ELC Student Rules and Regulations

Dear students,

It is important that you read through the following rules and regulations in order to get familiar with the ELC rules and regulations.

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Fall 2020 Rules and regulations

ELC Summer 2020 Student Rules and Regulations

 

 

ELC Summer 2020 Student Rules and Regulations (Levels 1,2,4)

Levels 0 - 3

  1. Attendance:
  • All classes are two and a half hours long, and they run twice a week. The morning classes are from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. and the afternoon classes are from 12:30 to 3:00.
  • You are obliged to attend in the group assigned to you when registering in the ELC.
  • Attendance will be counted starting Day One of the course beginning.
  • It is important that you hear your name called by your teacher at the beginning of each class, and that you answer back “Present” in a clear and loud voice so that your teacher can mark you as present. The same applies when follow-up department representative checks students’ presence.
  • A first warning will be issued when you are absent for 3 classes.
  • A second warning will be issued if you are absent for 6 classes.
  • A denial (DN) will be issued if your absence exceeds 6 classes, i.e. 7 classes and above, resulting in not allowing you to sit for the final exam.
  • It is important for you to check the University website to check messages of warnings and DNs.
  • If you come to class without a book and/or a workbook, you will be considered absent. As a result, you will not be allowed to attend the class.

Students Rules and Regulations

II. Punctuality:

  • You are expected to be in class on time (i.e. at 8:30 a.m. for morning classes, 12:30 a.m. for the afternoon classes or 3:30 p.m. for the evening ones).
  • If you are beyond 15 minutes late (+8:45 a.m., +12:45), you will be counted absent and will not be allowed to attend the session.
  • If you leave any time before the session ends, you will be counted absent.
  • If you are counted absent on the session of your test / quiz day, you will not be allowed to take your test / quiz.
  • Students who miss the test / quiz cannot have a makeup unless there is a written excuse approved by the university. All makeup tests / quizzes will be conducted at the end of the semester.
  • All answers should be in either blue or black pen. No pencil should be used.
  • Students are not allowed to leave before half the time of the test/quiz is over.

III. Excuses:

  • You are neither allowed to skip the class nor leave in the middle of it for the sake of any other lecture since all English classes are synchronized with the other classes in all departments.
  • If you are a graduating student or taking English (repeating the course) at a later term than your fellow students, then you will need to coordinate your class schedule with the Director of the ELC. In case conflict cannot be resolved, you will be advised to consider your enrollment on the course based on your priorities.
  • You will not be allowed early leaves unless it is an emergency. All emergency leaves need to be approved first from the Director of the ELC.
  • You will be excused for your absence only in case of presenting a written medical excuse from the university clinic. All medical excuses approved by the University clinic. Otherwise, you may be subject to receiving a warning.
  • You will also be excused for your absence in case you are traveling abroad if your request is approved by the Vice President for Student Affairs. However, you will first need to present your passport to prove your departure and arrival dates through your faculty.

IV. Books:

  • All books are available in the Copy Center located on the ground floor of the Faculty of Business and Administrative Building (Building D).
  • Once you register for your English course in the ELC, you will not be allowed to attend the class without both books (course book & work book) and will be counted absent.
  • If you were admitted to PUA in 2012 or earlier (e.g. 2011 or 2010), you will need to pay for the books.

V. Code of Conduct and Ethics:

  • You are strictly prohibited from smoking inside both the classroom and the ELC floor.
  • You are not allowed to eat or to drink any beverages, except for water, inside the classroom during lecture time.
  • You are held accountable for the cleanliness of your desk and classroom, notably if you eat or drink in the classroom during the break time.
  • You are to switch your mobile phone off or to silent mode during lecture time. In case of emergencies, you can use it outside the classroom only with permission from the teacher.
  • Any misconduct or immoral behavior will be met with an appropriate penalty by the ELC management.

VI. Complaints:

  • If you encounter a problem in the classroom, which may affect your learning performance, kindly communicate your complaint to your teacher in order to overcome it rapidly and continue learning with restored fine performance.
  • If you would like to make a complaint (or even a suggestion to improve your class or the like) anonymously, you can write it down on a piece of paper and place it inside the ELC Suggestion / Complaint Box.
  • In case of urgent or imminent complaints that your teacher could not give aid about, you are entitled to make a complaint to the level coordinator and in case it was not resolved, you may approach the Director of the ELC, whether orally or even better in a written form in Arabic or English. However, after delivering your complaint, you will have to await the response on the date and time given to you.

