TAFL Center offers Arabic programs to learners aiming at attaining higher levels in Arabic in the shortest possible time while engaging with Arab culture. The center is concerned with presenting an authentic image of the cultures of Egypt and the Arab/Islamic world, an image that is remote from stereotypes and misconceptions.Moreover, the center aims at creating a cultural bridge between Egypt and the international community, regardless of the world of politics altogether.
Since the health of our staff and students is our priority, extremely strict precautionary measures have been taken to keep both our students and teachers safe and healthy. TAFL was able to successfully conduct face to face communicative classes in spite of the exceptional circumstances we have been through owing to the spread of Covid-19. Therefore, our students were extremely grateful for their learning experience at TAFL during this critical period.
TAFL boasts some of the brightest minds
Our Staff Members
Alaa Wannas
An instructor of Arabic as a foreign language at TAFL center since 2016. Graduated from Phonetics and Linguistics department, Faculty of Arts. She has an MA coursework in Applied linguistics from Phonetics and Linguistics department. Besides being a native speaker of Arabic, she is fluent in English and proficient in Korean and German.
She received several training programs in linguistics, teaching and educational technology from prestigious universities and institutions such as TCD Dublin, Erasmus Mundus program and Erasmus+ program.
She teaches Arabic phonetics, Arabic language and Egyptian Cinema courses in a few European and Asian programs at TAFL Center, such as Busan, Ningxia, CCIEE, Copenhagen, Cambridge, Science Po, and Oslo University. She is interested in research with a great focus on areas like linguistics, phonetics and pragmatics.
Aya Khalaf
• A Lecturer of Arabic at the TAFL Center for teaching Arabic to non-native speakers, Alexandria University, since 2016, and the department of Applied Languages, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University. She also worked as a lecturer of Arabic for non-native speakers in the summer program "ARANAS" at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco. She is a certified tester for Oral Proficiency by ACTFL. In addition to participating in several research projects with foreign universities.
• She graduated from the department of Arabic Language and Literature at the Faculty of Arts at Alexandria University, obtained a master's degree in Arabic Literature in 2016, and is now seeking to obtain a PhD in Arabic literature at the same university.
• She participates in the training of teachers of different languages to know the basics of the communicative approach in teaching Arabic.
Elsayed Abdelkader
Arabic language lecturer at the TAFL Center, Alexandria University. He has taught Arabic at the Center for many programs like the CCIEE Chinese program and the Middlebury College program. He was also the academic advisor for the Chinese program for ten years, and has also taught at the American University in Cairo.
He also taught at the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he was at that time in charge of the cultural relations file between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Egyptian Embassy there, before that he taught Arabic in the Sultanate of Oman for more than ten years.
He holds a professional educational diploma from Cairo University in Teaching Arabic to Speakers of Other Languages. He graduated from the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, Department of Arabic Language and Literature. He is also a certified tester by ACTFL
Hoda Abu zeid
She works as a lecturer of Arabic as a second language at the TAFL Center, Alexandria University and works as a lecturer at the Department of Applied Languages at the same Faculty in the Arabic Language Teaching Program for non-native speakers. She received several international training courses in the field of TAFL, including ACTFL, SCATC Board and the NEATC Board.
She have more than fifteen years TAFL and became aOPI certified tester from ACTFL in 2020.
On the academic level, she is currently a PhD researcher in the same faculty in TAFL. She obtained diploma in TAFL from the same faculty in 2010
On the professional level, she participates in training teachers of Arabic as a second language on strategies based on the communicative approach. She has interests in developing Arabic language curricula for non-native speakers, preparing assessment tests, classroom and extracurricular language activities and games.
Lana Habib
Dr. Lana Habib is the Executive Director of the TAFL Centre at Alexandria University since April 2011. She is a lecturer of Francophone Literature and Modern and Contemporary Poetry in the Department of French Language and Literature - Faculty of Arts - Alexandria University. She holds the position of Principal Investigator of the international project Erasmus + “Towards Excellence in Teaching Foreign Languages” at Alexandria University as well as its dissemination committee. She is also a TOT trainer in the program of “The Strategies of the Communicative Approach in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language”.
