English 2 1102
King Saud University
College of Applied Studies &Community Services
Department: Administrative & humanities Sciences
Course Syllabus |
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Course code: 1102 | Course Title: English (2) |
Course prerequisite: Engl 1101 | Course Level: pre-intermediate |
Credit hours: 9 hours |
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| Academic Staff Specifics |
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E-mail Address | Office Hours | Office Number and Location | Rank | Name |
09-10 AM (daily) 12-02 PM (daily) | 2-M-16 | Master | Malik Nassar |
Course/ module description:
This course aims at consolidating and extending students' knowledge of English Language and providing them with reasonable skills necessary for communication in both verbal and written English up to the intermediate level, by promoting its use in reading, writing, listening and speaking, for general and study purposes. By the end of the course, students are expected to to use English in all kinds of situations, build vocabulary, listen actively and respond properly, discuss a variety of topics in English, read for meaning, communicate in writing, and speak clearly and properly. Throughout the course, students are given a wide range of university-level topics and specific skills required for academic reading including skimming, scanning, intensive reading, topic sentences and prediction. In addition, the course is supported with writing tasks that tackle different academic text types, strategies to help students deal with unknown words and organize, record, vary, and build their vocabulary. Moreover, students are guided in writing skills, including such features as planning, coherence, cohesion, and checking writing assignments.
Course/ module objectives:
1 . Develop reading skills and strategies (skimming, scanning, recognizing context clues, understanding affixes etc.).
2 . Read short scientific texts and recognize the basic word structure.
- 3. Use an English/ English dictionary with emphasis.
- 4. Revise the key structures taught earlier and compose different types of simple sentence.
- 5. Practice writing notes and outlines on reading material.
6. Write short informal and formal letters e.g. letter of complaint, placing an order, … etc. 7. Understand and use Basic English for everyday situations.
- 8. Ask for information using different notions.
- 9. Communicate reasonably: converse with strangers, greet people, ask for repetition, apologize, tell the time, describe feelings and emotions.
- 10. Produce orally and in writing correct meaningful utterances.
- 11. Emphasize the key structures taught before and required to compose well-formed simple sentences.
- 12. Fill out application forms.
Course/ module components
- Books (title , author (s), publisher, year of publication)
Soars, John & Lynn. New Headways Plus, Pre-Intermediate Student’s Book. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2011).
Soars, John & Lynn. New Headways Plus, Pre-Intermediate Class Workbook without Key. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2011).
Philpot, Sarah. New Headway Academic Skills: Reading, Writing, and Study Skills. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2010).
- Support material (s) (Journals, publications, etc).
- Grammar Dimensions: Form, meaning and use. Book 2 Larsen-Freeman (Heinle & Heinle, 2000)
- Tapestry Listening & Speaking, Book 3. K Carlisi, S Christie (Heinle & IIcinle, 2000)
- Functional English: A Saudi Arabian Hospital Context. Upper Intermediate. Mokhtar Aftat (1999).
- Tapestry Writing, Book 3. M Pike-Baky. L Blass (Heinle & Heinle, 2000).
- Dictionaries: Oxford Word Power
- Study guide (s) (if applicable)
- Homework and laboratory guide (s) if (applicable).
Websites
www.learner.org/interactives/spelling/index.html
www.edunet.com/english/practice.html
Teaching methods:
Lectures, discussion groups, tutorials, problem solving, debates, etc.
Learning outcomes:
- Knowledge and understanding
1 . Develop reading skills and strategies (skimming, scanning, recognizing context clues, understanding affixes etc.).
2 . Read short scientific texts and recognize the basic word structure.
- Use an English/ English dictionary with emphasis.
- Revise the key structures taught earlier and compose different types of simple sentence.
- Practice writing notes and outlines on reading material.
6. Write short informal and formal letters e.g. letter of complaint, placing an order, … etc.
7. Understand and use Basic English for everyday situations.
- 8. Ask for information using different notions.
- 9. Communicate reasonably: converse with strangers, greet people, ask for repetition, apologize, tell the time, describe feelings and emotions.
- 10. Produce orally and in writing correct meaningful utterances.
- 11. Emphasize the key structures taught before and required to compose well-formed simple sentences.
- 12. Fill out application forms.
- 13. Develop general lexical skills.
- 14. Expand general listening/ speaking skills.
- 15. Focus on tenses
- Cognitive skills (thinking and analysis).
- 1. The ability to analyse, study and understand the course topics.
- The ability to identify a writer’s purpose (showing cause and effect/comparing and contrasting/to persuade)
3. The ability to summarize the main ideas and supporting details of a written text.
4. The ability to understand most aspects of a range of conversations on topics of interest.
5. The ability to establish and maintain social contact by using language appropriate to the context in common social situations including conducting formal and informal phone conversations, making and responding appropriately to requests, suggestions, invitations and apologies, carrying out regular transactions in public places like shops, offices, hotels, banks, hospitals, etc.
