What are the aims of teaching English as a second language?
To contribute the student's intellectual, personal and professional growth.To enable student to acquire basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing).--To develop student's awareness of the importance of English as a means of international communication.-- To develop student's positive attitudes towards learning English.- To enable student to acquire the necessary linguistic competence required in various life situations.- To enable student to acquire the necessary linguistic competence required in different professions.- To develop student's awareness about the cultural, economic, religion and social issues of his society and prepare him to participate in their solutions.- To develop the linguistic competence that enables student, in future, to present and explain Islamic concept and issues, and to participate in spreading Islam.- To enable student linguistically to benefit from English speaking nations, that would enhance the concepts of international cooperation that would develop understanding and respect of cultural differences between nations .- To provide student with the linguistic basis that would enable him to participate in transferring other nations' scientific and technological advances that can enhance the progress of his nation.