PERSONAL DATA

• Name: Ali Hechmi Raddaoui

• E-mail: araddaoui@yahoo.com; araddaoui@gmail.com
• Blog: http://araddaoui.blogspot.com/
• Outreach web site: http://channelmedarrow.110mb.com/CMA%20Membership.htm

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Ph.D. Applied Linguistics. Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. 1988.
• M.A. Applied Linguistics. Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. 1986.
• CAR (Certificate of Aptitude for Research). Graduate degree. Applied Linguistics. University of Tunis. 1984.
• B.A. English Language, Literature, and Civilization. Higher College of Teachers. University of Tunis. 1981.
• Cambridge English Proficiency Certificate. Birmingham, England. 1979.

SCIENTIFIC RECOGNITION, MERIT AWARDS, AND PRIZES

• Fulbright Fellowship, Fulbright Foundation, USIS, Washington DC, USA. July 1984- November 1988.
• Winner of the Capricorn International Authors Competition. Nottingham, UK. 1991.
• Ecole Normale Superieure Fellowship, Ministry of Higher Education. Tunisia. 1976-1981.
• UN International Women’s Year Prize with National Ministry of Education. Gafsa Secondary School. 1975.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

• Deputy Dean and Director of Studies, College of Letters and Humanities of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia. October 2005
• Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics. Universite’ de Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia. Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines. January 2004 – Todate
• External Examiner. University of Exeter, School of Education and Lifelong Learning. England. 2002 – Todate.
• Member of the Doctorate and Habilitation Committees, Tunisia; 2004 - Todate
• Teaching Fellow. University of Exeter, School of Education and Lifelong Learning. Dubai Ed D. Program. October 2003 - September 2004.
• Lecturer of English. UAE University. Al-Ain. 1999 -2004.
• Assistant Professor of English. IPA. Riyadh. 1996 to 1999.
• Assistant Professor of English. English Department. University of Tunis. 1993-1996.
• Assistant Professor of English. Institute of Public Administration, Riyadh, KSA. 1989-93.
• Student-teacher. TESOL Practicum. Indiana University Linguistics Department. Winter 1985.
• Certified English Language teacher. Hammamet High School, Tunisia. 1981-84.
• French Language Assistant. Earls Grammar School, Leasowes High School. Hales Owen, Birmingham, England. 1979-1980.

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

• International Observer for Channel Swimming Association, Ltd. England, UK: January 2008 - todate
• Member of the Supervisory Commission for the Channel Med Arrow Project linking England with the Libyan Jamahiriya via Spain, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia: January 2008-todate
• International Observatory Director for the Channel Med Arrow Project. January 2008 – todate
• Member of the National Assistant Professor Promotion Committee. June 2007.
• Team Leader for the Arabic as a Foreign Language Project; University of Sfax-University of Wyoming partnership. May 2007 - todate
• Delegate for Virtual University of Tunis at the Euro_Med Permanent University Forum and coordinator for workgroup on Communication and E-Learning. Oct. 2006 todate
• Object Project Assistant Coordinator. VUT. Oct. 2006 – May 2007
• Quality Support Project. FLSHS. July 2006 – May 2007
• 21-21 National Employment Program - English Language Operation Coordinator; Faculty of Arts and Humanities-Sfax. December 2005-July 2006
• Chair for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities-Sfax online services and web site Committee, September 2005 – todate.
• Sfax University Students’ Linguistic Internship Supervisor. Derby College, Derby, UK. August 20, September 10, 2005.
• Member of the Proposals Evaluation Committee for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities International Conference, Sfax. 2005.
• Campus Coordinator for the National English Placement Exam. UAE University, UAE. March 2004.
• Campus Assistant Coordinator for the National English Placement Exam. UAE University, March 2003.
• Member of the Distance Education and Lifelong Learning Committee. UAE University, 2003.
• Standards and Objectives Committee chair in charge of redefining terminal performance objectives for the 5,000 students taking UAE University’s foundations course, UAE University, 2001.
• Professional Development Committee Chair. Spring 2002.
• Campus Coordinator for the National English Placement Exam. 2002, UAE University, UAE.
• Thinking Skills Committee Chair. Prepared inter-departmental program of presentations and activities for faculty. 2000.
• Learner Strategies Seminar Chair. Organizing program of presentations for students. UGRU, UAE University, Al-Ain, 1999-2001.

