Department of English Language

Vision :

 The department’s vision is to achieve leadership, excellence and creativity in teaching and learning English language by using modern means as a great tool for achieving development related to different global cultures, and to provide a scientific program characterized by creative education and research supported by joint work between its four parts: language, literature, linguistics and translation, especially with the increasing interest and demand for Learn English language.

Mission:

Supporting the university’s drive for excellence as it positions itself regionally and internationally, the Department’s mission is to offer an academic program characterized by innovative teaching and research and sustained by the synergies of collaborative work in its four sections of Language, Literature, Linguistics and Translation. Alert to best practice in English Studies globally, the Department strives to provide students with the advanced practical, critical, and interpretative skills vital for career success in a world increasingly marked by the shaping demands of language and multiform communication, apart from the various classroom techniques.

The mission of the Department of English is to provide quality, student- centered education that enables its students to cultivate and enhance their knowledge and understanding of English literature and linguistics. The learning and research environment equips students with the cognitive skills needed to use English effectively and creatively in various contexts, as well as general analytical and critical thinking skills. This will ultimately help our graduates meet the challenges of their professional careers, their community, and national needs, in addition to being aware and appreciative of the language, literature, and cultures of others.

Objectives:

The department aims to produce graduates with:
 The intercultural skills, sensitivities and understanding needed to work and interact with people of other cultures.
 The knowledge, skills, and linguistic competence to enable them to function successfully in English both in further academic studies and in the wider community.
 A range of specialized and transferable skills, including high-order conceptual, literacy and communication skills of value in graduate employment.
 The capacity for independent creative and academic achievement.
 A commitment to enhancing personal competence in English and to reading widely and independently for their personal, intellectual, social, and professional development.

The objectives of the Department of English are closely related to those of the University as a whole, but also reflect the special nature of our discipline and our commitment to literature, language, and the arts. Our commitment to the quality of education that we offer is reflected in our determination to maintain a relatively low student/teacher ratio and to give our students the benefit of direct contact with scholars in the field.
Our goals in teaching are to enable our students to read well, to write well, to teach well and to think well, and to provide them with appropriate knowledge in the discipline of English language
and literature. More specifically, we aim to graduate students who have:

• The reading skills to examine literature from multiple eras, cultures, and genres with critical understanding.
• The ability to express themselves clearly and comprehensively, orally and in writing.
• Research skills which enable them to expand, from a variety of perspectives, their own readings of literature and understanding of language.
• An appropriate knowledge of relevant fields within the discipline, including literature; literary history, criticism, and theory; the language structures of modern English and the history of the English language.
• An enhanced appreciation and enjoyment of literature and language.
The Department of English fosters the creation of literature as well as the study of it. We have on our faculty a number of writers who have national and international recognition as poets, short story writers and essayists. We work closely with the creative writers of the province to offer our students
unique creative writing courses.

The Department aims to provide all students with opportunities to enhance their communication and critical thinking skills. The English major provides a foundation in humanistic knowledge important to all students, including those planning to study and seek careers in education, law, communications, and business. Departmental offerings provide the literary and writing background necessary for students intending to pursue graduate study in English language, literature, and other text; in comparative literature: and in various interdisciplinary fields.

A student who has successfully completed the English major will be able to demonstrate critical thinking, especially to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate ideas and texts; conduct and understand the process of research through identifying, analyzing, synthesizing, and documenting credible source material.

Accordingly, we aim to:
• Enable students to develop effective communication skills.
• Familiarize students with linguistics, its sub-branches, applications, and relations to other disciplines.
• Introduce students to the various literary genres of English in their historical, cultural, and artistic contexts.
• Develop students’ critical thinking skills and enhance their ability to produce logical and well-structured arguments.