Afaf Sami Salih Ahmed (Lecturer)
PhD in Sociolinguistics
English - Education for Women
edw.sami.afaf@uoanbar.edu.iq
Afaf Sami Salih Ahmed.
I am a lecturer at the university of Anbar . Education College for Women, English Language Department. I am teaching Grammar and Linguistics .
I obtained my BA in English Language from Anbar University/ College of Education for Women /Department of English in 2000, my MA in English Language and its literature from Baghdad University /college of Education-Ibn Rushd in 2007 and my Ph.D from University of Babylon/ college of Education for Human Sciences /English Department in 2020. My research intrest is in general linguistics and in socilinguistics in specific.
1. NEGATIVE PATTERNS AND FORMS IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN VERNACULAR ENGLISH WITH REFERNCE TO ALICE WALKER'S THE COLOR PURPLE
2. PUNCTUATION AS A STYLISTIC DEVICE IN ADGAR ALLEN POE'S THE BLACK CAT
3. A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF SELECTED AMERICAN PROVERBS.
4. A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF WOMEN IDENTITY IN SELECTED BRITISH PROVERBS.
- Bachelor’s Degree in English Language, Department of English Language – College of Education for Women, University of Anbar (1999–2000)
-Master’s Degree in English Language and Literature, Department of English Language – College of Education (Ibn Rushd), University of Baghdad
- Doctorate (Ph.D.) in English Language and Literature, Department of English Language – College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Babylon
-Punctuation and Ambiguity-
-Compound words in selected English short stories-
.-Speech Acts in political speeches
· Bachelor’s Degree in English Language, Department of English Language – College of Education for Women, University of Anbar (1999–2000)
· Master’s Degree in English Language and Literature, Department of English Language – College of Education (Ibn Rushd), University of Baghdad
· Doctorate (Ph.D.) in English Language and Literature, Department of English Language – College of Education for Human Sciences, University of
Others
-Participation in a Research Writing, Master's Theses, and Dissertations Workshop held at the University of Babylon / College of Education for Human Sciences in 2020.
-Attending academic conferences to discuss postgraduate research at the University of Babylon from 2016 to 2020.
-Participating significantly to various activities and events held by the college or university, such as organizing scientific and artistic exhibitions, participating in Science Day and International Women’s Day celebrations by preparing and supervising the students' acting performance in the short film “Returning to Haifa,” designing awareness posters, contributing to tree- planting campaigns, donating books to the college library, volunteering for events, and actively participating in community service and extracurricular activities.
-Participation in online courses focused on teaching the four language skills, offered by WORLD LEARNING TO EVERYONE / TEACHINGENGLISH.ORG.UK.
-Organizing seminars in the field of specialization, such as “Pragmatic Gaps and Teaching Language,” in addition to general awareness seminars on topics like combating drug abuse and terrorism among youth, as well as seminars on university behavior and student discipline.
-Participating in writing a research paper titled “External Political Employment of Terrorism in Iraq” in the Second International Conference on Combating Extremism and Terrorism, held under the slogan “Extremism and Terrorism: A Threat to Societal Peace,” in 2024.
-Organizing seminars, training courses, and panel discussions within the field of specialization, in addition to conducting guidance sessions for female students.
These include seminars such as “Family Strategies in Promoting Positive Values and Rejecting Religious Extremism,” a course on “APA Style of Academic Writing,” a course on “Writing Lecture teaching Objectives ,” a seminar on drugs, addiction, and youth awareness of their dangers, as well as a panel discussion on university discipline laws.
-Holding membership in many committees in the department and the college, such as : the central and sub-examination committees ,the discipline committee, investigation committees, audit committee, the academic plans committee in the English department, the program accreditation committee, and others.