Dr Sara Al Tubuly

Teaching Fellow, Course Organiser and Course Collection Coordinator

Biography

Background

Sara completed her PhD in Linguistics at the University of Essex in 2016, with research focusing on language acquisition in adult learners. Sara became an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2014 and achieved Fellowship status with Advance HE in 2020. Sara further developed her pedagogical expertise by earning a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education from the University of Dundee.

Sara worked in the Language and Linguistics Department and the Languages for All Programme at the University of Essex, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in language and linguistics, as well as a variety of other language-related subjects. At ALM College in Dundee, Sara taught different modules ranging from teaching a foreign language to research methodology, academic skills, and presentation skills, across levels SCQF5 to SCQF11. Currently, she is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, where she teaches courses at various levels and supervises master's students across different programmes, such as MSc in TESOL, Language Education, and Language and Intercultural Communication. She has also gained international experience teaching linguistics, English, and Arabic as a foreign language in educational institutions abroad. Additionally, she holds a professional role remotely as a Language and Development Specialist for an international organisation in London.

In addition to her academic roles, Sara is the Secretary of the British Association of Teachers of Arabic (BATA) and an active member of AATA Association, along with other professional associations. She has made contributions to open-access journals as both an editor and reviewer, further advancing academic research in her field. Her career achievements include receiving the Staff Achievement Award for Innovation in Digital Teaching and Learning Methods in 2021 (ALM College) and being nominated for the Rising Star Award in 2024 (Edinburgh University).

Qualifications

2020        Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education, University of Dundee

2016        Ph. D in Linguistics, University of Essex

2009        M.A. University of Essex

2007        Postgraduate Diploma, University of Tripoli 

2003        B.A. (Hons.), University of Tripoli

Research summary

  • Al Tubuly, S. (2020). Evaluation of the Cultural Content in Arabic textbooks, Language Scholars: Arabic Language Special Issue, University of Leeds - https://languagescholar.leeds.ac.uk

 

  • Al Tubuly, S. (2020). Review of ‘Introduction to Spoken Standard Arabic: A Conversational Course on DVD, Part 2’, by Shukri B. Abed with Arwa Sawan, AlArabiyya Journal, Georgetown University press. http://aataweb.org/alarabiyya

 

 

  • Al Tubuly, S (2016). ‘The production and perception of  Arabic stress patterns by English speaking learners: A comparison with native speakers. Ph.D. thesis, University of Essex. Published in http://repository.essex.ac.uk/17923/

 

Conference details

  • Nomination for People of CAHSS Award (2024-University of Edinburgh)
  • Digital and Innovative Teaching Award (2020/21 – ALM College)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
  • Council Member and founder, British Association of Teachers of Arabic (BATA)
  • Member, 'Together we Build it' Child & Woman Rights Non-profit Organization in the Middle East (TWB)
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