This curriculum vitae summarizes Farida Badr's education and qualifications. She has obtained several degrees including a PhD in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language from Cairo University. She has over 10 years of experience teaching Arabic at universities in Egypt and the United States. Her expertise includes curriculum development, presenting at conferences, and reviewing teacher education programs.

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Farida Badr
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
1-ACTFL OPI Arabic tester certified, The American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages, the Oral Proficiency Interview in July 2013-2017.
2- PhD candidate at Cairo university, Institute of Educational Studies, department of
High Education and Continuing Learning, in the field of TAFL, Teaching Arabic as a
Foreign Language, Expected graduation 2017.
3- Masters of TAFL, Teaching Arabic as a foreign language, at AUC the American
University in Cairo 2008.
4- Bachelor of Archaeology with honors, minor Egyptology, Cairo University.
5- Graduate Diploma in Arabic and Islamic Studies faculty of Dar El Eloom, Cairo
University.
6- Bachelor of Education, minor educational technology including:
A- Graduate General Diploma in Education Institute of Educational Studies, Cairo
University.
B-Graduate Special Diploma in Counseling and Technology, Institute of Educational
Studies, Cairo University.
C-Graduate Diploma in CALL, Computer Assisted Language Learning Institute of
Educational Studies, Cairo University.

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7- Graduate Diploma in prehistory, Faculty of Archaeology at Cairo University.
8- Diploma of CCTAFL, Career Certificate of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language
at SCE, School of Continuing Education in the American university in Cairo.
9- Diploma of certificate in Translation: from Arabic to English and from English to
Arabic Language at SCE, School of Continuing Education in the American university in
Cairo.
Positions and years of experience:
1-Lecturer in Arabic for more than ten years at UNC, the university of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill and AUC, the American university in Cairo.
2- Arabic language lecturer in summer 2011 and summer 2012 at the Middlebury
College and the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
3-Coordinator of the first Immersion Arabic program at UNC in summer 2012.
4- Volunteer reviewer of Educational program accreditation at ACTFL/NCATE/CAEP,
Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), which was formerly National
Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
5-Volunteer ACTFL/OPI tester in Arabic, The American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages and the Oral Proficiency Interview.

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Employment history:
1. Arabic Lecturer at UNC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, July 1st 2010
present.
2. Arabic lecturer at Middlebury College at Mills in summer 2012.
3. Arabic Lecturer at SILP, summer intensive program at MIIS, Monterey institute of
international studies, CA, summer 2011.
4. Arabic Lecturer at AUC, the American University in Cairo, 2006 to summer 2010.
5. Teaching assistant at AUC, the American university in Cairo 20052006.
6. Teaching Arabic and computer for ten years at MOE, Ministry of Education at five
Egyptian public and private schools.
7. A tour guide and curator in the Egyptian museum at Tahrir square.
8. A tour guide and curator in the Islamic museum in Monira, and the Coptic
museum in Old Cairo.
Prizes and awards:
1- The honoring award of a volunteer accreditation reviewer at ACTFL/CAEP fall
2014, spring and fall 2015.

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2- The award of “Ford foundation fellowship” for distinguished students and leaders
in their countries and attending the English and leadership training at University of
Arkansas.
3- Teaching assistantship at the American university in Cairo, the Arabic language
institute.
4- The award of the “Teacher of the year” at Green private school, Cairo.
5- The award of the “The distinguished Student of the year” at Faculty of
Archaeology, Cairo University.
6- The award of the “Ideal Student of the year” at Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo
University.
7- The award of the “Distinguished student in ancient Middle Eastern history” by
professor. Ahmed Fakhry at Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University.
8- The award of the “Distinguished student in ancient Egyptian history” by
professor. Abd El Aziz Saleh at Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University.
Books:
“Contemporary Juristic Issues related to Muslim Women” or “Muslim Women’s Fiqh ‫فقه‬
‫المسلمة‬ ‫”المرأة‬ , El Aqsa El Dawlia El-Haram, Cairo.

