• When students enter SQU, they take an English Placement Test (PT) to show their level of English.
• Students who do well on the Placement Test are given an additional test, called an Exit Test.  
• Students who reach the required level on the Exit Text are exempted from FP English programme.
• If a student provides IELTS result of 5.0 (with a minimum band of 4.5. in the four areas of writing, speaking, listening and reading), he/she can be exempted from FP English programme.

• Depending on their results of the Placement Test  students are placed into one of the following courses:  FPEL 0120, FPEL 0230, FPEL 0340, FPEL 0450, FPEL 0560, FPEL 0603. All these courses last a semester, take 15 weeks and have 9 classes per week (1 class is 100 min) except FPEL 603  which has 5 classes per week.   
• Below you can see the possible routes that students may take if they progress without repeating any given course.

• In the first three courses (FPEL 0120, 0230, 0340) students from different colleges study together.  Later students are placed into courses 0450, 0560 and 603 according to their major. For example, students from the College of Nursing and the College of Medicine study together. Similarly, students from the college of Commerce & Economics all study together.
• The focus in these courses is still on general English but there are some differences related to the different student majors.

• In each of the courses students study all the language skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing) as well as study skills which they need to be successful in their degree programmes.
• All the course also have an on-line e-learning element (e.g. e-learning vocabulary programme) based on the Moodle learning platform. 

• Students take a mid-semester and an end of semester test in which reading, listening and writing skills are assessed. Other elements of the course are assessed during the course (continuous assessment).
• Students pass the course if they get more than 65% out of total marks.   
• Students who take the Foundation Programme, have to complete it in no more than two academic years. 
• Students who get two or more successive Ds or 2 successive Fs are suspended from the FPEL.

• Actively participate in a discussion on a topic relevant to their studies by asking questions, agreeing/disagreeing, asking for clarification, sharing information, expressing and asking for opinions.
• Paraphrase information (orally or in writing) from a written or spoken text or from graphically presented data. Prepare and deliver a talk of at least 5 minutes.
• Use library resources in preparing the talk, speak clearly and confidently, make eye contact and use body language to support the delivery of ideas. Respond confidently to questions.
• Write texts of a minimum of 250 words, showing control of layout, organisation, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, grammar and vocabulary.
• Produce a written report of a minimum of 500 words showing evidence of research, notetaking, review and revision of work, paraphrasing, summarising, use of quotations and use of references.  
• Take notes and respond to questions about the topic, main ideas, details and opinions or arguments from an extended listening text (e.g. lecture, news broadcast).   
• Follow spoken instructions in order to carry out a task with a number of stages. 
• Listen to a conversation between two or more speakers and be able to answer questions in relation to context, relationship between speakers, register (e.g. formal or informal).  
• Read a one to two page text and identify the main idea(s) and extract specific information in a given period of time.  
• Read an extensive text broadly relevant to the student’s area of study (minimum three pages) and respond to questions that require analytical skills, e.g. prediction, deduction, inference.

• A library with a wide range of supplementary language activities, graded readers, listening materials, grammar sheets, etc. Different activities to promote self-learning are regularly organized by the library staff.
• 7 computer labs which open daily for self-study. Students are encouraged to use a variety of computer-based language learning programmes, different Moodle resources as well as Internet for their projects.
• Tutorial Centre which provides individual tutorials for students with lower level of English.
• Writing Centre which offers individual writing guidance to students at different levels.

Course

Coordinator

Office 

 Telephone

 E-mail address

Wafa Al-Dhuli

2034

2414-2180 

1019 

2414-1632

1015

2414-2125 

1014 

2414- 2157

2041A

2414-2156

1011

2414-1626

1017

2414-2126 

1042

2414-1635