Bahria University, Islamabad
Faculty Name: Tooba Shakoor
Assistant Professor
(MPhil in Management Sciences, MBA in Marketing,
MA in English Literature.)
Email:
[email protected] Office: Quaid-e-Azam Block, Room 10, Faculty Cubicle #3
Department of Humanities& Social Sciences
COURSE OUTLINE
Course Name English I Prepared on July 23rd, 2019
Course Code ENG 103
Credit Hours 3
Course Prerequisite Nil
Prerequisite Code Nil Revised on No revision so
Course Type □ Core Course far
Program □ BS Accounting and Finance
Semester Fall 2019
Course Description
This course outline is intended as a develop language skills. The content may be altered and replaced with more
suitable materials at the discretion of your teacher based on you and your group’s needs. Supplementary
materials, although not listed, will also be used. The course will help you
1. develop the ability to communicate effectively
2. enable the students to read effectively and independently any intermediate level text
3. make the experience of learning English more meaningful and enjoyable
4. enable the students to use grammar and language structure in context
Course Learning Outcomes
CLO # Description
1. An understanding of the significance of the process of listening, reading and writing.
Identifying the common errors committed while engaging in the above-three skills of
language acquisition along with understanding the use of transitions will help construct
well-structured sentences both verbally and in writing.
2. To acquire advance (mid-level) proficiency in the following skills:
Grammar
Vocabulary
Reading and Listening Skills
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Writing skills – Paragraph writing, Traditional Essay, Letter Writing, Short Story Writing
Teaching & Learning Methodology
The course entails the use of multiple teaching and learning methodologies to be used depending on the topic
being taught. Pre-dominantly the following methods are being used:
Direct Method
Structural Method
Task-based Language Learning Method
Interactive Audio-Visual Language teaching Approach
Note:
Students are provided with extra reading in the class so that they develop an impromptu understanding of the previously
unseen material. They are then allowed to have an interactive session amongst each other to share their ideas (Silent
Method of Language Learning). The instructor does not intervene in this session. Once the time is up, the instructor asks
questions randomly to ascertain how much was understood. These unseen reading texts are revised every semester and
often changed during the semester if the instructor finds something new and interesting to share with the students.
Text Book and References
Text Book:
1. Improve Your Grammar by Mark Harrison et al. Palgrave Study Skills (www.skills4study.com)
2. College Writing Skills with Readings by John Langlan 9th Edition
3. Word Smart, by Adam Robinson et al., The Princeton Review, 5th Edition
Grading Policy
Home Works and Assignments
Attendance is mandatory. Every class is important. All deadlines are hard. Under normal circumstances late work
will not be accepted. Students are required to take all the tests. No makeup tests will be taken since the
tests have already been announced in the course outline. Any form of cheating on exams/assignments/quizzes is
subject to serious penalty.
Attendance:
75% attendance is mandatory. Latecomers will be marked as absent.
Evaluation Criteria:
Assignments/projects 20%
Quizzes 15%
Mid-Term 25%
Final 40%
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Quizzes Schedule:
Quiz # 1 Week # 4
Quiz # 2 Week # 7
Quiz # 3 Week # 11
Quiz # 4 Week # 12
Assignments Schedule (tentative)
Assignment Delivery date Submission Date
1 Week 3 Week 4
2 Week 6 Week 7
3 Week 9 Week 10
4 Week 11 Week 12
Presentations I are before the Mid – term Exams
Topic wise Course Outline
Course Contents Objective Readings and Sources
1. Introduction to the Course and Introductory exercises on https://authority.pub/common-
its procedures grammar and sentence correction grammar-mistakes/
will allow the students to
Common Sentence Errors recognize the common errors CLO 1
made in English writing.
Proofreading to improve
grammar
2. Situational Vocabulary (basic) Students will be taught to use https://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/
language in various situational files/HELPS%20Formal%20and
Formal & Informal contexts, highlighting the ways %20Informal%20Language.pdf
Jargon & Register in which language needs to be
Colloquial & Slang
adapted to different situations in
contexts like academic, formal
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/20-
and informal situations etc.
examples-of-slang-language.html
CLO 1
3. Presentations for Confidence This activity will allow the new Assignment 1 to be given in third
Building and Assertiveness students to gain confidence week. It will be due in the fourth
when facing the audience. It will week.
create opportunities for them to
interact with unfamiliar
audience.
