Sarah MacDonald

Sarah MacDonald is a Canadian English teacher. She teaches in the Foundation Department at Sur University College in Sur, Oman. She has worked there since February, 2009. Courses she has taught include English Preparation Course 1, Technical English 1, English for Academic Purposes (Business) and Learning Methods. Prior to moving to Oman Sarah worked at BCM Language Center in Ulsan, South Korea. She taught conversation English to adults at elementary, intermediate and advanced levels. She enjoys teaching and wants to challenge and motivate her students to learn how to communicate in English.

Sarah has a Bachelor of Arts (High Honours) in International Cooperation and Conflict Studies with minors in Spanish and Political Studies from the University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon, Canada. It was an interdisciplinary major which included courses in International Studies, Political Studies, History, Spanish, Economics, Sociology and Geography. Much of her undergraduate research focused on the Middle East. Following her BA, Sarah moved to Ottawa, Canada, where she completed a Master of Journalism. Her major was print journalism. She studied newspaper, magazine and online writing, and took some courses in broadcast journalism and photojournalism as well. She also has a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate from the University of Saskatchewan.

Sarah has also worked as a journalist. She worked part-time and as a freelancer for two Canadian newspapers. She was also the Editor in Chief of the Korea Sun Magazine, an English-language travel and lifestyle magazine published in Ulsan, South Korea.

Sarah’s long-term career goal is to teach Middle Eastern politics and history at a university. In September 2009 was accepted at Durham University, England, to do a PhD in Middle Eastern Politics, but has deferred for a year so that she can spend more time in the Middle East.                                                                                                         more