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Ms. Huda Abuaisha holds a Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature from the Open University, a Master's degree in Applied Linguistics and TESOL from the University of Leicester, and a Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA). She is currently working as an English lecturer at KCST, and has previously worked in different educational institutions in Kuwait such as, ACK and BHCK. She has been teaching English since 2007, and has taught General English, Academic and ESP courses, and IELTS Preparation

Classes. In addition, she presented during the TESOL Conference in Kuwait in 2016, 2017 and 2020, and her presentations focused on the use of the L1 in L2 contexts, the importance of technology integration in ESL classrooms, and the challenges of preparing and teaching ESP courses in Kuwait. Moreover, Ms. Huda has attended a webinar on Remote Teaching, Learning and Assessment in GFPs: Approaches, Challenges and Solutions, from Dhofar University in partnership with Cambridge University.

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Ms. Rawan AlKandari is an English Language Instructor. She received her B.A in English Education from Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST), and Level 5 CertTESOL from Trinity College, London. With more than seven years of teaching experience in diverse learning environments, Ms. AlKandari has joined the Languages Department at Kuwait College for Science and Technology (KCST) as a full time English language lecturer.

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Lama Halabi, who joined KCST as an English Language Foundation Lecturer, comes from Lebanon, but has been teaching and lecturing English Language in Kuwait since 1998, at American schools, AUK, AOU and AU and has also been a Curriculum and Accreditation Coordinator for the past three years. She holds a BA in English literature, and also a M.Ed. in International Teaching from Framingham State University, Boston, USA. She is working on her EdD in Education at the University of Bath, UK. Her research interests are in TESOL and issues that are related to education in general.

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Ms. Samira Jafar is an English Language Instructor. She received her B.A in English and International Relations from Boston University in Massachusetts, USA, and her Master of Education in TESOL from Boston University. After this, she taught ESL in the United States and at another university in Kuwait. Ms. Jafar is a full time English Lecturer at KCST. Her research interests include equitable assessments and social justice in ESL classrooms.

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Mr. Rakan Majed Al-Qubbaj graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English Language & Literature (Linguistics Major) from Kuwait University (KU) – Kuwait, in 2014. He then pursued his MA degree in Translation Studies from Kuwait University in 2018. He was hired to teach high school English in the Ministry of Education from 2016 – 2022. He then joined KCST in February 2022. He is mainly interested in dialects, mainly Arabic dialects of the tribes. In addition, he is interested in translation studies, mainly translation of comedy and how to translate comedy into the receptive culture while still maintaining the comedy behind it. His MA dissertation was titled "Translation of “Disorientation: Kuwait in the 1950s” with an English introduction ".

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Mr Ahmad Abdullah has worked in the teaching Industry for almost a decade, gaining experience teaching adolescents and young adults. He has a BA in English from Kuwait University, MA in Teaching English for speakers of other languages from Sheffield Hallam University (UK), and Professional Certificate in English Language Teaching from the (US embassy).
As an English Language Instructor at Kuwait College of Science and Technology, his goal is to start his PhD in teaching (applied linguistics) in the near future. Moreover, his Research paper titled: “Exploring whether an ESP course at College of Engineering & Petroleum meets the students’ perceived needs at a university in Kuwait”, focused on bridging the gap between the Engineering instructors and the students to help establish a clear tailored teaching/learning experience between the instructors and the students.