CURRICULUM VITAE

Name               Saidna Zulfiqar A. bin Tahir

Address           Air Salobar 03/04 Ambon

                        Maluku

                        Indonesia

Telephone        +62 822 50505033

E-mail              saidnazulfiqar@gmail.com

Date of birth   11 June 1974

Nationality      Indonesia

Sex                  Male

Marital status  Married

Education/Qualifications

1993-2006       Al-Azhar University of Cairo in Arabic Language and Literature obtained in 2006.

2010-2012       State University of Makassar, Master in English Education Department

2013-present   State University of Makassar, doctor candidate from English Education Department

Employment to Date/Work Experience

2006-2010       Lecturer at Institute of Islamic Study of Ambon, Indonesia

2008-2010       Instructor of English for nursing and midwifery at Poltekkes Kemenkes Maluku

2008-2010       Lecturer at FKIP of Darussalam University of Ambon

2009-present   Lecturer at University of Iqra Buru, Ambon, Indonesia

2012-2014       Lecturer at Alauddin Islamic State University of Makassar, Indonesia

Other Experience/Activities

1998-2004       Member of the Indonesian Association of Muslim Intellectual regional of Africa.

2012-present   Member of the Association of Middle East Intellectual Alumni.

2013-present   Member of International Linguistics Community online

2013-present   Member of the Asia TEFL.

2014                Presenter of the 12^th Asia TEFL international conference and 23^rd MELTA international conference. Borneo Convention Centre Sarawak, Malaysia.

2014                Presenter at the 11^th Asian EFL Journal International TESOL conference in Clark, Philippine.

2014                Presenter at 7^th ICT for Language Learning International Conference. Florence, Italy.

2014                Reviewer of American Journal of Educational Research

2015                Reviewer ofInternational Journal of Language Teaching Research (IJLTR)

2015                Reviewer of International Journal of Language and Applied Linguistics (IJLAL)

Languages      Indonesia: native speaker; Arabic: near native speaker; English: good; Dutch: basic.

Other Skills    Computer literate: Windows applications.

                        ICT in Language teaching.

Interests          Music, and meeting friends.

Publications

2008                Book: At-Taysiir Fi Ta’liim al-Lughah Al-Arabiyah, Jakarta; Pustaka Qalam.

2010                Book: A Stepping Stone toward Mastering English Grammar, Jakarta; Pustaka Qalam.

2010                Article: English Teaching Method at Pesantren IMMIM of Makassar, Jupiter-UNHAS, ISSN: 1693-5535 Vol. X No.1 2010.

2011                Article: Humor in “Bukan 4 Mata” Talk Show, Jupiter-UNHAS, ISSN: 1693-5535 Vol. IX No.4 Oktober 2011.

2011                Book Editor: “Ungkapan dan Uslub Bahasa Arab” By: Dr. Muhammad Amri, Lecturer of Tarbiyah & Education Faculty of UIN Alauddin Makassar, No ISBN: 978-602-99454-0-9, Qalam Media Pustaka Publisher; Jakarta, 2011.

2012                Book: Teaching English as World Language, Jakarta; Pustaka Qalam.

2013                Article: Improving Students’ Writing Skill through Facebook at University of Iqra Buru. ICT for Language Learning 7^th Edition.

2013                Article: Penggunaan Facebook untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Menulis Deskriptif pada FKIP Uniqbu. Prospek Journal Kopertis Wilayah IX Sulawesi. Volume. XV Edisi 1 Januari 2013.

2013                Book: Teaching Speaking through Yahoo Messenger, Jakarta; Pustaka Qalam.

2013                Book: Obat Penawar Galau (Painkillers of Confusion), Jakarta; Pustaka Qalam.

2014                Article: Multilingual Behaviour of Pesantren Immim’s Students of Makassar. 11^th Asian EFL Journal.

2015                Article: Improving Students’ Speaking Skill through Yahoo Messenger at University of Iqra Buru. International Journal of Language and Linguistics. Vol. 3, No. 3, 2015, pp. 174-181. doi:10.11648/j.ijll.20150303.20.

2015                Article: Students’ Speaking Skill through Voice Chat at University of Iqra Buru. Journal of Modern Education Review, ISSN 2155-7993, USA. March 2015, Volume 5, No. 3, pp. 296–306. Doi: 10.15341/jmer(2155-7993)/03.05.2015/009.

2015                Article: The Attitude of Santri and Ustadz Toward Multilingual Education at Pesantren. International Journal of Language and Linguistics. Vol. 3, No. 4, 2015, pp. 210-216. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20150304.13

References     Prof. Dr. Haryanto, Professor of English Educational Studies, Department of English, State University of Makassar, Indonesia.