Name: Kadhim Hussain Bakir

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Kadhim Hussain Bakir

Nationality: Iraqi

Date of Birth: 1952

Marital Status: Married

Postal Address: Dr. Kadhim Hussain Bakir,

C/O Mr Aladdin Kadhim Bakir,

Al-Ghurair Group,

P.O. Box 1

Dubai, UAE.

E-mail:

Mobile: 00971 50 9420752

Telephone: 00971 6 5739713

Current Position: (Sept. 2000-June 2008)

Associate Professor, Faculty of Information, Mass Communication

& Humanities (formerly Faculty of Foreign Languages &

Translation), Ajman University of Science & Technology, Ajman,

UAE.

Qualifications: Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, Bath University, U.K. 1984

M.A., General & Applied Linguistics, Exeter University,

U.K. 1980

B.A., English Language & Literature, Faculty of Arts,

Basrah University, Iraq 1974

Titles of Theses:

Ph. D. Bath University, U.K. 1984

Arabization of Higher Education in Iraq

M.A. Exeter University, U.K. 1980

The Value of Contrastive Lexical Analysis in Dictionary-making, with

Particular Reference to the English-Arabic Lexicographical

Tradition

Experience:

(1) Associate Professor, Faculty of Information, Mass Communication

& Humanities, Ajman University of Science & Technology,

(Sept. 2000-present /Contract ends in June 2008)

(2) Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages &

Translation, Faculty of Arts, Applied Science University,

Amman, Jordan (July 1998-Aug.2000)

(3) Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts, Basrah

University, Iraq (Oct. 1991-May 1998)

(4) Assistant Professor, Basrah University, ( Jan. 1985- Oct. 1991)

(5) Research Assistant, same as above, (March 1976-July 1978)

Academic Responsibilities:

(1) Chairman of Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts, Basrah University

(Morning Classes) (1991-1998)

(2) Chairman of the same Dept. (Evening Classes) (1995-1998)

(3) Director of Postgraduate Studies in the same Dept. (1985-1998)

(4) Director of the Language Proficiency Tests Centre at Basrah

University (affiliated to the Ministry of Higher Education &

Scientific Research) (1991-1998)

(5) Member of the Consultation Bureau for Foreign Languages &

Translation, Basrah University (1996-1998)

(6) Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the College of

Arts, Basrah University (1995-1997)

(7) Member of several scientific and academic committees in the

Dept. of English and Faculty of Arts, Basrah University

(1985-1998)

(8) Member of the Academic Accreditation Committee, Ajman

University (2000/2001)

(9) Chairman of Dept. of Translation, Faculty of Info, Mass Comm. &

Humanities, Ajman University (2001/2004)

(10) Chairman of Dept. of English Language & Translation,

same Faculty (2004/2005)

(11) Training Coordinator, same Faculty (2001/2006)

(12) Member of Postgraduate Studies and Research Committee, Ajman

University (2004/2005)

(13) Member of Scientific Promotion Committee, Faculty of Info,

Mass Comm. & Humanities, Ajman Univ.

(2004-June 2008)

(14) Member of Curricula and Study Plans Committee, Ajman

University (2004/2005)

(15) Head of Scientific Research Committee, Faculty of Info,

Mass Comm. & Humanities, Ajman Univ. (Sept. 2007-June 2008)

(16) Member of the University of Ajman Assessment Committee

(Sept.2007-June 2008)

Teaching Activities:

(1) Faculty of Info, Mass Comm. & Humanities, Ajman University

(Sept. 2000-June 2008)

Linguistics, Phonetics & Phonology, Semantics, Sociolinguistics,

Applied Linguistics, Morphology & Syntax, General & Specialised

Translation Courses (Translation of Legal, Literary, Financial, Press

Texts, Translation Theory), Contrastive & Error Analysis, Reading &

Writing Skills, Technical Report Writing for computer students

(2) Faculty of Arts, Dept. of Foreign Languages & Translation,

Applied Science University, Amman, Jordan (1998-2000)

Translation (Scientific, Literary, Economic, Press, Tourism Texts),

Language Skills, Linguistics

(3) Faculty of Arts, Basrah University (1985-1998)

Undergraduate Courses

Linguistics, English Syntax, Research Writing Techniques,

Translation (Scientific & Literary), Comprehension, Composition

(4) Faculty of Arts & Faculty of Education, Basrah University

Postgraduate Courses ( taught to over 100 M.A. & Ph.D. Students)

