Resume Arabic Teacher in Qatar Al-Khor

- Arabic as a Foreign Language (AFL) Teacher at Metropolitan International School, Egypt (Nov. 2017 – Present) - AFL Tutor at Hands Along the Nile Development Services (HANDS) (Sept. 2018 – Present) https://www.handsalongthenile.org/arabic-conversation-egyptian-dialect-teachers/ - AFL Tutor at italki (Dec. 2017 – Present) https://www.italki.com/teacher/338731 - Taught an intensive summer course (Modern Standard Arabic) to Colgate University undergraduate students, USA- Elementary and Intermediate students (June 2023 – Aug. 2023) - Taught an intensive summer course (Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic) to Colgate University undergraduate students, USA- Elementary and Intermediate students (May 2020 – Aug. 2020)

Master of Arts in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL): The American University in Cairo (AUC) - Spring 2017

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Publications Asfour, W. M. (2024). The Effect of Motivation on Learning a Second Language: A Reflection on AFL Classes at the American University in Cairo (AUC). In D. Abo El Seoud (Ed.), Challenges in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language. The American University in Cairo Press. Conference Papers and Presentations Asfour, W. M. (2023). Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbots: Challenges and opportunities in teaching and learning Arabic writing. Paper presented at the conference entitled “Teaching and Learning Arabic from K to 16: Adjusting to New Realities”, The American University in Cairo (AUC). Asfour, W. M. (2019). Register Analysis in the Story of Prophet Yusuf (Joseph) in the Holy Quran: Applying Halliday’s Model to Dialogues from Surat Yusuf. Paper presented at the conference entitled “Arabic Language and Linguistics: Heritage and Innovation”, The American University in Cairo (AUC). Asfour, W. M. (2017). The Effect of Motivation on Learning a Second Language: A Reflection on AFL Classes at the American University in Cairo (AUC). Paper presented at the conference entitled “Approaches and Challenges in Arabic Language Pedagogy”, The American University in Cairo (AUC). Digital Portfolio YouTube: LearnArabicToday Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6j4OsJS-1IWbx3HvNpnyVg • “Egyptian Culture”: In this playlist, I introduce some topics related to Egyptian culture. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXHrrSNC_1b4fqcVrub-TdZilng0DL2oX • “Authentic Material”: A playlist of Egyptian songs that help in learning negation, days of the week, and proverbs https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXHrrSNC_1b7iCHF39VRoXjPQpTUIYEmQ • “Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Lessons: Supermarket items”: A list of supermarket items and food quantifiers in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXHrrSNC_1b73_I8GYUcwZ1t5aKDoZw4d