Name

Personal

Email :   humaanwaar@sbbwu.edu.pk

Experience

• 2013-till date- Lecturer, Department of English, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University (SBBWU), Peshawar.
• 2012-2013-Coordinator, English Access Micro scholarship Program, SBBWU since January 2012 till October 13.
• 2009-2013- Publications Officer, SBBWU.
• 2008-09 -Lecturer, Graduate Studies and Functional English Departments, NUML, Peshawar, Pakistan.
• 2005-06- Teacher (O-Levels), Shaheed School System, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Qualification

• 2013 ongoing -PhD in Linguistics, University of York, UK.
• Dissertation working title: Phonological templates in vocabulary development: a comparative study of monolinguals with bilinguals.
• 2003-05 MA English Language, Linguistics and Literature, National University Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad.
• Dissertation: The inclination of Pakistani students towards English Literature versus Language/ Linguistics at Masters Level.
• 2006-08 MA International Relations, University of Peshawar.
• IELTS band 7.5 (minimum 7.5 in all individual skills)
• French Language Course Certificate from NUML   Islamabad. (August 2006-December 2006).

Honor and Awards

2013- Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan, overseas PhD scholarship under the Faculty Development Program (FDP).

Memberships

2012-till date Society of Pakistan English Language Speakers (SPELT), Peshawar chapter.

Graduate Students Postdocs Undergraduate Students Honor Students

NIL

Service Activity

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Brief Statement of Research Interest

Bilingualism, Phonological Development and First Language Acquisition.

Publications

Dar, M., Anwaar, H., Vihman, M. M., Keren-Portnoy, T. (2014). Developing an Assessment Tool for Language Acquisition in Pakistan.’ (working paper submitted to) York Papers in Linguistics.

Research Grants and Contracts

NIL

Other Research or Creative Accomplishments

• working on development of CDIs for Pakistan as a side project other than my dissertation topic.
• ‘Exploring Web 2.0: Tools for Classroom Teaching and Professional Development’, by Michael Krauss, Lewis & Clark College, Oregon (Feb 9 till March 1, 2013).
• Access Teachers Online Development Program (ATDOP), University of Oregon USA, (Spring 2012).
• Access Summer Institute, US State Government at NUML, Islamabad. (June 2012).
• ‘Teaching of Four Skills with Limited/ No Resources and Developing No Cost/ Low Cost Material’, by Ms. Gretchen, IRP, (March 20-22, 2013), at Hazara University, Pakistan.

Selected Professional Presentations

Co-authored a talk with Mariam Dar on ‘Developing a McArthur-Bates Communicative Inventory (CDI) for language acquisition in Pakistan’, final NorPhLex seminar (June 2014), Sommarøy, Norway.