Certificate awarded
Bachelor of Arts and Education
Major
English Language
Program outcomes
- Producing qualified professional English teachers
- Enhancing access for all who seek knowledge and continuous professional development
Program objectives
1. Engage with readings critically by evaluating the various contexts
2. Be aware of the stylistic conventions of academic writing.
3. Effectively summarize and analyze various texts while identifying and highlighting their main ideas and messages.
4. Analyze textual categories,text types,the history of writing, systems of writing.
5. Describe the properties of language as a sign system, functions of language, correlation of language and mentality,language and speech,language structure.
6. Describe quantitative,qualitative and mixed methods approaches to research.
7.Identify the components of a literature review process
Job Market
Teachers in primary, preparatory and secondary schools
Description
This TESOL program consists of eight semesters with a variety of courses offered by English departments in colleges of education .It aims at producing qualified professional English teachers and at enhancing access for all who seek knowledge and continuous professional development. The courses are offered through a flexible mode of teaching and learning. These courses integrate both theoretical and practical content which develops graduates' communicative competence,practical experience, critical thinking and creativity. Through this the graduates will be able to teach different English text books in Libyan primary, preparatory and secondary schools
Program content
Duration
8 Terms
General credits
39
Elective credits
0
Compulsory credits
99
Total credits
138
Subject code | Subject name | Credits | Subject type | Subject prerequisites |
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EN131 | Writing 1 | 3 | Compulsory | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of writing and basic skills in writing academic paragraphs,while introducing different rhetorical modes. By studying this course, the students will be able to write grammatically correct sentences, different parts and types of paragraphs etc. Above all, this course will develop their free-hand writing skill. |
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EN132 | Writing2 | 3 | Compulsory | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of writing and basic skills in writing academic paragraphs,while introducing different rhetorical modes.By studying this course,the students will be able to write grammatically correct sentences, different parts and types of paragraphs etc. Above all, this course will develop their free-hand writing skill |
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EN233 | Writing3 | 3 | Compulsory | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the writing skills in a graded way.It focuses on the content,structure,and organization of academic essays. Students work to correctly incorporate research in to essays. Advanced sentence structures,summarizing, paraphrasing,and proof-reading skills are addressed. By studying this course, the students will be able to upgrade skills in academic writing conventions and equip them with a firm understanding of the process of writing a research paper at the graduate level. Above all, this course will develop their free-hand writing skill. |
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EN234 | Creative writing | 2 | Compulsory | EN233 |
This course discusses where creative writing comes from,the various forms it has taken, and why we teach and learn the arts of creative nonfiction.It look sat creative writing in performance,as public art, as visual art,as literature and as an act of community. Then,students practice writing about books/films and short stories. |
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EN335 | Academic Writing | 2 | Compulsory | EN233 |
The course focuses on the academic skills and basic elements of academic writing.The aim of this course is to increase students'agency as writers by acquiring both the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to produce texts for interdisciplinary academic discourses. More specifically, students will have an opportunity to practice critical reading and writing through summarizing, analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing ideas.Students will also learn how to engage with scholarly sources effectively and incorporate them in to their own texts. The main focus will be the argumentative essay as the building block of most genres of academic writing |
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EN121 | Reading Comprehension 1 | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course exposes students to understanding basic skills of second/foreign language reading comprehension. Students should know general principles about reading a second or foreign language and develop their fluency. Moreover, they should recognize stages of reading development. The first goal of this course is to discover whether the students succeeded in increasing their English vocabulary. This means that students will be exposed to different eras related to the English language and how the participants in changing the English language and how they participate in changing the English language. The second goal is to investigate whether the students understand texts or not. The other goal is to understand how these variations and text variables help build up the English language. However, this module takes students to comprehend the basic steps of the development of the English language,not just learn the grammatical patterns at the utterance level. |
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EN122 | Reading Comprehension 2 | 2 | Compulsory | EN121 |
This course develops reading skills,builds vocabulary,and makes reading more enjoyable. The reading passages are taken not only from magazines and newspapers, but also from popular classic stories. These extracts, specially adapted for learners of English,provide a practical way to introduce extensive reading in to the classroom. |
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EN223 | Reading Comprehension 3 | 2 | Compulsory | EN122 |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the critical reading comprehension.The students are exposed to various passages from authentic sources and activities to involve reading skills development,vocabulary building,grammatical analysis and practice,and thought-provoking discussion and writing etc. |
