SHIRIN YASSIN YAR MOHAMED
Date of Birth: 12th Aug. 1951
Address: House 289/55, Section F,
Street 11
Crater, Aden, Yemen.
Tel. 256225 (Home).
Fax. 233755 (Faculty of Education,
Aden).
e-mail: yassin218@hotmail.com
Specialization
English for Speakers of Other
Languages (ESOL), ELT, Linguistics (Sociolinguistics, Sociology, Social
Sciences, Humanities), Applied Linguistics, Research.
Education:
Ph.D. University of London, U.K.
(1992), ESOL.
M.A. University of York, U.K. (1988), Linguistics and ELT.
Special Degree, University of Aden,
Yemen, (1983), Linguistics, Literature and ELT.
B.A. University of Aden, Yemen,
(1980), English Language and Literature.
Professional Experience
University of Aden, Faculty of
Education 1981-present, Associate Professor.
Ministry of Education, 1975-1980,
Teacher of English.
Additional Experience
Head of Department of English
(1995-1997).
Head of Department of English (March
2006-March 2008).
Member on Editorial Board of ALTAWASUL
Journal (1992-present).
Member of Higher Studies Committee
(1992-present).
Translator of texts related to field
of study, short stories, and other documents.
Fellowships, Awards and Honours
1. British Council Scholarship
1986-87.
2. British Council Scholarship
1990-92.
3. The 10th September Education
Day Award (1980).
4. Woman's Day Award (2000).
5. Fulbright Program
Participation in the University of New York (2004).
6. Canterbury Training programme
participation in the UK (2005).
Conferences
1. The American University in
Cairo (1994) "Academic Writing: Selected Aspects".
2. The American University in
Cairo (1995) "The Yemeni Reader and Reading Strategies".
3. The American University in
Cairo (2000) "The Demands of Teaching Writing using Word-processing".
4. University of Jordan (1997)
Guest
5. University of Jordan (2000)
"Perspectives on the Use of Bilingual Dictionaries".
Publications
1. "The construction of EFL Skills
Tests for the University Level: Principles and Practice"(2003) Journal of
Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol. 6, N0. 11, 25-36.
2. "Lexical Problems in
Translating Polysemous Items from English into Arabic and vice versa: Some
Theoretical Considerations" (2002) Journal of the Faculties of Education,
No. 4 15-24.
3. "The Calamity," (a short
story translated into Arabic), Altawassul Journal.
4. "If only he had not
returned," (a short story translated into Arabic), Altawassul Journal.
5. " Learning from texts", (a
text translated into Arabic), Altawassul Journal.
6. "Reading problem or Learning
problem", (a text translated into Arabic), Altawassul Journal.
7. "Translated Yemeni Short
Stories (1)", (2006) [ A book of 45
translated Yemeni short stories], Alobadi Press.
8. "Translated Yemeni Short
Stories (2)", (2008) [ A book of 49
translated Yemeni short stories], Alobadi Press.
Master of Arts Dissertations
Supervised
1. Anis Obadi "A study of
the relationship between ESP Materials and proficiency level". (1995)
2. Nagah Youuf
"Investigating and Developing Listening Comprehension." (1998)
3. Nadia Nasser "Coursebook Materials in Use in Secondary
Schools in Yemen." (2000)
4. Maged Farag "Factors Influencing the Oral Reading of
Secondary School Students."(2002)
5. Badri Mohamed "Reading in the Medical Context:
Problems and Solutions."(2002)
6. Tareq Alsaqqaf "Problems that face Students in
Translating Sentences from Arabic into English and vice versa." (2003)
7. Imaan Alsadi "Learning
strategies of Ist year students in Faculty of Zingibar" (2005).
8. Roza Raweh "Writing
problems of Institue diploma students" (2005).
9. Azleem Shahab "
Developing the speaking skill of first year students in the faculties of
education University of Aden" (2006).
10. Yasser Alsharafi "The
effectiveness of using reading strategies and reading purposes in the
University of Hodeida" (2008).
11. Intisar Bundoq
"Investigating the effect of the absence of the auxiliary on the learning
of English in Zingibar' (2008).
12. Sonia Alhaddar
"Investigating the problems of learning General English in Saber' (2008).
Other Academic Activities
1. Internal examiner in fourteen
(14) MA viva voce committees [Karem – Nazih – Soad – Aziz – Saleh Karama –
Wadeea – Mohamed Hitari – Hasson Yafeee – Adnaan – Rabaa – Abdul Nasser –
Tagreed – Mansoor - Mansouri].
2. External examiner for two (2)
candidates, University of Taiz.
2. Member in the syllabus
designing committee in the Department of English.
3. Have prepared the syllabus for
the following courses: Reading 1, 2,&3, Writing 1,2,&3, Advanced
Composition, Language Testing, Small Scale Research Project, Study Skills.
4. Presently supervising one
Ph.D. thesis.
