The Italian Language Department at the Faculty of Foreign Languages organized an introductory and awareness workshop today for new students of the department titled: "Guidance Plan and Academic Support." The aim was to provide students with the necessary tools and knowledge to understand their academic path and prevent academic setbacks in their early semesters, as well as to introduce them to the prospects of the specialization, job market areas, and opportunities available to Italian language graduates.

At the beginning of the workshop, the head of the Italian Language Department, Dr. Saber Mahmoud Abdel Mottaleb, welcomed the new students, reviewing the components of the study plan and graduation requirements, the mechanism for distributing and sequencing courses, and the principles for selecting and registering study materials in proportion to the student's academic level, through the guidance plan prepared by the department. He emphasized the importance of utilizing it to avoid conflicts or delays in completing graduation requirements.

Dr. Ida Plastina, a member of the Cultural Office at the Italian Embassy and a lecturer at Al al-Bayt University, also welcomed the new students, stressing the need to participate in extracurricular activities of the department, as well as competitions and scholarships to Italy.

For her part, Dr. Shireen Salama explained the importance of office hours as a golden opportunity for students to communicate directly and individually with their professors outside the classroom and receive academic support. Dr. Sayed Qutb spoke about the mechanisms for dealing with the e-learning platform adopted at Al al-Bayt University, emphasizing the need to follow up on lectures, activities, assignments, and electronic assessments.

At the end of the workshop, the department honored its outstanding students for their participation in the 26th Italian Language Week celebration, which included presentations on their experiences in Italy and readings of poems and songs in Italian that reflected their advanced level of learning and language acquisition.