2014 Study of U.S.

Institutes
(SUSI)
Program for Scholars
Application Form

Title of Institute
U.S. Political Thought
Contemporary American Literature
Journalism and Media

Religious Pluralism in the United

States
U.S. Culture and Society
U.S. Foreign Policy

Biographical Data
Full Name (exactly as it appears in passport)
Prefix (Dr., Mr., Ms., Miss First Name
)
Mr.
Gender

Middle Name

Jamal
Anwar
Date of Birth (Month, Day, Year)

Male
Female
12
20
Country (-ies) of Citizenship
(Primary and, if applicable, secondary country)

1980

Last Name

Taha
City, Country of Birth
Erbil , Iraq
Country of Residence

Iraq /
Iraq
Medical, Physical, Dietary or other Personal Considerations
Please describe any pre-existing medical conditions, including any prescription medication you may be taking,
allergies, or any other dietary or personal considerations. This will not affect the selection, but will enable the
host institution to make any necessary accommodations.
Blind and Visual Impairments

Learning Disabilities

Physical Disabilities

Systemic

Deaf and Hearing

New Disability

Psychiatric

Disabilities
None

Description

Disabilities

Impairments
Additional comments, if necessary:

Address
Home Address, City, Home State/Province, Home Country
212 Ali Kamal Quarter/Sulaimani/Iraq
E-mail

Telephone

jamalenglish13@gmail.com

07501770749

jamal.taha@univsul.net
Emergency contact
Name and relationship (Example: John Doe, husband)

07701596010

Nasik , Wife
Emergency contact phone

Emergency contact e-mail

07807015295
nasik_abdul@yahoo.com
Previous Experience in the United States
Please list all trips you have made to the United States and include approximate dates and the reason for travel.
none
Family Residing in the United States
Please list any immediate family members who currently are residing in the United States, including city and
state.

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Professional Data
Current Position Title
Lecturer
Institution Name
Sulaimani University
Dates Held
2011
Country
Iraq

Position Type
For Position Type, please, select one from among the following:
Senior University Official (President, Provost), Government Minister,
Senior Executive, etc.
University Dean, Government Advisor, Vice President, Junior Executive,
etc.
Senior Professor, Department Chair, Director, Editor, Officer, etc.
Associate Professor, Senior Researcher/Think-Tank Fellow, Senior Staff,
etc.
Assistant Professor, Assistant Editor, Coordinator, mid-level Staff
Researcher/Think-Tank Fellow, etc.
Lecturer, Teacher, Consultant
Teaching Assistant, Instructor
Other

Professional Responsibilities
Please discuss your professional responsibilities in greater detail, including research interests, administrative
responsibilities (ex. curriculum design), and/or other pertinent information.
My professional responsibiity is teaching English linguistics to first year, second year students in
the faculty of Basic Education/Sulaimani university. I am interested in developing education and
teaching English language and how to make my students succeed in international tests like TOEFL
and IELTS.

Current Courses Taught

Cour
e title
Grammar
Phonetics & Phonology
Conversation

Level of students
Ph.D./M.A./
Undergraduate/High
School
undergraduate
Undergraduate9
Undergraduate

Number of
hours
per semester

Number
of
students

96
90
75

120
70
33

Estimated
percent of
U.S. studies
content
%53
%57
%70

Current Student Advising

Advising is not the same as teaching. We are looking for the number of students, their level, and hours you
spend providing assistance in helping students clarifying personal and career goals, and evaluating progress
towards those goals. This section can also include those that supervise PhD and graduate students.
Number of students advised who
are studying U.S. related topics

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Level of students (Ph.D., M.A.,

Undergraduate, High School)

Number of advising hours

per student per semester

MA candidates

1 hour

Other Potential Outcomes

Select all of the likely potential outcomes that might result from participation in this institute:
Update Existing Course
University Curriculum

Create New Course

National Curriculum

Create New Degree Program

New Research Project

Redesign
New Publication
New Professional Organization

Redesign
Professional Promotion
New Institutional Linkages

Government or Ministry Policy

Raise Institutional Profile

Previous Work Experience

Position Title
Lecturer
Teacher

Institution Name
Koya University
Ministry of Education/Erbil

Dates of employment (from - to)

2008-2013
2000-2008

Active Professional Memberships

Active Professional Memberships independent of current professional responsibilities. These should
not include university committee work or other professional duties directly related to current
employment.
Organization Name
Kirdistan Teacher's Union

Position Held (example: President, Director,

Board Chairperson/Member, Editorial Staff,
Officer, Member, etc.)
Member

Dates of Membership
2001

Academic Data
Degree Completed and Major
BA in English Language &

University Attended
Koya University

Dates Attended
2008

Literature
MA in English Linguistics

Koya University

2011

Other Academic or Professional Training and Dates Attended:

TESOL and TEFLTESOL Professional Training Course Midwest Education Group(MEG)
2013
English Classes Practice English

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KARIO Organization 2005-2008

December

Garnet Education Induction Course

Sulaimani University Sept 2013

Training Course for teaching English to University Students

Oct 2013

Conversational English Training Programme Conversational course

Partners (ISP)

International Service

2007-2008

Summer English Programme

Conversational Course

International Service Partners (ISP) 2004-

2005

Publications (related to the Institute theme.)

All foreign titles should be translated into English. (Maximum 10 publications.)
Title

Type of Publication ex.:

book/edited volume/book
chapter/article/conference or
university paper, etc.

Publication
Year

Publisher

Personal Essay (limit 250 words)

Please discuss how your participation would enhance your personal and
professional goals, the current state of U.S. studies in your home country, or upon
the institute. Include how attending this Institute would help you achieve the
"Other Potential Outcomes" you have checked above in the Professional Data
section.
There is no doubt that exchanging between cultures plays a significant role in
introducing one society to another and to do this we have to amalgamate with
one another since we are humans and humans are created so as to work together
and know each other to cooperate and do something worth to serve the humanity.
This program encouraged me to apply for it so as to introduce my culture to the
American people and get benefit from the American culture in many aspects
especially its success in the educational process and reaching the peak of
countries around the world in this aspect so we as Kurdish people want to get
benefit from that wonderful exerience by developing our country to the best way
possible, and to follow suit.
As one of the teaching staff in Sulaimani University, I think we benefit greatly by
familiarizing with the American educational system and its reflection in their
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culture. Therefore, it will provide a great opportunity for us to revamp our

educational system and benefit from the American Educational system in every
nook and cranny and since American education system proved to be the leading
one all around the world so we have to look forward to do the things that
Americans did in their educational culture and their education became part of the
culture. To familiarize this culture, we have o experience it first-hand and try to do
everything we can in our hand to develop our Kurdish education and the culture of
education just like the American's.
Finally, I would like to point out that this program paves away for faculty staff
develop their skills via this program by visiting the States and develop the way
our education system operates and to have out touch be seen we get back to our
institutions.

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