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Academic Staff

Name : Kusay Abdul-Munim Ahmad

Scientific Title : Assistant Professor
Certificate : Doctorate
Field : علم اللغة
Speciality : علم اللغة التطبيقي

Code : A0536

Courses

Linguistics.I (LENG312)

Code

LENG312

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Course Overview :

This course is of both theoretical and practical importance. It is designed to make the students aware of the complex organization and systematic nature of language which is the primary means of human communication. This course is intended to clarify ideas about language, and bring learners a better understanding of its nature. The students are exposed to an overview of linguistics at the various levels of description of language. Therefore, the course will familiarize the students with the Origin and Theories of language, and Animals and Human Language. It is further expected to enrich students’ knowledge of some linguistic topics, namely The Sounds of Language, The Sound Patterns of Language, Word Formation, Morphology, Grammar, Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics.

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Linguistics.II (LENG322)

Code

LENG322

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Academic & Scientific Degrees
Degree	Bachelor	Master	PhD
University Name	Basrah	London	Reading
Degree granting country	Iraq	United Kingdom	United Kingdom
Date of acquiring degree	May 30, 1974	July 18, 1979	July 4, 1987
Title of Master Thesis	Experimental Phonetics
*Specialization*	Phonetics
*Title of PhD Dissertation*	Intonation of a Gulf Arabic Dialect: Zubairi
*Specialization*	Linguistics (Phonetics & Phonology)

Scientific Researches
Date	Place of Publication	Research title
1985	Phon. Lab Univ. Reading Work in Progress 5	*A note on the graphic representation of averaged Fo curves by computers*.
1985	Phon. Lab Univ. Reading Work in Progress 5	*A spectrographic and aerodynamic study of pharyngeal consonants in Iraqi Arabic*
1987	Phonetica 44	*Some acoustic and aerodynamic characteristics of pharyngeal consonants in Iraqi Arabic*
1998	Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation	Al-Mu'jam Al-Musa'id (Book)
1999	Dirasat	*The Tones of Arabic and English*

Teaching Expertise
From	To	Scientific Title	University Name	Given(taught)Subject Materials
Sept. 2021	Present	Assistant Professor	Nawroz	Linguistics 1&2, Interaction 3&4
Nov. 2016	July 2020	Assistant Professor	Al Kitab	Linguistics 2, Research Methods, Phonetics 1, Grammar 5
Dec. 2018	July 2019	Assistant Professor& Head of Department	Qala University College	Pronunciation 1&2, Communicative English L1, Writing Skills
Sept. 2013	Nov. 2018	Lecturer & Head of Department	Cihan	Intro. To Linguistics, Pronunciation 1&2, Phonology 1&2, Morphology, Grammar 1, General English
Sept. 2012	Feb. 2014	Associate Professor& Head of Department	Benghazi	Linguistics 1&2, Phonetics 1&2, Grammar 2,3,4&5, Writing 4, Academic Writing
May 2012	April 2013	Associate Professor & Head of Department	Africa	Phonetics, Grammar 3, Writing 3, Principles of Translation
Sept. 2005	Sept. 2010	Sessional Lecturer	Toronto	Grammar, Phonetics, Arabic 1,2,3&4
Sept. 2000	August 2005	Associate Professor & Head of Department	Nizwa College of Education	Linguistics, Phonetics, Speaking, ESP, General English
Sept. 1992	August 2000	Maître de Conférences (Associate Professor)	Tunis	Phonetics, Phonology, Structure of English, Syntax, History of the English Language
Nov. 1987	Sept. 1992	Lecturer	Basrah	Phonetics 1&2, Conversation, Textbook Analysis
Nov. 1979	Sept. 1982	Assistant Lecturer	Basrah	Phonetics 1&2, Essay Writing, General English

Conferences & Workshops
Date	Type of Participation	Conference – Workshop
24 January 2018	Participant	Developing the English Departments in Kurdistan, Ministry of Higher Education
20 - 21 April 2014	Participant	First International Scientific Conference, Cihan University
2-4 September 2013	Participant	Enhancing Teaching Practice: Ideas and Perspectives for EFL Educators and Learners, University of Benghazi
15 October 2003	Participant	Practice and Perspectives in Foundation Programme, Majan College
20 June 2003	Presenter& Moderator	Quality Assurance Workshop, Nizwa College of Education
19 - 20 March 2003	Participant	Third ELT Conference, Sultan Qaboos University
25 January 2003	Presenter& Moderator	Practicum, Nizwa College of Education
22 - 24 December 2002	Presenter	Secondary Education for a Better Future, Ministry of Education
29 - 30 September 2002	Participant	Basic Education in Oman, Nizwa College of Education
19 - 20 February 2002	Presenter& Moderator	ESP Course Description for Students of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Colleges of Education, Nizwa College of Education
27 - 29 March 2002	Participant	Second ELT Conference, Sultan Qaboos University
23 - 24 January 2001	Presenter& Moderator	Streaming of College Students in English Language by Level, Nizwa College of Education
28 - 30 August 2000	Participant	The Second International Conference of the Teachers of English and Translation in the Arab Universities, University of Jordan
2 - 4 April 1998	Participant	Present and Future Prospects of the Languages in Tunisia, IBLV / University of Tunis
23 - 27 August 1997	Presenter	The First International Conference of Arabic and English Comparative And Contrastive Studies, University of Jordan

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