Abdusalam M. Gh. Al-Ghrafy

Nationality: Yemeni

Date and Place of Birth: 1964, Taiz-Yemen

Marital Status: Married (5 children)

Academic Title: Full Professor

Specialization: Linguistics

Contact address: Dept. of English, Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University– Republic of Yemen.

E-mail: ghrafy@gmail.com

Mobile: 00967 777370012

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Institution:	Sana’a University, Sana’a- Yemen.
Department/ Faculty:	Department of English, Faculty of Languages
Duties:	Teaching and supervising researches in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
Current Position:	Full Professor of Linguistics: teaching two courses in the undergraduate program: Semantics, and Transformational Generative Grammar; and teaching two courses in the MA program in the department: Semantics & Pragmatics, and Topics in General Linguistics, in the program.
Previous Posts and Responsibilities in the Institution:	· Vice-Dean for Students’ Affairs (2014 -2015), Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Sana’a. Performing all the academic, administrative and supervising activities connected to the role of the Vice-Dean for the Students’ Affairs in the faculty. · Associate Professor of Linguistics (2014-2020), teaching two courses in the undergraduate program: Semantics, and Transformational Generative Grammar; and teaching two courses in the MA program in the department: Semantics & Pragmatics, and Topics in General Linguistics, in the program. · Head of English Department (2012-2013), Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Sana’a. Performed all the academic and administrative works of the department of English, including selecting of instructors, supervising teaching of all courses in the department, preparing timetables and revising and editing exams, courses descriptions, administrating seminars, meetings and exams and other departmental activities; in addition to teaching in the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Coordinated the EAP/ESP requirement courses in the different faculties of Sana’a University. · Head of the Department of Turkey (2011-2012), Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Sana’a. In addition to my teaching load and other works in the Department of English, I performed all the administrative and supervision works of the department of Turkey in the absence of the Turkish instructors during the Yemen crisis. · Faculty Youth Leader (2000-2004), Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Coordinating and supervising all the non-classroom cultural and sport activities of all the students in the faculty. · Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Coordinator of Postgraduate Studies (2000-2008), Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Sana’a, covering a load of 12 hours a week every semester, in the undergraduate level, teaching the linguistic courses of Semantics and Transformational Generative Grammar, Morphology and Syntax, and History of the English Language; and teaching 3 hours a week in the postgraduate level, teaching the linguistic courses of History of the English Language and General & Theoretical Linguistics, in addition to coordinating all the postgraduate studies and projects in the department. · Assist Teacher of Linguistics (1997-1999), finishing the PhD study. · Demonstrator and teacher of English (1990-1994), Department of English, Faculty of Languages (x-Language Center), Sana’a University. Teaching and coordinating the teaching of various EFL/ESP requirement courses in the different faculties of Sana’a University.

Education:

1997-2000	Ph. D. in Linguistics (in the field of EFL college writing instruction), Deccan College, Postgraduate and Research institute, Poona- India. Dissertation title: “Prewriting Rewriting Strategy Instruction in College Level in Yemen“.
1995-1997	M. A. in Linguistics, Deccan College, Postgraduate and Research institute, Poona- India.
1982-1994	Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics and ELT, Faculty of Education, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen.
1985-1989	B. A. in English, Faculty of Education, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen.
1979-1983	General teachers Diploma, General Teachers’ Institute, Ministry of Education, Taiz, Yemen.

Training:

Date	Institution	Type of Training
Aug. 2014	Council for Accreditation & Quality Assurance, Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research, Sana’a, Yemen	Completing a six-day training program for preparing assessors of higher education academic programs
May 2008	Oregon State University English Language Institute: the Oregon State University (OSU)-Yemen Higher Education Development Project, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen	Completing 60 hours of training in Higher Education Faculty Development; and 3 hours presentation as a trainer of university academic stuff
July-Sept. 1988	Centre for Applied Linguistic Studies, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom of Britain.	Completing a course of instruction in in ELT provided by the British Government as part of its Technical Co-operation Program

Experience:

