ACADEMIC SKILLS IN ENGLISH-IIENG 102

ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES

2011-2012 SPRING

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The Course Aims at the following:

To develop students’ academic reading and

writing skills so that they can follow their

department courses better. This course will

NOT teach students English, instead it will give

them opportunities to practice the language and

accomplish assigned tasks.

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ENG 102 (SECOND SEMESTER)

MODULES

ACADEMIC READING

ACADEMIC WRITING

Will help you to become

better READERS and WRITERSof English

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The Book

You can get your

books from the

bookstore (-1 Floor)EAP in Economics and

Administrative Sciences II

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The Reading ModuleThere are 4 Units in the Reading Module

Starting from Reading Unit 3, you will be assessed based on your class performance (CPG)

You will be using academic reading skills in your department courses as you will be expected to read long academic texts.

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The reading module will train you to:

survey a text

scan to locate specific information

guess the meaning of unknown words

understand implicit and explicit information and make inferences

understand the text’s purpose

extract main points

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Research Skills UnitThis is an 8 hour unit which provides you with the basics of research and writing essays.

You will receive 2 CPG’s in this unit.

You will be responsible for the content of this unit in all writing units that follow.

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The Writing Module

There are 4 Units in the Writing Module

At the end of each unit, you will be assessed based on your class performance (CPG)

These units will develop your writing skills, by showing ways of doing research, paraphrasing, quoting, summarising and organizing an academic essay.

Do not forget that your department teachers may ask you to write long academic essays in different courses on different topics.

20% of your overall grade will be based on your written project which you will be asked to write (in class) towards the end of the semester.

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The Writing Project

14-18 May (Administrative Sciences on one day, all other Departments on another day of the week)

You will be required to write a full essay.

You will receive three texts one week in advance. The texts will have some guiding questions so if you want to do some research you can do so. The answers to those questions will not be graded.

When coming to the exam, you can bring the assigned texts only. You are allowed to take notes on these texts, however you cannot have big chunks of sentences or paragraphs. You can underline/write words or phrases only.

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Your project essay will be evaluated on the following basis:

Task Achievement

Language Use

Lexical resources

Coherence

Organisation

Use of Sources

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Academic Word List (Mini Dictionary)

In the reading passages of your book, you will see words in bold.

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Academic Words

These words are samples of words that are being widely used in the academic world.

You will be asked to learn these words, their synonyms and definitions. Your written exams will have a vocabulary component where you will be asked to match these words with their definitions and use them in gap fill activities.

You will find these words in the mini dictionary starting at the end of your coursebook.

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Attendance

Attendance is obligatory

If you miss more than 25% (14 hrs) of total class hours, you will not be allowed to take the final exam.

As this is a school rule, do not ask your instructors to show you flexibility on attendance.

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Assessment

Midterm (Mar, 17 2012) 40%

Writing Project (May, 2012) 20%

Final Exam (May, 21-June, 02 2012) 20%

CPG (at the end of every unit)20%

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What is CPG?Class Participation Grade

20% of your course grade

Based on tasks done during class and assignments given as homework

Your willingness to participate in class work will help you to learn the skills better

Your willingness in participating in class work will help you get a higher CPG

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CPG’s Effect on Course GradeMidterm Final Present. CPG Course

Grade

62 60 75 90 69.6(CC)

62 60 75 65 64.6(DC)

62 60 75 35 58.6(FD)

62 60 75 0 51.6(FF)

– A DIFFERENCE OF FOUR LETTER GRADES!

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CPG is…

A grade that encourages your participation in class activities

NOT a randomly given grade based on teachers intuitions or likes and dislikes

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Late Comers

Students who are late to the class (more than 15 min) can still attend the class but will be marked as ABSENT by the class teacher.

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Health Reports

Health Reports are not counted for absenteeism. They are valid only for Midterm and Final Exams.

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WE HOPE TO SPEND AN ENJOYABLE, EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL SECOND SEMESTER WITH YOU.