The presenters of the fortnightly seminars were awarded certificates of appreciation at the Certificate Award Ceremony held on April 25, 2016, which was arranged by the Language Research Center of the College of Languages and Translation.
Five speakers had presented their papers during the first semester of the academic year 1436-37. Certificates were awarded to the following esteemed presenters:
- Mr. Mohsin Raza who had spoken about E-Course Design with Special Reference to Quality Matters Rubric
- Mr. Eyhab Bader Eddin for the presentation titled Pragmatic Equivalents in Translation
- Dr. Ali Alamir for the presentation based on his research study called Social Presence of Saudi EFL Students during their Online Interactions in Forums
- Ms. Najlaa A. Al Asbali for the presentation based on her project called An Investigation into Some Semantic Problems Inherent in the Translation of the Holy Quran
- Mr. Mohammad Siraj who had shared his ideas about Effective Online Teaching
- Dr. Nurul Islam for his presentations titled World Englishes and How to Avoid Plagiarism.
There were five more speakers who had given presentations during the second semester. Certificates were awarded to the following esteemed presenters:
- Mr. Salahud Din Abdul Rab for his presentation on NLP and Speed Language Learning
- Dr. Fahad Otaif for the presentation based on his research paper titled Metaphorical Framing of Media Discourse and the Representation of the Other
- Mr. Erich Beer for sharing his ideas about English-teaching-related Application of Microsoft Excel, Blackboard, and WhatsApp
- Dr. Nisar Ahmed Koka for his presentation titled Cross-cultural Communication and Subsequent Diffusion of Loanwords: A case of Arabic-Kashmiri Linguistic Borrowing
- Dr. Mohammad Osman for the presentation titled Short Stories – a Source of Learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) for Beginners.
The entire ceremony also allowed the College of Languages and Translation, at the same time, to celebrate the success of the academic year through proper appreciation in recognition of the Language Research Center’s activities throughout the semesters.
Date: 4/25/2016
Primary Source: MD Adil
Multimedia Contribution: MD Sirajul Islam