Antar Teleba

193 Portrush Ave, Nepean

Ottawa, ON K2J 5K1

(613)-981-2070

solhyabdallah99@gmail.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/antar-teleba-89b907138/

EDUCATION

PhD in Education (Curriculum and Instruction)                                                                                2004

Faculty of Education, South Valley University, Egypt.

Master of Education (TESOL and teacher education)                                                                      2001

Faculty of Education, South Valley University, Egypt

Master of Linguistics (Translation Theory)                                                                                      2003

School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.

Master of Humanities (Religion and Public Life)                                                                              2020

Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario.

Master of Clinical Psychotherapy (Spirituality and Counseling)                                                      2025

St. Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario

WORK EXPERIENCES

            Professor of Education, Teacher Trainer and Curriculum Designer        [Full time 2004- 2019]

Spiritual Counsellor -The Royal Mental Health Centre, Brockville                          2025-current

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) – Ruh Care Islamic Centre                       2025- current

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Classics, Modern languages and Linguistics

Concordia University                                                                                                 [Full time 2022-2023]

-       Teaching Arabic language history, literature and culture.   

-       Coordinating the Arabic program within the department (placement tests, supervising part time instructors, coordinating cultural activities, and enriching the cultural life at Concordia).

-       Training francophone students on Arabic language pedagogies.  

ESL instructor with OCISO, OCDSB, OCSB, World Skills and CLLC.                           [Full time 2021-2022] Ottawa, Ontario.       

Professor of Education, Teacher Trainer and Curriculum Designer                         [Full time 2004- 2019]

South Valley University, Egypt and Taibah University, Saudi Arabia

-       Taught courses in ESL, ESP, EAP, Linguistics, curriculum studies, Children’s literature, and educational technology to more than 2000 university students over 15 years, which helped them master the concepts, skills and attitudes, and eventually led to their graduation and excellence.

-       Trained over 1500 teachers in different subject matters on communicative methodologies and active learning strategies, which led to the development of the educational process in Egypt and enhanced the quality of instruction as reflected in the students’ achievements.

-       Designed and developed frameworks for the Saudi teacher training program on the national level by nomination from the minister of Education. This led to the quality of teacher education programs in Saudi universities at large.

-       Conducted qualitative and quantitative research on education and maintained detailed research records in order to produce citations and bibliographies.

Professional Development Officer                                                                                          [2005-2008]

USAID and Michigan state University, USA

-       Liaised between university professionals and ministry of education leaders to facilitate and guide partnership, which led to signing and enacting a number of agreements for the development of the quality of education in Egypt.

-       Performed oral simultaneous translation from English to Arabic and vice versa, which eased comprehension, relieved conflict and responded to worries and questions in the USA workshops and the Egyptian conferences.

PUBLICATIONS

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oRFRQPAAAAAJ&hl=ar

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Antar-Abdellah

https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-1852-4457

TRAINING / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Trainee

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), The Code for Human Rights, Communicative Methodologies, Internet for English teaching, Marketing for language centers, Education Partnerships, TESLOntario accreditation as ESL teacher and teacher trainer, ATIO member, Evaluation techniques, reviewing research papers, Teaching practicum, Materials development, Developing screening tests, Creative use of A/V media, competitive project proposals, scientific research ethics, School-university partnership, language assessment, CLB, and PBLA.  Masaqid Methodology in Islamic Psychology.

Trainer

Institutional self-assessment, Preparing schools for accreditation, Analyzing students’ errors, Developing National Academic Reference Standards, Developing Intended Learning outcomes (ILOs), Mentoring and Induction, time management, critical thinking , self-awareness, creative thinking, problem solving, self-control, emotional intelligence, critical reading, dealing with research resources, publishing in international journals, language materials development for talented classrooms, creative use of A/V media in the classroom.  

Languages: English, Arabic and basic French.

Computer Skills: MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Access), Research databases in humanities and social sciences (SPSS, Zotero, Endnote, Mendeley, ERIC), Learning management systems (Schoology, Blackboard, Moodle, Edmodo, Google Classroom), and human resources and information management systems.

References for Dr. Antar Teleba

1.     Professor Mark Ginsburg, Senior Technical Advisor for Research, Evaluation, and Teacher Education, FHI 360, Visiting Professor, International Education Program, University of Maryland Former Coeditor, Comparative Education Review (2003- ….) mginsbur@umd.edu  cell: 202-669-5196.

Type of reference: Academic and administrative.

2.     Brad Nelson, Professor of Spanish and Chair Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics, Concordia University S-FB 1030-11, Tel. (514) 848-2424 x 2307 Brad.Nelson@concordia.ca

Appendix 1:

List of publications

Abdellah. A, (2002). What Every novice translator needs to know. Translation Journal online. July 2002 http://accurapid.com/journal/21novice.htm  (Translated to 5 languages)

Abdellah, A. (2002). Songs, chants and rhymes in English language teaching. In Al Naggar, Z. (2002).  Spotlight on primary English education resources. Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development.

Abdellah, A. (2002). The Translator's Dilemma- implicatures and the role of the translator.  Translation Journal online. April 2004, http://accurapid.com/journal/28liter.htm 

Abdellah, A. (2003). The Problem of translating English Linguistic terminology into Arabic. Cambridge first postgraduate conference on Linguistics CAMLING, University of Cambridge  March 2003.

Abdellah, A. (2005). Novice translators' Guide. Cairo: Dar Al Kitab Al Hadith publishing company.

Abdellah, A. (2005). Teaching Word Roots and the Broken Plural. Languages of the Wider World, SOAS Language Centre.

Abdellah, A. (2005). The Arabic Sound system and Teaching Pronunciation. Languages of the Wider World, SOAS Language Centre.

