Academic Life

Image Abdul Rahman Al-Asmari
With my teachers, my academic ROLE MODELS: Associate Prf. Robert Debski (left)& Dr. Paul Gruba (right)
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* A current PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne, 2005-date.
* Master of Computer-Assited Language Learning, First Class Honour Degree at the University of Melbourne 2004
* An academic Teaching Assistant at Taif University 2001 to date.
* EFL Instructor at the Saudi Royal Airforce, 2000-2001.
* BA in English and Educational Training, Excellency with Distinction 1997-2000
* Diploma of Computer Implementations 1998-1999

Awards

* Saudi Ministry of Higher Education award for academic distinction 2005.
* The Ideal Student prize awarded from Umm Al-Qura University 2000
* Top-ranked student in Grades 1-12 at the General Directorate of Education in Taif, Saudi Arabia, 1985-1996

Experiences and Skills

- EFL/ESL Teaching
- Language program evaluation
- Website design and maintenance
- CALL software design and management
- Online interactive environment management
- Computer-based statistical data analysis
- Computer-based qualitative data analysis
- Business Language

Language Competencies

- Arabic: Mother tongue
- English: Near native
- French: Intermediate
- Spanish: Basic
- Chinese: Basic
- Amharic: Comprehension skills.

Research Areas of Interest

- The use of technology in language learning and teaching.
- Intercultural Language Learning
- Minority Language Maintenance

Research and Publications

Al-Asmari, A. (2004). The Use of Arabic in Media and the Internet by the Arabic Speaking Melbournians. Unpublished Master thesis, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

Al-Asmari, A. (2006). Examining EFL curriculum through a dynamic intercultural perspective: Implications for TC integration into EFL pre-service teacher training curriculum. Paper presented at the School of Languages Postgraduate Conference, The University of Melbourne.

Al-Asmari, A. (Forthcoming). Integration of Foreign Culture into the EFL Pre-Service Teacher Training Curriculum: The Case of Saudi Arabia. Unpublished PhD thesis, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

Al-Asmari, A. (2008). The place of foreign culture in the Saudi pre-service EFL teacher education. Paper presented at the Saudi International Innovation Conference 9-10 June, 2008, Leeds University, UK.

Al-Asmari, A., & Debski, R. (2008). Uzycie elektronicznych komunikatorow w jezyku arabskim przez mniejszosci etniczne w Melbourne. In R. Debski (Ed.), Od mediow przekazu do mediow uczestniczenia (pp. 77-100). Krakow: Universitas.

Sekiguchi, S., Gruba, P., & Al-Asmari, A. (2006). Integrating culture in the second language curriculum through a three-dimensional virtual reality environment. Paper presented at the the 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education: Who’s Learning? Whose Technology?, Sydney.



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