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EN224 | Reading Comprehension 4 | 2 | Compulsory | EN223 |
The purpose of this course is to improve students' reading skills through the practice of vocabulary enrichment,reading comprehension exercises,speed reading strategies, written responses, discussions and reflections. |
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EN151 | Phonetics 1 | 4 | Compulsory | - |
This course of Phonetics is prepared to update students on what is needed to improve their pronunciation in English. It is the study of how humans produce and perceive sounds. Students are trained to be articulate and improve their pronunciation in English by introducing them to all sounds,consonants,and vowels.However,This module deals with the linguistic study of speech. |
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EN152 | Phonetics 2 | 4 | Compulsory | EN151 |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the features of phonology starting from the very concept of the syllable to word stress in simple,compound, and complex and how weak forms are pronounced in a sentence etc.Additionally, concepts related to rhythm, assimilation, linking and elision, -intonation and its functions are presented too. |
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EN216 | Oral presentation skills | 2 | Compulsory | EN152 |
students are introduced to a variety of general and specific topics and dialogues that are designed to be discussed and presented by both the teacher and students. All topics should be prepared and presented via power point presentations with relevant illustrations and audiovisual material. Parts of the course material are provided to students to prepare and present in the lectures. |
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EN111 | Listening & speaking 1 | 3 | Compulsory | - |
Listening skills can be improved when learners understand that reading comprehension skills can be applied to listening tasks (context, inference, etc.,). Listening to(and watching) news broadcasts,informational programming,and even situation comedies will develop listening skills,note taking skills,and general knowledge |
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EN112 | Listening and Speaking 2 | 2 | Compulsory | EN111 |
This module of English speaking and listening 2 is an impotent module for building confidence and ability. The course is really about how to communicate effectively Communication is a multi-step process that requires at least two people To be able to communicate successfully |
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EN213 | Listening & speaking 3 | 2 | Compulsory | EN112 |
This course will provide students with a comprehensive understanding and using of conversational language in different topics. The course also focuses on how the students are able to express themselves in different situations such as presentation in the class or before an audience,comprehend main ideas and details of a discussion etc. |
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EN214 | Listening & speaking 4 | 2 | Compulsory | EN213 |
This is an advanced level lecture-style course in communicative English that provides listening and speaking practice for students.This course contains listening selections and discussion activities related to a range of academic areas. |
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EN141 | English Grammar 1 | 3 | Compulsory | - |
teaches students to use the language appropriately in meaningful situations to perform not only forms but also functions of the language |
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EN142 | English Grammar 2 | 2 | Compulsory | EN141 |
It introduces Grammar in more advanced interaction situations. |
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EN243 | English Grammar 3 | 2 | Compulsory | EN142 |
This course will provide students with a fundamental knowledge and usage of advanced English grammar, improving grammatical accuracy in writing, and developing strong editing skills |
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EN244 | English Grammar 4 | 2 | Compulsory | EN243 |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of structure of English grammar. The topics include the structure of English(words,phrases,clauses,and sentences),sentence structure problems,agreement errors,etc. |
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EN345 | Grammatical Structures | 2 | Compulsory | EN244 |
This course discusses a number of grammatical rules indepth.It provides lots of practice and clear explanations for absolute constructions,abstract noun phrases and appositive phrases |
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EN2S3 | Introduction to linguistics | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course provides an introduction to the discipline of Linguistics.Students will learn the basic concepts and methods used by linguists in the scientific study of human language. |
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EN361 | Methods of Teaching | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course is designed to help students put instructional theory into practice. It will provide an integrated coverage of methods of classroom instruction,management,and assessment. |
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EN365 | Instructional Strategies | 2 | Compulsory | - |
this course opens up horizons in teaching English by focusing on developing the basic and secondary skills of the English language. |
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EN459 | Using Technology in ELT | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of computer-enhanced language teaching through various applications and websites for Language Learning proficiency to make certain aspects of student learning more engaging,efficient,and useful |
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EN363 | Introduction to Second Language Acquisition | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course is intended to equip students with theories of Second Language acquisition. It introduces important theories and research findings concerning the various aspects of learning English as a second language(ESL). |