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Academic presentations and chairing sessions:
1. Presenting a co-research paper in the International Journal of Arts and Sciences
(IJAS) International Conference for Academic Disciplines in Freiburg, Germany
December 2015 under the name of “A proposed Curriculum Approach to
Develop an Arabic Cultural Dimension to Learning the Arabic Language for
Non-Native Speakers”.
2. Presenting a research and survey about virtual Arabic classes through Illuminate
Live! Bridge program on Sakai at the Asian studies department workshop in April
10th
spring 2015.
3. Presenting a paper in IDEC, International Distance Educational Conference, Doha,
Qatar with the title, “Common Writing Mistakes of Arabic on the Facebook”,
fall 2014
4. Spring 2014, April 24th
-27th
attending the NCOLCTL, National Council of Less
Commonly Taught Languages and Chairing two sessions: “Action Research in a

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Second Language Classroom” and “Preparing Learners to Become Competent
Members of a Foreign Culture” on Friday April 25th
2014.
5. Fall 2013, October 10th
-13th
attending the MESA conference, Middle East studies
association and chairing the panel with the title: “Living with neighbors” on Friday
Oct. 11th
, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana .
6. Presenting a paper in NCOLCTL, National Council of Less Commonly Taught
Languages in Chicago, IL with the title, “Creating and evaluation a new Arabic
summer immersion program”, spring 2013 .
7. Presenting a paper with the title “ Non-Arabic words in the Egyptian proverbs“
in the first international Congress on Arabic & English Applied Linguistics and
Rhetoric & Writing Challenges in Teaching Language and Rhetoric, at AUC, the
American University in Cairo March 23-26, 2009.
8. A guest speaker presenting a lecture with the title “How to be a successful IFP
fellow“ at the IFP, International Ford Foundation Fellows’ meeting with new
fellows 2007 2008 at Amideast Egypt, Cairo 2008.
Attending Conferences:
A- Fall 2015, (IJAS) International Conference for Academic Disciplines in Freiburg,
Germany.

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B- Fall 2014, IDEC, International Distance Educational Conference, Doha, Qatar.
C- Spring 2014, April 24th
-27th
attending the NCOLCTL, National Council of Less
Commonly Taught Languages
D- Fall 2013, October 10th
-13th
attending the MESA conference, Middle East studies
association.
E-Attending the ACTFL convention, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages annual convention in Orlando, Florida, Fall 2013, November 22-24th
.
F-Attending and presented a paper at the NCOLCTL, National Council of Less
Commonly Taught Languages, my paper’s name is “Creating and evaluating a
new Arabic immersion program”. Also, chairing session # 4G about the
"Kswahili language" spring 2013.
G- Attending the ACTFL convention, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages annual convention in Philadelphia and the workshop of
ACTFL/NCATE standards for the preparation of foreign language teachers on
Thursday November 15th
2012.
H- Attending the NCOLCTL, National Council of Less Commonly Taught
Languages 2012 in Madison WI from April 27th
till April 29th
in Sheraton Hotel.
I- Attending ACTFL convention, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages annual convention and world language expo and the Arabic workshop
in Denver November 17th
to 20th
2011.
J- Attending and presenting a paper in the first International Congress on Arabic &
English Applied Linguistics and Rhetoric & Writing Challenges in Teaching

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Language and Rhetoric, at AUC, the American University in Cairo March 23-26,
2009.
K- Attending BERA conference, British Educational Research Association, London,
September 2007.
Grants:
1-The Middle East and Islamic center grant to attend the ACTFL conference in Fall
2011 at Denver, Colorado. ($500)
2-The African center grant for attending the NCOLCTL workshop in April 27th
2012 at
Madison, Wisconsin. ($250)
3-The Heloise Catherine Merrill Faculty Excellence grant at the Department of Asian
Studies to attend the NCOLCTL conference from April 27th,
2012 at Madison,
Wisconsin. ($600)
4- T he Middle East and Islamic center grant to attend the ACTFL conference in Fall
2012 at Philadelphia, PA. ($500)
5-The Heloise Catherine Merrill Faculty Excellence grant at the Department of Asian
Studies to attend the ACTFL OPI workshop in MIILS College, CA summer 2012. ($600)
6-The College of Arts and Sciences grant to present a paper in the NCOLCTL
conference April 25th
to 28th
at Chicago, IL. ($750)
7-The Middle East and Islamic center grant to attend the ACTFL conference in Fall
2013 at Orlando, Florida. ($500)

