Personal Information

Name: Dr. Dilovan Sayfuddin Saady Ghafoory

Academic Title: Assistant Professor

Email: [email protected]

Mobile: 0750 467 2661

Dr. Dilovan Sayfuddin Saady Ghafoory

Education: PH D , Salahaddin University, English, 2010

Qualifications

1. Teaching qualifications.
2. IT qualifications: computer proficiency exam certificate.
3. Language qualifications such as TOEFL, IELTS or any equivalent.
4. Teaching English teacher training.

Teaching experience:

1. Undergraduate: Syntax, morphology and Semantics.
2. Postgraduate: Sociolinguistics, Phonetics and Phonology, Research Methods.

Research and publications:

1. Animal Metaphor in English and Kurdish languages.
2. Reduced Clauses in English and Kurdish languages.
3. Realisation of Constituents in English and Kurdish languages.
4. Presupposition Triggers in the types of presupposition used by Non-Native writers of English.
5. Complex Symbols in English and Kurdish languages.

Funding and academic awards :

1. Cincinnati University in Ohio in USA.
2. IATEFL conference in Liverpool in Britain in 2013.

The mission of this department is to prepare English language teachers to teach at secondary and high schools in the region in both government and private sectors. These English language educators are meant to be pedagogically competent, culturally responsive, and committed to excellence in language teaching. Through a balance of theoretical knowledge and practical experience, this department is committed to enhance English language education in local and regional contexts.

The department designs a curriculum to graduate teachers who are equipped not only with the necessary research skills and knowledge required in the market but also with the necessary critical and creative thinking abilities that help the students to become a life-long learners after their graduation.

The mission has recently broadened to include a focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), entrepreneurship, and diversity education. Our goal is to equip graduates with the knowledge and skills to effectively use AI both as learners of the target language and as future educators. They will learn to integrate AI into their teaching practices to enhance language instruction. In addition, the program fosters entrepreneurial thinking and a deep understanding of diversity, preparing graduates to become innovative, inclusive, and adaptable educators in a global context.

By the end of the program students will be able to:

1. Gain proficiency in all the four skills of English language (speaking, listening, reading and writing).
2. Gain Competency in the English language teaching profession by being able to plan lessons, design materials, deliver lessons and assess the learning outcomes.
3. Conduct small scale research on topics related to English language including linguistics, literature and applied linguistics.
4. Gain knowledge, skills and expertise about the language teaching and learning theories, approaches.
5. Gain knowledge and familiarity about linguistic concepts and its branches including, syntax, morphology, grammar, pronunciation, semantics, etc.
6. Gain knowledge and familiarity about English language literature genres in different periods.
7. Practice and apply the 21 century skills apart from the language skills.
8. Gain adequate knowledge in the use of technological tools to learn and teach the language.
9. Gain knowledge about AI and the ability to use it to enhance their own language learning and teaching practices.
10. Explore and learn entrepreneurial principles in educational contexts to develop innovative language learning resources, programs or teaching methods to provide job opportunities not only for themselves but for others around them as well.
11. Create and promote diverse learning environments.

The Department of English at College of Education is willing to hold active and long-lasting partnerships with local and international universities and organizations both governmental and non-governmental. There have been partnerships throughout the history of this department with American Institutions to develop the curriculum of the department. Partnerships have also been held with the foreign Consulate Generals in Erbil, especially of the United Kingdom and the United States of America to offer English language teaching (ELT) training courses to both teachers and students.

English Department has actively been involved in an international conference in educational studies and applied linguistics (VESAL) for more than a decade that has been held annually in partnership with Tishk International University (TIU).