General

1.    Course info.

Name

 Remedial English

Number

 15200099

Credit Hours

 3 Non-credit hours

Prerequisite

 NA 

Description

 This is a non-credit course (zero credit hour) given for students at their first year of study (all university majors students should take it) . It is a prerequisite for E1 and it focuses mainly on the language learning skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course is intended to equip the students with basic skills necessary for successful communication in both oral and written forms of the language. In addition to grammar and how to use vocabulary in a meaningful context.  

Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)

At the end of this course students should be able: 

1.       To skim and scan reading comprehension texts.

2.       To use the four skills of English in an integrated way to comprehend passages.

3.       To use technical terms in different situations.

4.       To employ knowledge of structure in forming meaningful statements.                       

5.       To write meaningful sentence.

6.       To write short developed paragraph in a certain topic.    

7.       To use English to communicate fluently  

8.       To use grammatical rules to construct meaningful sentences and paragraphs 

9.       To read a wide range of texts to build a comprehensive understanding of texts and acquire new information.

10.    To understand basic grammatical elements

2.   Units Names and numbers:

   Unit 1: Meeting People

   Unit 2: Food and Health

   Unit 3: Places

   Unit 4: Review and Check

   Unit 5: Fashion

   Unit 6: Technology

   Unit 7: Sports

   Unit 8: Review and Check

3.   How to study this course:

4.   Assessment and grading:

5.   Text Book

6.   Other required material (References):

·         Reading Strategies:

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/Read20best.html

·         Learn English voc:

http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/buildings.htm

·         Parts of speech:

       http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc/quiz/partspee.htm

7.    Other Resources used (e.g. e-learning, field visits, periodicals, software, etc. )

·         Grammar exercises:

http://www.english.hilfen.de/en/exercises-list/alle grammar.htm

·         Paragraph writing:

http://esl.about.comlod/writingintermediate/a/paragraphs.htm

·         Pronunciation:

http://funeasyenglish.com/amarican-english-pronunciation.htm