Dr. Dima Barkat
Educational, Linguistic, Training, and Entrepreneurial Sector
- Regional Director for the American Board Office in Syria.
- Resident Director, Academic Coordinator, and Practical Training Coordinator for the American Flagship Graduate Program in Arabic Language Learning at Damascus University, Syria.
- Official Examiner for Language Proficiency Assessment with the Language Testing International (LTI) in the USA.
- Certified Teacher Trainer by the Council for Arabic Language Teaching as a Foreign Language (CAFL) in the USA, Virginia.
- Curriculum Developer for Arabic as a Second Language programs at the University of Maryland, Yale University, University of Texas, Al-Maktoum College (UK), Zayed House for Islamic Culture, and the Ministry of Culture in the UAE.
- Developer of an Arabic language proficiency test covering reading, listening, and writing skills according to the U.S. government proficiency scale at King Saud University.
- Certified Trainer and Training Director by the Arab Trainers Union – Arab Economic Unity Council of the Arab League.
- Head of University Requirements Department at Al-Jazeera Private University.
- Director of the University Requirements Unit at the Syrian Private University.
- Faculty Member at various private universities in Syria.
- Academic Coordinator and Trainer for instructors in the Arabic as a Foreign Language Department at the Higher Institute for Languages, Damascus University.
- Instructor in the NFLP and AFIC American programs, the Danish Economic Program, specialized British programs (SOAS – Durham), and American and British diplomatic programs at the Higher Institute for Languages, Damascus University.
- Senior Member of the Arab Research Team on the Status and Future of the Arabic Language in the Arab World under the auspices of the UAE Ministry of Culture.
- Member of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).
- Board Member, Syrian Trainers Foundation.
- Member of the International Union for the Arabic Language, Beirut.