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Karima Bouchafra

Karima Bouchafra

Middlebury,VT

Summary

A dedicated teaching assistant with hands-on experience teaching Arabic at beginner and intermediate levels, as well as organizing and leading cultural activities, workshops, and extracurricular clubs to enhance student engagement. Passionate about creating immersive and dynamic learning environments that foster language acquisition and cultural understanding. Currently expanding expertise in education to further contribute to language instruction and program development.


Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Teaching Assistant

Middlebury College
08.2025 - Current


  • Organize and lead weekly cultural activities in the Arabic house to enhance students’ engagement with the Arabic language and culture and assist in Arabic department-related event planning.
  • Conduct language tables and office hours to provide additional language support and practice opportunities.
  • Substitute for instructors as needed and assist with grading quizzes.
  • Taught 0102-level Arabic during J-term while managing two extracurricular clubs and running a Moroccan Darija workshop.
  • Enrolled in courses on linguistics and education to expand knowledge of language instruction.

Arabic Language Instructor

Middlebury College
06.2025 - 08.2025
  • Designed and delivered engaging Arabic lessons for beginner-level students (0101–0102-0103), incorporating speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.
  • Developed and led interactive cultural activities and clubs, such as the Media Club, to enhance students’ understanding of Arab culture and promote active language use, as well as being in charge of the pronunciation workshop.


Moroccan colloquial teacher

Middlebury School in Morocco
09.2023 - 05.2024
  • Created and taught advanced Moroccan colloquial Arabic materials

Arabic language teacher

CIEE center
07.2023
  • Worked as an Arabic language teacher for two weeks

Language partner

Amideast center
01.2022 - 01.2024
  • Worked as a language partner at Amideast during the academic year with YES Abroad program
  • Worked as a language partner at Amideast in the NSLI-Y summer program
  • Worked as a language partner at Amideast during the Academic year with NSLI-Y Program

Teacher assistant

Middlebury School in Morocco
01.2022 - 01.2023
  • Created materials of Arabic language for Advanced learners
  • Taught Arabic language lessons
  • Participated in classroom and cultural activities and organized Polyglot Activity
  • Observed lessons by experienced teachers in the field

Education

M.D. - teaching Arabic as a foreign language

University of Mohammed 5
Rabat, Morocco
06-2023

B.A. - Educational sciences of the English language

University of Mohammed 5
Rabat, Morocco
01.2021

Baccalaureate degree - physics

Moulay Ismail high school
01.2018

Skills

  • Strong work ethic
  • Communication
  • Self-motivated
  • Time management
  • Cultural engagement
  • Language instruction
  • Adaptability
  • Team collaboration

Languages

English
Full Professional
Arabic
Native or Bilingual
French
Limited Working

Timeline

Teaching Assistant

Middlebury College
08.2025 - Current

Arabic Language Instructor

Middlebury College
06.2025 - 08.2025

Moroccan colloquial teacher

Middlebury School in Morocco
09.2023 - 05.2024

Arabic language teacher

CIEE center
07.2023

Language partner

Amideast center
01.2022 - 01.2024

Teacher assistant

Middlebury School in Morocco
01.2022 - 01.2023

Baccalaureate degree - physics

Moulay Ismail high school

M.D. - teaching Arabic as a foreign language

University of Mohammed 5

B.A. - Educational sciences of the English language

University of Mohammed 5

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