ELRC (English Language Resource Center)

23/08/2026

📢 Placement Test Registration – Fall 2026

Are you ready to take your English to the next level? 🌟

The English Language Resource Center (ELRC) is pleased to announce the opening of registration for the **Fall 2026 Placement Test**.

📍Test Location:
Cairo Branch
Assiut Branch

📅 Test Dates:
Tuesday, September 8th & Wednesday, September 9th, 2026

⏰ Time:9:30 AM

📝 Registration:
To register for the Placement Test, please complete the Google Form below:

🔗 Google Form Link: https://forms.gle/BMgMxHzWESYhU8AP9

⚠️ Please make sure to complete the registration form carefully and provide accurate information.**

We look forward to welcoming you and helping you take the next step in your English learning journey! 🌟📚

ELRC ~English Language Resource Center
RELO Cairo AUC School of Continuing Education (SCE) Al-Azhar University Egypt

📢 التسجيل لامتحان تحديد المستوى – خريف 2026

هل أنت مستعد لتطوير مستواك في اللغة الإنجليزية والارتقاء بمهاراتك إلى مستوى جديد؟ 🌟

يسر مركز مصادر تعليم اللغة الإنجليزية (ELRC) أن يعلن عن فتح باب التسجيل لـ امتحان تحديد المستوى للفصل الدراسي خريف 2026.

📍 أماكن عقد الامتحان:

فرع القاهرة
فرع أسيوط

📅 مواعيد الامتحان:
الثلاثاء 8 سبتمبر والأربعاء 9 سبتمبر 2026

⏰ الساعة: 9:30 صباحًا

📝 التسجيل:

للتسجيل في امتحان تحديد المستوى، يرجى ملء نموذج التسجيل الإلكتروني (Google Form) من خلال الرابط التالي:

🔗 رابط التسجيل:
https://forms.gle/BMgMxHzWESYhU8AP9

⚠️ يرجى التأكد من استكمال نموذج التسجيل بعناية وإدخال جميع البيانات المطلوبة بشكل صحيح.

نتطلع إلى استقبالكم ومساعدتكم في اتخاذ الخطوة التالية نحو تطوير مستواكم في اللغة الإنجليزية! 🌟📚

مركز مصادر تعليم اللغة الإنجليزية – ELRC

05/08/2026

For those who might be interested!

🎓 Al-Azhar English Training Center (AETC) and Al-Azhar English Resources Centre (ELRC) are pleased to invite their graduates and interested students to attend an Information Session on the Chevening Scholarships for Master's study in the United Kingdom.

This exclusive session is designed for:

* Graduates with relevant work experience

* Fresh graduates

* Teaching Assistants at Al-Azhar University

The session aims to provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the Chevening Scholarship Programme, including eligibility requirements, the application process, and practical guidance for those aspiring to pursue a Master's degree in the United Kingdom.

📍 Venue: Al-Azhar English Training Center – Al-Tayyeb Hall, First Floor

📅 Date: Monday, 10 August 2026

🕙 Time: 11:00 a.m.

Speaker: Ms Nevein Sharaf, Chevening Scholarship Manager at the British Embassy

Moderator: Dr Mustafa Khedewi, Chevening Scholar and Director of the Al-Azhar English Training Center

We look forward to welcoming all prospective applicants and helping them take the first step towards studying in the United Kingdom.

08/07/2026

🎉 Congratulations to our TOEFL Pilot Program Participants! 🎉
We're so proud to celebrate the students who completed our very first two-week TOEFL workshop at the Languages Building Center, Al-Azhar University (Al-Darrasah Campus)! 📚✨
Over six sessions in June, these dedicated learners showed up ready to grow — diving into the new TOEFL exam structure and building a personalized roadmap for continued self-study.
This pilot is just the beginning — thank you to every student who trusted us with your TOEFL prep journey. Your hard work and curiosity inspire everything we do at the ELRC! 🌟
Stay tuned for more TOEFL workshops and exam-prep opportunities soon. .

30/06/2026

🎓🌸 Congratulations to our ELRC Graduates!

On Sunday, June 21st 2026, we celebrated the graduation of our participants here at the English Language Resource Center (ELRC) at Al-Azhar University Egypt, in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy Cairo and the AUC School of Continuing Education (SCE) at the American University in Cairo. 🎉

Whether you strengthened your academic English, sharpened your professional skills, or prepared for an exam — you showed up, you grew, and you made it. 💬✨

To our graduates: we are so proud of you.

To our dedicated teachers and staff: thank you for the expertise and heart you bring each day. 🙌

👉 Graduates, tell us in the comments: what's one thing you're proud of from this journey?

-Azhar University Egypt

تهانينا لخريجي مركز مصادر اللغة الإنجليزية (ELRC)!
في يوم الأحد الموافق 21 يونيو 2026، احتفلنا بكل فخر بتخريج الدارسين في مركز مصادر اللغة الإنجليزية (ELRC) بجامعة الأزهر – مصر، وذلك بالتعاون مع سفارة الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية بالقاهرة، وكلية التعليم المستمر (SCE) بالجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة (AUC). لقد كان يومًا مميزًا نحتفل فيه بإنجازاتهم ونتمنى لهم دوام النجاح والتوفيق. 🎉
سواء كنتم قد عملتم على تحسين مستواكم في اللغة الإنجليزية الأكاديمية، أو تطوير مهاراتكم المهنية، أو الاستعداد لاجتياز أحد الاختبارات، فقد التزمتم بالحضور، وتطورتم، وحققتم النجاح. 💬✨
إلى خريجينا: نحن فخورون بكم للغاية .
وإلى معلمينا وفريق العمل المخلصين: شكرًا لكم على الجهد والشغف اللذين تقدمونهما كل يوم. 🙌
👉 أيها الخريجون، أخبرونا في التعليقات: ما الشيء الوحيد الذي تشعرون بالفخر لتحقيقه خلال هذه الرحلة؟

28/06/2026

🌞 **ELRC Summer 2026 is Here!** 🌞
For all Al Azhar faculty staff and teachers!

The **ELRC Center** is pleased to announce the launch of our **Summer Courses 2026**! 🎉

This Summer, get ready for an exciting experience filled with:

🗣️ **Interactive Conversation Classes**
Explore exciting topics ranging from **dream travel destinations** to **cultural traditions around the world**, while building confidence and improving communication skills.

🎯 **Practical & Engaging Workshops**
Discover useful topics ranging from **presentation skills** to **learning strategies for lecture groups** and gain tools you can apply in real-life learning and academic settings.

📍 Courses will be held at both:
**ELRC Cairo Branch** and **ELRC Assiut Branch**.

📍 **Cairo Branch**
🗓️ July **6, 7, 8, 13, 14 & 15**
🕙 **10:00 AM – 12:00 PM**

📍 **Assiut Branch**
🗓️ July **7, 8, 9, 15, 16 & 18**
🕙 **10:00 AM – 12:00 PM**

✨ Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy engaging, enjoyable, and enriching sessions this summer!

Join us and make your summer a season of learning, communication, and creativity! 🌟

☘️☘️ No need to register!

26/05/2026

**Eid Adha Mubarak from the ELRC! 🌙✨**

On the blessed occasion of Eid Al-Adha, we extend our warmest wishes to all our participants, teachers, and families.
May this special time bring you peace, happiness, success, and countless blessings.

Wishing you and your loved ones a joyful Eid filled with love, kindness, and beautiful moments.

**Happy Eid Al-Adha!**
— *ELRC Team*

13/05/2026

Sharing a great upcoming opportunity to learn and practice your academic English writing skills for publication. June sessions available in Cairo, Assiut, Alexandria, Luxor, and Minya.”

Academic Writing for Publication
Five Two-Day Workshops for University Lecturers/Scholars

Ready to transform your research into publishable work?

Join internationally recognized scholar Dr. Ivan Eubanks for an intensive hands-on workshop designed to help university lecturers strengthen their academic writing skills in English and navigate the path toward successful publication.

Participants will explore:
🔹 Academic argumentation and persuasive claims
🔹 Effective literature reviews
🔹 Writing impactful abstracts and keywords
🔹 Strategies for clarity, coherence, and revision
🔹 The publication process from draft to submission
🔹 Journal and reviewer expectations

🌍 Coming to multiple governorates across Egypt starting June 9, 2026:
📍 Luxor: June 9 & 10
📍 Assiut: June 13 & 14
📍 Minya: June 16 & 17
📍 Cairo: June 20 & 21
📍 Alexandria: June 23 & 24

Led by Dr. Ivan Eubanks, experienced international academic writing trainer and former Editor in Chief of the Pushkin Review.

📝 Registration via: bit.ly/online-form-access
⚠️ Space is limited

12/05/2026

✨ Meet the Director: Tamara!✨️
Hello everyone! I'm so happy to share a little about myself with this incredible community.

📍 Where I'm from: I'm a product of two great cities — Brooklyn, NY and Washington, D.C. — but
honestly, the world shaped me just as much as any zip code. Growing up overseas and living across
multiple countries gave me an early and lasting sense of just how beautifully different, and deeply
connected, we all are. That experience is really at the heart of everything I do.

‍ 💐My Background: My path to the ELRC hasn't been traditional. I spent six years in the classroom early in my career, but most of my work has been in communications — where language is everything. Along the way, I've had the joy of lecturing, mentoring staff, and discovering that teaching never really leaves you.

🌍 What I Love Most About Languages: For me, it's always been about cross-cultural connection — that beautiful moment when language becomes a bridge between people, places, and ideas. There is nothing quite like watching someone use English to reach across a cultural divide and truly connect.

💬 My Philosophy: Language isn't just a skill. It's a doorway — to opportunity, to understanding, and to
each other.

✨ A Quote I Return To: "Language was just difference. A thousand different ways of seeing, of moving through the world. No; a thousand worlds within one." — R.F. Kuang, Babel

27/04/2026

✨️Teacher Spotlight: Eman Ahmed✨️

🌷Where I’m from:

My name is Eman Ahmed, and I am from Cairo. I am proud and grateful that destiny led me to teaching, a career that has become not only my job but also my passion and purpose.

👩‍🏫 Years of Experience:

I have taught for more than 15 years and worked with both young learners and adults. Throughout my journey, teaching has shown me that learning has no age limit. Every learner shares the same goals: improving their language abilities, which in turn allow them to communicate with more people and experience in their lives.

📚 My Favorite Lessons to Teach:

One of my favorite areas to teach is writing and critical analysis because this encourages creativity, logical thinking, deep reflection, and analysis.

❤️ Why I Teach / What I Love Most:

I teach because I believe that sharing knowledge is one of the most valuable ways to serve others. My greatest joy comes from seeing learners understand information in a simple and enjoyable way, then later apply what they have learned to real-life situations.

I still remember when I was teaching a grammar lesson once, followed by a writing practice. I noticed that my students used the grammar they had learned and expressed their ideas beautifully in their writing. I felt so proud! .

💬 My Teaching Philosophy

To me, education is not only about memorizing books and information. Education connects knowledge with life experiences and human values.

✨ My Favorite Quote:

"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." — John Dewey

21/04/2026

✨️Teacher Spotlight: Alaa' Talaat✨️

🎀Where am I from?
Hello everyone! My name is Alaa, and I’m from Asyut, Egypt.

🏆Years of experience
I’ve been teaching English for 16 years, working with both students and teachers. I’m also a teacher
trainer, which means I love helping other teachers grow and feel more confident in their classrooms. My
local and international experiences influence my teaching style and help me understand different
learning styles.

🌹Favorite lesson to teach:
My favorite lessons to teach are speaking and presentation skills lessons. I enjoy helping learners express
themselves, share their ideas, and use English in everyday situations.

🍄Why I teach:
I teach because I love seeing learners become independent and confident, especially when they speak a
foreign language without fear.

🌻My teaching philosophy:
My teaching philosophy focuses on encouraging communication, and creating a safe learning
environment

🍀Favorite quote:
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
Nelson Mandela