Yehia Al-Sohbani is a Professor of Applied Linguistics at Arab Open University, Faculty of language studies, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Yehia worked as a teacher educator at the Department of
English, Faculty of Education, Sana’a University and Ibb University, Yemen. He worked as a visiting Assistant
Professor and Head of the TEFL department at Ajman University of Science and Technology in the UAE. He has
published a number of papers on reading strategies, teaching reading, teaching listening, translation, attitudes and
motivation in learning English as a foreign language and other factors affecting learning and teaching English.
I have been teaching for 23 years after I got PhD.
Currently I teach the following courses:
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-Functional
Linguistics, Exploring English Grammar (part A & B)
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-World
English (U214B)
-EL118
-LAS400
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Dec. 2018-Present
Professor, Faculty of Language Studies, Arab Open University, Riyadh, KSA.
2015-2018. Professor, Dept. of English, Faculty of
Arts, Ibb University, Yemen
2015-2017 Professor,
Dept. of English and Translation, University of Science &Technology,
Yemen.
2015-2016 Professor, MA in English Language
Studies and Literature, Alandalus University
for Science & Technology, Yemen.
2010 – 2015 Associate Professor, Dept. of English,
Faculty of Arts, Ibb University, Yemen.
2011-2015 Associate Professor, English Dept. and
Translation, University of Science
&Technology, Yemen.
2008-2010 Assistant Professor, Dept. of English,
College of Arts, Ibb University, Yemen.
2000-2008 Assistant Professor, Dept. of TEFL,
Faculty of education, Ajman University
of Science &
Technology, UAE.
1997-2000 Assistant Professor, Dept. of English,
faculty of Education and Faculty of
Arts, Ibb
University, Yemen.
1996-1997 Regional marker for English Management
Module English Canadian Open
Learning Agency, APTECH, India.
1990-1991 Researcher, Educational Research and
Development Centre, Sana’a.
1991-1993 Lecturer, Dept. of English, Faculty of
Education, Sana'a University.
Summer, 1993 TEFL Trainer and practicum supervisor,
US Peace Corps, Sana'a, Yemen.
1986-1987 English Language Teacher, Ministry of
Education, Sana'a, Yemen.
Works
published, other than Master’s and PhD theses, after obtaining last degree.
- Al-Sohbani,
Y. A. (2000). Teaching listening skills integratively with limited
resources'. The University Researcher Journal, University of Ibb, Yemen,
2,168-210.
2.
Al-Sohbani, Y.
A. (2007). Ajman University Students' Assessment of the Career Development Agency
& Alumni Association: an empirical study. Unpublished paper, Ajman University.
UAE.
- Al-Sohbani,
Y. A. (2009). Language Learning Strategy Use by Arab Gulf Female TEFL
Students, The University Researcher
Journal, University
of Ibb, Yemen,
21, 37-52.
- Al-Sohbani,
Y. A. (2011). Factors Affecting
the Teaching of Listening in United Arab Emirates Public Schools". Journal
of Humanities Studies, Sharjah University, 8 (2), 1-25.
- Al-Sohbani,
Y. A. (2012). Prospective EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of the Teaching
Practice Experience at AUST . AWEJ, 3
(4), 195-213.
6. Shormani, M. & Al-Sohbani Y. A. (2012). Semantic Errors Committed by Yemeni University Learners: Classifications
and Sources. International Journal of English Linguistics, 2 (6),
122-139.
7. Al-Sohbani, Y. A. (2013). Metacognitive
Reading Strategies Use by Yemeni EFL Undergraduate University Students. Frontiers
of Language and Teaching, 4, 121-133.
8.
Al-Sohbani,
Y. A. & Muthana, A. (2013). Challenges of Arabic-English Translation: The
Need for Re-Systematic Curriculum and Methodology Reforms in Yemen. Academic
Research International, 4 (4), 42-50.
9.
Al-Sohbani,
Y. A. (2013). An Exploration of English Language Teaching Pedagogy in Secondary
Yemeni Education: A Case Study. International Journal of English Language
& Translation Studies, 1, (3), 41-57.
10.
Al-Sohbani,
Y. A.(2014). A Proposed Framework for Teaching Reading
Integratively. Journal of Teaching and Teacher
Education, 2 (1), 69-76.
11.
Al-Sohbani,
Y. A. (2015).The Role of Attitudes and Motivation in Learning English as a
Foreign Language Among Yemeni Rural Secondary School Students. Journal of
Teaching and Teacher Education, 1 (3), 33-42.
12.
Shormani,
M. & Al-Sohbani Y. A. (2015). Phonological
Transfer and Universal Grammar: Evidence from Arabic. Journal
of Teaching and Teacher Education. 3(2),
29-159.
13.
Al-Sohbani, Y.
A. (2016). An
Investigation of the Reasons Behind the Weaknesses in English Among Public
Secondary School Leavers, Journal
of Teaching and Teacher Education, 4(1),
41-51.
14. Shormani, M. & Al-Sohbani Y. A. (2018). 'Chapter 20- Yemen'. In Weber, Alan S. & Hamlaoui, S. (Eds). E-Learning
in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region. Switzerland: Springer
International Publishing. pp.434-451.
15. Al-Sohbani, Y. (2018). Foreign Language Reading Anxiety among
Yemeni Secondary School Students. International Journal of English Language
& Translation Studies. 6(1).57-65.
16. Al-Sohbani,
Y. (2018). Language Learning Strategy Use by Turkish International School
Students in Yemen. Journal of
Teaching and Teacher Education, 6(2), 96-106.
17. Zrekat, Y., & Sohbani, Y.A. (2022). Arab EFL
University learners’ perceptions of the factors hindering them to speak English
fluently. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 18(1), 775-790. Doi:
10.52462/jlls.219
18 . Al-Sohbani, Y & Zrekat, Y (2023). Motivation To Speak English Language Among Arab EFL Students At Jerash
University, Jordan. Journal
of Namibian Studies: History Politics Culture 33, 6207-6221.
19.
Salim, B. Elkahlout GR, and Al-Sohbani
(2023). Factors Affecting Arab Open University (AOU) Students’ Low Accumulative
Gpas. Journal
of Namibian Studies: History Politics Culture 33, 6049-6076
20. Zrekat, Y., Mahdi, H., Al-Sohbani,
Y.A. and A.Galil, S. (2024). Beyond Age and
Gender: The Hidden Factors Shaping Student Participation in Online Classes
versus Face-to-face. Forthcoming.