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8-The College of Arts and Sciences grant to chair the MESA panel in New Orleans,
Louisiana, fall 2013. ($750)
9-The CGI Funds for Asian Studies, Center for Global Initiatives to attend the
workshop with the title: ”Hands-On Training Using Web 2.0 To Teach Languages as
Culture” at the NCOLCTL conference April 24th
-27th
2014 . ($700)
10- The College of Arts and Sciences grant to present a paper at IDEC, International
Distance Educational Conference, Doha, Qatar, fall 2014. ($750)
11- The Middle East and Islamic center grant to attend and present my paper at IDEC,
International Distance Educational Conference, Doha, Qatar, fall 2014. ($1000)
12-The CGI, Center for Global Initiatives grant to attend and present my paper at
IDEC, International Distance Educational Conference, Doha, Qatar, fall 2014. ($500)
13- The College of Arts and Sciences grant to present a paper at (IJAS) International
Conference for Academic Disciplines in Freiburg, Germany. ($750)
Workshops:
1. Attending the “Introduction to LAC Training Workshop” includes: philosophy,
objectives, and characteristics of Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum, at
FedEx Global Education Center, UNC, on April 30, 2014 / 2:00pm – 5:00pm.
2. Attending the workshop: ”Hands-On Training Using Web 2.0 To Teach
Languages as Culture” at the NCOLCTL conference April 24th
-27th
2014 .

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3. Attending the online ACTFL/CAEP (Council for the Accreditation of Educator
Preparation) Reviewer Refresher and New Standards on Monday March 17 at
2:00pm to 3:30pm Eastern Daylight Time.
4. Attending the ACTFL OPI Testers workshop on Saturday, Nov. 23rd
at ACTFL,
Orlando, Florida, 2013 at 2:00pm.
5. Attending the ACTFL/CAEP reviewers meeting on Saturday, Nov. 23rd
at
ACTFL, Orlando, Florida, 2013 at 4:00pm, Council for Accreditation of Educator
Preparation (CAEP), which was formerly National Council for Accreditation of
Teacher Education (NCATE).
6. Attending El-Masdar workshop for online Arabic resources with Qatar Foundation
on Sunday, Nov. 24th
in ACTFL, Orlando, Florida, 2013.
7. Attending the third annual Faculty Showcase workshop on Friday, November 1,
2013 in The Carolina Club (George Watts Hill Alumni Center).
8. Attending the Online Testing in Sakai workshop on Tuesday Feb.26th
2013 in the
undergraduate library.
9. Attending the Illuminate live! Bridge, how to create a virtual class for
collaborative and interactive learning environment in an online course on Thursday
Feb. 28th
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10.Attending the third annual Faculty Showcase workshop on Friday, November 2,
2012 in The Carolina Club (George Watts Hill Alumni Center), finding the Thread
in voice Thread strategies for online and large classes, Taking our course online
:eQuality essentials and sakai and short and sweet: creating effective video
lectures.
11.Attending the ACTFL convention fall 2012, American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages annual convention in Philadelphia and the workshop of
ACTFL/NCATE standards for the preparation of foreign language teachers on
Thursday November 15th
2012 to be an ACTFL/NCATE reviewer, Council for
Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), which was formerly National
Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
12. Attending in summer 2012 48 hours of professional development at the ACTFL
OPI, Oral Proficiency Interview assessment workshop in Mills College from
July 5th
to July 8th
, in September 14th
2012 and currently a certified Arabic OPI
tester.
13. Attending the Fulbright fellowships Information Session in Tuesday, May 8, 2012
starting at 3:00 PM in FedEx Global Education Center, DeBerry Board Room 3009.
14. Attending the CALE-UP teaching workshop to demonstrate how quality, active
learning can be incorporated into large classes on Wed., May 2 from 10-12 in 208
Phillips by Professor Bob Beichner in May 2012.
15.Attending the faculty meeting workshop with the title “useful technological
programs used in teaching foreign languages in class”, February 24th
2012 at
New west room 219.

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16.Attending the “Persian and Arabic calligraphy”, on March 28th
, 2012 in Graham
Memorial room B 39 from 5:30 to 7 PM, sponsored by the Persian department.
17.Attending two days workshop presented by Dr. Christen Brusted in Duke and
UNC with the title: “new version of Alkitaab third edition and teaching
vocabulary “, in Franklin center at Duke and GEC at UNC Thursday March 29th
and Friday March 30th
2012.
18.Attending the workshop of New Technologies and Language Learning (Dr.
Jacques du Plessis), NCOLCTL conference on Thursday April 25th
at Sheraton
hotel.
19.Attending the Arabic workshop in ACTFL, American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages convention in Colorado convention center in Denver with the
title “Establishing a standard-based Arabic program: meeting the needs of
Arabic students” presented by Dr. Mhoud El-Batal, Dr. Mohamed Eissa and Dr.
Wafa Hassan, November 17th
2011.
20.Attending the “STARTALK workshop” in ACTFL convention in Denver
November 20th
2011.
21.Attending the “Portfolio workshop” on Friday, 2011 from 3 PM to 5 PM at UNC,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
22.Attending the workshop “Grading in Sakai”, in the Health Sciences Library at
UNC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, August 19th
2011.