In Other Educational Institutions:
Positions Held	Institution	Period	Nature of Employment
Full Prof. of Linguistics	Yemen Academy for Higher Studies, Sana’a Yemen	2021-	Teaching the course of Semantics & Pragmatics in the MA program
Associate Prof. of Linguistics	Dept. of English, Faculty of Education, Sana’a University, Sana’a Yemen	2018-2019	Teaching the course of Sociolinguistics in the PhD program
Associate Prof. of Linguistics	Yemen Academy for Higher Studies, Sana’a Yemen	2015-2020	Teaching the course of Semantics & Pragmatics in the MA program
Assistant Prof. of Linguistics and Head of Department	Department of English, College of Science and Arts, King Saud University, Wadiaddwaser, Saudi Arabia	2008-2010	Performing all the academic and administrative works of the department, including selecting of instructors, supervising teaching of all courses in the department, preparing timetables and editing exams, selecting teaching materials, revising and developing courses’ descriptions, and administrating departmental seminars, meetings and exams. In addition to teaching a load of 4-6 hours a week, in the department.
Assistant Prof. of Linguistics	Department of English, Alandalus University (private), Sana’a, Yemen	2004-2006	Teaching a number of courses of linguistics in the undergraduate program
Assistant Prof. of Linguistics	Department of English, Saba University (private), Sana’a, Yemen	2000-2004	Teaching courses of English and Linguistics in the undergraduate program
Instructor of English	Ministry of Education, Sana’a, Yemen	1989-1990	Teaching English language for public secondary school students, in Hail Saeed Secondary School.
General teacher	Ministry of Education, Taiz, Yemen	1983-1985	Teaching all subjects (Arabic medium), for elementary public schools students, in Nasser Elementary School.

In Evaluation Committees:

