BSI-143: English Composition & Comprehension
Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3
Grading: As per UET Rules
1. COURSE OUTLINE:
This course is designed to improve the expression in writing as well as the ability to comprehend a text.
Exercises will be given to the class to strengthen their abilities of composition and comprehension.
2. WEEKLY COURSE OUTLINE:
Week Contents
Week 1 Words & expressions commonly misused
Week 2 Vocabulary Building skills
Week 3 Introduction to parts of speech in detail
Week 4 Word formation
Week 5 Conditional Sentences & types
Week 6 Tense, voice and narration
Week 7 Common Grammatical mistakes
Week 8 Sentence, its structure, types and kinds
Mid Term Examination
Week 9 Paragraph, its structure and types
Week 10 Process of writing
Week 11 Elementary Principles of Composition and its types
Week 12 Relative Pronouns & Clauses
Week 13 Getting the essential information
Finding the main idea, Defining vocabulary in context Practice
Week 14 Order of importance
Using order in the writing to determine what is most important to the author,
Similarities & Differences; using comparisons to determine the author’s
attitude, Sentence structure, degree of detail, description & tone Practice
Week 15 Critical reading & thinking
Evaluating evidence and author credibility, rejecting faulty reasoning Reading
across the curriculum; asking the right questions to get the most out of reading
in the natural sciences, social sciences & Humanities
Week 16 Drawing Conclusions; putting it all together
Final Term Examination
3. CLASS LEARNING OUTCOMES:
After completing this course, students will be able to:
CLO # Description Level of Learning PLOs
1 Practice English correctly in Cog-2 PLO10 (Lifelong
speaking and writing. (Comprehension) Learning:)
2 Apply sound vocabulary and Cog-3 (Application) PLO10 (Lifelong
skills to use English in Learning:)
professional life.
4. MAPPING OF CLOs WITH COURSE ASSESSMENT TOOLS
CLOs
Course
Assessment Tools CLO-1 CLO-2
Midterm ✓
examination
Final term ✓
examination
5. RESOURCES
TEXT BOOKS
o Writing Effective paragraphs by Howard CJ. Cambridge: Winthrop Publishers,
1976
o Practical English Usage by Michael Swan. ELBS
o Michael swan practical English usage
REFERENCE BOOKS
o The Little Brown Handbook
o Exploring the world of English by Sadaat Ali Shah