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23.Attending three days professional enhancement pre-program workshop at MIIS,
Monterey Institute of International studies, summer 2011.
24.Attending the” Semi-annual lecturer's meeting workshop” with Dr. Nadia Yaqub
in Dey Hall at UNC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on Friday, March
18th
2011.
25.Attending the workshop “The Tools for Creating and Managing Your Own
Digital Image” Teaching Collection workshop in Wednesday, in Davis Library at
UNC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill November 17, 2010.
26.Attending the workshop “The Visual Media in the Classroom” in Wednesday, in
House Undergraduate Library at UNC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
November 10, 2010.
27.Attending the workshop “How to Write Grants with the New NIH Guidelines” in
Rosenau Halls at UNC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Wednesday,
October 27th 2010 .
28.Attending a meeting in Davis library with the librarian Claudia Alcala in about”
How to use the library and the library resources for students and teachers at
UNC”, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Friday October 1st 2010
.
29.Attending the workshop “Create Simple Websites” at UNC (Webinar) with the
Oasis trainers in Sep 27, 2010.
30.Attending the workshop” Leading Effective Discussion” in Wednesday in Wilson
Library, at UNC September 1st
, 2010.

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31.Taking a training with the ITS Classroom Hotline trainer in the Peabody 217
classroom about” Using the computer, the volume feedback, the DVD player,
the ceiling projectors, and the touch panel screen” at UNC, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday August 23rd 2010
.
32.Attending in Friday a CFE orientation about the research-related services "Tips for
Success." In the stone center at UNC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
August 20th 2010
33.Attending “The campus tour of CFE”, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, at UNC,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill August 19th
2010.
34.Attending training on “Using Sakai website for teachers” in the Center for Faculty
Excellence building with Ms. Suzanne Cadwell at UNC, in Tuesday August 17th
2010.
35.Attending training about “Using voice thread in language teaching” in the Center
for Faculty Excellence building with Ms. Karin at UNC, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill in Monday August 16th 2010
.
36.Attending the workshop “Maximizing the Blackboard Grade Center” at UNC,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on 8/12/2010.
37.Attending the workshop “Developing teaching materials” in the TAFL
department, Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language at AUC, The American
University in Cairo, in July 19th
2007.

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38.Attending the workshop “CALL Author Ware”, in the TAFL department,
Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language at AUC, The American University in Cairo
from January 28tht
2007 till February 2nd
2007.
39.Attending the workshop “Orientation our teaching to the various proficiency
levels”, in the TAFL department, Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language at AUC,
The American University in Cairo from January 28tht
2007 till 31st
of January 2007.
40.Attending the workshop “Arab culture and civilization”, in the TAFL department,
Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language at AUC, The American University in Cairo
from June 11th
2006 till July 20th
2006.
41.Attending the workshop “Correcting students’ errors”, in the TAFL department,
Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language at AUC, The American University in Cairo
from June 11th
2006 till July 20th
2006.
Courses taught:
At UNC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2010 present:
1-ARAB 305 advanced course, fall 2014.
Course ARAB 101 beginners, Fall 2010, fall 2015.
2- Course ARAB 102 beginner-mid, Spring 2011 till spring 2014.
3-Course ARAB 203 intermediate Fall 2010, fall 2013 and fall 2015.
4-Course ARAB 204 intermediate-mid, Spring 2012.
5-Course ARAB 223, Egyptian and Levantine dialects conversation, Spring 2011 and
spring 2012.
6-Coordinator of the first Arabic immersion program at UNC summer 2012.
7-Course ARAB 306 Advanced Mid/High spring 2013, spring 2014 and spring 2015.