4. Vocabulary in use This exercise will help students https://elt.oup.com/student/wordskills/
grasp language and will facilitate ipv?cc=us&selLanguage=en
Recognizing formal them in using it for practical
and informal purposes of work allowing them
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vocabulary to differentiate between formal Quiz 1
Using formal language and informal language use. This
in sentences will also aid them in
Using idiomatic constructing meaning based on
phrases and phrasal https://www.thoughtco.com/
context which will help them not
verbs understanding-vocabulary-words-in-
to be dependant for
Vocabulary in context context-3211741
understanding on dictionaries.
(constructing meaning
through context)
iv. Commonly
Used Slang https://blog.prepscholar.com/vocab-in-
context-questions-and-strategies-for-sat-
reading
CLO 1
5. Vocabulary in use Exercises on these topics will CLO 2
make the students’ work more
Commonly Confused precise and will help them in
Words avoiding common problems of
Commonly Misspelled writing.
Words
Commonly Used
Idioms
6. Critical Reading Skills: The point of this exercise is to https://www.skillsyouneed.com/learn/
initiate students in the art of critical-reading.html
Understanding the core critical techniques as well as
message of the text inculcate a critical attitude
Asking important
question towards reading material. This
https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-
Understanding the will furthermore help them in
make-an-inference-3211647
denotative and the becoming able to make logical
connotative meaning of inferences from texts and
the basic texts therefore this will enhance their
Understanding comprehension abilities. https://www.eadeverell.com/character-
sketch-writer-worksheet-wednesday/
character-sketch1/
http://www.writersdigest.com/wp-content/
uploads/2011/06/worksheets.pdf
Reading (Assignment 2)
CLO 2
7. Paragraph Writing This exercise will help students Quiz 2
become disciplined in writing.
Types This will help them inculcate a CLO 2
habit of thinking and organising
descriptive
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definition as they will be encouraged to
compare and brainstorm and to edit. This will
contrast help them channel their writing
cause and effect
and become good writers.
narrative
process
argumentative
critical
expository
persuasive
8. II. Transitional CLO 1
(Linking) Words
i. Chronological
ii. Emphatic
iii. Compare & Contrast
9. Basic Letter Writing: This exercise will develop the https://targetstudy.com/languages/
(formal/informal) writing skills of students with english/letter-writing.html
regard to correspondence in
Business letters various situations both formal Paragraph Writing/ Letter Writing
Applications and informal. Moreover this (Assignment 3)
exercise will be adapted
according to the programme of
the study. CLO 1 and CLO 2
10. Listening This will help students reinforce CLO 1
comprehension all the written skills that they
Short videos had learned while keeping the
atmosphere from getting too
heavy.
11. Story Writing This exercise will help students https://thewritepractice.com/write-story/
in shaping their imaginative as
Plot Construction well as creative skills and
Creating a theme thereby making the exercise of
Characterization https://jerryjenkins.com/how-to-write-
Creation of conflict writing more entertaining as this
short-stories/
will give them a margin to
explore their creative potential. Story Writing (Assignment 4)
Quiz 3
12 Review Writing (low level of This will hone students’ ability https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-
difficulty) to compare and evaluate writings tools/book-reviews/
and other material effectively
Reading a text and critically.
Thinking about it
Commenting on it https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/
critically writing-help/writing-a-fiction-or-non-
Making comparisons fiction-review
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Quiz 4
CLO 2
13 CV/Resume Writing This will help students develop https://resumegenius.com/how-to-write-
their writing skills while a-resume
Identifying the adapting them to a particular
differences between format based on need. This will
the two
Composing a CV help them to establish CVs that
CLO 2
Composing a Resume project them in the best light
while abiding by the margins of
truth.
14 Précis Writing (Sentences) This exercise will help students https://gdpi.hitbullseye.com/precise-
divest from verbosity and bring writing.php
Discussing concise more precision and clarity to
writing their writing through using
elaborating on the need
to be concise words economically and deleting
CLO 2
Writing précis. irrelevant, digressive and extra
material.
15 Listening Comprehension This will help students reinforce https://www.thebalancecareers.com/
all the written skills that they types-of-listening-skills-with-examples-
Movie had learned while keeping the 2063759
atmosphere from getting to
heavy. CLO 2
16 Precision in writing This will help students in https://www.thoughtco.com/tense-shift-
understanding the common verbs-1692461
Shifts mistakes they tend to make in
Mixed constructions writing and will help them to
Fragments
overcome these weaknesses by a
https://english.ucalgary.ca/grammar/
series of practice sessions.
course/sentence/2_6e.htm
CLO 2
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