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EN254 | English Literature | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course introduces students to the concept of literature and prepares them to study different genres of English literature. |
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EN362 | Assessment& Evaluation | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of the advantages of a valid and reliable test,approaches needed for evaluation,analyze ways on how to assess properly the four basic language skills and demonstrate the ways to revise assess testing tools. |
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EN357 | Syllabus Design | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course is an overview of design principles and practices common to most design professions,to give students a foundation understanding of design rules, and guidelines that they can use throughout their education and career. Students will learn the language of syllabus design,how to think like a syllabus designer, how to judge between good and bad design execution, and where to go for additional resources of specialized design practice |
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EN467 | Creating Personal Teaching Aids | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course introduces students to teaching aids use and creation. |
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EN326 | Critical Reading | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course focuses on critical reading of arguments in order to analyze their effectiveness and to help students learn to think and write analytically about what they read |
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EN358 | Varieties of English | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course aims to provide students with the variations of the English language,and how this language has become a global language adopted by its speakers and adapted to their culture and environment to it |
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EN466 | English for Specific Purposes | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of ESP in English and opens up other horizons in ESP also focus in developing the skills of differentiate between different parts of ESP etc |
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EN490 | Graduation Project | 4 | Compulsory | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of show students how to write a research paper. |
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EN469 | Teaching English Language skills | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course shows students how to teach pronunciation,vocabulary,and grammar.It also provides students with basic classroom suggestions for teaching the basic skills:listening, speaking, reading and writing. |
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EN480 | Teaching Practice | 4 | Compulsory | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of teaching practice and trains students to learn how to teach' |
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EN359 | Translations | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course aims to teach the student the basics of translation from and into the English language, by developing appropriate skills and teaching successful techniques. |
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EN426 | Vocabulary Development | 2 | Compulsory | - |
Vocabulary Studies is a fundamental English/Language course that focuses on helping students improve and understand vocabulary words |
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EN355 | Research Methods | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course will provide an opportunity for students to establish or advance their understanding of research through critical exploration of research language,ethics, and approaches. |
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EN364 | Teaching English to Young Learners(TEYL) | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of how young learners learn and acquire second languages such as the notion of the language acquisition device,the critical period hypothesis and social constructivist theories of language learning. |
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EN468 | Micro Teaching | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course is mainly theoretical,focusing on the student teaching in a small scale (10-20 minutes' duration).Students are required to develop their own lesson plans to practice what they have learned from the TEFL Methodology and English Instructional Technology courses |
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EN303 | 2 | Compulsory | - | |
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EN304 | 2 | Compulsory | - | |
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ARIS101 | 1 | General | - | |
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ARIS102 | 1 | General | - | |
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ARIS103 | 2 | General | - | |
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ARIS104 | 2 | General | ARIS103 | |
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EPSY100 | 2 | General | - | |
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EPSY203 | 2 | General | EPSY100 | |
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EPSY101 | 2 | General | - | |
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EPSY202 | 2 | General | - | |
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NL100 | 2 | General | - | |
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CS100 | 1 | General | - | |
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CS101 | 1 | General | CS100 | |
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ARIS105 | 1 | General | - | |
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ARIS106 | 1 | General | ARIS105 | |
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ST100 | 1 | General | - | |
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EPSY201 | 2 | General | EPSY101 | |
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EPSY301 | 2 | General | - | |
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EPSY303 | 2 | General | - | |
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EPSY.303 | 2 | General | - | |
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EPSY400 | 2 | General | - | |
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EPSY401 | 2 | General | EPSY203 | |
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