UNITED INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

School of Business and Economics/Science and Engineering

Course Syllabus

1 Course Title English I

2 Course Code ENG 1101

3 Trimester and Year Summer 2024

4 Pre-requisites HSC or equivalent

5 Credit Hours 3
6 Section AL
7 Class Hours 1.50 pm-3.10pm (Sunday & Wednesday)
8 Class Room 408
9 Faculty Member’s Naumi Beheterin
Name
10 Contact Email: [email protected];
Cell: 01709262801
11 Office Room No. 616
12 Counseling Hours Sunday & Wednesday: 9.50 am—11.10 am; 11.10 am — 12.31 pm

13 Text Book Intensive English I

14 Reference Intermediate English Grammar: Raymond Murphy; Oxford English
Dictionary (9th Edition)
15 Course Contents Reading and Writing
(approved by UGC) a) Cohesion, Skimming, Coherence, Scanning
b) Main ideas, Brainstorming and Taking notes
c) Comprehensions
d) Linking and Transitional words
e) Grammatical Knowledge: Parts of Speech, Punctuation, Subject
Verb Agreement, Preposition, Tense, Article
f) WH Questions
g) Paraphrasing
h) Summarizing
i) Creative Writing
j) Presentation

Speaking and Listening

a) Speaking and Listening strategies
b) Pronunciation and Intonation
c) Vocabulary, Educated guess from content
d) Linking words and Fillers

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 e) Introduction to Drama
f) Performing Play
g) Art of Questioning
h) Famous Speeches
i) Listening Activities
j) How to make and present a brochure
k) Impromptu Speaking
l) Group Presentation

16 Course
Outcomes (COs) COs Description
CO1
Create and develop ideas through fluent and error free writing
CO2
Skim, scan and infer from different reading texts
in target language
CO3 Interpret different listening texts of the target language
CO4 Apply target language for establishing spoken communication in
different contexts
17 Teaching Methods Lecture, Exercise, Activities, Home work.

18 CO with Assessment
Methods CO Assessment Method (%)
1,2,3 Attendance 5%
1,2,3 Class Test 10%
4 Presentation 10%
1,2 Assignments 5%
1,2,3,4 Midterm exam 30%
1,2,3,4 Final exam 40%
19 Mapping of COs and Program Outcomes (POs) (SoBE)

Program Outcomes(POs)
COs
PO1 PO2 PO3a PO3b PO4 PO5
CO1 √
CO2 √
CO3 √
CO4 √

20 Lecture Outline

Chapter
Class Topics/Assignments COs Activities
Reference
Ice breaker +orientation + needs  Lecture
1 1,2,3,
assessment (Speaking and Listening+ 1.1
4  Exercise
Reading and Writing)
2 Speaking and listening strategies+ 1,2,3, 1.2  Lecture
2
 Reading and writing strategies 4
(cohesion, skimming, coherence,  Exercise
scanning)
Vocabulary and educated guess 1, 2  Lecture
3 + Listening Activities+ 3,4 2.2,7.1  Exercise
Brainstorming and taking notes
1,2,3,4  Lecture
4 Pronunciation and Intonation +
2.1,4.2  Exercise
Reading Comprehension I
Linking words and fillers+ Linking 1,2,3,4  Lecture
5 words and transitional words+ 3.1, 7.2  Exercise
Listening Activities
Art of questioning +Forming Wh-  Lecture
6 1,2,3,4 5.1  Exercise
questions and writing answers
 Lecture
Writing summaries +Reading  Exercise
7 1,2 4.1, 7.1  CT 1 (Reading and
Comprehensions II
Writing)

 Lecture
 Exercise
 Assignment 1
(Summary/Paraphr
8 Paraphrasing+ Listening Test 1 1,2,3 5.2,7.2
asing)
 Listening Test for
Mid

 Lecture
9 Drama (Practice) 4 4.1  Exercise

 Lecture
5.2, 4.2
10 Famous speeches+ Drama (Practice) 3,4  Exercise

 Lecture
 CT 2: Speaking
11 Drama (Presentation) 4 5.2
(Presenting Drama)

Overview and Drilling (Speaking and  Lecture

12 1,2,3,4  Exercise
Listening + Reading and Writing)
1, 2, 3  Lecture
13 Listening activities+ Reading
7.2  Exercise
Comprehensions III+ Grammar
Speaking activities (how to make and  Lecture
14 present a brochure in pairs/group)+ 1,2,4 8.1  Exercise
Reading Comprehensions IV
15 Reading Comprehensions IV+ 1,2,3 8.1  Lecture
Listening Practice+ Grammar  Exercise

