General goals of teaching English in Saudi Arabia:

1- To contribute the student's intellectual, personal and professional growth.

2- To enable student to acquire basic language skills ( listening, speaking, reading, and writing ).

3- To develop student's awareness of the importance of English as a means of international communication.

4- To develop student's positive attitudes towards learning English.

5- To enable student's to acquire the necessary linguistic competence required in various life situations.

6- To enable student to acquire the linguistic competence required in different professions.

7- To develop student's awareness about the cultural, economic, and social issues of his society and prepare him to participate in their solutions.