University of Central Punjab (UCP)

Johar Town, Lahore.

Course Title: English-1 (Functional English)

Course Code: CSHU 1823
Semester: Fall 2018
Course Coordinator: MUHAMMAD ASIF
Course Instructor: _Huma Ghulam Nabi
Email: [email protected]

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is essentially skills-based, offering students varied opportunities to develop their four
language skills-reading, writing listening and speaking. The course materials offer a wide range
of text types [literary, discursive, descriptive and factual], followed by learner-centered
activities. The course focuses on enlarging students’ vocabulary through word building skills;
extensive practice in creative, reflective and academic writing with emphasis on the process of
writing process -prewriting, organizing, composing, revising, and editing; developing speaking
and listening skills through activities that are overtly built into the material to guide students in
their actualization of these skills. They are supported by the inclusion of the mechanics of speech
[stress, intonation, phonetics] with grammar [ proper sentence structure, punctuation marks,
prepositions] that supports these skills and facilitates in proficiency and accuracy not only in
academic but also professional field.

COURSE GOALS:

The students should be able to:

 refine their underlying attitudes, thinking processes, language skills and knowledge
within the context of language use.
 think imaginatively, logically and critically as they use and learn English.
 write about complex subjects in a letter or a creative nonfiction.
 edit for appropriate style, including attention to word choice, sentence structure,
punctuation, and spelling.
  develop skills for oral presentation with good verbal, visual, and multimedia materials as
necessary, in individual and/or collaborative projects, as appropriate.

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

After taking this course the students will be able to:

 Read an English paragraph and answer questions to demonstrate their understanding.

 Read a logical and analytical problem described in English and respond to the queries to
reflect their comprehension.
 Read and summarize short and long scripts in the form of articles, extracts and research
papers.
 Read and analyze a variety of sentences for accurate comprehension of the provided text.
 Write a paragraph expressing their understanding of the topic.
 Skim and scan long texts for comprehension and precision.
 Organize and systemize thoughts while writing descriptive scripts
( i-e letter writing and reflective writing).
 Develop interest in intensive and extensive readings.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

In this course, the students are expected to:

• Attend all class sessions for requisite number of hours and actively
participate in all class activities.
• Complete all assignments in time
• Respect and benefit from the criticism offered by the instructor and peers by
revising the work
• Take unannounced/ pop quizzes
• Make use of a dictionary, take notes, and raise questions in reading assignments
• Fully participate in class discussions and help in fostering a discourse
community by listening to the peers’ views and articulating their own in
effective manner.
• Academic honesty is assumed. University policy regarding plagiarism can
be consulted at the following website
(http://www.uvas.edu.pk/news/HEC_PLIAGERISM_POLICY.pdf

TEACHING-LEARNING METHODOLOGY:
Transparent Language online and Learning Management System will be used to improve
learning outcomes through Declaratively Accelerated Blended Learning (DABL) methodology.
English development exercises, talk show, seminar, group discussion, lectures, reading material,
handouts, reference books, accuracy and fluency exercises, projects and research works will be
used for support.

SUGGESTED READINGS:

 Davis, C. W. and Watts , A. J. (1988) New Expressway English : FEP International

 Rosa, Alfred &Eshholz, Paul (eds). (2002). Models for writers. Short Essays for
composition.NY:St Martin’s press.
 Melville, Herman (1978 ).First Time Aloft;Essays for Description and
Narration.
 Burgess, A . (1993 ) Grammar Smart New York: Villard Books

 Murphy, R (1994).Intermediate English Grammar.Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press.
Murphy, R (2009) English Grammar in Use.

ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION:

Class Participation 05%

Quizzes: 15 %

Assignments: 15%

Project Presentation: 10 %

Mid Term: 25 %

Final Exam: 30 %

Total 100
 Course Outline: English-1 (Functional English)

Week # Topics/Themes Class Activities Assignments/

Quizzes
Ice Breaker
1 Peer Interview
Making Introduction
Q/A session regarding
 Making effective self and peer introductions
course outline
 Talking useful introductory notes
Varied activities on
 Introduction to course outline
reading, writing, listening
 Introduction to the English Language (all
and speaking skills will be
integrated language skills i.e. RS, WS, LS, &
introduced.
SS)
 Introduction to Basics of Grammar, some
important areas which help write correct
sentences

Transparent Language Online

 Create TLO user accounts

 Proficiency test

2  Parts of Speech: Elucidations, Examples and Varied activities on Quiz – 1

Exercises reading, writing, listening (Pretest =
 Exercise on Parts of Speech, Nouns, Pronouns and speaking skills will be Assessment 0 +
 Exercise on Parts of Speech, Adjectives & Adverbs introduced. Listening 0
from E1_Fall
Transparent Language online
2018))
 Teach Units 1 & 2

 Listening Skills: Strategies and Exercise,

Practice (TLO LS/ Online content)

3  Exercise on Parts of Speech, Verbs and verb tense Varied activities on Quiz – 2
 Exercise on Parts of Speech, Determiners, reading, writing, listening (Assessment: 1
Conjunctions and Subject Verb Agreement and speaking skills will be from E1_Fall
introduced. 2018)
Transparent Language online

 Teach Units 3 & 4

 Listening Skills: Strategies and Exercise,

Practice (TLO LS/ Online content)
 Phrases and clauses: Elucidations, Examples, and
4 Exercises Varied activities on Assignment – 1
reading, writing, listening
Grasping the text: Sentence structure and speaking skills will be (Listening Test
 Sentences, sentence fragments, and run-on introduced. – 1 from
sentences E1_Fall 2018)
 Subject-predicate
 Practice on Sentence Structure, sequence of
sentence
 Exercise on kinds of Sentences: Declaratives,
Interrogatives and Negatives/ Negation.

