My name is Paul Freeman. I’m from London, England. I took a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science at the University of Hertfordshire, did my CELTA at Hastings, and have a master’s degree in Creative Writing from Warnborough College. I have taught English (general English and English for special purposes) all over the Middle East and Africa, in Sudan, Kuwait, Egypt, …
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John McCormack
Following secondary schooling as a youngster in Ireland, I went on to my first work experience in a factory producing industrial computer equipment. There I spent eight years working in the areas of storage, materials management, supply and purchasing. I discovered that living and doing day-to-day in the factory environment was, in itself, the best teacher in hands-on experience and …
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Adrian is an English teacher. He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at University College, Oxford and then did two years at law school and two years as a trainee solicitor with the Crown Prosecution Service before working as a prosecutor for another two years. He lectured at the University of Wolverhampton, Aberystwyth University and the Inns of Court School of …
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Although I am still at the very beginning of my professional career since I only graduated from university in July 2022, I have had experience in different fields of work ranging from teaching English at two different language centres, to working as a marketing agent at BMCI. I acquired my baccalaureate in 2017. I got a scholarship to study Environment …
Read More »MOULOUD HAFED
Mr. MOULOUD Hafed is a graduate from Paris I-Sorbonne University. Before taking on the position of French Teacher at HIE in 2021, he had acquired solid experience in teaching French as a Second Language (FSL). Between 2015 and 2021 he taught French at the Lycée du Sahel, then at the Alliance Française of Nouakchott and at the ENAJM (the National …
Read More »Yacoub Dahah
My name is Yacoub Dahah. My education and career journeys can both be best described as diverse. I have studied different things and worked in diverse fields. Educationwise, after getting my Baccalaureat, I ended up doing a Licence in English studies at the University of Nouakchott because that’s what the Ministry of Higher Education decided I should do! However, I …
Read More »Mouhiyidine Bache
Mouhiyidine is trained in accounting, management, and international development. He holds a B.COM from the Faculty of Commerce in Egypt at Aïn-shams University (ASU), an MBA from the Graduate School of International Management at International University of Japan (IUJ), and a Master of International Development Policy degree from Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, where he had a …
Read More »Yahya Ba
Yahya has extensive experience with adult learners as he trained newly appointed teachers in Doha, Qatar, for many years. Yahya also worked with Peace Corps, Mauritania, as a teacher trainer. In 1995, he taught at Nouakchott University, a Module on ‘Dissertation Writing’ to 4th year students. A year prior to that, Yahya taught at the ‘Institut Superieur Scientifique (ISS) Nouakchott. …
Read More »Tim Bates
Tim studied for a degree in Russian language and literature and, after graduation, took a TESOL qualification. He first taught English to business clients in London and then worked in other countries, including Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Syria, Libya, Iraq and, most recently, Cambodia. The majority of his teaching work has been with adult learners in the oil and gas industry, …
Read More »Denba Bigué
Denba was born in 1996 in Nouadhibou, Mauritania. He studied English and French at the Higher Institute of Languages, Translation and Interpretation in Nouakchott and in 2018 he graduated with distinction with a BA in languages (English and French). Denba then travelled to Senegal where he attended the prestigious Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis and graduated with highest distinction with …
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