Biography
Dr. Salam Neamah Hirmiz Hakeem
Date of birth: May 1, 1974
Place of birth: Ainkawa, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Gender: Male
Mobile Phone No.: +964 750 449 7838
Email: salam.hakeem@su.edu.krd
Academic Education
10/10/2005-17/1/2010: PhD in English Language and Linguistics, College of
Languages, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq.
Title of PhD Thesis: Politeness in English and Syriac: A Comparative
Study
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ma’ruf Fattah
12/2/2000-8/9/2002: MA in English Language and Linguistics, College of
Languages, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq.
Title of MA Thesis: Idiomatic Expressions in English: A Syntactic-
Semantic Study
Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Irfan Sa’eed Abdul-Qadir
1/10/1992-27/10/1996: BA in English Language and Literature, College of Arts,
Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq.
Professional Experience
Present: Department Assistant of Syriac Department, College of
Education-Salahaddin University
2009-2010: Head of Evening Translation Department- College of Languages-Salahaddin University.
2007-2008: Department Assistant of Evening Translation Department- College of Languages-Salahaddin University.
2002-2007: Instructor at Salahaddin University-College of Arts (presently College of Languages) –Evening English Department, while still working part-time at the French Institute for Languages. I have taught various subjects to different classes, such as composition, comprehension, phonology, morphology, Syntax, linguistics, Essay and research writing, andHistory of the English language.
2002-2004: Coordinator and English Teacher at the French Institute for Languages.
1999-2001: Lecturer at Ainkawa Secondary School for Girls.
Training Courses/Workshops Attended:
- A Training Course on the Methods of Teaching at Salahaddin University (3-29/7/2004).
- A Training Course on Ms PowerPoint 2007+Camtasia (1-12/8/2010) at the Center for Technology- Salahaddin University.
-A Workshop (in Cincinnati, 3-17/7/2011) about the most recent methods of teaching as part of the Linkage program between University of Cincinnati and Salahaddin University.
-Teachers' Refresher course sponsored by Wimbledon School of English-London,
9th -13th September 2012 .
-Teaching Knowledge Test Workshop by the British Council, 31 Aug.-4 Sept. 2013.
- Effective Teaching in Higher Education, a workshop organized by Cihan University, 22nd June 2016.
Training Courses Given:
- Teaching various courses to different levels of students at the English section of the French Institute for Languages.
- Teaching various courses to different levels of students at Salahaddin University-College of Languages
- Teaching various courses to different levels of students at Salahaddin University- Language Center.
- Teaching general English courses to ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) employees divided into three levels.
- Teaching general English courses to UNDP employees divided into two levels.
- Teaching ESP (English for Special Purposes) to Salahaddin University instructors.
Conferences:
-the Future of Education conference in Italy, Florence (7-8 June 2012)
- Teaching English as Foreign Language Conference sponsored by Salahaddin University-Language Center (6 December 2012)
-1st Quality Assurance Conference of English Language Provision for Higher Education at UKH 19-20 February 2013 Kurdistan.
- The 4th International Visible Conference on Educational Sciences at Ishik University in Erbil, Iraq (13-14th of April, 2013).
- the SUH-UC linkage conference on student-centered pedagogy and research (27-30 April, 2013).
- The 5th International Visible Conference on Educational Sciences and Applied Linguistics at Ishik University in Erbil, Iraq (26-27th of April, 2015).
-The 7th International Visible Conference on Educational Sciences and Applied Linguistics at Ishik University in Erbil, Iraq (24th of April, 2016).
Research interests:
My main area of interest has been sociolinguistics, stylistics and the use of technology to facilitate and enhance learning. My writings include:
- Female Humiliation vs. Male Glorification in the Discourse of Kurdish Proverbs
- A Linguistic Analysis of Errors in Undergraduate Students’ Translated Texts
- Conversational Implicatures in Shaw’s ‘How He Lied to Her Husband’
- Technology Integration in Higher Education in Kurdistan, Iraq: A Wiki Case Study
- Pedagogical Technology for M.Ed. Students in Kurdistan, Iraq: A Case Study