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Name: Ashraf Girgis Abdel-Malak.

Date of Birth: 16/03/1966.
Place of Birth: Assiut, Egypt.
Nationality: Egyptian.
Marital Status: Married with three children, 2 girls and a boy who is an
American citizen by birth.
Spouse's Job: Assistant lecturer of TEFL, Faculty of Education, Assiut
University.
Military Service: Fulfilled.
Tel.: 088-2315095 (Home) – 0102015661 (Mobile).
Home Address: 24 El-Nasr St., Takseem El-Petrol, Assiut, Egypt.
Current Position: Lecturer of linguistics, Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts,
Assiut University.
Academic Qualifications:
- B.A. in English Literature and Education – Faculty of Education, Assiut
University – May 1988.
- B.A. in English Language and Literature – Faculty of Arts in Sohag,
Assiut University (now South Valley University) – May 1991.
- Pre-Master's Degree in Linguistics – Faculty of Arts, Cairo University –
1993.
- M.A. in Linguistics (Stylistics) – Faculty of Arts, Assiut University –
1999.
- Ph.D. in Linguistics (Sociolinguistics) – Faculty of Arts, Assiut
University – 2003
Score on Last TOEFL Test Taken (in 2001): 613.
Previous Overseas Training:
- TESOL 1995 at St. Michael's College, Vermont, USA (June – July
1995).
- Classroom Assessment & Testing at Cal State University, Los Angeles,
USA (July – August 2000).
- Visiting Scholar in the Dept. of English, Iowa State University, Ames,
Iowa, USA (May 2001 – February 2003).
 - In addition, I attended several workshops, symposia and training courses
sponsored by the Fulbright Commission and IELPII.
Previous Experience:
- From 1988 till 1995 I worked as a demonstrator in the Dept. of English,
Faculty of Education, Assiut University.
- From 1996 till 1998 I worked as a demonstrator in the Dept. of English,
Faculty of Arts, Assiut University.
- From 1999 till 2001 I worked as an assistant lecturer in the Dept. of
English, Faculty of Arts, Assiut University.
- From May 2001 till February 2003 I was a visiting scholar in the Dept.
of English, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
- From August 2003 to date I have been working as a lecturer in
linguistics in the Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts, Assiut University.
- I taught "Preparation for the TOEFL" courses to Assiut University M.A.
and Ph.D. students and ESP at Assiut University English Language
Center.
- I worked for Assiut University Translation Center and an editor for one
year.
- I did a lot of translation work for Education Reform Program (ERP) in
Egypt, Academy for Educational Development (AED) for over two three
years.
- I have over twenty years' experience in the field of English-Arabic and
Arabic-English translation.
- I'm now seconded to teach linguistics, translation and essay writing at
the Higher Institute for Specific Studies, Haram, Giza, Egypt.
- I'm also seconded to teach phonetics, linguistics, and simultaneous
translation at the Faculty of Languages and Translation, 6th October
University, Egypt.