(1985-1998)

Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Contrastive Linguistics,

Research Writing Techniques

Extramural Activities:

(1) Teaching English for postgraduate applicants organized by

the Language Centre, Basrah University (1989-1998)

(2) Supervisor of all students’ activities, Dept. of English, Faculty of

Arts, Basrah University (1991-1998)

Research and Scholarly Activities:

(1) Research Work:

(a) The following papers were published:

(1) Analysis of Errors Made by Iraqi Fifth Primary School Pupils

In the Area of English Consonants

(Faculty of Arts Bulletin, Basrah University, 1991)

(2)The Role of Literary Criticism in Translation

(Al-Majallah Al-Thaqafiyyah, Jordan University, 1993)

(3)A Sociolinguistic Study of the Dialect of Al-Mdainah District in Basrah

(Centre for Arab Gulf Studies Bulletin, Basrah University, 1998)

(4) Stylistic Problems Confronting Iraqi Students in English into Arabic

Translation

(www.translationdirectory.com 20/9/2007)

(b) The following paper is submitted for publication:

Lexical Similarities and Differences between Iraqi & UAE Arabic

Dialects. (Accepted for publication in the Journal of the College

of Arts/ Basrah University-Iraq 21/2/2008)

in the Qur’an

(2) Postgraduate Supervision:

The following theses were completed under my supervision and

submitted to the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Education, Basrah

University (1987-1997)

(a) M.A.

(1) Translation as an Elicitation Technique for Error Analysis (1987)

(2) Analysis of the Errors Made by Iraqi Fifth Primary School

Pupils in the area of English Pronunciation (1987)

(3)A Linguistic Analysis of some Problematic Areas in English

into Arabic Translation, with Special Reference to Hamlet (1989)

(4) A Linguistic Analysis of Borrowing from Arabic into Iraqi

Colloquial Turkmen (1990)

(5) A Transformational Analysis of a Sample of Iraqi Innocent

Jokes

(1994)

(6) Identification of English Vowels by Advanced Iraqi Learners:

A Perceptual Study

(1994)

(7) Doctor-Patient Verbal Communication: A Linguistic Study (1995)

(8) A Linguistic Study of Code-Switching from Armenian into

Arabic (1996)

(9) A Structural-Functional Study of Subject-Predicate Inversion

in Modern Standard Arabic and modern English (1996)

(10) Bilingual Lexicography and the Arab Translator (1997)

(b) Ph.D.

(1) Ambiguous Sentence Processing: Evidence from Iraqi Non-

Native Speakers of English (1997)

(2) An Anthropological-Linguistic Analysis of Colour Terms of

Arabic (1997)

(3) Translation (from English into Arabic and Vice Versa):

(a) Translator of a short story by Tschekov appeared in Basrah

Magazine (1977)

(b) Co-Translator of two chapters on Semantics from John Lyons

(1971) Introduction into Theoretical Linguistics, published in book form

under the title ‘Ilm Al-Dalalah (Semantics) by the University of

Basrah in 1980

Arab Gulf Studies, Basrah University

(d) Interpreting (conferences) and translating (documents)

for Ajman University (2000-June 2008)

(4) Conferences Attended:

(a) First World Conference on Lexicography, Exeter University,

U.K. (1978)

(b) First Conference of Arab Translators, organized by Al-

Mustansiriyyah University, Baghdad, Iraq (1988)

The Teaching of English”, held by Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts,

Basrah University, Iraq (1996)

(d) WIPO Arab Regional Conference on the Teaching of Intellectual Property

Laws, Ajman University, (May 2-4 2004)

(e) Second Approach Seminar on the Innovation through the Wise and Elite House,

Ajman University, (May 3, 2004)

(5) Other Activities:

(a) Examiner of over 12 M.A. & Ph.D. theses submitted to the

Depts of English, Faculties of Arts and Education, Basrah

University (1987-1998)

(b) Consultant for the following Bulletins, Basrah University

(1985-1998)

(1) Arab Gulf Centre Bulletin

(2) Basrah Researches Bulletins, Faculty of Education

(3) Journal of the College of Arts

Training Courses Attended:

(1) A Two-week introductory course on “Computer Science”,

organized by Dept. of Computer Science, Basrah University,

(2) A course on Developing Teaching Abilities of University Staff

Members, organized by the Continuing Education Centre,

Basrah University