 Abdellah, A. (2007).  English Majors’ errors in translating Arabic Endophora; Analysis and Remedy. CDELT (Centre for Developing English Language Teaching) Occasional Papers, January.

Abdellah, A. (2007). EFL prospective teachers as prospective translators; Exploring the practices of teaching and Learning Translation in faculties of Education in South Valley University.  Qena Faculty of Education 4th International Conference April, 2007.

Abdellah, A. (2007). Developing a process-oriented translation test for assessing English - Arabic basic translation skill”. CDELT (Centre for Developing English Language Teaching) 32^nd Conference. Cairo: Ain Shams University.

Abdellah, A. (2008). Can Intra-lingual subtitling enhance English Majors’ listening comprehension of literary texts. Journal of Qena Faculty of Education. (11), 1.

Abdellah, A. and Ali, A. (2008). Teaching creative writing to gifted students. Writing in EFL, Research, Pedagogy and Practice. TESOL Arabia.

Abdellah, A. and Elsayed, M. (2008). Using workshops to develop writing skills. Writing in EFL, Research, Pedagogy and Practice. TESOL Arabia.

Abdellah, A., Ginsburg, M., Megahed, n. and Zohry, A. (2008). Promoting Active Learning Pedagogies in Egypt.  Comparative Education, Teacher Training, Education Policy and Social Inclusion. Vol 6. Bureau for Educational Services

Abdellah, A. (2009). Eye vs. text movement; which technique leads to faster reading comprehension? CDELT (Centre for Developing English Language Teaching) Occasional Papers, January.

Abdellah, A. (2010). Basic Translation Skills. Berlin: VDM publications.

Abdellah, A. (2010). Pedagogies of Translation. Berlin: VDM publications.

Abdellah, A. (2010). Perspectives on teaching and researching translation. Berlin: VDM publications.

Abdellah, A. (2010). Perspectives on TEFL, TAFL and linguistics. Berlin: VDM publications.

Abdellah, A. (2010). Translation and EFL teacher Education. Saudi Society of languages and Translation thrid international conference, Imam Mohamad Ibn Saud University, December, 2010.

Abdellah, A. (2010). Translations of near synonyms in the Quran. Berlin: VDM publications.

Abdellah, A. (2011). Basic Reading Skills. Berlin: VDM publications.

Abdellah, A. (2011). Novice Translators’ Guide. 2nd edition. Berlin: VDM publications.

Abdellah, A., Quora, A, and Zafer, A. (2012). An Evaluation of the English Language Textbook Series "Touchstone" for Saudi University Students in terms of the Multiple Intelligences Theory. Egyptian Society for curriculum and Instruction Journal.

Abdellah, A. (2013). Morality and EFL Instruction in an Arab Context – Exploring Perceptions and Practices. International Education Studies, (6), 5.

Abdellah, A. (2013). Towards Developing a Language Course for Hajj Guides in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, A Needs Assessment. English Language Teaching, (6), 3.

Abdellah, A. (2013). Training Saudi English Majors in extensive reading to develop their standard-based reading skills. Journal of King Saud University for Languages and Translation, (25), 1.

Abdellah, A. (2014). Foreign Language Learning Recounts by Two Muslim Religious Scholars: A Narrative Discourse Analysis. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, (4), 9.  

Abdellah, A. (2015). The effect of a program based on the lexical approach on developing English Majors' recognition and use of collocations. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, (6), 4. 

Abdellah, A., Al-Sheikh, R., Gamal, S., and Abdel Baset, S. (2015). An Evaluation of Student-teachers' CAI Knowledge and competencies. Qassim University Journal of Arabic and Human Studies.

Abdellah, A. (2016).  The effect of a blended learning program based on Schoology LMS on developing EFL preservice teachers’ teaching knowledge and reducing their writing anxiety.  Journal of research in curriculum, instruction and Educational technology, (2), 3.

Abdellah, A. (2017).  Novice Writers’ Guide; your basic guide for writing English essays. Berlin: Nour Publishers.

Abdellah, A. and Haridy. A. (2017). Medieval Muslim Thinkers on foreign language Pedagogy, the case of Ibn Khaldun. Lingua, (193), 7, 62–71

Abdellah, A. and Haridy, A. (2017). High-Stakes Writing Assessment: Changing Testing Orientations and Current Instructional Practices. The 22nd Conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE). Syracuse University, New York, USA, June 30-July 2, 2017.

Abdellah, A. (2018). What does a Forensic Linguist Really Do? A Close Reading of three Cases of Authorship‏.  Arab Journal for Forensic Sciences and Forensic medicine, AJFSFM. 1, (9), 1310-1322.

Abdellah, A. and Olwi, A. (2020). A Standard-based Evaluation of University English Majors’ Reading Skills. International Journal of Research in Educational Sciences. (IJRES), 3(3), 223 - 250.

Abdellah, A. (2020). A brief history of ELT in Egypt. Plenary speech delivered at the International Conference on "Language Teaching and Learning in ESL/EFL Settings: Status and Prospects" University of Kerala-India and Thamar University- Yemen on 20 & 21 September 2020.

Abdellah, A. (2020). The Islamic Declaration on Global climate change; An Ideological Discourse. Middle Eastern Journal of Research in Education and Social Sciences, (1), 2. 2020      

Abdellah, A. (2021). Post-modernist experiments in Egyptian children’s literature the case of Ahmed Khalid Tawfiq. Faculty of Arts academic journal, Damietta University, (10), 1. 2021. 

Abdellah, A. (2021). Translation Pedagogy, the missing component in translator education programs. International Journal of research in Educational Sciences. (IJRES), (4), 1. 2021.