SUBSIDIARY SARANDA – ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Subsidiary Saranda started its educational activity in 2006 with the Bachelor degree in Business Administration and continued in 2008 with the Bachelor program in English Language. In 2011, the opening of a Professional Master’s program in Tourism Management was approved  in  the faculty. During the 16-year period of its activity, Subsidiary Saranda has successfully accomplished the mission of higher education for the creation, transmission and development of knowledge through teaching. Subsidiary Saranda has been and will always be at the service of students from different social levels, who due to their difficult economic situation or social status have not had the opportunity to complete their studies in Tirana, but nevertheless have found in the Subsidiary Saranda the same high quality of teaching as in the University of Tirana. Subsidiary Saranda has been and will remain  an added value of this city by helping the regional economic development and contributing to the increase of the standards of democracy and civility of the society in accordance with the mission of higher education in the Republic of Albania.

The Bachelor program in English at Subsidiary Saranda is a 3-year study program, developed in accordance with the curriculum of the English Language program at the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the University of Tirana. By the end of their studies at Subsidiary Saranda, students of this Bachelor program are skillful at using   English language with the correct pronunciation and intonation that is characteristic of native English speakers, at understanding  easily English language and its variants, used by English-speaking tourists from different countries of the world,  translating  the terminology of different fields in the framework of tourism developments in the country, through direct and spontaneous translation, organizing  and leading  tourist guides using both the extensive knowledge of the English language, as well as those on cultural heritage, knowing  and respecting  the cultures of other countries and  showing  professionalism in the framework of intercultural communication,  communicating  in accordance with code of ethics , using both verbal and non-verbal communication, verbal according to different communication situations, formality and their cultural background, using the appropriate language register depending on the formality or informality of the situation, thinking  independently, making  summaries and writing  reports, articles, etc., presenting information efficiently and working  in groups, etc. Upon completion of the studies of this cycle, students are awarded  with a Bachelor’s Degree in English.