THESES SUPERVISION

• A Study of the Listening Comprehension Process: Focus onStudents’ Comprehension Strategies. Ines Ben Saad. Ph.D. thesis research proposal Framework. March 2007.
• Hanene Dammak-Shoura. Examining textual structure of research articles written by native and non native English researchers in Engineering. A Ph.D. thesis underway
• Ikhlas Darraji. Thesis title: Exploring the Learning Environment of a Tunisian Secondary School English Language ICT-Assisted Classroom

• Kortli Romdhane and Zrelli Chokri, Institut Superieur d’Information et du Multimedia de Sfax. Graduation Project (projet de fin d’etudes): ELT Course Interactive CD (CD Interactif Cours Anglais): July 7, 2005.
• Supervisor for 3rd year Business Students’ Internship Project Reports for the following students:
• Andoulsi Aouicha
• Fatma El-Chaari
• Lotfi Ben Amor
• Imene Haj Amor
• External Examiner for Certificate of Aptitude for Research theses, University of Tunis 1, Tunis, Tunisia. 1993-96.

EXTERNAL EXAMINER ASSIGNMENTS

• John D’Eye. The Ugly Ducking Reigns Supreme: An Investigation into Students’ Perceptions of the English Language and Anglo-American Culture in France. Exeter University, 2004
• Supervisor for 3rd year Business Students’ Internship Project Reports for the following students:
• Andoulsi Aouicha
• Fatma El-Chaari
• Lotfi Ben Amor
• Imene Haj Amor
• Other Exeter University doctoral theses, 2002-2003, 2005.
• Olaya Fourati Chaabane. Is it that Funny? Humor and Irony from a Cogntive Pragmatic Perspective Al-Jahiz’ Ab-Bukhala as a Case Study. May 2007.
• Mokhtar Ounis -Expressions of Buying and Selling in Tunisian Arabic: A Frame Semantic Account. March 2007.
• Examiner for Saloua Abid Mrabet’s Ph.D. thesis: Classroom Spoken Discourse: A Study of Verbal Interaction In Tunisian Efl Secondary School Lessons. Summer 2006.
• Lydie Lozinguez Ben Gayed. Effects of Computer-Assisted on the Language Learning On the Motivation of Tunisian Learners of English for Specific Purposes. MA thesis. July 2007
• Moncef Mahfoudhi. MA Thesis: February 2007.
• Mokhtar Aouini. Motivating ‘Reluctant’ Writers: The Cade of Students in an ESP Course. MA thesis. July 2007
• Member of the Proposals Evaluation Committee for TESOL Arabia International Conference. UAE, 2001, 2003, 2004. 2005.

EDITORIAL DUTIES
· Member of the Ph.D. Proposals Review Committee. 2007-todate.
· Invited Member of the Editorial Board for the College of Arts and Humanities Research Journal: Afaaq-Horizons. 2007.
· Member of the Editorial Board for the UGRU monthly publication: The Step, UGRU, UAE University. 2000-2001.

PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS (TRANSLATED/EDITED)

1. M. Triki and A. Raddaoui. Forthcoming. Challenges, Stakes and Prospects for Higher Institutes for Humanities: Theoretical Framework, Methodology and Practical Issues. Higher Institute of Applied Languages, Mednine, Tunisia and GRAD, FLSHS, University of Sfax.
2. If You Don’t Feed the Teachers, They Eat the Students. By Neila A. Connors. 2008. Translation into Arabic (with Dr. Khaliafa Al-Suwaidi). Education Bureau for the GCC countries Press, Riyadh, KSA.
3. Project-by-Project Approach to Quality. By Richard Capper. 2000. IPA Press. (Editor for the Arabic translation)
4. Competence at Work. By Lyle M. Spencer, Jr. & Signe M. Spencer. 1999 IPA Press. (Translation into Arabic)

PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES AND PAPERS

1. Making up for the Writing Deficit. In Coombe & Barlow (Eds). Forthcoming.
2. Accreditation and the Tunisian Higher Education Reform. In Triki and Raddaoui (Eds). Forthcoming.
3. Teacher and Student Perceptions of Teaching Best Practice. TESOL International. Volume Editors: Christine Coombe and Lisa Barlow. TESOL Press: 2007.
4. 'Bridging the Native Nonnative Gap in ELT'. 2005. Zafar Syed, (Ed). MLI Press: Abu Dhabi.
5. ‘Fluency: A Quantitative and Qualitative Account’. Reading Matrix. An International Online Journal. Vol. 4. No. 1. April 2004. (ISSN: 1533-242X). Pp. 11-25
6. ‘The Ideal Speaker-Listener and Globalization’. TESOL Arabia Conference Proceedings. 2004. Pp. 209-223.
7. ‘Reproductive-Productive Writing Continuum’. Al-Ain Model Schools Magazine. Fall 2003.
8. ‘Terminal Performance Objectives for English Foundations Program at UGRU, UAE University’. An official UAE University document. Standards and Objectives Committee, Spring 2001.
9. ‘TESOL Conferences: Relocation or Localization’. TESOL Arabia Magazine. June 2001. 4.
10. ‘Flogging the Dying Horse: CLT’. The Teacher Education Magazine. Vol. 1, Issue 1. TESOL Arabia, Jan. 2001.
11. ‘Is the Native Speaker of English Dead?’. TESOL Arabia Conference Proceedings. 2001.
12. ‘Critical Thinking: Justification, Categorization, and Articulation’. TESOL Arabia News. Vol. 7, Issue 2, March 2000.
13. ‘Strategies for Reading Stories: A Ready-Made Plan for the Preparation-Weary Reading Teacher’. TESOL Arabia News. Vol. 7, Issue 1, Nov. 1999.
14. ‘In Defense of Theory’. ‘Al-Mutarjim’. Vinell Arabia. Vol. 1. No. 2. Summer 1996.
15. ‘Zone of Proximal Development’. UGRU, UAEU monthly Publication, Spring 2001.
16. Book Review – For Your Information 4, by Karen Blanchard & Christine Root. English Language Gazette, April 2000.

