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Dr Dina Awad

Associate Professor

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School: School of Liberal Arts
Research centre: International Visual Arts and Cultures

About

Dr Awad is an Associate Professor of Research and Academic Writing in the School of Liberal Arts at the American University in Richmond. She holds a Master’s degree in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics (Kings College London) and a PhD in Applied Linguistics (Lancaster). She is also fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Dina is an experienced academic who has taught both undergraduate and postgraduate students in The UAE University, The University of Leicester and St. Mary’s University, London. Her research interests include second language acquisition, ELT methodology, test design as well as teacher education and development.

  • Master’s degree in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics (Kings College London)
  • PhD in Applied Linguistics (Lancaster)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • GEP 3180 – Research and Writing I
  • GEP 4180 – Research and Writing II
  • EAP 7200 – Advanced English for Business Studies
  • MGT 7560 – Extended Professional Project
  • MA TESOL – Syllabus Design
  • MA TESOL – Linguistics Theory
  • 2023 Advanced Academic English. A Handbook for University Writing with Glossary. Grosvenor House Publishing.
  • 2017 Cognitive Theory and Task-based Competence. Proceedings of the BALEAP 2015 Conference. Garnet Education (pp. 81-88).
  • 2014 Diverse acquisition patterns. The Linguistics journal 8(1).
  • 2018  Applying Linguistics. Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching Conference. Zayed University, Dubai, UAE.
  • 2018  A map of cognitive development. Cognitive Linguistics in Education. Glasgow University.
  • 2017  Lexical associations in second language education. British Association of Applied Linguistics. University of Reading.
  • 2017  EAP Practice and Second language Research. BALEAP Conference. University of Bristol.
  • 2015  Academic listening. Action Research. English Language Teaching Unit. University of Leicester.
  • 2009 Reading for Writing. Skills in Action. United Arab Emirates University. Al-Ain.
  • 2006 Teaching English articles to Arab students. TESOL Conference. Dubai, UAE.