Department Mission

Being well aware of the increasing global role of the English language in the modern world, the basic aim of the Department of English Language Teaching (ELT) of the Faculty of Education, Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), is to train the students to make them well-qualified English teachers.

We know quite well that teacher training in general, and training foreign language teachers in particular, is a long-term professional undertaking; accordingly, we employ every means to update our graduate and undergraduate programs to train well-equipped teachers who will meet the required standards and contribute to the research in the field. And as a department we spare no effort to raise the standards of teacher training in ELT in keeping with the demands of the 21st century.

Department Facilities

The department, with its distinguished staff, national and international academic activities, technological infrastructure and facilities helps the students to integrate with the modern world of education. We provide our students with every possible opportunity to improve their language skills and to be educated as modern language teachers. Within the department, there are small groups led by the teaching assistants of the department to encourage the students to improve their speaking skills. We also provide practice teaching opportunities for our teacher candidates in collaboration with the EMU schools and the Ministry of Education to help them develop their teaching skills. Moreover, all modern teaching equipment such as audio-visual aids, videos, computers available in the Faculty of Education are at the disposal of our students.

Quality of Graduates

The department trains its students primarily as English Language Teachers. However, in addition to working as English Language Teachers at various levels in secondary schools, they also possess the right qualifications to pursue their careers as communication experts, translators or linguists.

Distinguishing Attributes

Since its establishment, the ELT Department has given priority to the employment of the most distinguished people in their fields in order to have the best ELT staff. In addition to this, the ELT Department has updated its BA and MA curricula, and is currently playing a leading role in its uncompromising approach to quality.

The ELT Department is having a leadership in the undertaking of quality research and in training prominent scholars through the opening of its doctoral program which will help the field of ELT to advance through research. By means of international ELT conferences, it is made possible for the academic staff members and the students to meet scholars who are important in their fields and discuss the new issues. The best example of this was experienced during the ELT Conference in 2001. The conference book was published by Lincom Europa in Germany in 2004.

The academic staff members are also submitting projects and providing advisory services to the Ministry of Education in curriculum development, testing and in-service training areas of ELT.

Job Opportunities

Graduates of the department are entitled to be appointed as English language teachers at every level in the Ministry of Education. Besides, if they fulfill the requirements, they can continue their MA and PhD studies in the department or else they can be employed as translators, communication experts and teaching advisors at private teaching institutions..

English Club

An English Language Club was established in the department in 2003 spring semester by our senior students, so as to provide our students with new opportunities to improve their speaking skills outside regular class work. Another objective of the club is to organize seminars and workshops inviting specialists in the field from EMU and abroad to help students improve their academic knowledge, to inform them about the summer schools and graduate education abroad, and also to give them the opportunity to mix with each other through social activities.