Mohammad AlSaffar

Instructor - IEP

Mr. Mohammad Al-Saffar is a full-time Instructor in the Intensive English Program. He joined the American University of Kuwait in September 2019. He holds a master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Queen’s University Belfast in the United Kingdom. He is CELTA qualified from Cambridge University. He holds a teaching certificate in teaching young learners from Trinity College London. He has been an English language educator for 10 years; he began his career at Kuwait’s Ministry of Education. He taught English at the British Council and Kuwait University. Mr. Mohammad’s professional interests include corrective feedback, learner autonomy, classroom management, and group dynamics. As such, he has given presentations and workshops on learner autonomy and corrective feedback to colleagues at Kuwait University and different language departments in the Ministry of Education’s schools. Mr. Al-Saffar holds memberships in several professional associations, including the English Language teaching Professional Network, British Council, TESOL Kuwait, and TEFL Kuwait.