Sarab Al Ani
BA 1998, MSc 2004, University of Baghdad,
MA 2005, Mercyhurst University,
MEd 2018, Columbia University
Sarab Al Ani has been teaching Arabic at Yale University since 2009. She is an author of reading materials for learners of Arabic as a foreign language. She is a writer and blogger on issues of foreign language pedagogy, theory, and practice. In addition to teacher training, her current professional interests focus on, using technology for language teaching, overcoming challenges that face students of Arabic in the U.S. She has also offered courses on Second Language Teaching and Learning at Yale. Sarab is an active full certified tester and rater in Arabic with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) for both the OPI, ILR as well as the AAPLL tests.