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Tawhida El-Askary, 
Arabic Studies Director/Clinical Assistant Professor
AH # 430,  Department of Modern & classical Languages,
University of Houston,
Houston,TX-77204

Phone: (713) 743-9141
E-mail: telaskary@uh.edu

EDUCATION:
MA in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language, The American University in Cairo

THESIS: 1st Language Attrition Among the Arab Immigrants in Houston

EXPERT in modern standard Arabic, multi-dialects of Arabic countries, second language acquisition,
language attrition among Arab emigrants in the US and business & legal translation/interpretation

CERTIFICATION
Texas Licensed Court Interpreter Certified by Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

HONORS & AWARDS
Recipient of Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston, Modern & Classical Languages Department (2000-01)

SPECIAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor of Arabic Intensive Course, Middlebury College, Vermont- Summer 2002