Akbarova Saida

INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION

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Education Information

• 1996 - 1999 BA Translator (English and German)

  Department of Translation, The Uzbek State World Languages University

• 1999 - 2001 MA Translator-Referent

  Department of English Philology and Translation, the Uzbek State World Languages University

• 2002 - 2005 PhD in Linguistics

  the Uzbek State World Languages University

• 2007 - 2008 Postgraduate Certificate of Special Studies in Teaching and Learning

  Westminster International University in Tashkent

• 2008 - 2010 MEd Educational Leadership

  Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies, Georgia Southern University, USA

Dissertation

• EMI, EAP, Teacher Effectiveness, Second Language Acquisition, Assessment

• Akbarova, S. and Makovskaya, L. (2017). Soft Skills for Report Writing. Teaching Times the international teaching magazine of TESOL France.
  Articles published in International Journals

  https://view.publitas.com/esl-incorporated/tesol_france_issue_80_autumn_2017_public/page/2-3

• Akbarova, S. (2017). Motivating first-year students to acquire academic language. Humanizing Language Teaching, 2.
  Articles published in International Journals

  http://old.hltmag.co.uk/apr17/sart04.htm

• Akbarova, S. (2017). Interactive activities for teaching figurative language. Humanizing Language Teaching, 2.
  Articles published in International Journals

  http://old.hltmag.co.uk/apr17/less01.htm

• Maurer, T., Sturges, D., Shankar, P., Allen, D., Akbarova, S. (2010). A faculty learning community on the scholarship of teaching & learning: a case study. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 4(2) July 2010.
  Articles published in International Journals

  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1228&context=ij-sotl

• Sturges, D., Maurer, T., Shankar, P., Akbarova, S., Allen, D. (2010). Student-faculty perceptions of group work. Academic Disciplines International Journal of Arts and Sciences.
  Articles published in International Journals

  https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ecology-facpres/546/

• Akbarova. S. (2020). Academic English - enhancing group work with Google Docs and Padlet on the LMS.
  Articles published in Local Journals

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s5oiGTSWqJgdJPN0Tr-pJXBXC0gQzeD2/view

• Akbarova, S. (2019). Blogging in teaching Academic English. Active Learning and Teaching of Foreign Languages in Uzbekistan, 3(16), OAK 2607 Philology, ISSN 2181-9343, 10-13
  Articles published in Local Journals

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-jMhm3K8WYKVrahzCpNab1z52eT35WTc/view

• Akbarova, S. (2017). This is how I use Turn-it-in feedback studio. Active Learning and Teaching of Foreign Languages in Uzbekistan, 1(6), 22-24.
  Articles published in Local Journals

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jNfWM9J5J9R84BubUuor1kYCsPkNibKX/view

• Akbarova, S. and Arfa-Kaboodvand, M. (2021). Teacher Evaluation: Research-based Teacher Rating Form. ALT FL in Uzbekistan Volume 24, December 2021.
  Articles published in Local Journals

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L3kroxW8s5EmV0Xe2k7O3Ww3vYRJJIKQ/view

• Arfa-Kaboodvand, M. and Akbarova, S. (2023). Designing Research-Based Teacher-Appraisal Forms: A Case of Effective EAP Lecturers in Uzbekistan. International Journal of Language Education, 7(2) ISSN: 2548-8457 (Print) 2548-8465 (Online) pp. 212-226
  Articles published in International Journals

  https://doi.org/10.26858/ijole.v7i2.23467

• Arfa-Kaboodvand, M., Rajabzade, S., Makovskaya, L., and Akbarova, S. (2024). Academics in International Branch Campuses’ Perceptions of Professional Development and Distance Education in Enhancing their Capacity. Teacher Education through Flexible Learning in Africa. (TETFLE). Volume 5. https://doi.org/10.35293/tetfle.v5i1
  Articles published in International Journals

  https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/tetfle/article/view/4540

• From language to skills development: deconstructing EAP in a transnational university. BALEAP Journal of Research and Practice, vol. 1, no. 1, Apr. 2025, pp. 140-8
  Articles published in International Journals

  https://doi.org/10.31273/baleapjrp.v1.n1.1889

Supported Projects

• 2017 - 2017 Soft skills for report writing.

