BSc Electrical Engineering

Course Code: HU100 Course Title: Functional English

Semester: Fall, 2019 Session: 2019
Credit Hours: 2+0 Pre-requisite: N/A
Instructor: Engr Komal Nadeem Office Hours:
Monday 9am-10am
Contact: 0342-5092839 Email: nadeem.komal@yahoo.com
Lecture Hours: Classroom: Room # 304
Thursday 12pm-2pm

Lab Engineer: N/A Contact: 03425092839

Course Outline:
Grammar: Sentence structure, Analysis of phrase, clause and sentence structure.
Punctuation and capitalization.
Vocabulary: Comprehension (Reading and Listening): Answers to questions on a given text.
Answering questions about carefully selected conversations, documentaries, commentaries,
interviews and movie clips.
Discussions: General topics and every-day conversation
Text-Books:
1. Practical English Grammar by A. J. Thomson and A. V. Martinet. Fourth edition.
Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-431342-1.
2. Cambridge English IELTS 10
Recommended Books:
Course Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

No. CLO PLO Level of

Learning
1 Identify different parts of speech 10 C2
2 Write grammatically correct sentences. 10 C2
3 Derive key information from written text and spoken 10 C3
English.
4 Deliver Speech/Presentation in English 10 A5

Components of Assessment:
Sr Assessment Tool Quantity Weightage
#
1 Quizzes 2 5
2 Assignment/Presentation 2 10
3 Speech 1 5
4 Mid Term Exam 3 30
5 Final Term Exam 5 50
Total 13 100

Detailed Lecture Plan

Week Lecture Course Content to be Covered
No. No. 1 hour
each
1 Orientation and Introduction
1 2 Types and parts of speech: Nouns
3 Types and parts of speech: Pronouns/Adjectives
2 4 Activity on Nouns
5 Types and parts of speech: Verbs/Adverbs
3 6 Use of verbs / adverbs, Presentations
7 Listening test practice (conversations, documentaries, commentaries,)
4 8 Clauses, Quiz #1,
9 Practice on analysis of phrases/clauses, Presentations
5 10 Sentence; subject and predicate, kinds
11 Listening test practice (interviews and movie clips)
6 12 Analysis of sentence structure, Presentations
13 Punctuation and spellings
7 14 Reading test practice, Presentations
 15 Active Passive Voice
8 16 Active Passive Conversion of given sentences, Presentations
9 Mid Term
17 Mid-term exam discussion
10 18 Discussions: General topics and every-day conversation
19 Public Speaking
11 20 Student Speeches
21 Similes/Metaphor/Personification
12 22 Student Speeches
23 Use of Similes/Metaphor/Personification
13 24 Student Speeches
25 Comprehension: Answer to questions on a given text
14 26 Student Speeches
27 Practice reading test
15 28 Student Speeches
29 Practice listening test, Quiz 2
16 30 Student Speeches
31 Synonyms/Antonyms
17 32 Activities related to synonyms/antonyms
18 Final Term

Mapping of Assessments and Weightage of Course Learning Outcomes

Sr# Assessment CLO1 CLO2 CLO3 CLO4 Total
1 Quiz1 2.5 2.5
2 Quiz2 2.5 2.5
3 Assignment1 5 5
4 Assignment2 5 5
5 Speech 5 5
6 Midterm Q1 10 10
7 Midterm Q2 10 10
8 Midterm Q3 10 10
9 Final Q1 10 10
10 Final Q2 10 10
11 Final Q3 10 10
12 Final Q4 10 10
13 Final Q5 10 10
Total 22.5 40 27.5 10 100
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