Faculty & Staff

Narine Avtandilyan is an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Lecturer in the International Foundation Year programme at University Foundation College. She was awarded a master’s degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) from AUA with the University of California, USA and is a certified EAP Senior Lecturer by SOAS University of London.

Narine is a seasoned educator teaching at EAP, ESP, diploma and undergraduate programmes in the Arabian Gulf countries for over a decade. She has presented various research papers and practical workshops at local and international conferences. Nara has served the TESOL International Association and TESOL Arabia for many years and is a Past TESOL Kuwait Programme Chair (2016-2017). Her most popular papers “Artificial Intelligence in Education: Panacea or Pandora’s Box”, “Instructional Illuminators: Scoring Rubrics for Speaking Skills”, “Learning by Doing: Project-based Learning” and “Education in New Era: Modern Teaching Methods” have been published in TESOL Quarterly, USA and Proceedings of TESOL Arabia Conference.

Nara has a special interest in research, professional development, and educational technology.