Dr. Hala Ibrahim Gado

Dr. Hala Ibrahim Gado holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from Ain Shams University in Egypt. She has thirty years of experience teaching and researching. In addition to her work with Guidance College, Dr. Gado also teaches at the Islamic University of Minnesota and Defence School of Language (DFSL) in Australia. Previous to that, Dr. Gado taught Arabic at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Dr. Hala’s teaching philosophy is based on implementing engaging strategies and techniques through digitization and immersion learning. Dr. Hala notes that throughout the course of history, many cultures and languages have interacted with the Arabic language. Dr Hala believes that by incorporating important topics such as health, the environment, societal issues, and the arts, students are able to interact with the world around them in Arabic.