Transparent Language online

 Teach Units 5 & 6

 Listening Skills: Strategies and Exercise,

Practice (TLO LS/ Online content)
5 Prepositions: Reading materials will be
Quiz – 3
Elucidation(s), Examples, and exercises shared to help students to
practice prepositions for (Assessment: 2
correct understanding of from E1_Fall
Transparent Language online the text. 2018)

 Teach Units 7 & 8

 Listening Skills: Strategies and Exercise,

Practice (TLO LS/ Online content)

6 Punctuation Reading material will be

Assignment – 2
 Comma, Semicolon, Colon, Apostrophe, Period, shared to help students to
Quotation Marks, Exclamation point, practice punctuation marks
(Listening Test
Dash, Brackets, Ellipsis mark, Slash. for correct understanding
of the text. – 2 from
 Proper use of punctuation marks in descriptive
E1_Fall 2018)
writing.
Transparent Language online
 Teach Unit 9

 Listening Skills: Strategies and Exercise,

Practice (TLO LS/ Online content)
Paragraph writing: I
7 Pair work will be Quiz – 4
 Descriptive paragraphs
introduced to facilitate the (Assessment: 3
 Narrative paragraphs
students in the writing & Listening Test
Limiting the topic and writing topic sentence process. – 3 from
Finding the controlling idea E1_Fall 2018)
 Selecting and dropping ideas
Grouping ideas in plan
Writing and reviewing paragraph

Transparent Language online

 Teach Unit 10

 Listening Skills: Strategies and Exercise,

Practice (TLO LS/ Online content)

8 MID TERM

Quiz – 5
9 Vocabulary Development Royal table of adjectives
 Adjectives and adverbs & confused words will be (Assessment: 4
 Confusing words discussed and practiced in from E1_Fall
descriptive writing. 2018)
Transparent Language online
 Teach Unit 11
 Listening Skills: Exercise & Practice (TLO LS/
Online content)

Paragraph writing: II Assignment – 3

10
 Compare paragraphs Pair work will be
(Listening Test –
 Contrast paragraphs introduced to facilitate the
4 from E1_Fall
Limiting the topic and writing topic sentence students in the writing
2018)
Finding the controlling idea process.
Selecting and dropping ideas
Grouping ideas in plan
Writing and reviewing paragraph
Vocabulary Building
11 Varied activities on Quiz – 6
 Strategies: ways to improve and expand your
reading, writing, listening
vocabulary (Assessment: 5
and speaking skills will be
 Most frequent words in English from E1_Fall
introduced.
2018)
Transparent Language online

 Teach Units 12, 13 & 14

 Listening Skills: Exercise & Practice

(TLO LS/ Online content)

12 Dialogue development After general elaboration

Assignment – 4
of rules for dialogue
  Developing and Adapting Standard Dialogues writing, the content will be (Listening Test –
 Presenting and Practicing Standard Dialogue followed by excessive 5 from E1_Fall
 Writing dialogue practice. 2018)
Transparent Language online Announce
Project
 Teach Units 15 & 16 Paper(s) /
Presentation(s)
Letter Writing
13 Class practice will be Quiz – 7
 Format and mechanics of informal letters
done.
 Types of informal letters (Assessment: 6
 Apologies & Listening Test
 Appreciation and Thank You – 6 from
 Congratulations E1_Fall 2018)
 Personal Complaints
 Invitations
 Offering Condolences

Transparent Language online

 Teach Units 17 & 18

Reflection on ideas
Pair work will be Quiz – 8
14  Speaking prompts
introduced to facilitate the (Post-test =
 Writing on factual statements
students in speaking and Assessment 0 +
Transparent Language online writing process. Listening 0
 Teach Units 19 & 20 from E1_Fall
2018))
Reading for a Purpose:
15 Tactics of effective
Skimming and Scanning as a tool for effective reading speaking will be explored
will be introduced. and practiced in class to
Use extensive and intensive reading materials. polish the presentation
Transparent Language online skills of students

Vocabulary Building
 Which is English

Project Presentations Discussion on individual

Speaking and Presentation Skill or group presentation will
 Developing Confidence be done
 Dealing with stage fright Guidance in lacking areas
 Designing slides for Power point presentation will be provided
 Editing and proof reading
 Dos and don’ts of effective presentation
 Power point Presentations will be held
  The Paper will be submitted for evaluation
Project Presentations Discussion on individual Project Paper
16  Power point Presentations will be held or group presentation will will be
 The Paper will be submitted for evaluation be done submitted
 Revision Guidance in lacking areas
will be provided
17 FINAL TERM EXAM