General
Section outline
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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:
Teaching Method
CILOs
1. Face to Face Lectures
1&2&3&4&5&8&9
2. Class discussion
1&2&3&4&5&8&9
3. Exercises ,quizzes, and practice with different sentence structures and elements
4 &5 &8 & 9
4. Individual, pair and group work
1 & 2 & 3 &7 & 8 & 9
4. Assessment and grading:
Assessment Type
Weight%
Midterm
30%
Participation
30%
Final Exam
40%
Total
100%
5. Text Book
To view the text book: Click here 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
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