2017 - 2019 / Two years of teaching at Soran University - Faculty of Engineering (Petroleum, Chemical, Civil Departments). Teaching English for specific purposes.
2019 - Present / Teaching at English Language Department - College of Basic Education. University of Zakho.
The paper addresses a major issue in language teaching and learning, namely the proportion of the first language used by teachers in the EFL classroom in the university setting in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The results indicate that the amount of target language exposure does not contribute to students' anxiety and students behave and act according to the teaching environment they are used to from their teachers. If their teachers use more English, the students similarly tend to use the target language more. The paper concludes that judicious, limited use of the first language is certainly beneficial, yet overreliance on the first language may harm the teaching process.
2016
Workshop
Online
2021-06
Teacher Education and Society: Potentials and Innovations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
A virtual training course was offered as part of the project "Teacher Education and Society: Potentials and Innovations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq" between 18 June 2021 and 12 August 2021. The programme is covered by funds from DAAD provided by the Federal Foreign Office (Germany). The virtual course was organized by the Chair of Diversity Education and International Educational Research (FAU), by the Professorship for Teaching Economy and Law (FAU) , and by the College of Basic Education (SUE).
