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Certified English Courses for Spouses

Human Resources is pleased to announce the start of a new term of certified English courses for spouses. All spouses residing within the KAUST community are welcome to join the English classes which will run from January 28 to March 22. Courses cost 840 SAR and range from Beginner to Upper Intermediate levels. Classes meet twice a week for one and a half hours per class.

This is a great opportunity to improve your English, as well as interact with other community members with a desire to learn English!

To register for a course, please click the link below. Don’t delay, the deadline for registration is Thursday, January 18.

To register, click here.

10 comments

Shaofei January 14, 2018 at 9:12 pm

Nice classes. Is it possible to have the classes all in the morning?

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Matthew Fechtmeyer January 15, 2018 at 10:02 am

Good morning Shaofei,

All of our spouse courses are in the morning either from 8:45-10:15 or from 10:15-11:45.

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Alounima January 15, 2018 at 12:30 pm

Do you know which dates of the week ?

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Matthew Fechtmeyer January 15, 2018 at 1:37 pm

Hello Alounima,

The days of the week depend on the course that you are assessed for. The courses either meet on Sundays and Tuesdays or Mondays and Wednesdays. There is an additional one-hour conversation class on Thursdays which is optional for all our spouse participants.

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Huiping Chen January 15, 2018 at 2:23 pm

hi, i want to know which days will be the English course in a week? Thanks

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Matthew Fechtmeyer January 15, 2018 at 3:23 pm

Hello Huiping,

The days of the week depend on the course that you are assessed for. The courses either meet on Sundays and Tuesdays or Mondays and Wednesdays. There is an additional one-hour conversation class on Thursdays which is optional for all our spouse participants.

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sweta January 15, 2018 at 10:39 pm

can you please share contact details of a few participants of the last season for reference.

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Matthew Fechtmeyer January 16, 2018 at 8:20 am

Hello Sweta,

For confidentiality, I prefer not to share contact details of our participants. If you send me your contact details I could ask a couple of our participants to contact you. My email address is matthew.fechtmeyer@kaust.edu.sa.

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Huiping Chen January 17, 2018 at 10:24 am

Hello, I had registered already and choose Tuesday as the preferred date for placement test. But i found i had an appointment already at that time. So can i change the date for the placement test?

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Matthew Fechtmeyer January 17, 2018 at 10:42 am

Hello Huiping,

Thank you for considering your schedule and contacting us. I’ve sent you an email requesting your preferred date so we can change your registration.

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