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Course Title English Introductory

Course Code ENGL INTRO Number ofCredits

8

Department English Language Center College Yanbu University

College

Course Type Core and Compulsory Co-Requisites None

Pre-requisite 1. Registration for Preparatory Year Program

2. A score on Placement Test indicative of students possessing

beginner level English language proficiency

Conditions for

Exemption from

the Course

1. A score on Placement Test indicative of students possessing

elementary level English language proficiency.

Contact Hours 20 per week(Classroom Contact Hours: 17; Laboratory Hours: 3)

Offered in

SemesterFirst Semester of the Preparatory Year Program

Course Description

Engl INTRO is a course for Preparatory Year Program (PYP) students with minimal or no

knowledge of English language.The students taking the course will acquire the essentialEnglish language skills of listening, reading, writing, speaking, pronunciation , grammar

and vocabulary. The teaching approach is based on integrated teaching of the skills

mentioned, and all skills together should develop an elementary level English languagecommunicative competence suitable for social and academic situations.

Course Objectives

The main goal of the course is to develop an elementary level of English language

proficiency. The equivalent for the level in Common European Framework (CEF) scales is

A1. The Council of Europe document CEFR for Languages: Learning, teaching,

ENGL INTRO Syllabus English Language Center Yanbu University College HAKDraft 1 Page 1

Course Syllabus: English Introductory

Preparatory Year English Language Program

Yanbu University College, Yanbu AlSinaiyah

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia


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assessment (referred to as CEFR henceforward) gives the following proficiency

descriptors for the global scale A1:

Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases

aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type

Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about

personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she

has

Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and

is prepared to help

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes indicators for the level are drawn from CEFR. The students, after

completing the course should be able to:

1. follow speech that is slow and attuned to the level of the students

2. comprehend instructions, expressions and questions spoken carefully and slowly

3. follow short directions given in basic language both in oral and written media

4. comprehend short and simple texts, recognizing familiar names, words and simple

phrases

5. comprehend short simple messages on postcards, emails or other media

6. grasp the idea of simpler informational material and short simple descriptions with

visual support

7. sustain a simple conversation if the person interacting with is willing to repeat,

rephrase and speak at a slower rate

8. ask and answer simple basic questions in the areas of familiar topics

9. utter and respond to simple statements in the area of immediate need and familiar

topics

10. introduce himself/herself and use basic greetings and leave taking expressions

11. handle number, quantities, cost and time

12. indicate past, present and future time in simple basic phrases

13. ask for and give personal details in simple basic language in written form

14. write a short postcard, email and SMS



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15. write numbers and dates, own name, nationality, address, age and date of birth

16. describe, in phrases, people and places

17. describe in writing personal information like study or work details, details about

place of living

18. read short basic language

19. write simple phrases and sentences of personal relevance

20. copy in writing single words and short texts

21. develop basic vocabulary in the range of the topics of personal relevance and

concrete situations

22. develop limited control of few basic grammatical structures and sentences patterns

23. develop pronunciation of limited words and phrases in a way as to be understoodwith some effort by a listener

24. spell his/her name, nationality, address and personal details

25. use simple everyday polite forms in routine social situations

Course Core Material

Interchange, third edition, Intro students bookInterchange, third edition, Intro workbook

The books are published by Cambridge University Press, and written by Jack C. Richards.

Course Supplementary Material

1: Basic English Grammar

The book is published by Pearson Longman press, and is written by Betty Schrampfer Azar

and Stacy A. Hagen.

2: RosettaStone

RosettaStone is a language learning software. The software is installed on all workstations

in all English labs, and students have the opportunity to autonomously practice their

language skills with the help of the software in the allocated lab hours.

Course Contents



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The course contents include units 1-16 of the Interchange, third edition Intro students

book. A complete list of topics, in the areas of speaking, listening, grammar, reading and

writing, is provided in appendix 1.

Assessment & Evaluation

The total marks for English INTRO course are 100. The distribution of these marks, in

various assessment and evaluation components, is as follows:

Classroom and Lab participation, Attendance, Portfolio 10%

Quizzes 15%Assignments 10%

Major Exam 1 15%

Major Exam 2 15%

Final Examination 35%

Grading System

Grades for the course are assigned as follows:

Marks

Interval0-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94 95-100

Equivalent

GPA0 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 3.75 4.00

EquivalentLetterGrade

F D D+ C C+ B B+ A A+

Class Work

The class work will comprise various teaching and learning activities. The underlying

principle will be learner-centeredness. The activities will be individual work, pair andgroup work, project work, peer review activities, lectures and presentations.

Attendance & Disciplinary Matters

Attendance will be counted according to the current college attendance regulations. If a

students absences exceed (20% without official excuse or 30% with official excuses of thetotal number of contact hours) the actual number of permitted absence hours, then a grade

of DN is assigned to the student in this course.

All cases of discipline violation like disruption in classroom, damage to property, violationof academic integrity by cheating, plagiarizing or any other means, disobedience, or any

other acts which may be interpreted as disciplinary violation by the course teacher or other



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academic or administrative staff will be dealt with according to the college disciplinarypolicies.

Course Duration

The course is delivered over a period of 16 weeks. The total number of contact hours

aggregate to 300. A tentative pacing schedule of the course is attached in appendix 2.

Acknowledgement:

The source for course goals and learning outcomes is:

Council of Europe. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages:Learning, teaching, assessment. May 9, 2012. www.coe.int/t/DG4/Portfolio/.../All

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Appendix 1

Course Contents



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The source of these edited images is Interchange 3 rd edition Intro Students book.

Appendix 2



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Course Delivery Schedule


Week/Date Units to be covered AssessmentMajor

Assignments

1

Jan 28 Feb 1Placement Test

2

Feb 4 Feb 8Unit 1& 1st Part of Unit 2

3

Feb 11 Feb 152nd part of Unit 2 &Unit 3

4

Feb 18 Feb 22Unit 4 Quiz 1

5

Feb 25 Feb 29Unit 5

6

Mar 3 Mar 7Unit 6 Quiz 2

7Mar 10 Mar 14

Unit 7 Major Test 1

8

Mar 17 Mar 21Unit 8 Quiz 3

Mar 24 - Mar 28 Midterm Vacation

9

Mar 31 Apr 4Unit 9

10

Apr 7 Apr 11Unit 10 Quiz 4

11

Apr 14 Apr 18 Unit 1112

Apr 21 Apr 25Unit 12 Quiz 5

13

Apr 28- May 2Unit 13 & 1st Part of Unit 14

Major Test 2

14

May 5 May 92nd Part of Unit 14 & Unit 15

Quiz 6May 9th

Portfolios are

due

15

May 12 May 16Unit 16

16

May 19 May 30 Final Exams

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