Mahmoud El-Shehawy
Instructor of Arabic language and literature at the TAFL Center at Alexandria University, and Academic Counselor in
Arizona State University - ASU Prep Digital. He is also work as a professor of Arabic for Speakers of Other Languages at the Applied Languages
Program at the Faculty of Arts of the same university. he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Arts and Education from the Department of Arabic Language,
Faculty of Education, Alexandria University, with a general grade of “Very Good.” He obtained a master’s degree in Arabic language and literature
from the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, the department of Literary and Critical Studies, then obtained a Ph.D. degree in Arabic language and
literature from the same faculty and department at Alexandria University. In addition to being a certified OPI Tester from ACTFL. he participates in
training newly graduated language teachers to qualify them to be familiar with the basics of the communicative approach in teaching Arabic to non-native
speakers. He also published his research
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Mohamed Elsawi
Mohamed Abdel Salam El-Sawy is the Academic Director of the Norwegian University of Oslo Program at the TAFL Center at Alexandria University since September 2021, a member of the Center’s Board of Directors since July 2019, and a lecturer of Arabic Literature at the Department of Arabic Language and Literature at the Faculty of Arts. He is also responsible for the academic profile of the international project Erasmus+ “Towards Excellence in Teaching Foreign Languages” at Alexandria University.
Nada Mahmoud
She works as an Arabic instructor at the TAFL Center at Alexandria University. She has attended a number of training workshops at the TAFL Center and also in the field of cross-cultural communication dialogue, and worked as a facilitator for one semester as well as a speech therapist.
On the academic level, she graduated from the Phonetics and Linguistics department, Alexandria University with a "Very Good" grade.
On the professional level, she is a trainer in the TOT program at the TAFL Center for fresh graduates introducing them to the basics of the Communicative Approach.
Nahla El-Senousy
Nahla El-Senousy is the Academic Director of Copenhagen and Aarhus Universities Arabic Programs at the TAFL Center and is a certified OPI tester and rater by ACTFL. She has been working at the TAFL Center since 2008. She teaches MSA, ECA, Translation, Media, Literature, and Arab Women Issues for university programs hosted by the Center such as Cambridge, Copenhagen, Aarhus, Oslo, Science Po, and Middlebury. She is also a trainer in the TOT “Strategies of the Communicative Approach” program. She taught at the University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of Texas at Austin in the US in addition to the American Arabic Overseas Flagship program in Egypt and Morocco. Ms. El-Senousy worked as an English instructor at the AASTMT, AMIDEAST, and in Kuwait. She spent a year at Daito Bunka University, Japan. Besides teaching, she is an Assessment Specialist, Examiner, and simultaneous interpreter. She is a Ph.D. candidate at the English Language and Literature department, Alexandria University, and holds a master’s degree from the same university. Her focus of research is comparative literature, feminism, post-colonialism, and cultural studies.
Nour Abdeen
• Assistant Professor at the Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Professor of Arabic as a Foregin Language at the TAFL Center, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University. He had the opportunity to receive training in the U .S .A at the University of Michigan (visiting professor) as well as to teach in Morocco to students of the Flagship program of the American Councils for International Education. He attended a number of academic workshops according to the communicative approach.
• With regard to the academic aspect, he obtained a Ph.D. degree in 2013 and an assistant professor degree in 2019. In addition, He is a member of the jury of the Algerian platform for scientific research, ASJP.
As for the professional aspect, he is the academic director of the program for preparing teachers of Arabic to non-native speakers at the TAFL Center, in addition to his work in a number of international programs hosted by the center from Denmark, France, England, China, and the United States, With regard to conferences, he participated in a number of conferences inside and outside Egypt, between 2009-2022.
Omar Hassan
Arabic Instructor at the TAFL Center at Alexandria University and a Certified OPI tester by ACTFL.
