Working with University Students for more than twenty years (From 2004 to 2024---)

CURRENT POSITION/EDUCATION:

·       PhD in  Linguistics – English Phonetics and Phonology

Zagazig University (Egypt) and School of English Language, Literature, and Linguistics

Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K.

·       Demonstrator at English Department /Zagazig University/ Egypt since 2004.

My responsibilities include teaching four skills of English: writing, reading, listening and speaking as well as delivering TOEFL courses.

·       From 2007 until 2012, I worked as teaching assistant at English Department of Faculty of Arts Zagazig University / Egypt, teaching English as a second language to students of different faculties such as faculty of Arts, Education, Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering.

·       In my Faculty of Arts, I used to teach the course entitled English Phonetics and Phonology to the students of English department. The course comprises the phonetics and the phonological aspects of English. Elementary concepts of different phonological theories are introduced to the students with main focus on English phonology besides individual characteristics of different language including Arabic.

·       I worked as assistant professor at English Department of Faculty of Arts Zagazig University / Egypt.

·       I worked as the head of English Department -Jeddah branch -FLS Arab Open University / Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) (2018- until 16-1-2020)

·       Now I am working as assistant professor at English Department of FLS Arab Open University / Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

My teaching experience is extended over twenty years from 2004 until 2024. I worked as (1) Demonstrator (from 2004-2010), (2)Teaching assistant (from 2010-2016), (3)Assistant professor (2016-till 2017)  at English Department of Faculty of Arts/ Zagazig University / Egypt, teaching English as a second language to the students as well as delivering various courses of Linguistics such as Applied Linguistics, English Phonetics and Phonology, Translation, Stylistics, and Syntax.

I worked as the head of English Department -Jeddah branch -FLS Arab Open University / Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) (2018- until 16-1-2020)

Now (2024) I am working as assistant professor at English Department of Faculty of Arts Arab Open University / Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). I teach various courses such as: English Grammar in Context (E303 A), E304 A and B, and Worlds of English (U214 A and U214B ).

PUBLICATIONS  AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

Helal, S. M. (2025). Unraveling Language in Literature: Narrative Sentence Parsing of the ‘Throng of Bearded Men’ and Its Literary Translation. Forum for Linguistic Studies, 7(4), 751–770.  Published Online: 14 April 2025. https://doi.org/10.30564/fls.v7i4.8995

Sonbul, S., Helal, S. M., Alharbi, R., & El-Dakhs, D. A. S. (2025). “White and black” or “black and white”? Determinants of the natural rendering of binomials in translation tasks. Babel. Published online: 9 May 2025. https://doi.org/10.1075/babel.24224.son

Helal, S. (2024). A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Selected Caricature Images Associated with Artificial Intelligence Technology. CALR Linguistic Journal, 1(15), 1–32. https://doi.org/10.60149/XOPL6668

Helal, Shaimaa & Mahdi, Hassan & Thabet, Mustafa. (2024). Captioning for Clarity: Mastering Stress with Word-Based vs. Phonetic Video Transcriptions. Forum for Linguistic Studies. 6. 82-96. 10.30564/fls.v6i4.6779.

Younis, N., Yacoub, R., & Helal, S. (2024). An Eco-Translatology Approach to Analyzing the English and Arabic Translations of Pamuk's My Name is Red. British Journal of Translation, Linguistics and Literature, 4(2), 34-52. https://journals.ukbrighthorizons.co.uk/index.php/bjtll/issue/view/12/25

Helal, S. (2014). Stress in English: prosodic and rhythmic complexity for Arab learners.      Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech. Concordia Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 5, 2013 © 2013 COPAL. Canada.

Helal, S., (2019). GRAMMATICAL FEATURES AND THEIR RELATIONS TO THE REVELATION OF MEANING IN HAWTHORNE'S THE SCARLET LETTER WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE PURITANS' NARRATIVE SENTENCES. IISES International Academic Conference, Paris

Helal, S. (2014). Stress in English: prosodic and rhythmic complexity for Arab learners. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech. Concordia Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 5, 2013 © 2013 COPAL. Canada.

Helal, S. (2013a). Stress in English. Paper presented at University of St. Andrews postgraduate linguistics Conference, UK.

Helal, S. (2013b). Stress in English: prosodic and rhythmic complexity for Arab learners. Paper presented at The 8th Newcastle Upon Tyne Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics on Friday 5th of April 2013, UK.

Helal, S. (2013c). Stress in English: prosodic and rhythmic complexity for Arab learners. paper presented  at New sounds 2013 conference at Concordia University, Canada.

Helal, S. (2013d). Form and content in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet letter: A stylistic study of Dimmesdale’s narrative sentences. US-China Foreign Language, ISSN1539-8080, USA & Sino-US English Teaching, ISSN1539-8072, USA.

Selected Conference Presentations