UWB 10102 Academic English

Semester II 2013/2014

UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA

COURSE SCHEDULE (DEGREE PROGRAMME)
WEEK
Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5
Week 6

Week 7

Week 8
Week 9

CONTENT
Introduction
Getting-to-know session
Introduction to the Course
Introduction to Reading Skills
Skimming and Scanning
Deriving Meaning of Words From
Contextual Clues
Understanding Main Ideas, Topic
Sentence and Supporting Details
Understanding Sense Relationship:
Text Cohesion
Summarising Information and
Predicting Outcomes
Revision: Past Semester Questions
Assessment 1:
Reading Comprehension Test (40%)
Writing Skills
Language Mechanics
Basic Sentence Patterns
Topic Sentences and Supporting
Details
Writing Introductions and Conclusions
Using Discourse Markers in Writing
Proofreading for Common Surface
Error
Assessment 2:
Writing Assignment (15%)
Mid- Semester Break
Writing Practice
Listening Skills
Strategies for Listening
Listening for Main Ideas and Specific
Information

NOTES
16 20 Feb 2014

23 27 Feb 2014

2 6 March 2014

9 13 March 2014

16 20 March 2014
23 27 March 2014

30 March 3 Apr 2014

6 10 Apr 2014
13 17 Apr 2014
20 24 Apr 2014

shahariah@uthm.edu.my

Week 10

Week 11

Note Taking
Paraphrasing
Identifying Speakers Attitude and Role
Revision: Past Semester Questions
Assessment 3 :
Writing Test (15%)

27 30 Apr 2014
1 May (Thurs)
Labour Day

4 8 May 2014
Week 12

Week 13
Week 14

Assessment 4:
Listening Test (15%)
Speaking Skills
Group Discussion
Language for Linking Parts of Speech
Tips on How to Speak Well
Speaking Practice
Assessment 5:
Speaking Test (15%)
Revision Week
Final Examination
Semester Break

11 15 May 2014
13 May (Tue)
Wesak Day
18 22 May 2014
25 29 May 2014
1 5 June 2014
8 28 June 2014
29 June 31 Aug 2014

shahariah@uthm.edu.my