Central Research & Conference Committee, CPS

Central Research & Conference Committee

Provide consultations and guidance for CPS faculty working on research.
Enhance CPS teachers research skills by providing workshops on research and its research methodology and design.
Raise awareness about the available resources for research (e.g. electronic databases, newsletters, books and funding).
Facilitate the exchange of ideas and experience amongst potential researchers from within and outside the university through research symposiums, workshops and networking events.
Disseminate the outcomes of CPS based research by supporting the faculty to present in conferences and publish in journals.

Ahoud Al Hattali ahoudsk@squ.edu.om (Standing Member)

Dr. Mohsen Pornour mohsenpn@squ.edu.om

Dr. Saleh Arizavi arizavi@squ.edu.om

Dr. Nauman Ahmed nauman@squ.edu.om

Dr. Farah Bahrouni bahrouni@squ.edu.om

Dr. Jamila Al-Siyabi jamilas@squ.edu.om

Sawsen Abdalgader sawsen@squ.edu.om

Yazdan Choubsaz y.choubsaz@squ.edu.om

Policy Documents

Research Support

The CPS newsletter is the newsletter of the Center for Preparatory Studies, Sultan Qaboos University, and is for internal circulation in the Center for Preparatory Studies only.

CPS Researchers

Mohammad Hadra

Dr. Farah Bahrouni

Jokha Khalifa Al Hosni

Amita Sanghavi

Yazdan Choubsaz

Dr. Victoria Tuzlukova

Tuzun Ergun Yuzer

Ndrew Allmark

Munira Al Wahaibi

Hranush Ginosyan

Gennady Medvedev

Name	Mohammad Hadra
Email	m.hadra@squ.edu.om
Qualification (educational level)	M.Sc. in computer science
Department	Math and IT
Office number	2057
Office extension	6128
Research Profile

Name	Farah Bahrouni
Email	bahrouni@squ.edu.om
Qualification (educational level)	PhD Applied Linguistics
Department	CPS
Office number	1010
Office extension	2124
Research Profile

Name	Jokha Khalifa Al Hosni
Email	alhosnij@squ.edu.om
Qualification (educational level)	MS in Curriculum and Instruction, Purdue University, USA
Department	English for sciences
Research interests	Curriculum design, assessment and blended learning
Membership	Member of the Curriculum Unit (Spring 2014- Fall 2015) Standing member of the Central Professional Development and Academic Support Committee (Spring 2016- Fall 2019) Member of the Assessment Unit (Spring 2020- present)
Office number	1015
Office extension	2125
Research Profile

Name	Amita Sanghavi
Email	amita@squ.edu.om
Qualification (educational level)	B.A, M.A English Literature, M.Phil English Languge and Literature, M.A. TESOL
Department	CPS
Office number	2025 A
Office extension	2177
Research Profile

Name	Yazdan Choubsaz
Email	y.choubsaz@squ.edu.om yazdanchoobsaz@gmail.com
Qualification (educational level)	Ph.D. Candidate in Applied Linguistics; TESOL Certificate holder
Department	English for Sciences
Research interests	Technology-mediated Language Instruction, Corpus Studies & Teacher Education
Memberships	EUROCALL (European Association of Computer Assisted Language Learning), Ulster University, Northern Ireland; TELLSI (Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran), Tehran, Iran; SQU ELT Conference Academic Committee, Muscat, Oman; ATILF (Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française – Computer Processing and Analysis of the French Language) affiliated with CNRS and University of Lorraine, France
Office number	54
Office extension:	2189
ORCID iD	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4916-5573
Websites, Social Links and other IDs	Scopus Author ID: 57218698006 AAH-2718-2019
Research Profile

Name:	Dr. Victoria Tuzlukova
Email:	victoria@squ.edu.om
Qualification (educational level):	PhD
Department:	English for Humanities
Research interests:	Applied linguistics, socio-cultural studies, language teaching and pedagogy
Memberships:	TESOL International
Office number:	1066
Office extension:
Research Profile

Name	Tuzun Ergun Yuzer
Email	t.yuzer@squ.edu.om
Qualification (educational level)	Master’s Degree
Department	CPS- Sciences
Research interests	Academic Writing, L1 interference in reading, speaking and writing, Using/integrating LMS in language learning, motivation issues in learning a language
Office number	1073
Office extension	2139
Research Profile

Name	Ndrew Allmark
Email	ndrew@squ.edu.om
Qualification (educational level)	MSc and MA
Department	Centre for Preparatory Studies
Research interests	Cross-linguistics Influences on Reading, Motivation
Memberships	BALEAP
Office number	1066
Office extension	2193
Research Profile

Name	Munira Khalifa Ali Al Wahaibi
Email	munirak@squ.edu.om
Qualification (educational level)	M.A. in TESOL from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Department	English for Sciences
Research interests	My research interests are learner autonomy, learner’s motivation, learning styles and the role of technology in English Language teaching and learning.
Memberships	A member of CPS Department of English for Sciences Curriculum Committee
Office number	55
Office extension	2854
Research Profile

Name	Hranush Ginosyan
Email	hranushg@squ.edu.om
Qualification (educational level)	MA TEFL
Department	English for Sciences
Research interests	learning styles and strategies, instructional design and transitional challenges, e-learning
Memberships	Qatar TESOL, ELT Professional Network (ELTPN): British Council, Oman, ELTeCS
Office number	2023
Office extension	2855
Research Profile

Name	Gennady Medvedev
Email	gennady@squ.edu.om
Qualification (educational level)	BA in Teaching English and German Ph.D. in Linguistics (Germanic Languages)
Department	English for Sciences, CPS (SQU)
Research interests	Germanic languages, TESOL, practical methodology, sociolinguistics, social studies, translation practice
Memberships	American Studies Center, Salzburg Seminar, AUSTRIA New York State TESOL Organization, USA (2017-2018)
Office number	1007
Office extension	2152
Research Profile