Faculty of Foreign Languages
Emanating
from Al al-Bayt University’s utterly solid and deeply rooted beliefs,
as embodied in its subsequent mission and vision, that studying
languages plays a vital role in broadening the horizons and bridging
inevitable gaps between different cultures and civilizations, the
Faculty of Foreign Languages was officially inaugurated in 2022,
independently of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities after three decades
of fruitful liaison.
This inception, therefore, does not and should not imply any intrinsic
separation of foreign language specializations from the Faculty of Arts
and Humanities fields as such; rather, it shows the genesis and the
prognosis of our new faculty vis-a-vis the mother college which
has had established roots and affiliations with many other
universities around the world. However, the nature of foreign language
majors dictates and necessitates both academic and administrative
policies that differ from the rest of those of other disciplines such as
history, geography and Arabic. Accordingly, a dire need for
establishing this new Faculty of Foreign Languages eventually emerged
and thus attained.
The Faculty of Foreign Languages comprises four major academic
departments: the Department of English Language and Literature, the
Department of French Language, the Department of Spanish Language, and
the Department of Italian Language. The Department of English awards a
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature as well as two
master's degrees in Linguistics and Literature & Criticism; the
Department of French also awards a Bachelor’s degree in Language and
Literature/French-English; the Spanish Department awards a Bachelor’s
degree in Language and Literature/Spanish-English; and the Italian
Department awards a Bachelor’s degree in Language and
Literature/Italian-English.
The majors of European foreign languages taught at the new Faculty are
characterized by their unique professional orientation that
qualifies students in mastering both the English language and an
additional European language of their own choice as well. This
integration helps students to accelerate and enhance their career
chances in the labor market.
Teaching foreign languages in our Faculty is carried out by excellent
professors with commendably extensive experience in the field of
teaching literature, linguistics, methods of teaching languages to
non-native speakers, and other language-related fields. These professors
have earned their Ph.D. degrees and their expertise from a wide range
of reputable and prestigious foreign universities in USA, Europe,
Australia and other countries. In addition to the teaching process, the
Faculty members are also commensurately engaged in relevant scientific
research that truly reflects their acknowledged academic ranks. Some of
them are Full Professors and others are Associate and assistant
Professors; therefore, all of them have nationally and internationally
participated in scientific conferences and editorial boards of
international journals.
As languages have a great impact on refining the personality and
broadening the learner's knowledge and perception, a noticeable demand
has arisen on the part of students to study foreign languages. Language
students are guided to work in various fields such as teaching &
education, translation, tourism, journalism and media, especially
digital ones.
The
number of students in all of the graduate academic programs in the
Faculty ranges between 1,800 and 2000 students. Each year, more than 400
students are admitted and registered in these various majors that the
faculty offers