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8-ARAB 101 and 102 in summer 2014, 102 in summer 2015 and 101 in summer 2016 at
UNC.
At Middlebury MILLS campus CA summer 2012:
Course ARBC 3201-02-03-04 – Intermediate Arabic.
At MIIS, Monterey Institute of International Studies summer 2011:
Course 200-230-260, intermediate-Mid in summer 2011.
At AUC, the American University in Cairo summer 2006 to summer 2010:
1-Course 407 advanced Arabic, summer 2010.
2-Course Egyptian media, spring 2010.
3-Course intermediate-low, spring 2010.
4- Course survival Arabic, September 2009 and January 2010.
5-Course 109 Egyptian dialect Fall 2008 and Fall 2009.
6- Course Egyptian conversation at CASA, Center for Arabic Study Abroad, Summer
2009.
7-Couse intermediate and advanced Arabic for Heritage in 2008-2010.
8- Course Egyptian conversation summer 2007.
9-Arabic grammar of the intermediate low level, teaching assistantship, summer 2006.
Volunteer public services with ACTFL/CAEP, Council for Accreditation of
Educator Preparation:

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A-Attending the ACTFL/CAEP Reviewer Refresher online workshop on - Monday
March 17, 2014.
B- A volunteer service to ACTFL/NCATE standards National Council for Accreditation
of Teacher Education, currently ACTFL/CAEP for the preparation of foreign language
teachers:
1-Volunteer reviewer in Fall 2012 to review Western Illinois University College of
Education & Human Services, IL Foreign Languages Spanish and French (Response to
Conditions).
2-Volunteer reviewer in spring 2013 to review Central Connecticut State University
School of Education and Prof'l Studies, CT Modern Language Post Bacc Cert and BSED (
Italian, Spanish, French, German) (Response to Conditions) and Bowling Green State
University College of Education and Human Development, OH Foreign Language
(Response to Conditions) .
3- Volunteer reviewer in fall 2013 to review Northeastern Illinois University College of
Education, IL French (Response to Conditions) and Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
College of Education, PA Modern Languages Post-Baccalaureate (Response to
Conditions).
4- Volunteer reviewer in spring 2014 to review State University of New York at Geneseo
Ella Cline Shear School of Education, Adolescence Foreign Language, Spanish
(Response to Conditions) and State University of new York at Oswego School of
Education, Adolescence, French, German and Spanish (Response to Conditions).
5- Volunteer reviewer in fall 2014 to review Andrews University School of Education,
French and Spanish for K-12 Education.

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6- Volunteer reviewer in spring 2015 to review University of South Carolina Upstate -
Option A Continuing NCATE accreditation: Foreign Language Education - Spanish for K-
12 Education.
B-Volunteer Academic Service at the department of Asian studies at UNC, the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
1. Volunteer to conduct the Arabic placement online test in fall 2015.
2. Facilitating and helping colleagues at the department of Asian studies to proctor the
OPI full certification process, fall 2014 and spring 2015.
3. Sharing as a member in the SUPER search committee 2013-14 to search full-time
lecturers in Arabic three-year contract with possibility of renewal. The
responsibilities of the committee is to involve drafting the position announcements,
drawing up and implementing advertising plans, reviewing applications, responding
to inquiries, selecting two to three candidates to recommend for campus interviews,
planning and conducting these campus visits, writing a final report for hires in each
language area, and presenting a selection to the Department Personnel Committee.
4. Volunteering to conduct OPI 36 interviews since fall 2012 and writing 42
recommendation letters for students to apply for fellowships and scholarships since
fall 2010.
5. Sharing in conducting the interview for choosing a new candidate in Fall 2012.

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6. Handling the placement test to accept visiting students to the first Arabic immersion
program in summer 2012.
7. -Handling the placement tests in spring 2012.
8. Coordinating level 204 in spring 2012.
9. -Handling the placement tests for summer 2012.
10.Volunteering to teach unpaid extra Arabic courses in fall 2011, fall 2012 and spring
2014.
11.Volunteering to substitute for three colleagues on leave fall 2011, spring 2012 and
fall 2013.
C-Volunteer Service activities at the department of Asian studies at UNC, the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
1. Volunteer Arabic program activities service to conduct the Arabic calligraphy
lecture and workshop with a quest speaker from Egypt, Dr. Samier Abdel-Fadiel
and famous artist and an associate professor at El-Menia university in October 26
and November 2nd
, 2015.
2. Volunteer Arabic program activities service to conduct the Shami table cooking,
tabooleh and Zaa’tar in fall 2014.