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4  Lecture
16 Speaking activities
8.2  Exercise
(Presenting Brochures)
Reading Comprehensions V+ 1,2  Lecture
17 Grammar 8.2  Exercise

1,3,4  Lecture
 Exercise
Story Telling+ Story/Paragraph  Class Test-3
18 Writing Using Past Tense+ Listening (Reading and
10.1
Writing)
Practice
 Assignment-2
(Story Writing)

Impromptu Speaking (Speaking 4  Lecture

19 Practice 10.1  Exercise

 Lecture
20 Reading Comprehensions V + How to 1,2,3
8.2  Exercise
make a presentation
1,2,3,4  Lecture
 Exercise
Impromptu Speaking (Speaking  Listening Test for
21 10.1
Practice)+ Grammar+ Listening Test Final

22 Individual Slide Presentation/ Group 4 Presentation

10.2
Poster Presentation: Day 1
Individual Slide Presentation/ Group Presentation
23 4 10.2
Poster Presentation: Day 2
Overview and Drilling (Reading and
24 1,2,3,4
Writing+ Listening and Speaking)

Appendix 1: Assessment Methods

Assessment Method (%)
Attendance 5%
Class Performance and Class Test 15%
Presentation 10%
Assignments 5%
Midterm exam 25%
Final exam 40%

Appendix 2: Grading Policy

Letter Grade Marks % Grade Point Letter Grade Marks% Grade Point
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 A (Plain) 90-100 4.00 C+ (Plus) 70-73 2.33
A- (Minus) 86-89 3.67 C (Plain) 66-69 2.00
B+ (Plus) 82-85 3.33 C- (Minus) 62-65 1.67
B (Plain) 78-81 3.00 D+ (Plus) 58-61 1.33
B- (Minus) 74-77 2.67 D (Plain) 55-57 1.00
F (Fail) <55 0.00

Appendix-3: Program outcomes (Engineering)

POs Program Outcomes

PO1 An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
PO2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
PO3 An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within
realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical,
health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
PO4 An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret
data
PO5 An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for
engineering practice
PO6 The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions
in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
PO7 A knowledge of contemporary issues
PO8 An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
PO9 An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams
PO10 An ability to communicate effectively
PO11 Project Management and Finance
PO12 A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning

Appendix-4: Program outcomes (Business)

Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) for the BBA Program, SOBE

In its BBA program the School of Business and Economics aims to
produce graduates with the capabilities of critical thinking and problem
solving by integrating the common core of skills and knowledge so as to
be able to identify research and analyze business situations and suggest
well-justified solutions.
1) PLO-1: Knowledge and Understanding: /Cognitive-[1 )Knowl.]
Our graduates are expected to have extensive domain knowledge and
should be able to select and apply such knowledge to business issues in
the local and regional contexts.
2) PLO-2: Critical Judgment, Problem Solving, & Numeracy Skills
[2) CT,PS & NS]
Identify, define and analyze problems, critically assess existing
understanding, exercise critical judgment, and create new ideas,
methods and ways of thinking to solve those problems with skills in time
management.
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3) PLO-3: Interpersonal Skills [3) IS]
Our graduates will be effective communicators in their respective fields.
Communication Skills for SOBE graduates include-
3a: Writing & Oral Communication Skills: [3a) WC & OC]
Students should be able to-
Plan and generate creative and compelling written documents that are
clear, concise, and analytically insightful and whose organizational
structure, tone and style serve its purposes and appropriate to the
intended audience, context and discipline.
Upon graduation from BBA program, students should be able to-
Choose, organize, prepare and deliver oral presentation that is
informative, impactful, focused, well-structured that meet professional
standards.
3b: Leadership/Teamwork Skills [3b) L/TW]
Our graduates will be able to work in teams with a sound reflection of
their responsibility, Leadership, Self Confidence, Commitment to job,
ethical values in a respectful and collaborative spirit.
4) PLO-4: IT Skills: [4) ITS]
4a: IT skills with communication packages: (e.g. MS Word, MS Powerpoint, ELMS, Google
Platform)
4b: IT skills with Analytical packages: e.g. MS Excel, SPSS, Strata, R program.
5) PLO-5: Ethical, Social and Environmental Accountability.
[5)ESER]
Our graduates should be able to isolate and evaluate relevant ethical,
Societal and Environmental aspects while making any business decision.
In addition, implications of such decision and practices will match with
the social and cultural mores, practices and standards of the
environment.