Title: Mapping out Low-Achievers’ Plights in Turbulent Times and its Remedial Measures in Virtual Classroom
Fariha Asif is a Teacher Trainer, Certified Mentor, researcher, International presenter and an English Language Instructor/Coordinator-Mentoring Committee at English Language Institute, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. She is a recipient of Emerging Scholar Award for two consecutive years (2018 & 2019). She has presented her research paper at the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK on 21-23 Mar 2018. She also has presented in Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching Conference at Zayed University, Dubai, U.A.E. on 8-10 March 2018. She has been honoured with a prestigious award of one-year Leadership Mentoring Program by TESOL Arabia 2017. She also has been selected as a Conference Ambassador for TACON2017. Furthermore, She has attended China-Europe Dialogue at Media Communication Studies Summer School, Switzerland in July 2016 and presented her research paper there. She has got Graduate Scholar Award-2015 for presenting her research paper in 13th International Conference of New Directions in Humanities at British Columbia University, Canada. In March 2014, she presented her research paper at Harvard University and Nevada University, USA. In July 2013, she attended 19th International Congress of Linguists, Geneva, Switzerland and met Father of Linguistics, Mr. Noam Chomsky there. This presentation will cover all the relevant issues about low performing learners and how to grapple with this issue in a judicious and sagacious manner.