Date	University/Program				Sponsored by
14-21 May 2018	University of Science and Technology, Sana’a, Yemen: assuring the extent of treating weaknesses and implementing recommendations included in the evaluation report of the MA English program				Council for Accreditation & Quality Assurance, Sana’a, Yemen
13-18 May 2018	Alandalus University for Science and Technology, Sana’a, Yemen: assuring the extent of treating weaknesses and implementing recommendations included in the evaluation report of the MA English program				Council for Accreditation & Quality Assurance, Sana’a, Yemen
17 Aug. -9 Sept. 2017	University of Science and Technology, Sana’a, Yemen: evaluating the MA Translation program				Council for Accreditation & Quality Assurance, Sana’a, Yemen
13-26 Aug.2017	Alandalus University for Science and Technology, Sana’a, Yemen: evaluating the MA English program				Council for Accreditation & Quality Assurance, Sana’a, Yemen
In Program Designing and Course Specification Documents:
Date	Document Designed				Sponsored by
May 2021	Specification documents of four courses in the BA program of Translation, Department of English: Contrastive Analysis, Contrastive Semantics and Lexicology, Introduction to Linguistics and Morphology and Syntax				Faculty of Administration & Human Sciences, Aljeel Al-Jadeed University, Sana’a-Yemen
Feb. 2021	Specification documents of four courses in the MA program- the linguistic stream, Department of English Language Studies: Current issues in general linguistics, Development of linguistic theory, Semantic and pragmatic analysis and Sociolinguistics				Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Sana’a-Yemen
May 2020	Specifications documents of two courses in the BA program, Department of Applied Linguistics and Translation: Comparative Linguistics and Instructional Design				Department of Applied Linguistics and Translation, Azaal University for Human Development, Sana’a, Yemen
March 2020	Specifications document and syllabus of the MA program- the linguistic stream, Department of English Language Studies				Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Sana’a-Yemen
Dec. 1919 – March 2020	Specification documents of six courses in the BA program, Department of English Language Studies: English Language Varieties, English Syntax, Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics, Morphology & Lexical Studies, Introduction to Stylistic Analysis, Professional and Technical Writing				Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Sana’a-Yemen
Dec. 1919	Specifications document of a course in the BA program, Department of Translation: English Morphology and Syntax				Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Sana’a-Yemen
As Academic Promotion Referee:
Date	Candidate		Institution			Degree Promoted to
2019	Mohammed Qrabish		University of AlBaidha			Associate Professor
2017	Mohammed Al-Shormani		University of Ibb, Yemen.			Associate Professor
2016	Shamim Ahmed		University of Hodaidah, Yemen.			Associate Professor
As Previous Postgraduate Supervisor (in Sana’a University):
Date	Candidate	Degree		Research Title
April, 2021	Wa’ad Hamdan (1st)	MA		Discourteous Language in Wuthering Heights: A Study of Heathcliff’s Speech in the Light of Culpeper’s Impoliteness Theory
2020	Haifa Mohammed Ahmed Nassar (1st)	PhD		An Investigation into the Pragmatic Awareness of Conversational Implicature Among Yemeni EFL University Learners
2020	Safa Al-Hadad (1st)	PhD		Evaluation & Quality Assessment of Arabic Translation of Beloved by Morrison in the Light of Juliane House’s Model
2018	Naseem Al-Naqeeb (1st)	MA		Pseudo-Orientalism: A Critical Study of Biased Orientalism with a Special Reference to William Beckford’s Vathek
2017	Fawaz An’am (1st)	MA		Felicitous and Infelicitous Speech Acts in Othello
2017	Wedad Al-Mekhlafi (1st)	MA		Subordination and Coordination in English-Arabic Translation
2017	Ahmed Al-Kain’i (1st)	MA		A Study of the Adjacency Pairs in the Conversation of Sana’a University Students
2017	Hisham Al-Shar’abi (1st)	MA		Coordination Compounds in English Language: A Morphological and Semantic Descriptive Study
2009	Faten Al-Aliy (2nd)	PhD		Testing Listening Comprehension: A Study in Test Development
2006	Mujeeb Qasim (2nd)	MA		A House for Mr. Biswas: Sociocultural Study
2005	Najat Al-Ba’dani (2nd)	MA		Coordination in English and Arabic
As Current Postgraduate Supervisor (in Sana’a University):
Date	Candidate	Degree		Research Title
2020-	Abeer Ali Hussein Dglan	PhD		Literalism Patterns in the English Translations of the Holy Qur’an meanings
2020-	Wedad Abdul Karim Taher Al-Mekhlafi	PhD		Arabic Translation of English Collocations in Contract Agreements by Yemeni Translators: A corpus-based Translation Study
2020-	Alia Ali Ahmed Hussein Al-Samk	PhD		The Syntax of Imperatives in English and Arabic in the Light of the Minimalist Theory (Phase Approach)
2020-	Adel Ahmed Abdullah Al-Mekhlafy	PhD		A Pragma-linguistic Analysis of Interrogative: A Study of selected English Translations of Surah As-safaat
2020-	Doa’a Ali Mohammed Farhan Al-Sharabi	PhD		Behind the Scenes: A Study of Illocutionary Force and Perlocutionary Effect in Na’ima B. Robert’s Selected Novels
As Postgraduate Internal Examiner (in Sana’a University):
Year	Candidate Name	Degree		Research Title
2018	Arwa Al-Ansi	MA		Translation of Taboo Terms in American Films into Arabic
2017	Alya Qahtan	MA		Arab Spring Revolution in the American Media
2013	Ebtisam Al-Emad	MA
2012	Rabe’a Taleb Abadel	PhD		Teaching Listening Skills for Yemeni EFL Students
2011	Omaimah Shukri Zewar	MA		Translation of the word Kitab ‘book’ in the Holy Qur’an
As Postgraduate External Examiner (in other Universities):
Year	Candidate Name	Degree		Research Title
2018	Shatha Al-Selwi	MA		Strategies in Translating Hyperbolic Patterns in the Holy Qur’an: A Contrastive Study (University of Science & Technology, Sana’a- Yemen)
2018	Awadh Nasser Munassar Awadh	MA		Difficulties of Translating Neologisms in Technical Texts Faced by Translation Undergraduates at Sana’a University (University of Science & Technology, Sana’a- Yemen)
2017	Shamsan Dabwan	MA		Translation of Cohesive Reference in Business Texts: A Textual Contrastive Analysis (Yemen Academy for Postgraduate Studies, Sana’a- Yemen)

Conferences and Workshops:

