Arabic 
English Full Name: Maha Ibrahim Jasim
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Academic qualifications: PhD in phonetics and phonology
Practical Experience: Senior lecturer in phonetics and phonology, Academic supervisor, editor and reviewer in peer reviewed national and worldwide journals: Adab al Rafidayn, University of Mosul, Iraq; Laboratory phonology, Cornell University, USA.
Member in the British Association for Academic phoneticians (BAAP), Laboratory Phonology (LAB phon), Phonetics and phonology research group, Newcastle University, UK.
University information
College: College of Basic Education
Section or Department: English language department
Scientific Title: Senior lecturer
Certificate: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Date of obtaining the certificate: 06/04/ 2020
The donor university and college: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne/ College of Education, communication and language sciences
Country: United Kingdom
General specialty: linguistics
Specialization: Phonetics and phonology
Scientific activities: 2023 Two years British Academy funded project ‘Crafting heritage for well-being in Iraq’, Qualitative data output, Beit al Turath, Mosul, Iraq.
2022 UCL grants workshop, Al Nahrein Network, UCL, UK.
August 2022 ‘Gender in language Education’, British Council workshops. July,2022 IBBC member introduction session, IBBC, London. UK.
June 2022 The Development studies Association (DSA) and University College London (UCL). Just sustainable futures in an urbanizing and mobile world. Institute of One World leadership (OWL). UCL, UK.
May 2022 The 2nd International Conference on Education and Teaching in K-12 Schools (ICET). ‘Empowering Schools in preparing Students with Real Life Skills’, KRG, Ministry of Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education Iraq, Sterling Education, IBBC.
May 2022 Tenth Iraq Day at the Mansion House, London, Sustaining Iraq’s Economic Growth. IBBC, London, UK.
March 2022 Preserving the cultural heritage in Iraq. Chaldeans in Alqosh and Karamles presented at Institute of Development studies, Sussex University, UK.
March, 2022 The linguistic heritage of Maṣlāwi dialect in Iraq presented at the Institute of Development studies, Sussex University, UK.
Sept- March 2021 Heritage gathering training workshop provided by the Institute of Development studies, Sussex University, IDS, UK.
2020 Tafxi:m in the vowels of Maṣlāwi Qeltu and Baghdadi Gilit dialects of Mesopotamian Arabic, University of Mosul, Iraq.
2016 The phonetics and phonology of emphasis harmony in Qeltu and Gilit varieties of Iraqi Arabic,
Speech dynamics and phonological representations, Laboratory phonology (Lab phon 15) conference held at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. from the period 13th -16th of July.
http://www.labphon.org/labphon15/long_abstracts/LabPhon15_Revised_abstract_259.pdf
2016 emphasis harmony in Qeltu and Gilit varieties of Iraqi Arabic,
The British Association for Academic phoneticians Symposium (BAAP), Lancaster University, UK.
held at Lancaster University/ UK from the period 30th- 1st of April 2016.
http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/phonetics/files/2015/08/BAAP_abstracts.pdf.
2016 East Coast Phonology meeting at Durham University (May 2016).
2016 Language contact and change in border Kurdistan workshop held at Wolfson College, Cambridge University, UK from the period 8th-10th of December.
2016 R Workshop, Bodo Winter, Birmigham and Newcastle University, CRiLLS series, NCL, UK.
2015 Research Away day in Linguistics held at the Core Science Building, Newcastle University, UK.
2015 The New Sounds in the North East L2 phonetics/phonology conference, Newcastle University, UK.
2015 2nd UCL postgraduate conference, UCL, UK.“RTR harmony in Qeltu and Gilit varieties of Iraqi Arabic” held at University College London/ UK from the period 11th -13th Nov.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/linguistics/events/files/Confernce_schedule_2015.pdf
2015 Sharon (Seven Minutes) postgraduate monthly workshop/ Newcastle University.
2015 The 10th Newcastle and Northumbria postgraduate linguistic conference, Newcastle University, UK.
2015 Arabic Linguistic Forum, University of Essex, UK.
2015 How to survive the PhD Viva, HASS series, Newcastle University, UK.
2014 Phonology in second language acquisition study Group, Newcastle University, UK.
2014 The 9th Newcastle and Northumbria postgraduate linguistic conference, Newcastle University, UK.
2014 University of York postgraduate linguistic Conference , Working papers, University of York, UK.
2014 Durham and Newcastle University working paper workshop, University of Newcastle, UK.
2014 Critical Writing workshop, HASS Series, CRiLLS, Newcastle University, UK.
2014 Writing Abstracts for conferences, CRiLLS series, Newcastle University, UK.
2013 York and Newcastle University workshop on child language acquisition. University of Newcastle, UK.
2013 HASS postgraduate conference, Newcastle University,UK.
2013 Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis, HASS series, Newcastle University, UK.