PUBLICATIONS: CREATIVE WRITING

1. A selection of poems. Arabia Review. Issue 3. TESOL Arabia Literature SIG. 2003.3-242X
2. A selection of poems. TESOL Arabia Literature SIG. 2001.
3. ‘Artistic Writing in English: Text and Context’. Essay. Riyadh Daily. May 31, June 7, 1999.
4. Two poems. www.poetry.com. 2000-04. Search under [raddaoui].
5. A selection of poems. Nottingham, and Purple Patch, Birmingham, England. 1991 .
6. 'Don’t Ever Say Ugly: Say Cosmetically Different’. An Adaptation from Umberto Eco, The European. In English Digest, No. 6, May-June 1994.

ADMINISTRATIVE WRITING

1. Sfax University Students’ UK Linguistic Internship Report. August-September 2005. (16 pages + Videotaped report)

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS (2000-2008)

1. ICTt-based Learning and Implications for Assessment. Higher Institute for Applied Studies in Humanities of Mednine International Conference on Assessment. Mednine, Tunisia, March 5, 2008. http://www.uvt.rnu.tn/aprev/sapev/pdf/NICENET.pdf?PHPSESSID=25655249b154621875d004f6247f6f46
2. ‘FLSHS Experience with Online Learning: the Case for Moodle LMS’. APREV International Conference on online learning. Sousse, Tunisia, December 2007.
3. Introducing Nicenet (LMS). Paper presented at APREVE International Conference on Online Learning. Tunis, Tunisia May 2007.
4. ‘Accreditation: Internal and External Standards’. Paper presented at the Constructing Worlds Through Language Conference. University of Sfax, Faculty of Arts and Humanities. April 29-3-, 2005.
5. ‘Social Responsibility in TESOL’. TESOL Arabia International Conference. March 2004.
6. ‘’The Ideal Speaker-Listener and the Global Village. TESOL Arabia. March 2003.
7. ‘The Writing Deficit’. Plenary Speaker CTELT, TESOL Arabia, 2002 + American University of Sharja. 2003.
8. ‘The Context of Lesson Planning’. Keynote Speaker, Al-Ain Model Schools Annual Conference Al-Ain Model Schools Conference. Feb. 2002.
9. The Professional Development Forum’. UAEU. January 2002.
10. ‘Poetry Analysis Made Easy’. (With Omar Hashimi).TESOL ARABIAL Lit SIG. Nov. 2001.
11. ‘The Overflow Factor in Language Learning. TESOL Arabia. March 2001
12. ‘Ways With Words – A Poetry Workshop’. Sharja Chapter of TESOL Arabia. Winter 200.
13. ‘Bridging the Native-Nonnative Gap in ELT’. TESOL Arabia Conference. Spring 2000.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

• Arabic: excellent command - Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking.
• French: excellent command - Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking.
• English: excellent command - Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking.

COMPUTER LITERACY

• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Excel, BlackBoard, Moodle.
• Certified Internet Webmaster Foundations. October 2003.
• Set up three internet web sites: Thinking Skills Committee web site, 2000; Standards and Objectives Committee, 2001; Exeter University Education Doctorate Program Internet Classroom Assistant with Nicenet.org, 2004. (with Dr. Christine Coombe)

COURSES TAUGHT

• Research Methodology: MA (online)
• Computer-Assisted Research: MA (online)
• Sociolinguistics: MA (online)
• ELT Methodology: 4th Year (online)
• Sociolinguistics: Agrégation (online) (All online) Currently (http://usf.uvt.rnu.tn/FLSHS/); previously: (www.nicenet.org)
• Teaching Methodology (MA)
• Comparative Arabic/English Stylistics: 4th year
• Sociolinguistics: 4th year
• English/Arabic Translation: 2nd year (Arabic Department)
• ELT: 4th year
• Arabic/English-English/Arabic Translation: 3rd year
• Oral Expression: 1st year
• Introduction to Linguistics: 4th year
• Reading, Writing, Reading, Listening, Grammar, CALL, at all levels of English Proficiency

REFERENCES:
Available upon request.