Community Service

Semester: 2018 Spring

The main objective of our Department is to prepare the Sultanate's future English teachers. Therefore, our students are always approached both as learners and future teachers. However, since we are aware that many of our graduates will not work in schools but in a ministry, the armed forces, the police, a translation office, or a business, the program will seek to equip our with the necessary knowledge base and skills peculiar to the study of linguistics, the English language, educational studies and policy, English teaching, translation, and research.

The program has five constitutive dimensions, which are then translated into curricular and instructional components such as objectives, courses, activities, and assessment.

1. Education: General and applied

2. English expertise: Language and literature

3. Cognitive and enterprising skills: Study skills, creativity, and innovation

4. Research-based and lifelong learning: Action research and project work

5. School and community orientation: Teaching practicum, curriculum development, and extracurricular service