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Program Characteristics

The major goals of the English curriculum at the College of Nursing are to promote effective communication and critical thinking among students in using the English language. The English Language Program provides a series of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses including (1) general English courses, and (2) English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses. The general English courses consist of remedial and general English courses for building a foundation for developing learners' communicative abilities in the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. The specialized courses are English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses for building the knowledge and skills of professional English in the field of Nursing.

The English Language Program has four main characteristics:

1) A theme-based approach to curriculum design in which the English language components are organized around the academic content themes taught in specialized courses at the College of Nursing.

2) Academic content that has been integrated into English language courses in order to enhance students' motivation to learn both the English language and the medical/ nursing content.

3) Emphasis on increasing English for Academic Purposes (EAP) knowledge and skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing which involve taking lecture notes, presentation skills, skimming for main ideas and scanning for specific information in medical English texts, and essay writing skills.

4)Development of students' higher order cognitive skills (i.e., analyzing, evaluating, and creating), and application of these cognitive skills to effectively use the English language in giving instructions, documenting a patient's case history, and reporting/writing nursing research topics.

Academic Activities for Teacher Professional Development

The faculty members at the English Language Unit have actively participated in many academic activities for teacher professional development. The academic activities are routinely organized by the Language Center to encourage the faculty members to enhance their professional knowledge and skills in English curriculum design, language teaching methods, course materials development, language testing and assessment. The main activities can be summarized as follows.

Using Data from Needs Assessment for Language Curriculum Design by Dr. Liz England. Organized by the Language Center, CBS, & the Regional English Language Office, U.S. Embassy Kuwait. Ibn Al-Haitham Training Center, PAAET. (March 5 ~ 6, 2017).

Best Practices in English for Specific Purposes by Sherie Henderson, University of Oregon. Organized by the Language Center, CBS, & the Regional English Language Office, U.S. Embassy Kuwait. Ardiya Campus, Language Center, College of Business Studies, PAAET. (September 6 ~ 10, 2015).

Validity and Reliability in English Language Testing by David Boydon, Language Center, College of Business Studies, Ardyia Campus, PAAET. (November 12, 2015).

Oxford University Teachers' Academy Training Session by Paul Woodfall. Ibn Al-Haitham Training Center, PAAET. (December 18~22, 2011).

The faculty members at the English Language Unit have also actively participated in many international conferences organized by the professional organizations such as TESOL Arabia or TESOL Kuwait. Furthermore, the Language Center organized the first Annual Conference in the College of Business Studies, PAAET on March 26, 2016. The theme of the conference is "Emerging Challenges in ELT: Theory into Practice." The conference invited all the English teaching professionals from the K-12 to college-level to share their expertise and innovations in English language teaching in Kuwait.

Electronic English Placement Test (E-EPT)

The first trial of the Electronic Cambridge English Placement Test (E-CEPT) was conducted on September 2, 2015 at the College of Nursing. There were technical challenges faced by the faculty members on the first trial. With continuous effort to integrate modern technology into language testing, the English Language Unit at the College of Nursing has successfully launched an E-EPT on January 29, 2018. The English Language Unit has received positive feedback from teachers and students who have participated in the E-EPT.

Appendix 1. English Course Offerings (2017 ~2018)

College of Nursing

English Language Unit

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) Program
General English Courses			English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Courses
Course Number	Credits	Contact Hours	Course Number	Credits	Contact Hours
099	0	5	English 114	2	2
101	2	3	English 213	2	2
			English 214	2	2
Total	2	8	Total	6	6

101) and 3 English Specific Purposes (ESP) courses (English 114, 213, and 214). There are 4 courses (with a total of 36 hours) offered to BSN students including 1 general English course (English 98) and 3 English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses (English 180, 190, and 280). There are currently 7 faculty members (1 Ph.D. holder, 5 with master degrees, 1 bachelor holder) working together to fulfill the goals and objectives of the program.