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Program All Undergraduate Programs
Course Functional English
Course Code SS 1160
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Facilitator Syeda Sana Atique
Books Recommended Textbook;
● Oxford Practice Grammar by John East Wood.
Reference Material:
• Academic Writing Handbook for International Students
• Academic Writing: A practical guide for students by Stephen
Bailey
• Practical English Grammar by Michael Swan
• High schools English Grammar and composition by Wren and
Martin.
Course Description:
The focus of this course is to improve students' vocabulary, grammar, reading, and skills through
extensive reading and writing. In order to reach this goal, students will be engaged in a variety of
activities including drills & practices. The other important part of this class is the self-study component.
Students are required to study fiction or non-fiction books on their own. Students will be encouraged to
do online challenging self-learning activities to enhance their language skills.
A student who successfully fulfills the course requirements will have demonstrated the ability to:
S. CLO Bloom’s Taxonomy Level
No.
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1. Use Language Skills and Strategies in different C3
situations for a variety of functions.
(Applying)
2. Complete Academic Writing tasks by following C3
writing process and appropriate strategies to suit
the context and genre. (Applying)
3. Rely less on their first languages and increase C3
their use of English in formal and informal
situations (Applying)
4. Have a deeper understanding of correct English C2
structures in descriptive, narrative, and
instructional texts. (Understanding)
5. Have improved their reading and writing skills C4
in English
(Analyzing)
Session-wise Course Breakdown
Week Topic Suggested Activities CLO MAPPING
a Building Blocks: Parts of CLO 1
● Observation
Speech
● Function of different ● Games
word categories ● Practice Worksheets
● Difference b/w Stative
● Picture description
& Action Verbs
● Relative Pronouns
● -ed & -ing adjectives
2 CLO 1 & CLO 3
Time Expressions ● Discussing habits, plans,
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events, incidents &
● Functional approach
experiences
● Conversation-based
3 Listening CLO 4
● Listening excerpts
● Difference between
● Short videos
listening and hearing.
● Active & Selective
listening
● Listening for Gist &
specific information.
4 CLO 5
Reading Comprehension
● Reading fictional &
● Skimming &
non- fictional texts
Scanning
● Finding contextual cues
● Inferencing & Critical
in the text
thinking
● Reading for vocabulary
5 Change the Voice CLO 1 & CLO 3
● Active and Passive ● Analyzing News
formation
● Practice worksheets/
● Shifting focus in the Exercises
sentence
6 Writing Mechanics & CLO 4
Punctuation
● Rectifying errors in a
● Understanding the use text
of punctuation marks
● Cloze passages
& transitional devices
7 Paragraph Writing CLO 2
● Peer Reviews
● Structural components
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● Functional
components
8
● Reading and writing
Practice Session
tasks
Mid Term Exam
9 Modal Verbs (Extensive CLO 1
● Small Talk
Practice)
● Expressing ability, ● Role Play
possibility,
permission,
obligation, necessity,
criticism, and advice
10 Conditionals CLO 1 & CLO 4
● Expressing real &
● Conditional sentences unreal conditions
(all types)
11 Listening & Presentation CLO 3 & CLO 4
● Listening excerpts
Skills
● Clarity, Audibility, ● Topic Speaking/
Fluency & Accuracy ● Group/Pair activities
12 Direct and Indirect Speech CLO 1 & CLO 4
● Dialogue writing
● Conversational use of
● Roleplay
language
13 Formal and Informal CLO 3
● Drafting emails
Writing
● Key differences
● Email writing
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14 Essay writing CLO 3 & CLO 5
● Structural ● Writing prompts
Components
● Different genres
(Focus on Descriptive
and Argumentative)
15 CLO 3
● Topic Speaking
Students’ Presentations
16
● Reading and writing
Revision
activities
Final Exam
Counselling hours:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
12:30- 2:00 11:00- 1:00 12:30- 2:00 9:30- 11:00
Lecturer: Syeda Sana Atique
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