6. The ability to select appropriate vocabulary to talk about feelings, opinions and experiences.
7. The ability to recognize, understand and use a number of phrasal verbs and collocations.
8. The ability to construct a range of text types including email, descriptive, biographical,
narrative and discursive texts using a single paragraph.
- Communication skills (personal and academic).
- Respecting the professor by the students during and after the lecture.
- The student's adaptation of himself to working with his colleagues on the course.
- Student's ability to cooperate and work collectively with his colleagues as well as respecting their points of view.
- Development of mental abilities of the student to organize his time and his ability to concentrate, comprehend, and memorize of the course.
- Self-learning by doing individual work through the homework that is required from the student and submitting it on time. Students can complete both reading and writing exercises in due time.
- Students can participate in communicative situations.
- Students can act responsibly and ethically in carrying out individual as well as group assignments.
- Students can listen, read, write, and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses in the process of language learning.
Assessment instruments.
* Short reports and/ or presentations, and/ or Short research projects
- Assignments, attendance, presentations, and participation 30%
- Midterm exams 30%
- Final exam 40%
Allocation of Marks | |
Mark | Assessment Instruments |
15 | First examination |
15 | Second examination |
40 | Final examination: |
30 | Reports, Quizzes, Homework, Projects |
100 | Total |
Documentation and academic honesty
- Documentation style (with illustrative examples)
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- Protection by copyright
- Avoiding plagiarism.
Course/module academic calendar
week | Basic and support material to be covered | Homework/reports and their due dates |
(1) | Introduction, general English conversations, familiarizing students with the components of the course textbooks and the course exams, and knowing student's English level through exercises and conversations
UNIT 1: Getting to Know You (NHP) Grammar: tenses: present, past, future, questions & question words Vocabulary: using a bilingual dictionary, parts of speech, homonyms Everyday English: social expressions Reading: " People, the great communicators" Speaking: information gap, discussion, roleplay Listening: neighbours Writing: informal letters |
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(2) | Unit 2: The way we live (NHP) Grammar: present tenses: present simple & present continuous, have/have got Vocabulary: describing countries, collocations Everyday English: making conversations Reading: Living in the USA Speaking: information gap, & exchanging information Listening: " what annoys you about people in your life?" Writing: linking words, describing a person
Unit 1: International students (AS) Reading: Going abroad to study, following instructions, reading methods Writing: a host family, checking your writing, writing an informal email Vocabulary: dictionary work, a dictionary entry, recording vocabulary (1) Review: p9 | Homework (1) Due on 16/9/2012 |
(3) | Unit 3: It all went wrong (NHP) Grammar: past tenses: past simple & past continuous Vocabulary: irregular Verbs, making connections, nouns, verbs, and adjectives, making negatives Everyday English: Time expressions Reading: 4 comprehension passages Speaking: telling stories Listening: an extract from The Three Students Writing: linking words, writing a story (1)
Unit 2: Where in the world ...? (AS) Reading: three countries, skimming and scanning Writing: my country: brainstorming ideas, linking ideas (1), writing a description of my country Vocabulary: organizing vocabulary (1), synonyms & antonyms, recording vocabulary (2) Review: p15, the definite article |
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(4) | Unit 4: Let's go shopping! (NHP) Grammar: quantity, much & many, some & any, something, someone, anyone, no one, nobody, & everywhere, a few, a little, & a lot of, articles Vocabulary: buying things Everyday English: prices and shopping Reading : markets around the world Speaking: survey and discussion Listening: buying things – conversations in shops Writing: filling in forms
Unit 3: Newspaper articles (AS) Reading: an unexpected journey, predicting content, meaning from context Writing: mistaken identity, sentences/paragraphs, varying the structure, writing an article Vocabulary: word-building: antonyms from prefixes Review: p21 | Homework (2) Due on 30/9/2012 |
(5) | Unit 5: What do you want to do? (NHP) Grammar: verb patterns (1), future intentions (going to & will) Vocabulary: hot verbs Everyday English: expressing feelings Reading: Hollywood Kids Speaking: what are your plans and ambitions? Being a teenager Listening: you've got a friend Writing: writing a postcard (1)
Revision for the first midcourse exam | Homework (3) Due on 15/10/2012 |
(6) First examination | Unit 6: Tell me! What's it like? (NHP) Grammar: what's it like? Comparative and superlative adjectives Vocabulary: talking about cities, money, synonyms & antonyms Everyday English: directions Reading: " a tale of two millionaires" Speaking: information gap: comparing cities, discussion: the rich and their money Listening: listening to an interview about living abroad Writing: relative clauses (1), describing a place
Unit 4: Modern technology (AS) Reading: innovations, identifying the main message Writing: technology – good or bad? Organizing ideas (1), linking ideas (2), writing a discursive essay Vocabulary: varying vocabulary(1), avoiding repetition (1) Review: p27 |
