Message
Learning languages is of utmost importance and becomes an unavoidable necessity, as all economic activities, commercial contracts, political activities and positions, and daily life affairs require fluency in other languages. From this perspective, the Department of French and English Language and Literatures at Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan seeks to constantly develop curricula in line with achieving the competencies required in the labor market and in line with the vision, mission and objectives of the Department, the Faculty and the University. The Department includes a distinguished academic staff ; graduates of prestigious international universities who have introduced technology and modern e-learning methods with the continuous updating of curricula to ensure the quality of the outcomes of the educational process.
The Department also strengthens relations between Al-Zaytoonah University and French or French-speaking institutions, official and unofficial, in Jordan and abroad, to help in researching the provision of scholarships for students, student exchange programs and job opportunities for graduates, in addition to teaching reinforcement courses for students to ensure their proficiency in French and English and prepare them to compete in the labor market.
In addition to its interest in the educational process, the Department pays increasing attention to scientific research that serves the community. It also focuses on cultural activities, as acquiring a foreign language is inseparable from the goal of refining and developing the students personality and enhancing their pride in their country and its values, and provides them with the key to learning about the intellectual and cultural treasures of others.
About :
The Department of French and English Language and their Literatures was established in the academic year 2003/2004. It employs seven faculty members. There are 209 students in the department. So far, the Department graduated 27 cohorts. The Department of French and English Language and their Literatures is the first department of its kind in public and private Jordanian universities. It includes French and English as the two primary languages for the purpose of conferring the bachelor’s degree.
The study plan for the program contains (132) credit hours distributed as follows:
Mandatory university requirements (21) credit hours
Elective university requirements (06) credit hours
Faculty requirements (21) credit hours
Mandatory major requirements (75) credit hours
Elective major requirements (9) credit hours
Achievements:
Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan signed an accession agreement to the Francophone University Agency. The university has been a member of the agency since 2017.
The faculty members and students of the Department and the students participate in the academic exchange programs (Erasmus +) with Saint-Louis University in Belgium.
The students of the Department participate annually in the student exchange sessions of the Arab Council with the universities of the Arab Republic of Egypt
The students of the department have participated in the activity of “The Choice of the Orient”, which is held annually in Beirut, since 2017
The Department obtained accreditation for the French and English Language and Literatures program from the Higher Education Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission for the academic year 2023-2024.