Academically, he obtained a Bachelor’s degree from the Department of Arabic Language at Alexandria University and a diploma in Arabic for Non-Native Speakers. From the Faculty of Education at Alexandria University, he obtained a general, professional, and specialized diploma, and is seeking a master's degree. He also obtained a diploma in Arabic calligraphy. In addition, he holds a qualification (Ijazah) in Qur’an.
Professionally, he participates in teaching and preparing educational materials and tests for Non-Native Speakers at the TAFL Center currently and at the Department of Applied Languages previously at Alexandria University. In addition he is interested in understanding the philosophy of language, the cultural background behind it, the cognitive theories of its acquisition, and how all this can be reflected in the preparation of curricula and methods of teaching.
Passant Adel
Lecturer of Arabic at TAFL Center, Alexandria University and a lecturer at the Arabic Language Center at Pharos University.
Attended various training sessions, including training to use the communicative approach in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers.
A graduate from faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, Arabic department, has a General Diploma of Education from the Faculty of Education and another diploma in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language from the faculty of Arts Alexandria University. She is now seeking to obtain a Master’s degree in Linguistics after achieving the MA course work from the Arabic department.
Beside teaching in different programs for different nationalities, she worked as an academic coordinator for the Chinese University of Ningxia Program, and as an admin for academic and administrative affairs in the Arabic Language Division for Non-Native Speakers, the Applied Languages Program at the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University.
Radwa Hassan
Lecturer of Arabic and Director of the Chinese Program at the TAFL Center. And Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University. She was working as an Arabic language teaching assistant at the University of Michigan in the United States in 2010. She participated in many workshops on various topics, such as using technology in education, teaching literature, developing writing skills and others.
She graduated first in her class in 2007 in the Department of Arabic Language, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University. A master’s degree and a doctorate in Applied Linguistics, specializing in translating poetry from the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University.
She participates in training teachers to use the communicative approach in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers. She is a certified ACTFL OPI tester. She has got a very good knowledge of both English and French.
Samar Zayed
Samar has been an Arabic as a foreign language lecturer at TAFL since 2012, a full ACTFL OPI certified tester since 2017 and a teacher trainer in the TOT program at the TAFL Center. She received her bachelor degree from the department of Phonetics and Linguistics at the University of Alexandria. She continued her master’s studies in Applied Linguistics at Alexandria University. Samar has overseas teaching experience as she worked as an Arabic lecturer at the University of Arizona in the USA and the Overseas Arabic Flagship capstone program in Morocco. Besides, She has worked for many prestigious programs like Cambridge University program, Copenhagen University program, Aarhus program and a variety of Asian programs. She also has experience in Curriculum Development as she participated in developing a pronunciation curriculum for the Overseas Arabic Flagship capstone program.
Shrouk Fahmy
She teaches at the TAFL Center (Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language) and is a lecturer at the Applied Languages Program at the Faculty of Arts, and has previously served as the Academic Director of the CCIEE and Ningxia University Programs.
She is also a certified examiner with a number of international organizations, including ACTFL, to test the OPI (Oral proficiency) of non-native students.
She had training as an assistant lecturer at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, in addition to trainings in Europe and Morocco.
On the academic side, she holds a BA from the Department of Arabic Language at Alexandria University, a Diploma in Teaching Arabic to Speakers of Other Languages, in addition to an MA in Arabic Linguistics in Discourse Analysis, and is currently a PhD researcher in the same department.
On the professional side, she has been teaching Arabic to non-native speakers since 2008, and has taught MSA, ECA, Arab Media, Literature, Islamic Studies, Arab Culture and other content materials.
She also worked on developing educational materials for the Flagship program during her contract with the program in the Kingdom of Morocco.
Yasser Kashef
Yasser Kashef is a senior instructor of Arabic at TAFL Center, Alexandria University. He graduated from the Faculty of Arts, majoring in linguistics and translation. Additionally, he received a postgraduate degree in applied linguistics. He received multiple training programs from prestigious educational bodies throughout his teaching careers, such as the University of Texas at Austin, Trinity College Dublin, AMIDEAST, ACTFL and Google Education.
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