  Akbarova, S. and Makovskaya, L. received travel grant for the Annual International Colloquium: Language Connects People, TESOL France, Paris, 17-19 November 2017.

Grant proposals

• 2020 - 2020 Designing an Effective and Research-based Teacher Appraisal Form for WIUT (2020)

  project team: Akbarova, S., Arfa-Kaboodvand, M. and Smagina, O.

• 2021 - 2021 Improving Assessment for Learning Practice at WIUT (2021)

  UoW and WIUT Research Collaboration Fund - project team: Prof. Lamb, T., Mukhammedov, E. and Akbarova, S.

• 2022 - 2022 Classroom research and writing for publishing (2022)

  Training and Materials Development Project - project team: Mandana Arfa-Kaboodvand, Saida Akbarova, Saida Rajabzade, Liliya Makovskaya

• 2023 - 2023 C5+O.N.E project in partnership with Pennsylvania State University (2023)

  The proposed project aimed at improving the quality of English language instruction for diverse audiences across Central Asia by expanding the pool of qualified and motivated early-career teachers. Project team: Isamuxamedova N., Mukhammedov E., Holmatov A., Akbarova S., Radjabzade S., Isakov Kh., Kurbaniyazov I., Akhmedova F. ​

• 2023 - 2024 Erasmus Capacity Building

  Inclusive Teaching – raising awareness, project team: Isamuxamedova N., Babakhodjaeva L., Holmatov A., Volkova E., Aripova E., Ziryanova R., Akbarova S., Kamilova G., Dildora T., Shavkieva M., Jain G.

Activities in Scientific Journals

• 2018 Active Learning and Teaching of Foreign Languages in Uzbekistan

  A member of the Editorial Board (2018-2022)

Scientific Consultation

• 2020 International Conference on Education and Linguistics (ICEL) and Exhibitions

  Scientific Committee member of the ICEL and Exhibitions, Westminster International University in Tashkent (2020 - present)

• 2021 ESN project English Speaking Nation Consultant, the American Councils for International Education, Uzbekistan

  Served as a consultant and the ESN Coach for the American Councils; participated in the interviews and trainings; observed and gave feedback to English teachers and ESN teacher-trainers from 2021 up to 2024. English Speaking Nation: Secondary Teacher Training (ESN:STT) was a three-year program of the Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan and implemented by American Councils for International Education in close cooperation with the Ministry of Public Education (MoPE) that offered an integrated professional development opportunity for English language teacher trainers and secondary school English language teachers in Uzbekistan. ESN improved student skills and knowledge of English by preparing more than 15,000 secondary school English teachers and over 1,000 teacher trainers to use teaching and in-service training practices that improved student language learning.

• 2019 UNSDCF Consultant

  assisted in running the consultations

Invited Congress & Symposium Activities

• 2020 Certificate of Honor for “Excellent services and dedication to profession”

  issued by the Ministry of Higher and Secondary -Specialized Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan

• 2011 1st place at WIUT Learning and Teaching Symposium

  Akbarova, S. (2011). Mini-сonference as a way to help first years to acquire academic language and to avoid plagiarism. 10th Annual Westminster Learning and Teaching Symposium, University of Westminster, London, 19 July 2011, Cavendish, London, UK .8.

• 2020 3rd place at WIUT Teaching and Learning Symposium

  Akbarova, S. (2020). Enhancing Group Work Using Google Docs with the LMS, WIUT Symposium “How to creatively enable online teaching & learning - Teaching and Learning Symposium” June, 2020.

Citations

Saida Akbarova Resume_2021.pdf