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On October 25, 2017, the Language Research Center of the Faculty of Languages and Translation at King Khalid University held a special Certificate Award Ceremony. The event, held every two weeks throughout the academic year of 1437-38, sought to honor presenters who had contributed to enhancing the body of knowledge through their compelling seminars.

The ceremony was honored by the presence of Dr. Abdullah Al-Melhi, the Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Translation.

Certificates of appreciation were awarded to a series of presenters for their exceptional contributions:

• Mr. Mohsin Khan was recognized for his seminar titled "Incorporating Blackboard in EFL Teaching."
• Mr. Nabeel Ali Sayed was acknowledged for his presentation, "Arabic is in English."
• Mr. Mahmudul Haque received a certificate for "Learner Autonomy and Metacognition in Language Learning."
• Dr. Eyhab Bader Eddin was commended for two seminars: "Translation of Death as Clad in Euphemism" and "Non-lexical Equivalence in Translation."
• Dr. Abdul Wahed Zumor was awarded for his seminar on "A Metacognitive and Social Strategy to Improve Content Lecture Comprehension."
• Mr. Erich Beer was recognized for his presentation on the topic "From the Top of a Pole One Hundred Feet High, How Do You Step Forward? Questions, Intuitions and Pointers Relating to Reading Comprehension."
• Prof. Abdullah Hady Al Kahtany was commended for sharing his valuable "Experience in Teaching."
• Prof. Habib Abdessalem and Mr. Hassan Costello were recognized for their joint presentation titled "Introductions in Locally Published Research Articles in Linguistics: Towards A Syntagmatics of Moves."
• Dr. Basim Kanan was acknowledged for his seminar titled "The Effect of Expansion of Vision Span on Reading Speed: A Case Study of EFL Major Students at KKU."
• Dr. Sheila Simpkins was awarded for her discourse on "Bloom’s Taxonomy."
• Dr. Haseeb Ahmed was commended for his seminar titled "What is Literature? Why Should We Study It?"
• Mr. Abdullah Omar received a certificate for his presentation on "Awareness and Attitudes of Saudi Students toward World Englishes."
• Mr. Faruquzzaman Akan was recognized for his seminar on "Barriers to Language Development."
• Dr. Abdelhamid Bessaid was acknowledged for his presentation titled "Rethinking the Main Objectives of Teaching English."

Each of these awarded presentations served to promote a culture of academic excellence and intellectual curiosity within the Faculty of Languages and Translation