Date	Venue	Activities/Themes
2020	Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Yemen	Participating in a one-day workshop, revising the new specification document and study plan of the MA program- linguistics stream, in the Department of English.
31 July-1 Aug., 2019	Yemen Academy for Higher Studies (private), Sana’a Yemen	Participating in a two-day workshop, revising and rewriting the specification documents of the Academy, Departments and MA Programs (in the team of the Department of Languages)
17-19 May, 2018	Faculty of Arts, Dar Assalam International University for Science and Technology, Sana’a, Yemen	Participating in a three-day workshop, revising and developing the syllabi of the two BA streams, linguistics and translation, in the department of English
5 Oct. 2017	Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Yemen	Participating in a one-day workshop, setting up and designing the syllabus and teaching plan of the MA program in the Department of English.
20 Oct. 2014.	Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Yemen	Participating in a one-day workshop, evaluating and developing the BA English program in the department of English
25-26 May 2014	Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Yemen	Participating in a two-day workshop, preparing the strategic plan of the faculty in the light of the Accreditation and Quality Assurance specifications
2014	Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Yemen	Participating (as the head of the committee) in a two-day workshop: splitting the Department of Arabic and Translation in the faculty into two departments, the Department of Arabic and the Department of Translation; setting up and designing the syllabus and teaching plans for both departments
2008	Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Yemen	Participating in a one-day workshop, setting up and designing the syllabus and teaching plan of the pre-doctorial course-work year in the Department of English
2008	Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Yemen	Participating in a two-day workshop, revising and rewriting the syllabus of the Department of Arabic and Translation
2008	Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Yemen	Participating in a three-day workshop, revising and rewriting the syllabus of the department of English
Sept. 19-20, 2005	Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Yemen	Participating in a two-day workshop on “Basic Business Communication Skills”, with ECA English Language Specialist Dr. Kay Westerfield, University of Oregon, USA.
30 Mar.- 2 Apr., 2002	Faculty of Education, Hodaidah University, Yemen	Participating in the Yemen’s First International EFL Conference on the theme Old Borders, First Crossing: Thinking-Rethinking ELT in Arabia Felix
2001	Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Yemen	Participating with a paper entitled ‘Untranslatability of Some Writing Conventions From English into Arabic’ in the Symposium “Using Translation for Pedagogical Purposes”

Research and scientific papers:

Date	Journal/Publisher	Research/Publication Title
2020	International Journal of Language and Literary Studies- Vol. 2, Issue 1	A research paper: The Understandable English Conversational Implicatures by Yemeni EFL University Learners
2019	ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities- Vol. 2, No. 3	A research paper: Pragmatic Awareness of English Conversational Implicatures among Yemeni-Arabic EFL College Learners
2019	The Second Scientific Conference on Humanities (SCH) (Humanities & the Challenges of the Age), Alandalus University, Sana’a, Yemen- Part 2, 207-235	A research paper: Semantic Variations of Conjunctive & Prepositional Prefixes in Arabic
January 2020	Journal of Yemen Academy for Graduate Studies- Sana’a, Yemen	A research paper: Nature of Prefixes in Arabic: A Proposed Classification
January 2018	Journal of Teaching and Teacher Education, University of Bahrain- Vol. 6, No. 1, 47-58	A research paper: From Process Teaching to Process Testing: A module for writing process assessment in EFL college classes
2012/ 2014 2^nd ed.	Al-Gabri Printers and Publishers, Sana’a, Yemen	A book: An Introductory Course in Transformation Generative Grammar
Dec. 2012	Journal of Faculty of Arts, University of Thamar, Yemen	A research paper: Untranslatability of Some Writing Conventions From English into Arabic
Jan. 2008	The Scientific Journal of the Faculty of Arts, University of Assut, Egypt	A research paper: Common Phonological and Morphological Variations and their origins in Yemeni Spoken Arabic
2006	Unpublished translated book form English into Arabic	Coffee in Yemen: A Practical Guide
1999	Unpublished Ph. D. dissertation	Prewriting Rewriting Strategy Instruction in EFL College Level in Yemen
1997	Unpublished MA Thesis	Government and Agreement in Arabic