JEDDAH: The English Language Institute (ELI) at King Abdulaziz University (KAU) has recently certified 32 male and female teacher trainers after successfully completing the Cambridge Train-the-Trainer Program.
The awards ceremony took place during the ELI Annual English Language Teaching Symposium, dubbed this year as 'Active Learning Leads to Better Learning'. Similar version of the event took place in the ELI Women's Campuses.
In his first speech after his appointment as ELI Dean, Dr. Abdullah Al-Bargi opened the event on the Men’s Campus by thanking Allah the Almighty for all the great blessings bestowed on this country, its government, and people. He expressed his gratitude to KAU President Prof. Abdulrahman Al-Youbi for his unlimited support for the development of all aspects of the University's English language learning and teaching. He noted that this support had helped enable the ELI to align itself with best international higher educational practice with the aim of improving the quality of KAU students' English proficiency. Dean Al-Bargi stated that the symposium was aimed at developing the teaching skills of English language instructors, in support of the enhancement of the ELI students' English language learning process.
The Dean said that “we are living and working in exciting times as we witness the University’s steady advance and the development of its academic and administrative practices in-line with the country’s robust and ambitious Vision 2030. Dean Al-Bargi affirmed that the ELI will enhance its operations in order to ensure the utmost positive impact on its students in a range of programs in order to prepare them for a challenging future.
Throughout the event held at the Men's and Women's campuses, ELI instructors delivered a variety of interesting topics aimed at consolidating the best practices of the profession at KAU.
