
Dr.ANWAR ALI HAMID AL-ATHWARY
- Personal information
Name | : ANWAR ALI HAMID AL-ATHWARY |
Date of Birth | : August 1971 |
Marital Status | : Married |
Nationality | : Yemeni |
Present Position | : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Language, Sana’a University, Yemen (Currently working at Najran University, KSA) |
Area of Specialization | : Linguistics |
- Qualifications
Degree | Major | University | Country | Date of graduation |
Bachelor’ degree | English | Taiz University | Yemen | 1994 |
Master’s degree | Linguistics | Jawaharlal Nehru University | India | 2000 |
PhD degree | Linguistics | Aligarh Muslim University
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India | 2004 |
- Teaching experience
Duration | Rank | Department/ college | University | Country |
1994- 96 | English language instructor |
Faculty of Education |
Taiz International Institute for Languages, Taiz
Al-kindi Language Institute, Taiz Taiz University, Taiz |
Yemen |
1995- 96 | English language instructor | Faculty of Humanities and Social Science | University of Science and Technology, Taiz branch | Yemen |
1996- 98 | Demonstrator | Faculty of Education, Sana’a University | Yemen | |
2004- 05 | Assistant professor | Faculty of Humanities and Social Science | University of Science and Technology, Taiz branch | Yemen |
2005- 08 | Assistant professor | Faculty of Education | Sana’a University, Sa’dah | Yemen |
2006- 07 | Assistant professor | Faculty of Arts | Queen Arwa University, Sana’a | Yemen |
2006- 2012 | Assistant professor | Faculty of Humanities and Social Science | University of Science and Technology, Sana’a | Yemen |
2008- 2012 | Assistant professor | Faculty of Open Education | University of Science and Technology, Sana’a
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Yemen |
2008- … | Assistant professor | Faculty of Languages | Sana’a University, Sana’a | Yemen |
2010 – 2012 | Assistant professor | Faculty of Arts | National University, Sana’a | Yemen |
2013- … | Assistant professor | Faculty of Science and Arts | Najran University | KSA |
- Publications
No. | Title of the paper / book | Date of publication | Journal/publisher |
1. | The Morphological Integration of English loanwords in Arabic: The Case of Plural Inflection. | 2004 | Readings, 2 (1&2), pp. 119- 131 |
2. |
Exploring the Structure and Functions of Sana’a’s Linguistic Landscape.
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2012 | Journal of Social Studies, University of Science and Technology, Yemen, vol. (17), issue . (34), pp. 9- 44 |
3. |
Translator of a book entitled “Mathematics and Science Teacher education Reform in Yemen”
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2012 | MASTERY project sponsored by the Dutch Government
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4. | Translating Shop Signs into English in Sana’a’s Streets: A Linguistic Analysis | 2014 | The International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences |
5. | On Grammatical borrowing: The Case of Arabic Plurals in the Urdu Language | 2015 | Theory and Practice in Language Studies |
- Committees
No. | Committee | Duration |
1. | A member of the Development and Quality Unit, The Department of English, College of Science and Arts, Najran University, KSA | 2013 – …. |
2. | A member of the Academic Consultancy Committee, The Department of English, College of Science and Arts, Najran University, KSA | 2013 – …. |
3. | A member of the Referee Committee of the Curriculum Document of English for Yemen, Ministry of Education, Yemen. | 2012- 2013 |
4. | A member of the Departmental Council, the Department of English, Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University | 2009- 2013 |
5. | A member of M. A. Admission Committee in the Department of English, Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University | 2010- 2011 |
6. | A member of B. A. Co-ordination and Admission Committee in the Department of English, Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University | 2009- 2013 |
7. | A member of the Committee of Revising and Evaluating English Curricula as taught in Preparatory and Secondary Schools, Ministry of Education, Yemen. | 2008 |
8. | A member of the Departmental Council, the Department of English, Faculty of Education, Sana’a University, Sa’dah | 2005- 2008 |
- Sociological cooperation
No. | Name of cooperation | Institution involved | Duration |
Deputy head of the Teaching Staff Union | Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University | 2012- 2013 |
- Courses taught
No. | Course title | Degree (BA, MA) |