2011 Empowering women and youth/ Insight Dubai conference. Dubai's Women College, Dubai, UAE.
2008-2010 Al Fikr al Arabi delegate. Al Fikr Al Arabi Institute, Beirut, Lebanon.
2008 Six months online Teacher training, shaping the way we teach English, Oregon State University, USA.
2009 Teaching qualification/ statement, Research and Development Centre, University of Mosul, Iraq.
2008 Strategic studies/ Civic and Academic training Iraqi Institute for Strategic Studies, Beirut, Lebanon.
2010 Online Teacher Training Course (Shaping the way we teach English), University of Oregon, American Institute, USA.
Course topics (Contextualising Language- Building Language Awareness- Integrating Skills- Pair and group Work- Learner Feedback- Classroom Management- Learning Strategies- Authentic materials - Critical and creative thinking skills- Alternative Assessment- Individual Learner Differences- Teacher Development: Peer Observation-Teacher Development: Reflective Teaching).
Research Training
Publishing in Linguistics/organised by William van der Wurff (SELLL)/ CRiLLS.NCL.
Writing abstracts/ Maggie Tallerman (SELLL).NCL.
Preparing applications & job interviews: Maggie Tallerman (SELLL) & Damien Hall (SML)/ CRiLLS.NCL. The phon workshop: Ghada Khattab, Yvan Rose/ECLS.
An Introduction to Quantitative and Qualitative research/HASS postgraduate program. Module leader: Robin Humphrey/HASS training workshops/NCL.
How to prepare a poster for a conference/ School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences: Helen Stringer/ECLS/NCL.
Myers-Briggs Type indicator/ HASS training workshops/NCL.
The qualitative and quantitative research workshop/ HASS training workshops.NCL.
Improving your marks in assignments/ HASS training workshops/NCL.
Academic writing workshop/ HASS training workshops/NCL.
Writing a CV for a job/HASS training workshops/NCL.
Three minutes’ thesis training/ HASS training workshops/NCL.
Effectiveness in Doctoral research and supervision workshop/ HASS training workshops/NCL.
Nature of explanation and enquiry/ HASS training workshops/NCL.
Time management/HASS training workshops/NCL.
R programming (mixed effect model and linear regression)/ CRiLLS, NCL.
PHONETIC SKILLS:
Phonetic transcription, acoustic analysis, segmentation and labeling text-grid in praat, forced auto-aligned segmentation, Praat program, Praat scripting, WASP program, qualitative and quantitative research methods, SPSS, R programming for linguistic analysis, (including mixed linear regression) and coding for linguistic (phonetic) data analysis and output, normalizing and vowel plotting in R packages and NORM Suite, and implementation of phonological theories in practice.
IT Skills
Self-Editing your thesis/ HASS training workshops/NCL, UK.
La TEX training sessions Nick Riches (ECLS), Jalal Al-Tamimi (ECLS)/ CRiLLS, Newcastle University, UK.
R programming /CRiLLS and SELLL, Newcastle University, UK.
SPSS research training/ ECLS & HASS, Newcastle University, UK.
-Endnote referencing, HASS training workshops/NCL, UK.
Contact information with the professor:
English language department, College of Basic Education, University of Kirkuk, Iraq.
Published papers:
2022 ‘The linguistic heritage of the Maṣlāwi dialect in Iraq, Working paper, 18, CREID, the Institute of Development studies, Sussex University, UK.
2020 ‘Tafxi:m in the vowels of Muslawi Qeltu and Baghdadi Gilit dialects of Mesopotamian Arabic’. PhD thesis, Newcastle University (United Kingdom).
2009 ‘Intonation in News reading in Arabic’. MA thesis, University of Mosul (Iraq).
