The English Language Centre spearheaded the 4th English Language Teaching Professional Development Workshop with the theme “Strategies for Encouraging, Engaging and Educating Students” on April 18, 2017 from 7:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at Ibri College of Technology.
The event commenced with an opening speech from Dr. Sultan Al- Ghafri, the Head of the ELC, by welcoming the guests, presenters and participants from various colleges and universities in the Sultanate of Oman and abroad. He said that the English Language Centre at IbriCT has always been a platform in providing opportunities to English language teachers to share their expertise and motivate students to enhance their English language skills. Dr. Al Ghafri also assured that the ELC at IbriCT will continue to offer opportunities for those who want to be part of a knowledge seeking and sharing society.
The English Language Centre spearheaded the 3rd English Language Teaching Professional Development Workshop with the theme “Paths to Empower, Engage and Enhance” on April 5, 2017 from 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Ibri College of Technology.
The event kicked off with an opening speech from Mr. Jamil Al-Manasrah, the Head of the ELC, in which he stressed the usefulness of the workshops to teachers. He also mentioned that if teachers were well-equipped with what is new in pedagogy, their performances would be more beneficial to their students if they just focused on one traditional approach in language teaching methodology. Furthermore, he said that the workshop would emerge as a platform for sharing ideas, expertise, and trends among the qualified and learned fraternity.