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Lahore School of Accountancy and Finance
Functional English BS
Course Code:
Credit Hours: 3 Hours
Course Description:
Functional English equips students with the necessary knowledge, skills and understanding to use
and apply English in everyday life. Gaining these skills will ensure your students can get the most
out of their future work and education. Functional English is a separate stand-alone qualification
that can be taken whenever your students are ready. Students need to pass Reading, Writing and
Speaking, Listening and Communication to gain the qualification.
Course Objectives (Cos)
To enhance the four basic learning skills listening, reading, writing and speaking
through methodology of learning by doing.
To fulfil social requirements students are trained to utilize the skills in classroom.
Through the use of grammar, learners will be able to access their own ability to
write and speak in an appropriate manner.
Learning outcomes:
To Produce academic vocabulary appropriately orally and in writing.
To Summarize paraphrase information in a text.
To learn Comprehension skills.
To have the know-how of Listening and writing.
To improve presentation skills.
To Produce coherent and unified paragraphs with adequate support and detail
Syllabus Topics:
1. Grammar
2. Vocubay
3. Phrasal vers
4. Idioms
5. Stuctures
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6. Extensive reading
7. Creative writing
8. Descriptive writing
9. Narrative writing
Evaluation Criteria:
Quizzes 10%
Assignments 10%
Mid Term Exam 35%
Class participation/presentations. 05%
Attendance 05%
Final Exam 35%
Total 100%
Teaching Methodologies:
Learning by doing
Class activities
Brain storming
Student cantered
Application
Feedback for improvement
Grading Criteria:
The student’s course score is associated with letter grades as per following grid:
Class Score Grade
85% or above A
<= 80% < 85% A-
<= 75% < 80% B+
<= 70% < 75% B
<= 65% < 70% C+
<= 60% < 65% C
<= 55% < 60% D+
<= 50% < 55% D
Less than 50% F
Students outcomes covered by the course:
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outcome Student outcome description coverage
A Students enhance ability to use the grammar correctly, and to have the
knowledge about direct writing and indirect writing. The idea where to
use the appropriate vocabulary.
B Students were able to get the idea of the given text, and rewrite it in an
appropriate and comprehensive way.
C Students have Knowledge about the art of story delivering.
D students have Knowledge that how one can be the attentive listener
through presentation skills.
E Students have ability how to catch the attention of the audience by
presentation skills, that how and when one needs to make his/her tone
low or high.
F students have ability to write in a sequence, proper start middle and
end, and to have the understanding of the given topics
I. Learning Outcomes vs. Student outcomes
Sr. Course Outcomes Students Outcomes
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e (f)
)
1 To Produce academic vocabulary X x x
appropriately orally and in writing
2 To Summarize paraphrase information X x x
in a text.
3 To learn Comprehension skills x X x
4 To have the know-how of Listening x X x x
and writing.
5 To improve presentation skills. x x
BEFORE MID-TERM SYLLABUS
Elements Sub category Detailed Content
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grammar Pharsal verbs Phrases and idiomatic phrases
and expressions with
meanings and usage;
Tenses:
Structure, Correction Present All form
of Tenses, Errors of
Tenses, Difference
between Direct and
Indirect Writing
Past All form
Future All form
Direct & Indirect Narration
Structure of grammar Practice of Grammar Active/Passive voice
with correction, Mcqs,
True/False
-Passive & Active Voice
Students are expected to
achieve a vocabulary of
approx.2000 commonly used
words in addition to their
existing vocabulary.
Tenses
Paractical grammar Constuction of Sentence structure
complex, compound , Parts of speech
exclaimatory sentences Noun
pronoun
Verb
Adverb
Adjective
Conjunction
Interjection
Preposition
Comprehension and Reading and Understanding
sepped reading general
Reading skills
Exploring the theme
producing a reasoned
response
Task1: Multiple choice and
notes taking
Task2: True/false/not given ,
& yes/no/ not given
Task3: Matching Paragraph
Information
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Task 4: Sentence Completion
Task 5: Short Question &
Answers
Task 6: Table/flow chart
completion
Task 7: Diagram Labelling
Punctuation marks
After MID-TERM SYLLABUS
Elements Sub category Detailed Content
Writing Understanding of Understanding the
sequence of writing difference between narrative
and descriptive writing
Narrative essays
Descriptive essays
Vocabluray Learning Where to use direct writing
and where to use indirect
writing while writing an
essay
Difference between direct
writing and indirect writing.
The role of vocabulary and
diction in essay.
Composition and Art of creative writing Story writing
comrehnasive
Difference between Letter writing (informal and
formal and informal formal)
writing
Precis writing
Recommended Textbooks:
Functional English by professor (Sohail Zafar Rana)
Functional English by CA Pakistan
Ielts Book 1,2,3.
Consultation Protocol: (Min. 8hrs Per week)
All relevant inquiries will be encouraged and it is highly advisable to ask them during
lecture or consultation time. However, if any query is missed during those times, please
ask via email and/or SMS. Consultation hours are as follows:
Monday & Wednesday 11.15am: 4.00pm
Tuesday 9.45am: 12.50pm
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Friday 11.50am: 1.00pm
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