History & Structure
The University of Jordan Language Centre (UJLC) is one of the
foremost language teaching institutions in Jordan and the Middle region.
It was established upon Royal Decree in 1979.
LC is composed of three
sections:
The first section is the
Arabic Section. Which includes 15 full-time instructors. The section also
hires - on part-time basis – about 25 instructors from the community at
large, the University community, and the graduate students in the Department
of Arabic.
This section offers two courses: Arabic 101 and Arabic 102 during the Fall,
Spring and Summer semesters.
The second
section is the English Section. There are 13 full-time instructors in this
section. The English Section also hires over part-time instructors. It
offers three courses: Basic English., English 101, and English 102.
The third
section is the TOEFL Section. This section oversees the TOEFL exam required
of all graduate students. The Language Center is a testing center for the
TOEFL and the unified English exams for graduate students.
Exams for all sections are unified and are graded through the
computer.
Presently,
(UJLC) is entrusted with the following tasks:
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Overseeing the teaching of four compulsory courses in
language communication skills in both Arabic and English, taken by all
incoming university students during their freshman year. Five thousand
(5,000) students are normally registered in about 120 sections of each
course. In addition, the Center offers a remedial course for about 1500
students who are expected to master the basics of English.
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Preparing and overseeing the Arabic Language Profiency Test
ALPT and English Language Proficiency Tests (ELPT) required of all incoming
students.
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Preparing and overseeing placement tests in both English and
Arabic to incoming graduate students at the Master’s level and Ph.D. level.
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LC makes use of very modern, fully-equipped language laboratories for
teaching and testing purposes.
