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1English Language Skills I
Course Title: Communicative English Year: I
Language Skill I
Course Code: FLEn1011 Semester: I
Credit Hours/ECTS: 3/5 Pre-Requisite: Does not require
Contact Hours: 3LectureHoursperWeek
Course Instructor:
I. Summary of the Course/Course Description:
The Communicative English Skills course aims to enhance students' English communication abilities,
focusing on intelligibility, accuracy, fluency, and appropriate usage in various contexts. It includes
activities tailored to academic and social needs, engaging students in practical language development
through reflection and action. Key components include grammar, vocabulary, and all four language
skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing, which are integrated to support one another. The course
comprisessixunitsaddressingtopicsrelevanttostudents'livesandsociety.
II. Course learning outcomes:
CLO-1 Speak English fluently and accurately in social and academic settings.
CLO-2 Understand spoken English in lectures and social interactions.
CLO-3 Comprehend written English in academic and social texts.
CLO-4 Write clearly and appropriately in English for academic and social needs.
CLO-5 Develop independent learning skills for ongoing improvement in English.
CLO-6 Produce well-structured academic reports and assignments
III. Mapping/Alignment CLO vs PLO
Cours Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
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CLO-1
CLO-2
CLO-3
CLO-4
CLO-5
CLO-6
IV. Mapping/Alignment of Courses vs Teaching and Assessment Strategy
CL CLO Description Course Delivery Assessment Strategy
Os
CL Speak English Brief introductory notes, Pair and group Continuous assessments
O-1
fluently and discussions, Presentation, independent (quizzes, tests, assignments,
accurately in social reading, giving individual and group Valuing, Active Participation,
and academic work, Interactive Speaking Workshops, Oral presentation, Exams
settings. Conversation Circles. Oral Presentations and
Participation in Discussions
CL Understand spoken Brief introductory notes, Pair and group Continuous assessments
O-2
English in lectures discussions, Presentation, independent (quizzes, tests, assignments,
and social reading, giving individual and group Valuing Active Participation,
interactions. work, Listening Comprehension Oral presentation, Exams
Exercises, Real-Life Simulation Listening Quizzes and Role-
Activities. Playing Assessments.
CLO-3 Comprehend written Brief introductory notes, Pair and group Continuous assessments
English in academic discussions, Presentation, independent (quizzes, tests, assignments,
and social texts. reading, giving individual and group Valuing Active Participation,
work, Reading circles, and text analysis Oral presentation, Valuing
sessions. Exams, Reading,
Comprehension Tests, and
Text Summaries.
CLO-4 Write clearly and Brief introductory notes, Pair and group Continuous assessments
appropriately in discussions, Presentations, independent (quizzes, tests, assignments,
English for academic reading, giving individual and group Valuing, Active Participation,
and social needs. work, writing workshops, and peer Oral presentation, Exams
review sessions. ,Writing assignments.
CLO-5 Develop independent Brief introductory notes, Pair and group Continuous assessments
learning skills for discussions, Presentation, independent (quizzes, tests, assignments,
ongoing reading, giving individual and group Valuing, Active Participation,
improvement in work, Self-directed learning projects. Oral presentation, Exams
English. , Writing assignments
CLO-6 Produce well- Brief introductory notes, Pair and group Continuous assessments
structured academic discussions, Presentation, independent (quizzes, tests, assignments,
reports and reading, giving individual and group Valuing, Active Participation,
assignments work, and feedback workshops. Oral presentation, Exams
,Formal Report Submissions
and Revision Process.
Course Outline:
1. Introducing Oneself
1.1. Listening
1.1.1. Introducing oneself (who you are, where you came from, where you finished your
primary and secondary school), what you intend to study and why Vocabulary
1.2. Reading
1.2.1. Reading a short biography written in simple English: using background knowledge,
reading with comprehension, making notes while reading, guessing meanings,
attending to reference words & discussing notes,
2. Study Skills
2.1. Listening
2.1.1. listening to a talk on habits of successful students: reflecting on one‘s study skills,
taking notes while listening, discussing notes, answering listening comprehension
questions, discussing answers
2.1.2. Giving advice using tips from the listening text: using the language of giving advice
2.2. Reading
2.2.1. Reading an expository essay on study skills: reading with comprehension, attending to
new vocabulary, writing notes while reading, writing brief summaries from notes
2.2.2. Studying the present perfect tense and the past perfect tense: form, use and meaning of
conditionals
3. Sports and Health
3.1. Listening
3.1.1. Listening about Zinedine Zidan (who he is, his childhood, his professional career):
using prior knowledge (talking about a famous football player), predicting what comes
next and checking prediction, taking notes while listening, discussing notes, presenting
oral summary), asking and answering Wh-questions
3.1.2. Studying conditionals (form, use and meaning)
3.2. Reading
3.2.1. Reading a short expository passage on sports and health: discussing how sports
improve health, reading for main ideas, making notes while reading, developing notes
into short summaries, comparing summaries
3.2.2. Working on vocabulary: using word formation
4. Cultural Values
4.1. Listening
4.1.1. Listening about cultural tourism: discussing how culture attracts tourists, listeningwith
comprehension, taking notes while listening, discussing notes, developing notes into
one-paragraph summaries
4.2. Reading
4.2.1. Reading an expository text on cultural values: reading with comprehension, writing
notes while reading, answering comprehension questions, summarizing the text based
on notes made while reading, and discussing summaries
4.2.2. Revision simple present, simple past, present perfect and past perfect tenses: revising
form, use and meanings of these tenses, writing short meaningful sentences using
simple present, simple past, present perfect and past perfect forms of verbs
5. Tourism and Wildlife
5.1. Listening
5.1.1. Listening about human-wildlife conflict (argumentative text): using prior knowledge,
listening with comprehension, making notes while reading, writing summaries usingthe
notes, discussing the summaries
5.2. Reading
5.2.1. Reading a text on tourism and wildlife: using visual, reading with comprehension,
guessing meanings of words based on context, writing brief notes while reading,
discussing notes and developing them into summaries, discussing summaries
5.2.2. Working on denotative and connotative meanings
5.2.3. Revising conditionals: constructing meaningful sentences basedon pictures
6. Population
6.1. Listening
6.1.1. Listening about population density: learning the meanings of ‗population ‘, ‗density
‘and ‗population density‘, predicting what comes in the talk and checking prediction,
listening with comprehension, taking notes while listening, discussing notes, writing
short paragraphs using the notes and discussing them
6.2. Reading
6.2.1. Reading a text on population pyramid: interpreting tables, graphs and pie charts,
reading with comprehension, making notes while reading, discussing notes, developing
notes into paragraphs, discussing and improving paragraphs
6.2.2. Studying collocation: learning the definition of collocation, identifying words that
collocate with population ‘, doing exercise on collection, using collection in vocabulary
study
6.2.3. Working on active and passive constructions (form, use, meaning): noticing grammar
pattern in example sentences, listening to a brief lecture, writing lectures notes,
discussing notes, identifying active and passive constructions, completing
contextualized exercise, reading independently and compiling portfolio on passive
constructions
Assessment Strategies and Techniques: At least 50% continuous assessments (quizzes, tests,
assignments, Valuing Active Participation, Oral presentation, Valuing Attendance and/or mid-
examination) and 50% final examination
Instructional Resources (Materials and Equipment): LCD, computer (desktop or laptop), course
outlines, markers, flip charts, white board, chalk board, duster.
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