Dr. Arif Ahmed Al-Ahdal, born in Yemen in 1982, is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, College of Sciences and Arts, Methnab, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. Though his vocation is teaching, Dr. Al-Ahdal is an established poet and writer. He has to his credit two bi-lingual poetry collections, To Yemen with Love and Joys and Sorrows, published in Yemen in 2010 and a reference book " PREPARING EFL TEACHERS FOR TOMORROW: OPENING NEW VISTAS IN TEACHER DEVELOPMENT WITH INSET, published in Germany in 2015, apart from nearly 35 research papers published in Internationally Scientific Indexed Journals. He also gained cross-cultural teaching experience from three countries: Yemen, India and Saudi Arabia. With such diverse exposure, he has examined umpteen PhD Theses and is currently Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Translation and Language Studies, Kuwait; a Monograph Editor in Sage Open Journals, America; Associate Editor, International Journal of Language and Literary Studies, Italy; Board Member of ELT Journal, Canada, Arab World English Journal, Malaysia, International Journal of English and Literary Studies, Australia and Journal of ELT and Applied Linguistics, India, Asian EFL JOURNAL, United Kingdom, among others. He is also a freelance trainer and certified IELTS Examiner.