English at KFUPM

The English Language Department teaches more than 5000 of KFUPM’s undergraduate students per year. We help students, already quite proficient in English, sharpen their English academic writing skills.

ELD faculty come from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Our highly qualified instructors have years of experience, and have worked around the world. They are teachers, researchers, and authors. Most importantly, they are professional, friendly, and the best in the Kingdom.

engl-banner1

Courses

ENGL 101

INTRODUCTION TO ACADEMIC DISCOURSE

This course is an introduction to academic reading, writing, and vocabulary. Students are exposed to reading texts of various genres, such as encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, and websites, and are taught strategies for dealing with them.

Know more

ENGL 102

INTRODUCTION TO ARGUMENT WRITING

This course develops students’ abilities in argument writing and persuasive reasoning within an academic setting. It introduces them to the principles of critical thinking and shows them how to organize ideas logically and support them with credible evidence.

Know more

ENGL 214

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION

Students write a 1,600–1,900-word problem-solution report on a topic that combines their major field of study with a particular theme. Instruction includes audience analysis, narrowing and focusing a topic, secondary research, writing an outline, writing a descriptive abstract, summarizing, citing and referencing sources in APA, paragraph unity, drafting, and document design.

Know more