He has been teaching English since 1987 and taught in the UK, Nepal and Thailand prior to coming to Japan. His main interests are in teacher-training, materials development and curriculum design. Professor Jamall has authored several textbooks as well as serving as Series Editor for a three-level listening series. He has been active in teacher training in Japan for many years and is one of the anchor trainers on the ETJ teacher-training course sponsored by Oxford University Press and David English House. In addition, Professor Jamall has been a tutor on the Royal Society of Arts Diploma in language teaching. He regularly gives presentations overseas and has served as plenary speaker on two occasions.