Dr. Ibtisam Hussien, The Director
The Philadelphia University Language Center (PULC) was established in 1998 as an independent academic unit directly reporting to the University's president. It is responsible for:
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Making use of the University's linguistic capabilities and expertise, developing its student's language skills and abilities, offering training courses, and conducting studies and research in language development.
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Designing and presenting the University's language requirements.
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Preparing, supervising, and up-dating the English Placement Test (EPT) used for assigning students to Remedial English, English Skills I, and English Skills II.
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Designing and offering non-degree courses in the European languages of French, Italian, Spanish, and German, and the oriental languages of Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish, and other languages the University deems necessary.
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Designing and offering the University's programs of Arabic for speakers of other languages.
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Designing and conducting an Arabic placement test for speakers of other languages in order to place students in different levels in accordance with their scores on the test.
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Designing, offering, and evaluating courses in Arabic for speakers of other languages (ASOL).
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Designing and offering courses for the University's graduate students in cooperation with the departments concerned.
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Participating in the provision of language tuition for the community provided by the Philadelphia University Center of Consultations and Community Service.
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Supervising the University's language labs both technically and administratively.
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Offering training courses in English and other modern languages both for university employees and non-employees (local community).
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Supervising language qualification programs leading to the TOEFL and IELTS.
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Holding seminars, conferences, and training courses in language acquisition and teaching methodology.
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Doing research in the area of language development and teaching methodology, and designing programs and teaching modules.
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Holding placement tests in the languages offered by the Language Center at the request of the University's faculties and institutions.