1. | English Morphology and Syntax | B. A. |
2. | English Phonetics and Phonology | B. A. |
3. | Transformational-Generative Grammar | B. A. |
4. | Introduction to Language/ Linguistics | B. A. |
5. | The History of English Language | B. A. |
6. | English Grammar and Usage | B. A. |
7. | Advanced Speaking Skills | B. A. |
8. | Other language skills (i.e. reading and writing), etc. | B. A. |
9. | Contrastive Analysis | B. A. |
10. | Semantics | B. A. |
11. | Introduction to translation | B. A. |
12. | Business & Marketing Translation | B. A. |
13. | Translation and Arabicization | B. A. |
14. | Field visits and training in translation | B. A. |
15. | Media Translation I | B. A. |
16. | Media Translation II | B. A. |
17. | Legal Translation | B. A. |
18. | News Translation | B. A. |
19. | Research methodology | B. A. |
20. | Literary Translation | B. A. |
21. | English Morphology and Syntax | B. A. |
22. | Trends in Modern Linguistics | M. A. |
23. | Semantics and Translation | M. A. |
24. | Semantic theories | M. A. |
- Membership of scientific associations
No. | Name of the association |
1. | Head of the Department of Language Teaching at Community Center for Translation & Language Teaching (CCTLT), Sana’a University, Sana’a |
2. | A member of APETAU (The Association of Professors of English and Translation at Arab Universities), Amman, Jordan |
- Training courses attended
No. | Course title | Place of the course | Date |
1. | An English course | Taught by the Peace Corps of the U. S. A. | 1993 |
2. | DACA (Diploma in Advanced Computer Applications) | Taught by Zee Interactive Learning Systems Limited, Aligarh, India | 2003 |
3. | An ESP course | Taught by AMIDEAST (Sana’a), with the association of the U. S. embassy, Sana’a | 2005 |
4. | A teaching Methodology course | Taught by the British Council, Sana’a | 2005 |
5. | A course in “ the Analysis of Students Examination Results” | Taught by the Center of Teaching and Learning, University of Science and Technology | 2008 |
6. | A course in “Skills of Course Syllabus Preparation” | Taught by the Center of University Education Development, Sana’a University | 2008 |
7. | A course in “Creating the interactive lectures and papers and preparing the port folio” | Taught by the Center of University Education Development, Sana’a University | 2009 |
8. | Quality Standards in the learning process from the KSA National Quality System Perspective | Taught by Development and Quality Deanship, Najaran University, KSA | Sep. 17- 18 2013 |
9. | Program Design from the National Qualification framework Perspective | Taught by Development and Quality Deanship, Najaran University, KSA | Oct 1-9 2013 |
- Conferences, workshops, seminars
No. | Conference | Place of the course | Date |
1. | Presenting a paper in Contact Linguistics at the 1st International Conference on Linguistics and Language Teaching | Bahawalpur, Pakistan | Nov. 25-27 2013
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2. | Participating in a workshop on “Developing and Enriching English Language Curriculum in the Republic of Yemen” | Department of Curriculum, Ministry of Education, Sana’a, Yemen | Dec. 30 2012- Jan. 1 2013 |
3. | Participating in a forum on “Issues on Language linguistics & Literature”, Faculty of Languages, | Sana’a University, Sana’a
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2010 |
4. | Presenting a paper in Linguistics in a seminar held by Department of English | Faculty of Humanities, University of Science and Technology, Sana’a
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2010 |
5. | Presenting a paper in Linguistics at the APETAU 4th International Conference | Amman, Jordan
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Nov. 14-16 2009 |
6. | Participating in a workshop on “Building a World-Class Programme” and “Self-Evaluation and Programme Specifications | British Council, Sana’a
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29-30 July 2009 |
7. | Participating in two workshops on “Assessing and Developing Final Examinations for students of open education” | Faculty of Open learning, University of Science and Technology, Sana’a.
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2008 & 2009 |
- Scientific contributions ( e.g., supervisor for MA thesis )
No. | Title of thesis | Supervisor/examiner | Date |
1. |
The Impact of Nonfinite Clauses in Hemingway’s Novels:The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms |
Supervisor | 2013- 2015 |
2. | The Depiction of Arab Uprising in the Elite American Newspapers: A Critical Discourse Analysis | supervisor | 2012- 2016 |