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I have a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English Language and Literature and a Master of Arts and PhD in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Addis Ababa University. I am working as an associate professor of TEFL at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. At the university level, I have about 19 years of experience teaching English language courses, including Academic English, Reading and Writing, Speaking and Listening, Grammar, Research and Report Writing and ESP. In addition, I have long experience of teaching different courses, such as research methods, theories and approaches to second language learning, syllabus and material writing and current issues in language teaching for MA TEFL and Studies in Second Language Acquisition; Issues in Language Teaching & Assessment; ELT/EFL Curriculum Development; Syllabus Design and Program Evaluation; Advanced Research Methods in English Language Education; Language Teaching and Teacher Development; Development, Design, and Evaluation of Language Program; and Doctoral Seminar I and II for PhD TEFL students. I also have long experience of supervising, mentoring, and examining MA TEFL and PhD TEFL students. I have long experience of reviewing, editing and proofreading MA and PhD students Theses and Dissertations. I was also in charge of creating course materials, giving lectures and seminars, evaluating student performance, including PhD students, and assisting students from various language and cultural backgrounds in my prior positions at several universities, including Bahr Dar University. I have more than 20 peer-reviewed journal articles published in reputable international and local journals. My research interests involves English language teaching (ELT), literacy development, technology-integrated language instruction, teacher education, academic writing, and educational assessment As a reviewer and editor, I have evaluated manuscripts for scholarly journals and academic conferences. I give professional services in academic writing, editing, proofreading, research proposal development, thesis and dissertation review, APA 7th edition formatting, and journal manuscript preparation. I am devoted to delivering high-quality, timely, and ethically grounded academic work that meets international publication standards. my strong analytical skills and deep understanding of research design and academic conventions make me a reliable partner for researchers, individual, and organizations that seek quality services.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ English Language
• ☆ English as a Second Language (ESL)
• ☆ English Studies
• ☆ Teacher Education
• ☆ English Education
• ☆ Research Methodology

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Technical Writing, Business & Legal Writing, Copywriting, Audio Transcription, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Work Experience

English Language Instructor and Researcher

Bahir Dar University

February 2016 - February 2035

English language instructor and researcher

Debre Markos University

February 2015 - October 2015

English language instructor and researcher

Debre Birhan University

November 2013 - February 2015

English language instructor and researcher

Jimma University

October 2007 - October 2013

Education

PhD in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) (English Language and literature)

Addis Ababa University

September 2007 - July 2013

Master of ARTS in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) (English Language and literature)

Addis Ababa University

February 2005 - April 2007

PhD in TEFL

Addis Ababa University

February 2005 - April 2007

Bachelor of Arts in Foreign languages and Literature

Addis Ababa University

June 1999 - February 2004

Certifications

• A120-hour Key English Language Training Course

  British Council

  December 2007 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

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A correlational study between learners‘ satisfactions with offline class and English self-efficacy During the covid-19 pandemic. Journal of English Culture, Language, Literature and Education, 9(1), 73- 87. Richards, C. J., (2001). Curriculum development in language teaching. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511667220. Tang, X. (2016). A processing approach to profiling staged development of English as a second language acquisition. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics. 22 (2). 5- 20. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316716484. Tang, X. (2019). Learnability of grammatical sequencing: A processability perspective of textbook evaluation in EFL settings. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics. 42 (2), 236-257. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335203609 Ur, P., (1996). A course in language teaching. Cambridge University Press. Wade-Woolley, L. (1999). First language influences on second language word reading: All roads lead to Rome. Language Learning, 49(3), 447– 471. https://doi.org/10.1111/0023-8333.00096 Willis, D. & Willis, J. (2001). Task-based language learning. In R. Carter & D. Nunan (Eds.) The Cambridge guide to teaching English to speakers of other languages. Cambridge University Press. World Bank. (2018). World development report: Learning to realize education’s promise, World Bank. Zipser, K. (2012). Processability theory and pedagogical progression in an Italian textbook. Linguistica, 52(1), 55-68. https://doi.org/10.4312/linguistica.52.1.55-68 .

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