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(7) | Unit 7: Fame (NHP) Grammar: present perfect & past simple, for & since, tense revision Vocabulary: past participles, bands & music, adverbs, word pairs Everyday English: short answers Reading: celebrity interview Speaking: mingle, roleplay, project Listening: an interview with the band Style Writing: relative clauses (2), writing a biography
Unit 5: Conferences and visits (AS) Reading: a conference in Istanbul, purpose and audience (1& 2) Writing: invitations, using formal expressions, writing a formal email Vocabulary: word-building: suffixes & prefixes Review: p33 |
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(8) | Unit 8: Do's and don'ts (NHP) Grammar: have (got) to, should, must Vocabulary: jobs, travelling abroad, words that go together, compound nouns Everyday English: at the doctor's Reading: problem page in a newspaper Speaking: jobs, discussions, asking questions about places, roleplay, group work Listening: holidays in January, at the doctor's Writing: formal letters
Unit 6: Science and our world (AS) Reading: air pollution, making notes, interpreting meaning Writing: trends, paraphrasing & summarizing, writing a summary Vocabulary: words that go together: noun/verb + preposition, using numbers in writing Review: p39
| Homework (4) Due on 11/11/2012 |
(9) | Unit 9: Going places (NHP) Grammar: time and conditional clauses Vocabulary: hot verbs, hotels Everyday English: in a hotel Reading: the world's first megalopolis Speaking: various discussion Listening: an interview about life in 2050 Writing: linking words (2)
Unit 7: People: past and present (AS) Reading: three famous writers, dealing with difficult language and unknown vocabulary Research: information on the net: using the internet and developing a search plan Writing: biographies, adding extra information, organizing ideas (2), writing from research Review: organizing vocabulary (2) and topic vocabulary | Homework (5) Due on 26/11/2012 |
(10) | Unit 10: Scared to death (NHP) Grammar: verb patterns (2), infinitives: purpose, what/etc + infinitive, something/etc +infinitive Vocabulary: shops, describing feelings & situations Everyday English: exclamations Reading: two comprehension passages Speaking: talking about your childhood, describing feelings, and roleplay Listening: listening to two comprehension passages Writing: formal & informal letters
Revision for the second midcourse exam |
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(11) | Unit 11: Things that changed the world (NHP) Grammar: passives Vocabulary: verbs & past participles, verbs & noun collocations Everyday English: notices Reading: a discovery and an invention that changed the world Speaking: exchanging and discussing information about DNA & Google Listening: the world's most common habit – chewing gum Writing: writing a review of a book or a film
Unit 8: The world of IT (AS) Reading: Computers, rephrasing & explaining, avoiding repetition (2) Writing: IT – benefits and drawbacks, linking ideas (3), coherent writing, writing from notes Vocabulary: abbreviations (1 & 2) Research: crediting sources: acknowledging book & website sources Review: p51 | Homework (6) Due on 10/12/2012 |
(12) Second examination | Unit 12: Dreams and reality (NHP) Grammar: second conditional and might Vocabulary: phrasal verbs Everyday English: social expressions (2) Reading: super volcano Speaking: giving advice , discussion about surviving a disaster Listening: two students talk about their future plans Writing: adverbs, writing a story (2)
Unit 9: Inventions, discoveries, and processes (AS) Reading: how things work, intensive reading, linking ideas Writing: how things are made, the passive voice, clarifying a sequence, writing a description of a process. Research: reference books: using indexes Review: word-building (3): compound nouns/adjectives |
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(13) | Unit 13: Earning a living (NHP) Grammar: present perfect continuous, present perfect simple versus continuous Vocabulary: jobs, word formation, adverbs Everyday English: telephoning Reading: a funny way to earn a living Speaking: information gap, discussion, and roleplay Listening: giving news Writing: writing letters, common expressions in letters, formal & informal
Unit 10: Travel and tourism (AS) Reading: international tourism, interpreting data Vocabulary: varying vocabulary (2), avoiding repletion (3) Writing: graphs and bar charts, illustrating data, describing a graph or chart, writing about data Review: p63 | Homework (7) Due on 23/12/2012 |
(14) | Unit 14: Family ties (NHP) Grammar: past perfect, reported statements Vocabulary: hot verbs Everyday English: saying goodbye Reading: two comprehension passages Speaking: arguments in families, and telling stories Listening: interviews about families that live abroad Writing: writing a story (3)
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(15)
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(16) Final Examination | Final Examination |
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NOTICE: This course is assigned two textbooks, namely New Headway Plus (the elementary level) and New Headway Academic Skills (level 1). NHP stands for the former while AS stands for the latter.
Expected workload:
On average students need to spend 2 hours of study and preparation for each 50-minute lecture/tutorial.
Attendance policy:
Absence from lectures and/or tutorials shall not exceed 25%. Students who exceed the 25% limit without a medical or emergency excuse acceptable to and approved by the Dean of the relevant college/faculty shall not be allowed to take the final examination and shall receive a mark of zero for the course. If the excuse is approved by the Dean, the student shall be considered to have withdrawn from the course.