About the Program
The Bachelor's Program in English Language and Literature:
This program enhances the student's knowledge of English language and literature, and it develops the student's ability to apply this knowledge effectively in the fieldwork. The program has three major aspects:
1. Advanced language skills including translation and writing.
2. Linguistics, a science which revolves around the nature of language, its history, and linguistic theories.
3. English and American literature including poetry, novels, and plays, in addition to their historical dimensions as well as literary theories and schools of Western and universal thoughts.
The program qualifies graduates to be employed in the following fields:
Teaching English for non-native speakers
Media
Basic written and translation sequential interpretation
Communication and information technology
Companies and banks using both languages: English and Arabic
Tourism and hospitality
Vision & Mission
Vision
Program vision:
Achieving excellence and quality in teaching English language and literature, keeping pace with scientific development in teaching English to non-native speakers, and improving the student's educational outcomes to enable him to build cognitive abilities and language skills that enable him to compete in the labor market.
Mission
Program mission:
Promoting knowledge related to the English language, literature and culture; disseminating and benefiting from it in obtaining knowledge and technology, encouraging the study of disciplines relevant to the English language.
Program Objectives
- BA in English Language and Literature
- Teaching students how to write and speak clearly, read perceptively, and think critically in English.
- Teaching students about the various English language patterns, sentence structures and dialogue forms; all of which can help them to communicate effectively with other native and non- native speakers of English.
- Teaching students about literary terms, genera, and figures.
- Teaching students about British and American literary and cultural tradition through their exposure to classical and modern English literary texts.
- Teaching students about historical traditions in British and American literature.
- Teaching students how to apply critical theory to literary texts.
- Teaching students how to recognize and comprehend different varieties of the English language.
- Teaching students and guiding them to understand the functions and the historical development of the English language.
Learning Outcomes
- Using the four language skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) communicatively.
- Translate different types of texts from Arabic into English and vice versa.
- Teaching English to non-native speakers.
- Analyzing English Literary Texts at various linguistic and Literary levels.
- Distinguishing between major literary and linguistic theories in the field of English language and literature.
- Being quite familiar with various substantial aspects of English Culture.
- Being able to satisfactorily communicate in two additional European languages
Advising Plan
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