The Languages Centre is a dynamic entity constantly in the pursuit of excellence in teaching and learning. Members of the department are encouraged to pursue research in the field of English Language Teaching. To arrive at best practices, several initiatives are taken to promote academic as well as action research, a purposeful activity that contributes to the further evolution of the Foundation programme towards reaching the ideal programme for every student enrolled in MECIT. 

Languages Centre faculty have presented research papers on the following topics:

• ‘Handling Plagiarism in Project Based Instruction’, to be presented at Annual ELT             Conference, SQU, April 2010: Ms. Samia Naqvi & Mr. Tareq Al Damen

• Gender Difference and Performance: A Fact or Fiction, February 2010,ELT symposium on  research at SQU : Mr. Tareq Al Damen & Ms. Marwa Al Shafie
• ‘Integration of Skills and Content in the ESP Classroom’ at Qatar TESOL 2009 :Ms. Samia Naqvi.
• ‘Content Based Instruction in ESP for IT’ at Cam TESOL 2009: Ms. Priya Mathew and Ms. Samia Naqvi.
• 'Impact of 1st language Writing Orientation on the Acquisition of 2nd language' at the 39th Annual and 5th International ELTAI Conference held in India in 2008 : Ms. Samia Naqvi