
Course Title : Advanced English I | ||||||||
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Code | Course Type |
Regular Semester |
Lecture (hours/week) |
Seminar (hours/week) |
Lab (hours/week) |
Credits | ECTS | |
EFL 103-1 | E | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 5 | |
Lecturer and Office Hours | ||||||||
Teaching Assistant and Office Hours | ||||||||
Language | English | |||||||
Course Level | ||||||||
Description | Students will be able to independently perform communicative acts in English that demonstrate a highly developed sense of language awareness and a mastery of argumentation and effective social discourse. | |||||||
Objectives | The course aims to: - To develop verbal and reading skills of students - Improve the use of vocabulary learning strategies in reading - To learn how to write letters, reports and stories - To develop knowledge of lexical items including verbs and their rankings - To develop social interaction skills of students through learning how to start a conversation and give opinions | |||||||
Course Outline | ||||||||
Week | Topics | |||||||
1 | Student Syllabi overview. General introductions. Language Learner Histories. Self-assessment of English language abilities. Review of grammar: basic sentence types in English. | |||||||
2 | Preparation for academic study: Reading dictionaries and understanding short informative texts. Pre-writing and drafting strategies. Paraphrasing in titles. Continue review of basic sentence types. | |||||||
3 | Note-taking and listening to a lecture for the main idea. Participating in a seminar discussion. Recognizing noun phrases. Using a monolingual dictionary. The grammar of be, have, and do. | |||||||
4 | Understanding and extracting key information in textbooks. Writing a short description of visual information. The grammar of the present and future tenses. | |||||||
5 | Note-taking abbreviations and symbols. Speaking in a seminar context. Recognizing key factual information in a lecture. Becoming familiar with academic vocabulary. Continue review of present and future tenses. | |||||||
6 | Using adverbs to express stance in textbooks. Analyzing and writing topic sentences and adding supporting evidence. The grammar of the past and perfect tenses. | |||||||
7 | Participating in a tutorial discussion. Recognizing the language for introducing main ideas and supporting evidence in lectures. Inferring meaning of unknown words in sentences. Review grammar of the past and the perfect. | |||||||
8 | Mid-Term Exam | |||||||
9 | Writing essay introductions. Identifying the purpose and structure of a text. Paraphrasing: noun and verb transformations. The grammar of modal verbs. | |||||||
10 | Note-taking using diagrams. Recognizing and practising signposting language in lectures. Vocabulary of classification and categorization. Continued study of modal verbs | |||||||
11 | Analyzing and writing essay conclusions. Identifying cohesive language and hedging language in textbooks. The grammar of passives. | |||||||
12 | Taking linear notes. Interpreting and discussing written feedback in a tutorial. Identifying spoken punctuation in lectures. Continue review of passives. | |||||||
13 | Analyzing written descriptions of processes and writing a paragraph describing a process. Reading popular academic texts. The grammar of infinitives and -ing forms. | |||||||
14 | Using notes on lectures to give detailed explanations. Giving a short poster presentation. Building word families through suffixes. Continue review of infinitives and -ing forms. | |||||||
15 | Review; Reflection; Self-assessment of progress. | |||||||
16 | Final Exam | |||||||
Prerequisites | ||||||||
Textbook | ||||||||
Other References | ||||||||
Laboratory Work | ||||||||
Computer Usage | ||||||||
Other | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes and Competences | ||||||||
1 | Students will be able to understand extended speech and lectures and follow complex lines of argument in English. | |||||||
2 | Students will be able to read English language articles and texts concerned with contemporary topics in which the writer adopts a particular viewpoint or attitude. | |||||||
3 | Students will be able to take an active part in academic discussions in English, presenting clear, detailed descriptions and defending a particular viewpoint by describing the various advantages and disadvantages. | |||||||
4 | Students will be able to take notes and write essays and summaries in English. | |||||||
Course Evaluation Methods | ||||||||
In-term studies | Quantity | Percentage | ||||||
Midterms | 1 | 20 | ||||||
Quizzes | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Projects | 1 | 40 | ||||||
Term Projects | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Attendance | 1 | 15 | ||||||
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 75 | |||||||
Contribution of final examination to overall grade | 25 | |||||||
Total | 100 | |||||||
ECTS (Allocated Based on Student) Workload | ||||||||
Activities | Quantity | Duration (hours) |
Total Workload (hours) |
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Course Duration (Including the exam week : 16 x Total course hours) | 16 | 5 | 80 | |||||
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 2 | 28 | |||||
Assignments | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Midterms | 1 | 8 | 8 | |||||
Final examination | 1 | 15 | 15 | |||||
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total Work Load | 131 | |||||||
Total Work Load / 25 (hours) | 5.24 | |||||||
ECTS | 5 |
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