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eflnoil · Joined: 08 Nov 2008 Posts: 23 Location: AKTAU

Ladies n Gents,
An ex-coworker of mine is looking to work at the English language centre at Hail University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He wants to know if any of your good selves know anything about it on the academic side; such as facilities, support, computer assisted learning lab and, essentially, the sort of training materials that are currently in use there and so on.

Grateful to those who can help this fella with info as dave's is not accepting new registrations until 8 August so he can't get onto dave's boards to ask directly.

eflnoil

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

I wonder why new members are not being accepted. Maybe Dave is on holiday or something?

VS

JK01 · Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 33

johnslat · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:20 pm Post subject:

If new members are not being accepted, how did this happen?

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Regards,
John

desert_traveller · Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 335

lcanupp1964 · Joined: 12 Dec 2009 Posts: 381

I'm still surprised that people still ask about this university. Do a search and within 2 minutes, you will see many, many things wrong with the U of H. My advice is to ask for the email address of around five instructors that work there and ask them before you make a choice. I would even spend the money and call the instructors and speak with them on the phone. It�s worth the money NOT to have a bad experience. Maybe the U of H is getting better. Find out before you sign a contract. I turned down a few offers from places (both inside and outside KSA) because �they� didn�t want to (or made excuses about how they can�t) give out contact information. I can understand that it may be private info, but see what happens. If it�s an OK place to work, they should be able to provide you with some contact info. Make sure the instructors have the same background as you, so you can relate better to their comments � if you get my drift. Wink

desert_traveller · Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 335

rainbowprof · Joined: 18 Feb 2012 Posts: 133 Location: Penang

yes, the only contact email I got when I requested one was from a Pakistani English teacher who also works at the university and I wasn't sure his opinions would be as valid as I would like. It's not that easy to contact current workers at prospective place of employment.

lcanupp1964 · Joined: 12 Dec 2009 Posts: 381

Yes, it's hard to get in touch with the right people (instructor/teachers) that work at where you might want to go, but I do feel it's worth the extra effort. I feel that there is a link between recruiters (the in-house ones and the ones who just "pimp" us out) that can provide you with names and contact information of the teachers that you would work with and others that don�t/won�t. It worked well for me when I was in Oman, South Korea and the U.A.E, but poorly (because I didn�t listen) when taking a position in Taiwan. I think an in-house recruitment staff like the one at KAU, would be better able to provide that information to you. I did find it much easier to get the information when applying for jobs in East Asia and much harder for those jobs in the Middle East.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Another thread which I have revived for the benfit of one of my acolytes who has asked about working in the tribal lands of the Rasheed

posh · Joined: 22 Oct 2010 Posts: 430

Is he still on hunger strike?

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Hunger strike ? In Hail ? I think you are geographically confused.

posh · Joined: 22 Oct 2010 Posts: 430

I think you should read the thread. Rolling Eyes

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Can I use DYSLEXIA as an excuse ?

Grendal · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:38 am Post subject: