Foreign Language Didactics at Cadi Ayyad University. How the University Language Center will enhance Students Foreign Language Skills

Masters Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: -, language: English, abstract: This research paper is part of the Language Center Project that is conceived and designed, under the auspices of Cadi Ayyad University, by a team made up of professors from the English and French departments at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Marrakech. It investigates the field of foreign language didactics and analyzes Cadi Ayyad students needs in foreign languages. The research was carried out using questionnaires that were administered to a sample of 435 students from six faculties and ENS in Marrakech. The results revealed that the majority of the respondents are not proficient in foreign languages and that they are willing to learn another foreign language. The purpose of the paper then is to suggest practical strategies and techniques for Cadi Ayyad Language Center to implement with the aim of enhancing the University students foreign language skills.