Sultan Qaboos University, General Foundation Program Quality Audit, Mar 2019
 
Dr Badriya Al Farsi
 
Dr. Badriya Al Farsi is Assistant Professor within the University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Ibri. I had my PhD degree from University of Southampton (UK, the Psychology School), where I closely worked with Prof. Simon Liversedge (Experimental Psychology) on my research (the earliest effects of semantics on lexical processing during normal reading) using eye movements methodology. I was published in one of the University of Cambridge Press journals, Applied Psycholinguistics (impact factor 2019 is 1.412). Al Farsi, B. H. (2018). Word meaning in word identification during reading: Co-occurrence- based semantic neighborhood density effects. Applied Psycholinguistics, 39(5), 779- 809. doi: 10.1017/S0142716417000583 My broad research interests are lexical processing and semantic processing during reading and computational modelling (Cognitive Psychology, and topics related to Applied Psycholinguistics.

 
Dr. Marion Engin Heron
 
Marion Engin has been teaching English and training English teachers for more than 24 years.She has taught in secondary and tertiary organisations, and has been involved in training teachers at all levels. She worked for 20 years in Turkey as a teacher and trainer, and is currently working in the Department of Languages, Zayed University. She holds an Ed.D from the University of Bath, UK.
 
Mr. Paul Hilder
 
Paul Hilder has been working in international education for over 30 years, with a focus on English language training and UK qualifications. This includes 22 years with the British Council, most recently as Country Director in Oman, where he also led on the British Council’s implementation of the UK’s Gulf Strategy across the six GCC countries. He has also worked in Sri Lanka, the Czech Republic, Azerbaijan, Romania, Argentina and Venezuela, and has over 20 years’ experience in the quality review of international teaching and examinations operations. He has an MA in Mathematics from Oxford University.
 
Dr Suleiman Salem Al-Husseini
 
Dr Suleiman Salem Nasser Al-Husseini earned his PhD in TESOL in 2004 from The University of Leeds, UK, and M.Ed.in the same filed from the same university in 1999. In 1994, he got his B. Ed from Sultan Qaboos University. In 1989, he earned Diploma in Ed Intermediate Teacher Training College from Salalah Ministry of Education.  Dr Suleiman was a Lecturer of English and Deputy Head of English Language Centre in Ibra College of Technology in Ministry of Manpower from 1/9/1996 to 1/05/2006. He works as Director of the English Language Centre in Nizwa College of Technology in Ministry of Manpower from 1/05/2006 to 29/01/2007. In 29/01/2007 to 30/12/2008, he moved to Directorate General of Technological Education, Ministry of Manpower to work there as Expert of English Language teaching. After that, he become the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and English Lecturer in Ibri College of Technology, Ministry of Manpower from 31/12/2007 to September 2009. In the period from 1st September 2009 to 9th September 2013, Dr Suleiman holds the position of Director of the Foundation Institute in University of Nizwa. Currently, he is a Fulltime Researcher in Al Khalil bin Ahamed Al Frahidi Centre, University of Nizwa.