Magda Morcos
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
- Senior Lecturer of English and Linguistics with over ten years of experience in administering education and classroom procedures both autonomously and in collaboration with department faculty and leaders.
- Enthusiastic and eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Displays a clear understanding of planning and working tp attain collective goals.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Arabic Medical Interpreter
A1 Service
Los Angeles, CA
05.2021 - Current
- Followed ethical codes to protect confidentiality of patient medical information.
- Streamlined patient and provider interaction by providing channel of effective communication.
- Verified understood medical information for patients by simplifying any jargon.
- Translated documents about treatment directions and helped non-English speaking patients fill out medical forms.
- Provided cultural input to speakers to help parties who did not speak similar languages communicate with and understand one another.
- Completed precise translations of official documents with correct words and phrasing to meet legal standards.
- Maintained message content, tone and emotion as closely as possible.
In-House English Trainer
Commercial Bank International
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
11.2007 - 08.2017
- Taught English language to CBI staff in the Training Center.
- Evaluated Staff abilities and grasp of English language, keeping appropriate records and preparing progress reports.
- Immersed staff in unfamiliar cultures by devising hands-on activities.
- Coordinated special excursions to local points of interests and more extensive study trips to expand learning for all CBI staff.
- Employed diverse teaching approaches to help staff of all abilities understand material.
- Developed lesson plans and adapted curriculum to meet individual needs of CBI staff.
- Conducted English language assessment to all staff through surveys, interviews with employees.
- Conducted various courses such as IELTS & TOFEL Preparation, Syntax & Grammar, Report Writing Skills, Business Communications, Business Etiquette, and Arabic for Non Arabic Speakers.
- Analyzed the Training Needs of the staff (TNA) to prepare the Annual Training Plan for the Bank on a yearly basis.
Lecturer
El-Maaref College For Language And Translation
Cairo, Egypt
01.2002 - 01.2007
- Taught various Linguistic courses to undergraduates such as Phonetics, Morphology, Syntax, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Applied linguistics, Essay Techniques, Research Methods, & Translation.
- Taught English language skills; listening, reading, writing, & speaking.
- Guided and mentored students in their graduation research.
- Sourced optimal curricula and developed lesson plans to fully cover target material for each course.
- Conducted intensive summer courses in analysis of English texts.
- Expanded student understanding of texts by spearheading in-depth discussions and assigning exploratory essays to help students articulate knowledge.
- Assigned books and other materials to improve reading comprehension.
- Used effective teaching techniques and learning strategies in translating lesson plans into productive student learning experiences
- Employed diverse teaching approaches to help students of all abilities understand material.
- Developed interesting lectures and educational activities to maximize learning within classroom.
Education
Ph.D. - Linguistics
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt12.2012
Master of Arts - Sociolinguistics
Helwan University
Egypt06.2006
Bachelor of Arts - Humanities And Linguistics
Helwan University
Egypt05.2000
Skills
- Research and Analysis
- Curriculum Creation, Design, and Development
- Student research guidance
- Data collection and analysis
- Editing and proof-reading skills
- Academic Research
- Technology based curriculum
- Fluent in English and Arabic Languages
- Proficient in MS Office
- Written Communication
- Self-Motivated
- Decision-Making
- Administrative drafting
Equivalency Summary
It is the judgement of the International Education Research Foundation, Inc. that Magda Morcos has the U.S. equivalent of the Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics, with a concentration in Translation (Arabic, English), the Master of Arts in Linguistics with a concentration in Translation (Arabic, English), and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Linguistics.
Timeline
Arabic Medical Interpreter
A1 Service
05.2021 - Current
In-House English Trainer
Commercial Bank International
11.2007 - 08.2017
Lecturer
El-Maaref College For Language And Translation
01.2002 - 01.2007
Ph.D. - Linguistics
Ain Shams University
Master of Arts - Sociolinguistics
Helwan University
Bachelor of Arts - Humanities And Linguistics
Helwan University
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