& Current Events
Congratulations Prof. Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Asmari
The last month, the TUELC ,witnessed some
dramatic and applauding moments. In the beginning of the month we had a wondrous
news of the promotion of Dr. Adulrahman Al–
Asmari to the Professorship of Applied Linguistics at Taif University , after fortnight a news
flashed of his Deanship in Faculty of Arts/ Language. The faculty of ELC had mixed feelings
for they had an admonition lest he should
leave them to join his new post but had a sigh
of relief when some quarters of ELC floated a
news that Dr. Abdulrahman Al—Asmari would
also hold the portfolio of Director of ELC. And
at the end of the month we got his news of
appointment as Vice President of Academic
Affairs/ Development. Finally, he left us but
the faculty is happy to see his surrogate on the
helm of affairs of the university . Our love, our
best wishes and prayers for him.
TUELC Launches ‘ Flipped Classrooms’
Reported by : Jalel Marmouri
The English Language Center (ELC), along with five
other departments at Taif University has engaged in a
new promising venture sponsored by Taif University
Deanship for E-Learning, this is the Flipped Classroom
project.
The Flipped Classroom is a blended learning teaching
approach that is defined by the Institute of Teaching and
Learning at the University of Sydney as an approach that
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“involves students doing pre-work, such as reading,
group work, watching short videos or completing online
quizzes, to develop their understanding of new material.
Some or all of the face-to-face class time is then spent
engaging in interactive group learning (e.g. group problem solving, group presentations, debate).
As such, the students can work at their own pace,
watching the material online as many times as needed at