Mark Distribution:

E0 & E1

Year’s Work Final
Quiz 1 10 /2 = 5 Mid-Term 15 Listening 10 Writing 10 Speaking 10 Final 50
Structure 4 2 Reading 4 Reading 16
Vocabulary 6 3 Structure 6 Structure 17
Vocabulary 5 Vocabulary 17

 

E2 & E3

Year’s Work Final
Quiz 1 10 /2 = 5 Mid-Term 15 Listening 10 Writing 10 Speaking 10 Final 50
Structure 4 2 Reading 6 Reading 20
Vocabulary 6 3 Structure 5 Structure 15
Vocabulary 4 Vocabulary 15

Levels E4 & E5

  1. Attendance:
  • All classes are two hours long, and they run twice a week. The classes are from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m..
  • You are obliged to attend in the group assigned to you when registering in the ELC.
  • Attendance will be counted starting Day One of the course beginning.
  • It is important that you hear your name called by your teacher at the beginning of each class, and that you answer back “Present” in a clear and loud voice so that your teacher can mark you as present. The same applies when follow-up department representative checks students’ presence.
  • A first warning will be issued when you are absent for 3 classes.
  • A second warning will be issued if you are absent for 6 classes.
  • A denial (DN) will be issued if your absence exceeds 6 classes, i.e. 7 classes and above, resulting in not allowing you to sit for the final exam.
  • All classes are two hours long, and they run twice a week. The classes are from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m..
  • You are obliged to attend in the group assigned to you when registering in the ELC.
  • Attendance will be counted starting Day One of the course beginning.
  • It is important that you hear your name called by your teacher at the beginning of each class, and that you answer back “Present” in a clear and loud voice so that your teacher can mark you as present. The same applies when follow-up department representative checks students’ presence.
  • It is important for you to check the University website to check messages of warnings and DNs.
  • If you come to class without a book and/or a workbook, you will be considered absent. As a result, you will not be allowed to attend the class.

II. Punctuality:

  • You are expected to be in class on time (i.e. at 8:30 a.m. for morning classes).
  • If you are beyond 15 minutes late (+8:45 a.m), you will be counted absent and will not be allowed to attend the session.
  • If you leave any time before the session ends, you will be counted absent.
  • If you are counted absent on the session of your test / quiz day, you will not be allowed to take your test / quiz.
  • Students who miss the test / quiz / LMS Task cannot have a makeup unless there is a written excuse approved by the university. All makeup tests / quizzes will be conducted at the end of the semester.
  • All answers should be in either blue or black pen. No pencil should be used.
  • Students are not allowed to leave before half the time of the test/quiz is over and LMS Tasks are not graded unless fully completed and filled .

III. Excuses:

  • You are neither allowed to skip the class nor leave in the middle of it for the sake of any other lecture since all English classes are synchronized with the other classes in all departments.
  • If you are a graduating student or taking English (repeating the course) at a later term than your fellow students, then you will need to coordinate your class schedule with the Director of the ELC. In case conflict cannot be resolved, you will be advised to consider your enrollment on the course based on your priorities.
  • You will not be allowed early leaves unless it is an emergency. All emergency leaves need to be approved first from the Director of the ELC.
  • You will be excused for your absence only in case of presenting a written medical excuse from the university clinic. All medical excuses approved by the University clinic. Otherwise, you may be subject to receiving a warning.
  • You will also be excused for your absence in case you are traveling abroad if your request is approved by the Vice President for Student Affairs. However, you will first need to present your passport to prove your departure and arrival dates through your faculty.

IV. Books:

  • All books are available in the Copy Center located on the ground floor of the Faculty of Business and Administrative Building (Building D).
  • Once you register for your English course in the ELC, you will not be allowed to attend the class without both books (course book & work book) and will be counted absent.
  • If you were admitted to PUA in 2012 or earlier (e.g. 2011 or 2010), you will need to pay for the books.

V. Code of Conduct and Ethics:

  • You are strictly prohibited from smoking inside both the classroom and the ELC floor.
  • You are not allowed to eat or to drink any beverages, except for water, inside the classroom during lecture time.
  • You are held accountable for the cleanliness of your desk and classroom, notably if you eat or drink in the classroom during the break time.
  • You are to switch your mobile phone off or to silent mode during lecture time. In case of emergencies, you can use it outside the classroom only with permission from the teacher.
  • Any misconduct or immoral behavior will be met with an appropriate penalty by the ELC management.

VI. Complaints:

  • If you encounter a problem in the classroom, which may affect your learning performance, kindly communicate your complaint to your teacher in order to overcome it rapidly and continue learning with restored fine performance.
  • If you would like to make a complaint (or even a suggestion to improve your class or the like) anonymously, you can write it down on a piece of paper and place it inside the ELC Suggestion / Complaint Box.
  • In case of urgent or imminent complaints that your teacher could not give aid about, you are entitled to make a complaint to the level coordinator and in case it was not resolved, you may approach the Director of the ELC, whether orally or even better in a written form in Arabic or English. However, after delivering your complaint, you will have to await the response on the date and time given to you.

Mark Distribution

Year’s Work Final
Qrtr. 1 10 /2 = 5 Qrtr. 2 10 /2 = 5 Mid-Term 10 Graded Task 10 Listening 5 Writing 5 Speaking 10 Final 50
Writing 10 5 Vocabulary 6 3 Vocabulary 3 Vocabulary 3 Reading 20
Structure 4 2 Structure 2 Structure 2 Structure 15
Reading 5 Listening 5 Vocabulary 15

Note

Quarter 2 and Graded Task are both on the LMS