My Class Demo Videos This is my Foundation Year Class at Yanbu Industrial College, Saudi Arabia. The Learning Outcome of this lesson is to teach correct paragraph structure to the students. M y approach for this lesson is PBL.  I have selected the activity name Running Dictation for my demo lesson.The running dictation involves all four skills.  Demo Video  

ERP Award Distribution Ceremony In their efforts to improve students' learning experience in the Colleges and Institutes at Yanbu,the Management of English Language Center at Yanbu (ELCY) initiated a Center-wide project aimed at engaging all students in the Foundation English Program (FEP) in fruitful, fun, and educationally rewarding activities. This project, dubbed  E xtensive  R eading  P roject  (ERP), began in the first semester of 2015/2016 (2015_1) and witnessed unprecedented popularity and resounding success. Students appropriated the project and worked wonders. To recompense the outstanding participants – both from students and teachers – and encourage others to do more, the ELCY, through the ERP Committee, held an award distribution ceremony on February 15, 2016 at the YIC Auditorium. The ceremony kicked off at 10:15 AM.  The ELCY upper management, at the head of which was Dr.Othman Barnawi (Manager), Mr.Ahmed Dahesh (HoU – YIC Unit, ELCY Administrative Supervisor), an

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Extensive Reading (ER) in an EFL Program: Student Perceptions , Limitation and Future Directions

KSAALT Yanbu Chapter conducts meaningful PD sessions on ELT The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Association of Language Teachers (KSAALT) – Yanbu Chapter in partnership with Royal Commission’s English Language Center at Yanbu (ELCY) conducted a seminar-workshop showcasing three meaningful presentations on languaging across KSA, implementation of extensive reading program, and technology integration in EFL classroom. The event was held on January 30, 2016 at the English Language Center-Yanbu, Yanbu Industrial College, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. The first presentation titled “Languaging, Assessing, and Researching across KSA: What Is the Burning at the Stake” was delivered by Dr. Othman Barnawi, the current KSAALT Yanbu Chapter Representative and at the same time the Manager of English Language Center-Yanbu. In his talk, he discussed the evolving policies, practices, trends, and future directions of English language education in Saudi Arabia. He also highlighted the issues of E

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ERP CEREMONY 15TH OF FEBRUARY 2016. EE xtensive Reading Project (ERP) Award Ceremony Second Semester 2015-16 Monday, 15 th of February The Extensive Reading Project (ERP) is implemented at ENG 001 and ENG 002 level at ELCY as it has a number of benefits: 1.       The Extensive Reading Project can help our students to become more autonomous learners who are able to take the responsibility of their own learning process. That is, instead of responding to only immediate problems they encounter, they can consolidate their knowledge of vocabulary, fluency, and reading strategies in an ongoing and natural manner with the help of a book of their own choice. 2.       Thanks to ERP, the students spend more time learning English at their own pace. 3.       Naturally, each class has students who range in aptitude, learning styles and, without exception, in reading skills.  Extensive reading with graded readers makes it much easier to cater to learner difference