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Yousif A. N. Alshumaimeri

 

 

Occupation:                       Associate Professor

Work place:                       King Saud University, College of Education

Department:                      Curriculum and Instruction Department

General Major:                 Curriculum and Instruction

Major:                                  TESOL

Work Address:                  P.O.Box: 2458, Riyadh: 11451, Saudi Arabia

Work TEL:                            009661-4674640 – 009661-4674611

E-Mail Address:                yousif@alostath.com

Website:                             www.alostath.com

 

Education

 

2003                                       PhD

School of Education, University of Leeds.

 

1999                                       MEd. In TESOL

School of Education, University of Leeds.

This was a postgraduate degree course specialising in TESOL. The subject areas covered included: Teaching English to speakers of other languages.

 

1996                                       Bachelor of Education  

                                                College of Eduation, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.

 

Work Experience

 

1996-1997                         English language teacher at Al-Abna’a Secondary School in Riyadh.

1997-1998                         Teacher assistant and Language teacher at King Abdulaziz Military Academy in Riyadh.

1998-2003                   Teacher assistant at King Saud University, College of Education, Curriculum and Instruction department.

2001-2002                   Deputy Headmaster for the Saudi Arabic school in Leeds, UK.

2003-2008                   Assistant Professor at King Saud University, College of Education, Curriculum and Instruction department.                                                                      

2007-2008                   Chair, Department of Self-Development Skills, Preparatory Year Deanship.

2008-date                   Associate Professor at King Saud University, College of Education, Curriculum and Instruction department.

2008-2010                   Vice Dean for Academic Development at the Deanship of Development.

2008-2010                   General supervisor for Leeds University agreements with King Saud University.

2009-2010                   Supervisor of Kent State University agreement with King Saud University.

2011-2012                   Research Fellow at the University of Leeds.

                                   

           

Other Skills /Awards


Diploma in NLP in Education.

Several short courses in the use of computers in Education and CALL.

Two courses in teaching English to young learners.

Two courses in syllabus design.

Courses in leadership and administration.

A special course in qualitative analysis using computers.

 

 

Research Activities

 

 

  1. Alshumaimeri, Y. A. N. (1999). Saudi students’ perceptions of their textbook: English for Saudi Arabia, (EFSA), secondary year one. Unpublished Master Dissertation, University of Leeds, Leeds.
  2. Alshumaimeri, Y. A. N. (2003). A study of classroom exposure to oral pedagogic tasks in relation to the motivation and performance of Saudi secondary learners of English in a context of potential curriculum reform. Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, University of Leeds, Leeds.
  3. Alshumaimeri, Y.  (2006). The effects of content familiarity and language ability on reading comprehension performance of low-and high-ability Saudi tertiary students studying English as a foreign language. King Saud University, Educational Sciences & Islamic Studies, 18(2), 1-19.
  4. Cook, G. (2008). Applied Linguistics (Y. Alshumaimeri, Trans.). Riyadh: King Saud University.
  5.  Alshumaimeri, Y. (2008) Perceptions and attitudes toward using CALL in English classrooms among Saudi secondary EFL teachers. The JALT Journal, 4(2), 29-46.
  6. Alshumaimeri, Y. (2009). Gender differences in Reading comprehension performance in relation to content familiarity of gender-neutral texts. Journal of Education, 24/93. Kuwait.
  7.   Alshumaimeri, Y. & Alghamdi, F. (2009) Perceptions of Saudi PYP students about the IEP at King Saud University. Research paper presented at IATEFL Annual Conference, Cardiff 2009, UK.
  8. Alshumaimeri, Y. & Alhassan, R. (2010) Current availability and use of ICT among Secondary EFL Teachers in Saudi Arabia: Possibilities and Reality. Full paper presented at Global Learn Asia Pacific 2010 Conference on Learning and Technology, Penang, Malaysia.
  9. Alshumaimeri, Y. (2010) Using oral pedagogic tasks with learners of English in Saudi Arabia: Motivation and oral production. LAMBERT Academic Publishing.
  10.  Alshumaimeri, Y. (2011) The effects of wikis on foreign language students writing performance. Procedia- Social and Behavioral Sciences, 28, 755-763.
  11. Alshumaimeri, Y. (2011) The effects of reading method on the comprehension performance of Saudi EFL students. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 4(1),185-195.
  12. Alshumaimeri, Y. (2011) Perceptions of Saudi preparatory year students about the intensive English program. College of Arts Annals, Ain Shams University, 39, 565-593.
  13. Alshumaimeri, Y. & Alarfaj, A. (2012) The effect of a suggested training program on reading speed and comprehension of Saudi female university students. Procedia- Social and Behavioral Sciences, 31, 612-628.
  14. Borg, S., Alshumaimeri, Y.A. (2012). “University teacher educators' research engagement: Perspectives from Saudi Arabia”. Teaching and Teacher Education, 28(3), 347-356.
  15. Wedell, M. (2012) Planning for educational change: Putting people and their context first. (Y. Alshumaimeri, Trans.). Riyadh: King Saud University Scientific Publishing.

 

Other Research interests

 

 

  • Oral second language learning
  • Using pedagogic tasks
  • Oral tasks and language development
  • Syllabus design for TESOL
  • EFL teacher training

 

Conferences

 

 

§  The World Conference on Educational Technology Researches (WCETR-2011), Kyrenia, North Cyprus.

§  IATEFL Annual Conference, Brighton 2011, UK.

§  Second international conference: e-learning and distance learning, 2011, Riyadh

§  Global e-Learn Asia Pacific 2010, Penang, Malaysia

§  IATEFL Annual Conference, Cardiff 2009, UK.

§  TESOL Arabia Annual Conference, Dubai 2008, UAE.

§  IATEFL Annual conference, Harrogate 2006, UK.

§  Al-Alsun Annual Conference, Minia University 2005, Egypt.

§  Globalization and Educational Priorities, College of Education, King Saud University, Riyadh 2004.

§  Task-based Colloquium, St. Mary's college 2003, UK.

§  School of Education TESOL annual conference, University of Leeds 2000, UK.

§  IATEFL Annual conference, The university of Edinburgh 1999, UK.

 

Committees

 

 

I participate in a number of committees as follow:

§  Head of TESOL stream in the department of Curriculum and Instruction, 2003 – presents.

§  A member of the departmental committee for courses and academic plans,  2005-2006-2007.

§  A member of the departmental committee for the development of postgraduate studies, 2006.

§  A member of the departmental committee for accreditation, 2006-2007.

§  A member of the departmental committee for recruitment needs 2007.

§  A member of the departmental committee for development, 2007.

§  A member of college committee for evaluating the diploma programme of the Arab Open University, 2006.

§  A member of college committee for the participation and planning in King Abdullah project for general education development, 2007.

§  A member of a university committee for establishing a preparatory year, 2007.

§  Coordinator for Cooperation between King Saud University and Leeds University.

 

Associations' membership

 

 

·         International Association for teachers of English as a foreign language (IATEFL) since 1999.

·         Saudi Educational and Psychological Association  since 1998

·         British Association for NLP in education since 2003.

·         Association for Language Learning (ALL) since 2005.

·         Member of TESOL Arabia since 2007.

  • Member of foundation committee for the Saudi Entrepreneurship Association since 2008

 

 

 
 
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