Name:Kamal Ragab Mourtaga

Resume

Name:Kamal Ragab Mourtaga

Date of Birth:February 17, 1962

Nationality:Palestinian

Marital Status:Married with four children:

Sara: 30/08/1994, Mohammed: 18/10/1997

Omar: 2/10/1999, Khalid: 6/10/2002

Permanent Address: P. O. Box 108, Department of English,

The Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine.

Tel. (07) 2863554. Fax: (9727) 2863552

E. Mail:

Education and Awards

2001 – 2004A Full-time student for a Ph.D. in TESOL, The University

of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA.

1991 – 1993A Fulbright student for an MA TESOL program, Indiana

University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, USA.

1991A Full-time student in an intensive language and computer

program, the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,USA

1984 –1988A Full-time student for a BA in English from the Islamic

University of Gaza (IUG), Gaza, Palestine.

Work Experience

2007 – 2010Head of English Department - IUG

1993 – presentA Full-time instructor at the Department of English, the

Islamic University of Gaza.

1992Internship in teaching ESL at the American Language

Institute, IndianaUniversity of Pennsylvania.

1988 – 1990A Journalist and translator from Arabic into English and

vice versa for Taher Shreiteh Press Office – Gaza, P. O.

Box: 97, Gaza, Tel. (9727) 2865014.

PublicationsMourtaga, K. (2004). Investigating Writing Problems among Palesinian Students Studying English as a Foreign Language. Indiana: AuthorHouse.

Mourtaga,K. (2006). Some reading problems of Arab EFL students.Al-AqsaUniversityJournal. Al-AqsaUniversity,Gaza.

Mourtaga, K. (2010) Poor Writing in English: A Case of the Palestinian EFL learners in the Gaza Strip. Gaza: Alquds Open University.

.Mourtaga, K. (in press). Arabic loanwords in English and their relevance in classroom teaching.

Courses I always teachGrammar I, Writing I, Writing II, Advanced Writing, Culture and Civilization, Comparative Linguistics, Media Writing Skills I, etc.

Professional Activities & Courses

Participation in the English Language Teachers Summer

Institute, 1993, hosted by Al Azhar University, and

Presenting a paper entitled Some Reading Problems of

Arab ESL/EFL Students.

Attending the 27th Annual International Convention in

Atlanta, Georgia, 1993.

Participation in Three Rivers TESOL Conference at the IUP, Fall, 1992 as a reporter for Three Rivers TESOL Newsletter, Spring, 1993.

Participation in the TESOL Conference held by Al Quds Open University and presenting a paper entitled"Poor Writing in English: A Case of the Palestinian EFL learners in the Gaza Strip". Gaza: Alquds Open University, 2010.

Attending a two-week course in self assessment of academic programs at the IUG, 2005

Attending a four-hour workshop on quality assessment of academic programs at the IUG, first semester 2011.

Attending a three-hour workshop on quality assessment of academic programs at the IUG, second semester 2011.