In coordination with the British Council, the English Department at Hebron University concluded a number of workshops on English language skills and methods of teaching. The activities of these workshops started on Friday 18^th November 2011 and ended on Wednesday 23/11/2011 with a total of twenty-five training hours. The trainer in these workshops was Edward Russell who has extensive teacher training experience.

These workshops aimed to prepare students soon to graduate from the English department by introducing them to ways of understanding English language that will help learners, and methods of teaching that allow students to comprehend English and practice skills in the classroom.

These workshops included a brief introduction to the main skills that learners need to communicate. Trainees were encouraged to focus on how they can enable learners to use English for meaningful communication.

This included the use of English in the classroom, presenting new language, giving instructions, and how to stage a lesson as well as error corrections. The training incorporated methods that demonstrate ways by which teachers can maintain students’ interest and involvement.

Twenty four students from the English Department (fourth year students) and two  teachers from the  Language Center attended these workshops.

At the end of the workshops, the manager of the Educational programs in the British Council Mr. Andrew Foster Presented certificates to the students who attended to workshops and to instructors Mr. Naji Alzaru and Mr.  Ahmed Silaiman as trainers of trainees.  Dr. Mohammed Farrah, Chairman of the English Department and Dr. Hazem Bader, coordinator of the workshops thanked the British Council for and the presenter for his beneficial presentations which aroused the interest and approval of the students and instructors of the English Department and the Language Centre.