Dr. Ahmad Qaroot

Dr. Ahmad Qaroot

Educational, Linguistic, and Training Sector

 

  • Professor and Academic Coordinator for the Flagship Arabic Program at Brigham Young University (BYU), USA.
  • Director of the Language Program at the Arabic Language Student Residence – Brigham Young University (BYU), USA.
  • Director of the STARTALK Intensive Summer Arabic Program at BYU, USA.
  • Member of Qatar Foundation – QatarDebate Center, Head of the Qatar Debate Club and Team – BYU.
  • Leader of award-winning teams for Best Non-Native Arabic Debaters, competing among 107 universities worldwide in Qatar and the United States.
  • Leader of the team ranked third among 47 debate teams in the United States.
  • Leader of teams ranked eleventh out of 96 teams in the International Debate Championship in Doha, Qatar.
  • Arabic Language Program Coordinator at the French Institute of the Near East (IFPO) – Beirut.
  • Honorary Professor at the French Institute of the Near East (IFPO) – Damascus, Syria, and Lebanon (1992-2018).
  • Trainer for Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) exams under ACTFL standards by the American National Language Center.
  • Participant in the project for developing Arabic language teaching methodologies at BYU, USA.