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Fall has gathered and reunited friends. The English Language Department of Tishk International University in association with the Tishk International Student Deanery held its alumni reunion event on Saturday, November 12th. The event took place at Tishk International University campus that started with students welcoming and getting together for discussion and chatting, it was followed by lunch and a short speech by the Head of ELT department in regards to the purposes of such events.

The ELT Department hosted its traditional farewell dinner on May 28, 2016 for fourth year students, who are going to graduate this year, in Dawa 2 restaurant. Dean of education Faculty Dr. Suleyman Celik sponsored the event. Other attendees included the graduating students, Head of ELT department, advisor of the students, lecturers, and staff. It was a well spent evening for the senior students and everyone. Each one had opportunity to say “thank you” and “goodbye” to one another. Students said their last remarks and expressed their gratitude to every single lecturer. Lecturers also bid their farewell.

On Monday 30th May, the ELT Department held the Shakespearean Sonnet Poster Presentation, where graduating students exhibited posters that depicted individual sonnets of their choice from among William Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. The activity - which was arranged in concordance with the universal Shakespeare 2016 campaign, entitled #ShakespeareLives - came as a graduation project for students in their course of TEFL Literature, given to them by Dr Basil Q. Muhammad.  The poster exhibition was inaugurated by the Dean of the Faculty of Education, Dr Suleyman Celik, and the Head of the ELT Department, Mr Ibrahim Nisanci, as well as the exhibition organizer, Dr Basil Q, Muhammad. The outstanding overall achievement of fourth-year students was highly commended by everybody at [...]

Mr. Ali Bala, Oxford Quality Programme Coordinator in Fezalar Educational Institutions, gave a seminar about educational systems around the World in Tishk International Career Days. ELT3 year students participated in the presentation. In first part of the presentation, Mr. Bala mentioned about different systems and trends in education and importance of teachers` professional development. At the end of seminar, there were question and answer session. It was very enlightening and useful event for our students.

Academic Debate and Critical Thinking events are prevalent at Tishk International University, and the Council hoping widens their network with private and public Universities of Kurdistan in the future. Debate Competition at Tishk International University is a public speaking event where the Academic Debate and Critical Thinking Council prepare a topic on a range of societal, historic, or popular interest. And in four days each students group prepare a twenty minute speech which responds to the selected prompt. Each major point should be roughly equal to another to keep the speech balanced.  During the discussions Students may consult articles and evidence [...]