Training course for English teachers

BURAIDAH, 26 April  — The Directorate General of Education in Qassim is organizing a training course for English teachers at a number of training centers in the region. Abdullah ibn Sulaiman Al-Marzooq, head of the English Department in Qassim Educational Directorate, said the course would provide an opportunity for teachers of English to develop their skills. “Teachers will be oriented with ways of designing behavioral objectives, use of teaching aids and classroom management,” he said. The lecturers include Al-Marzooq, Abdullah Al-Oroor and Ibrahim Al-Khudairy, supervisors of English education in the region. Saudi students start learning English in the seventh grade.