This document provides a course syllabus for Language Development I, a 3-credit course offered by the English Language and Literature Department at the University of Bahrain. The syllabus outlines course details including the course code, title, credits, instructor, textbook, topics to be covered in 5 units, learning outcomes, assessment methods consisting of presentations, tests, exercises and a final exam. The course aims to help students improve their oral communication skills through activities like discussions, debates and presentations.
This document provides a course syllabus for Language Development I, a 3-credit course offered by the English Language and Literature Department at the University of Bahrain. The syllabus outlines course details including the course code, title, credits, instructor, textbook, topics to be covered in 5 units, learning outcomes, assessment methods consisting of presentations, tests, exercises and a final exam. The course aims to help students improve their oral communication skills through activities like discussions, debates and presentations.
This document provides a course syllabus for Language Development I, a 3-credit course offered by the English Language and Literature Department at the University of Bahrain. The syllabus outlines course details including the course code, title, credits, instructor, textbook, topics to be covered in 5 units, learning outcomes, assessment methods consisting of presentations, tests, exercises and a final exam. The course aims to help students improve their oral communication skills through activities like discussions, debates and presentations.
This document provides a course syllabus for Language Development I, a 3-credit course offered by the English Language and Literature Department at the University of Bahrain. The syllabus outlines course details including the course code, title, credits, instructor, textbook, topics to be covered in 5 units, learning outcomes, assessment methods consisting of presentations, tests, exercises and a final exam. The course aims to help students improve their oral communication skills through activities like discussions, debates and presentations.
Number of Sections: Section 01: U,H ( 08:00 - 09:15 ),U,H ( 08:00 - 09:15 ) 11. Course web page: blackboard.uob.edu.bh
12. Course Instructor: Dr. Amr Nour El Din Hassan
13. Office Hours and Location: Consultations during virtual sessions or electronically via email. 14. Course coordinator: Dr. Amr Nour El Din Hassan
15. Academic year: 2022
16. Semester (please First Second Summer tick) 17. Textbook(s): Eales, F. & Oakes, S. (2015). Speakout Upper Intermediate (2nd Ed). Essex: Pearson Education Limited.
University of Bahrain – Quality Assurance& Accreditation Center - Course Syllabus Form
1 Note: Additional information could be added as required by the Instructor, (e.g. Policies) Note: Items shown underlined cannot be changed without the department consent.
QF-20-rev.a.3 18. References:
19. Other learning resources used (e.g. e-Learning, field visits, periodicals, software, etc.): PowerPoint Presentations on Blackboard, on-going in-class Q&A, in-class practical tasks.
20. Course description (as per the published catalogue):
This course is designed to help students refine their accuracy and fluency and build effective oral communication skills in both academic and non-academic contexts through practicing active and critical listening skills including note-taking, practicing in group discussions, debates, and giving oral presentations. It also expands students’ knowledge in the grammar, vocabulary, idioms, phrasal verbs and colloquialism that are necessary for effective and accurate oral communication. In addition, it also integrates reading skills related to listening comprehension to improve students’ search for and focus on key points. The three institutional credits awarded for this course count toward graduation requirements and are, thus, calculated into the general as well as the major GPA (MCGPA).
21. Program Intended Learning Outcomes (PILOS):
1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts, processes,
practices, properties and principles related to language, literature, and linguistics; 2. Demonstrate capacity for close, active reading and critical analysis of diverse forms of discourse and genres in extended written and spoken texts on a wide range of topics of general and academic nature in language, literature, and linguistics; 3. Develop research skills in different disciplines using quantitative and qualitative methods; 4. Apply methods and techniques of linguistics and literary criticism; explain how genre, culture, race, gender and various related factors impact on literature in different periods, and how literature shapes people’s perceptions of themselves and their world; and 5. Communicate effectively in speaking by displaying accuracy in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and appropriate degree of colloquialism, and in writing by producing coherent essays and reports using the principles of composition, including rhetorical grammar and usage, critical thinking, basic principles of argumentation, accurate documentation using APA style.
22. Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):
Mapping to PILOs
2 University of Bahrain – Quality Assurance & Accreditation Center - Course Syllabus Form QF-20-rev.a.3 CILOs 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Apply listening comprehension skills effectively. × 2. Demonstrate the ability to speak fluently on a × × topic using correct grammar and pronunciation. 3. Give short presentations (5-10 minutes) on subjects of general interest, using limited notes × and appropriate visuals and high-intermediate presentation skills. 4. Use adequate and accurate grammatical structures and vocabulary including idioms, × × × phrasal verbs and colloquialisms in oral and written communication. 5. Apply reading skills which include reading for gist, main ideas, and specific details on topics of a × × general interest.
23. Course assessment:
Assessment Details/ Numb Weight Date(s) Type Explanation of er Assessment in relation to CILOs Oral CILO 2,3 1 10% Week Eleven Presentation Listening Test CILO 1 1 15% Week Four Tests CILOs 3, 4, 5 1 20% Week Six MyEnglishLab CILOs 3, 4, 5 Throughout the 10% exercises semester In-class Throughout the 2,3,4,5 5% Activities semester 5/6/2022 Final Exam CILOs 4, 5 1 40% 11:30 AM-1:30 PM Total 100%
24. Description of Topics Covered
Topic Title Description (e.g. chapter/experiment title) Unit 1: New things Grammar: Direct and indirect Questions, present perfect, polite enquiries Vocab: personality, feelings, word building, nouns, adverts 3 University of Bahrain – Quality Assurance & Accreditation Center - Course Syllabus Form QF-20-rev.a.3 Unit 2: Issues Grammar: Present perfect simple and continuous, opinions Vocab: word stress, weak forms (auxiliaries), opinion adjectives Unit 3: Stories Grammar: narrative tenses, I wish, If only, expressing likes and dislikes Vocab: sayings, adjectives for stories, multi-word verbs, reading genres Unit 4: Downtime Grammar: Present and past habits, future forms, describing procedures Vocab: free time, positive adjectives, uncountable and plural nouns Unit 5: Ideas Grammar: articles Vocab: change, compound nouns
25. Weekly Schedule:
Please add details of material coverage in each unit in the second column and specify the exact CILOs sought in the third column.
C Wee IL Topics covered Teaching Method Assessment k O s Unit 1 Grammar: Direct Communicative Method: and indirect Class Interaction Questions, 1 Conversation & Discussion present perfect, , Practical/interactive Listening Test 1 polite enquiries 2 exercises In-class Activities Vocab: , Group work personality, 4 Self-study feelings, word building, nouns, adverts Unit 1 Grammar: Direct Communicative Method: and indirect Class Interaction Questions, 1 Conversation & Discussion present perfect, , Listening Test Practical/interactive 2 polite enquiries 2 Test One exercises Vocab: , In-class Activities Group work personality, 4 Self-study feelings, word building, nouns, adverts
4 University of Bahrain – Quality Assurance & Accreditation Center - Course Syllabus Form QF-20-rev.a.3 Unit 1 Grammar: Direct Communicative Method: and indirect Class Interaction Questions, 1 Conversation & Discussion present perfect, , Listening Test Practical/interactive 3 polite enquiries 2 Test One exercises Vocab: , In-class Activities Group work personality, 4 Self-study feelings, word building, nouns, adverts Unit 1 Grammar: Direct Communicative Method: and indirect Class Interaction Questions, 1 Conversation & Discussion present perfect, , Listening Test Practical/interactive 4 polite enquiries 2 Test One exercises Vocab: , In-class Activities Group work personality, 4 Self-study feelings, word building, nouns, adverts Unit 2 Grammar: Present perfect Communicative Method: simple and Class Interaction 1 continuous, Conversation & Discussion , Listening Test opinions Practical/interactive 5 4 Test One Vocab: word exercises , In-class Activities stress, weak Group work 5 forms Self-study (auxiliaries), opinion adjectives Unit 2 Grammar: Present perfect Communicative Method: simple and Class Interaction 1 continuous, Conversation & Discussion , Listening Test opinions Practical/interactive 6 4 Test One Vocab: word exercises , In-class Activities stress, weak Group work 5 forms Self-study (auxiliaries), opinion adjectives
