Her speech is entitled:
THE UNSPOKEN HEROES
Nadia Touba is currently the co-coordinator of the Teaching Program in the Faculty of Languages & Translation – Pharos University. She worked as a professor of English Language Methodology at Alexandria University for most of her professional career. She also worked with USAID on several education projects in cooperation with the Ministry of Education in Egypt. She was the Director of the English Studies Division at the American University in Cairo and Director of the Nile Egyptian Schools project which is in partnership with Cambridge International Examinations CIE creating the first Egyptian International Certificate of Education. She has played the leadership role in several high-level projects in Egypt like developing education standards, developing and implementing the first Egyptian standardized tests for teacher placement in the Egyptian Teachers’ Cadre and she led the development of the first Egyptian standards-based textbook to introduce the teaching of English to very young learners. She has travelled as a visiting professor to Michigan State University and Lamar University in Texas. She worked as a consultant with English Testing Services (ETS) at Princeton University. She is a consultant for the Commission for Academic Accreditation in the Emirates. Nadia has also widely published research and has co-authored a variety of books on English language teacher training, curricula and testing.
Nadia Touba is currently the co-coordinator of the Teaching Program in the Faculty of Languages & Translation – Pharos University in Alexandria. She worked as a professor of English Language Methodology at Alexandria University for most of her professional career. She has worked on a variety of national education projects.