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dana alJaafreh – Psu applied linguistics Graduate
english and humanities coordinator at abdulaziz

international schools - sabis

By: Dina El-Dakhs,
College of Humanities Students Engagement Committee

1- Can you introduce yourself? with teaching young learners, language acquisition, testing and Absolutely! The program doesn’t only excellently prepare you for
I am Dana S. AlJaafreh, 30 years old, and an alumna of Class 2013. assessment, and all courses that are offered by other universities the work field, as well as open wide doors for you in various fields,
I received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Applied Linguistics for a specific teaching degree. but the program also hones your skills, builds up your personality,
with Second honors. I continued my career in teaching, about and instills in you all you need to become a productive, successful,
which I am very passionate. Young learners have always been a 4- What difficulties and challenges did you face in your journey? and admirable member of the field you choose.
tough spot to conquer, but I did it for 4 years, and now I lead a The main problem I faced was time management. Being a single
team of 13 educators of primary levels as English and Humanities parent, and having of the most time-consuming jobs-teaching-
Coordinator in a prestigious school. On either side of the fence, I has always left me feeling like I’m running against the clock.
continue to enjoy my career. Another problem I faced was dealing with a lot of types of
personalities, both among colleagues and the children. Catering
2- How was your study experience in Prince Sultan University? to these varying needs of the others, coming out successful, and
It was surprisingly more than I had hoped for. I initially wanted staying distant and professional have been 3 very difficult balls
to travel abroad to continue my studies. However, when my to juggle.
family decided against it, I ended up in PSU. Let me tell you,
it was the best decision my family helped me make. I enjoyed 5-How has your education at PSU help you overcome these
my education to the fullest; especially with the resources we challenges?
were provided. Nothing would compare to elite educators, the We were always taught to manage our time during our university
gradually expanding plans that leaves no soldier behind when it years. You had to learn how to preparing for exams, projects,
comes to understanding the curriculum and the extra-curricular papers, and many other duties as part of the education plan.
activities I took part in. I had the chance to publish my writing This taught me to always stay calm, always have a set plan to
in Taif Aljamea, and actually act out on stage! It was surreal. follow, and always be ahead of time using various organization
Even though I never had the interest in participating, I enjoyed skills. These skills were wonderfully honed during my university
watching the sport matches, too. years, and I found them of great use later in my academic career.
This also goes hand in hand with training us to deal with different
3- What success stories can you share after graduation? personalities. We had to do many group-projects, many reports,
I found myself always worth noticing among my peers. This is and many extra-curricular events where we had to deal with
largely due to the excellent education I got. I was chosen as a various personalities. This was excellent idea generator on how
coordinator of English and Humanities merely 2 years after to work within a team.
teaching. I was always told I was a star teacher with admirable
teaching methods. I owe it truly to being specifically trained to 6-Do you recommend the PSU Applied Linguistics program to
do just that in PSU. We had courses that were of magnificent help others? Why?

Global Media ParticiPatory
exPerience at the colleGe of
huManities:@draw your sPirit

Department of Linguistics:
Jawaher Abdulaziz, Najla Al Ajmi, Rania Al Senany, Malaq Alqahtani (& baby Rima)

One of the learning concepts unique reflections of being a student
incorporated in the study of global at PSU. This step achieves the level
media is to create a participatory culture of audience immersion in a social/
for maximum audience engagement. emotional experience.
It is one of the components of current Students are truly motivated to learn
techniques utilized to enhance various that their paintings would constitute a
media messages ranging from raising wall of self-expression: their own mark in
awareness to branding. The requirements the place where they had spent the best
of designing a participatory event years of their lives. The activity goes a step
involved advertising for the event around further with a social media publication to
campus, then providing paint and canvas enhance the event of social collaboration
for students to express their experience with maximum media exposure. If you
at university, PSU. want to “participate” in this unique
It is at this stage that participants share experience, just follow us on Instagram
a social experience as each paints her @DRAW.YOUR.SPIRIT