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3. Volunteer Arabic program activities service in spring 2016 to conduct the study
abroad event in new west #219 April 6th
, 2016.
4. Coordinating level 305 in Fall 2014, and level 306 spring 2013-2016.
5. Coordinating level 101 in fall 2012 and fall 2013.
6. Organizing the Arab dinner and party in fall 2013.
7. Organizing the Hennah session and the big cooking event in spring 2013.
8. Organizing the Cooking session and Omsyah ‘arabyah in fall 2012.
9. Coordinating and organizing the Arabic table in Fall 2012.
10. Coordinating and organizing the Arabic Big Event with students in spring 2012.
11. Organizing Arabic table in Fall 2011.
12. -Sharing in organizing the Big Event in Fedex in March 2011.
13. Organizing Arab floklore and singing training Spring 2011:
14. Organizing the Arabic table and culture Fall 2010.
15. -Volunteering to guide UNC students in Cairo museums and the historical places
in summer 2010.

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C- Service to UNC, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
1. Volunteer ember in the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies, fall 2015
and spring 2016.
2. Conducting the FLAS OPI, Critical languages fellowship and IFLE IRIS
evaluations for students at all levels since Fall 2011 present.
3. Volunteer Service to the study abroad office at UNC, the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and Planning for creating a faculty lead program to
Egypt, Jordan and Morroco with Amideast Egypt institution and the study
abroad program at UNC in summer 2014.
4. Facilitator at the Global Orientation on Culture and Ethics workshop (GO!)” in
2012 present. The orientation targeted to undergraduates travelling abroad for varied
activities including research, service-learning, study abroad or training and I was
responsible to meet the students and give them information and answer their
questions.
D-Academic services for online learning:
1. Conducting and launching the update online Arabic placement test at UNC in fall
2015 and sharing in creating and handling the online test four skills items, reading,
listening and speaking, spring 2014.
https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/4d08c627-ccb8-46a1-8c73-ca8621ca50b7/page/3b9f59fd-ef0c-49b2-
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2. Volunteer consultant and curriculum designer for MSA Arabic online courses
with the Arabic interactive London Cairo association for teaching Arabic online.
www.arabicinteractive.com
3. Preparing online tests through sakai and shared in preparing the pilot Arabic
placement test for new students applying in the Arabic department, spring 2013.
4. Conducting a volunteer pilot study of the virtual hybrid online class for Arabic 101
in summer sessions, fall 2015.
5. Conducting a volunteer interview and online survey through UNC Qualtrics
website, with the students from the school of Education, program evaluation course,
fall 2014
6. Developing a wiki website to enhance the writing skill to students in the
intermediate and advanced level, spring 2013- 2016.
http://advancedarabic.pbworks.com/
E- Services to students and the community:
1-Advisor and facilitator in spring 2016 with students of UNC Arabic Club student-run
organization of Arabic students culture activities.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/262676797200856/
2- Advisor and facilitator in spring 2016 of INJAZ a student-run organization dedicated to
helping refugees from Arabic speaking countries.
https://www.facebook.com/UNCInjaz/?fref=ts

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2-Sharing as a facilitator in the immigration and refugee program gathering at UNC in
fall 2014 and introducing the program to students at my classes for sharing and
volunteering to exchange languages among the refugees and helping them to settle at the
US.
http://cwsrdu.org/
-Professional Affiliations:
1-Member in ACTFL, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language 2010
present.
2- Member in MESA, Middle East Studies Association 2013.
3-Member in the Nation ATA, National Arabic Teacher Association 2011 present..
4-Member in ATS, Arabic and Translation division, SCE, School of Continuing
Education at the American University in Cairo.
5-Member in State Alumni network 2011 present.
6-Member in IFFP, International Ford Foundation fellows’ organization 2009 present..
7-Member of NCOLCTL , National Council Of Less Commonly Taught Languages 2011
present.
8-A member in E-era, the Egyptian Association for Educational Resources 2008 present.
9- Member in the Distance Learning Industry www.wiredatheart.com.

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Languages:
1-Arabic, native.
2-English, fluent.
3- German, basic
4-French, good.
5-Spanish, basic.
Websites’ information:
1-Presenting two episodes in the program of “Story of success” in summer 2015 at Nile
TV international channel.
Links on youtube:
http://www.nileinternational.net/en/?p=810
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2yYOQL3EUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVkvnN8U4_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcLyYYr2VfM
http://www.slideshare.net/FaridaBadr/reviewer-certificate-1
http://www.slideshare.net/FaridaBadr/actfl-opi-certification
2-UNC Arabic summer immersion program at UNC University Gazette:
http://gazette.unc.edu/2012/05/15/new-arabic-immersion-program-launched-during-summer-school/