5 University of Bahrain – Quality Assurance & Accreditation Center - Course Syllabus Form QF-20-rev.a.3 Unit 2 Grammar: Present perfect Communicative Method: simple and Class Interaction 1 continuous, Conversation & Discussion , Listening Test opinions Practical/interactive 7 4 Test One Vocab: word exercises , In-class Activities stress, weak Group work 5 forms Self-study (auxiliaries), opinion adjectives Unit 3 Grammar: Communicative Method: narrative tenses, I Class Interaction wish, If only, 3 Conversation & Discussion expressing likes , Practical/interactive Test One 8 and dislikes 4 exercises In-class Activities Vocab: sayings, , Group work adjectives for 5 Self-study stories, multi- word verbs, reading genres 9 Midterm Break Unit3 Grammar: Communicative Method: narrative tenses, I Class Interaction wish, If only, 3 Conversation & Discussion expressing likes , Test One Practical/interactive 10 and dislikes 4 Myenglishlab exercises Vocab: sayings, , exercises Group work adjectives for 5 Self-study stories, multi- word verbs, reading genres 11 Unit3 3 Communicative Method: Myenglishlab Grammar: , Class Interaction exercises narrative tenses, I 4 Conversation & Discussion Oral Presentation wish, If only, , Practical/interactive expressing likes 5 exercises and dislikes Group work Vocab: sayings, Self-study adjectives for stories, multi- word verbs,
6 University of Bahrain – Quality Assurance & Accreditation Center - Course Syllabus Form QF-20-rev.a.3 reading genres Unit 4 Grammar: Communicative Method: Present and past Class Interaction habits, future 3 Conversation & Discussion forms, describing , Myenglishlab Practical/interactive 12 procedures 4 exercises exercises Vocab: free time, , Oral Presentation Group work positive 5 Self-study adjectives, uncountable and plural nouns Unit 4 Grammar: Communicative Method: Present and past Class Interaction habits, future 3 Conversation & Discussion forms, describing , Myenglishlab Practical/interactive 13 procedures 4 exercises exercises Vocab: free time, , Oral Presentation Group work positive 5 Self-study adjectives, uncountable and plural nouns Unit 4 Grammar: Communicative Method: Present and past Class Interaction habits, future 3 Conversation & Discussion forms, describing , Myenglishlab Practical/interactive 14 procedures 4 exercises exercises Vocab: free time, , Oral Presentation Group work positive 5 Self-study adjectives, uncountable and plural nouns Communicative Method: Class Interaction Unit 5 Conversation & Discussion 1 Grammar: articles Practical/interactive , Oral Presentation Vocab: change, exercises 3 compound nouns Group work Self-study
16 Unit 5 1 Communicative Method: Oral Presentation
7 University of Bahrain – Quality Assurance & Accreditation Center - Course Syllabus Form QF-20-rev.a.3 exercises Group work Self-study
17 Academic Integrity Statement Students are to observe the highest level of honesty and academic ethics in pursuit of their academic goals as per UoB Regulations of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity, Anti-plagiarism Policies, and Students’ Rights and Responsibilities Handbook. The consequences for cheating, plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration, and other forms of academic dishonesty can be very serious and will be dealt with as per the aforementioned policies and regulations.
Prepared by: Dr. Amr Nour El Din Hassan
Date: 2/2/2022
8 University of Bahrain – Quality Assurance & Accreditation Center - Course Syllabus Form QF-20-rev.a.3
