My Friends describes me as
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Ambitious
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Highly Educated
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Social
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Cooperative
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Kindhearted
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Honest
HOBBIES:
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Reading
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Traveling
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Swimming
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Fishing
PROFESSIONAL COURSES
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Managing the personal Website- Yarmouk University -2013.
Managing the e-learning website-Yarmouk University-2013/
The Action Research Project- November 29th , 2004- UAE- Fujiarah.
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Teaching English via the computer for basic classes.
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Using Technology in Education.
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On-going Assessments- UAE- Abu Dhabi October 12,2008.
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Reading Skills: Building Blocks for Success. U.A.E-Abu Dhabi ,
November 6,2008
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Using Power Point in classroom.
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Teacher of Grade 12 English- UAE-Abu Dhabi- February-May, 2007.
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CEPA Professional Development Programme-U.A.E- Abu Dhabi January
2007- January 2008
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A workshop for
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First Aid Certificate
Works
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PhD Thesis-unpublished Edith Cowan University-Perth- Western
Australia-2012 (The Perception and Practice of Silence in Australian and
Jordanian Societies: A Socio-Pragmatic Study)
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M.A Thesis unpublished – Yarmouk University – Jordan -
2004. ( A Study of Linguistic Techniques in the Language of the Internet and
Mobile Phones).
Publications
Kanakri, Mahmoud Ali & Al-Harahsheh, Ahmad Mohammad.( Dec.2013) The Discourse
Analysis and Pragmatics of ʔa:di in Jordanian Spoken Arabic. International Journal of
English Linguistics. Vol.3 No.6 .
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Al-Harahsheh, Ahmad M.A.(2013). Translation of Islamic Texts and
ideology. Arab World English Journal. Special Issue on Translation No.(2) 2013,
pp.107-117.
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Al-Harahsheh, Ahmad M.A. (2012).Silence and Politeness in Jordanian
Society. Arab World English Journal. 3 (3).246-269.
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Al-Harahsheh, Ahmad M.A. (2013). A Study of Pragmatic Functions
of Silence in Colloquial Jordanian Arabic. Indian Journal of Applied
Linguistics.39(1).
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Al-Harahsheh, Ahmad & Kanakri, Mahmoud (2013). The Pragmatic
Functions and the Translatability of "Tayib" in Jordanian Spoken Arabic. USForeign Language .
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Al-Harahsheh, Ahmad M.(2013).
Speech of
The Translatability of Figures of
Khalid Mashaal's Political Speeches.: A Critical Discourse
Anaylsis. International Journal of English Linguistics.Vol.3, No.3, June 2013.
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Al-Harahsheh , Ahmad (2012).Sociolinguistic Functions of Silence in
Jordanian Society (sent for publication)
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Mahmoud Ali Kanakri &Ahmad Mohammad Al-Harahsheh (2013). The
Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics of ʔa:di in Jordanian Spoken Arabic.
International Journal of English Linguistics.Vol.3.No.6.
Al-Harahsheh , Ahmad &Obeidat, Mohammad ( May,2014). Syntactic and
Semantic Challenges in Translating Political News Report: A linguistic
Approach. AWEJ. Special Issue on Translation No.3 .
Conferences and Presentations
1- GREATEC (Edith Cowan University), on 7th October 2009. A
presentation titled “Perceiving and Performing Silence in Cross-cultural
Communication: A Case Study in Jordanian and Australian Societies.”
2- CREATEC (Edith Cowan University), On 19th August 2010. A
presentation Titled “Silence, the neglected part of Casual Conversation”.
3- CREATEC (Edith Cowan University), On 15th June 2011.A Presentation
titled “ Silence with Agreeing and Disagreeing responses in Australian Society”.
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4-The 5th Free International Linguistic Conference in the University of
Sydney- Camperdown campus ,8-10 of October,2011.( Silence with Agreeing and
Disagreeing Responses in Australian Society: a Socio-pragmatic Study).
5-The Jordan Translator's Week Organized by Jordanian Translators'
Association and Yarmouk University. Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan, 1517/7/2012, Discussant.
Research Interests:
Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, pragmatics,
semantics, Translation theory, religious translation, mass-media translation, and
ideology in translation
Memberships:
-Jordan Translator's Association. Membership No.469
-Applied Linguistics Association of Australia
- Member of the editorial board of Journal of World Englishes.
REFERENCE
1-A/Prof Jill Durey- Edith Cowan University- School of Communication
and Arts- Perth- Western Australia.
Edith Cowan University
Faculty of Education and Arts
Tel.: +61 8 9370 6308
E-mail: j.durey@ecu.edu.au
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2-A/Prof. Graham Mckay- Edith Cowan University- School of
Communication and Arts- Perth- Western Australia.
Edith Cowan University
Faculty of Education and Arts
E-mail: g.mckay@ecu.edu.au
gmckay@sjut.ac.tz
3-Prof. Fawaz Abed AL-Haq.
Yarmouk University - Dept. of English Language. Irbid – Jordan.
E-mail Address: fawazm2008@yahoo.com
+962777438508
4-Prof. Abdullah AL-Shunnaq – Yarmouk University Dept. of English
Language . Irbid – Jordan. P.O.Box 4990.
Tel: 00962 795982289
E-mail Address: shunnaq1@yu.edu.jo
5-Prof. Mahmoud Kanakri
Yarmouk University –Translation Department
Jordan- Irbid
Email Address: Ikanakr@ hotmail.com
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