UoG - English Language Department (ELD)

Academic Staff

Description:

The Department of English Language at University College of Goizha (UOG) was established in 2018 to offer a four-year undergraduate major in different related topic to English language, literature, translation, and culture to meet market requirements. The Department provides qualified programs for students with eight different semesters; the students take courses in Basic Grammar, Introduction to Literature, Communicative English, Pronunciation, Academic Debate, Writing Skills, Computer Skills, Comprehension, Short Story, Phonology, Kurdology, Drama, Poetry, Novel, Reading Skills, Morphology, General Linguistics, Translation, French Language, Syntax, Methods of Research, Semantics, Literary Criticism and Pragmatics. After studying at the Department of English Language, the students are eligible to be translators, interpreters, English tutors, and legal translators.

Department Vision:

To be able to work in different sectors, the Department works to graduate competent and well-prepared individuals. This can be achieved through

Providing English language instruction with high quality so as to make students able to communicate at the level of academic and profession.
Developing and raising the students’ awareness about the importance using English as a medium of communication.
Improving the undergraduates’ communication skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Introduction students to English language, its culture, and its history.
Helping students with facilities and skills to be able to translate and write any academic/non-academic work.
Guiding and assisting undergraduate to conduct research about different related issues to English language and literature.

Department Mission:

The Department of English Language helps undergraduates to acquire knowledge and understanding of English language, literature, culture, spoken and written English. The Department lecturers are required to use English as the language of instruction inside classroom and apply most recent materials, methods, and techniques in teaching different subjects in order to prepare graduates to use English professionally, creatively, ethically, and effectively in their future career.

Learning Outcomes:

The Department of English language is aimed to:

Students will be able to use English language in different majors to meet the demands of society.
Students will have acquaintance with English culture and history.
Students will be able to understand the development of the English literature through the centuries.
Students will strength their ability to write academic papers.

Study Methods:

The Course type is a semester system; each academic year takes two semesters. The method of study depends on lectures, presentations, reports and practical sessions. Students will have two exams during one semester (Mid-term exam and Final exam).