University of Petra

Faculty of Arts and Sciences ....................... ‫كلية‬

Department of English ......................... ‫قسم‬

Course Syllabus

Year : 2019/2020 Semester : First

Credit Hours
Course No. Course Title Prerequisite Co-requisite
Lectures / Lab.
Communication Skills for
Two 90-minute
402201 Information Technology
lectures a week –

Instructor Name e-mail Office No. Office ext. Office Hours

Waleed.othman 06214
Dr. Waleed Othman 6214 10 – 12 Sun. & Tues.
@uop.edu.jo

Coordinator's Name:
(if applicable)

This course seeks to help students enhance their reading, listening,

speaking and writing skills in English. The course will cover the
following: Understanding written texts and evaluating ideas,
Short Course identifying ideas from spoken text and note taking, expressing their
Description opinions and making presentations on issues related to their
professional work, summarizing and paraphrasing written documents,
writing reports (essays) on topics related to various information
technology disciplines.

Course Objectives
This course is designed to help students
 improve their reading strategies (scanning, skimming, finding meaning from context, and
summarizing) and critical skills (including drawing inferences and making conclusions, using
prior knowledge and connecting new information to old information, distinguish facts from
opinion) for processing texts related to information technology.
 apply the skills and strategies (notetaking, distinguishing main ideas from supporting details,
making use of contextual clues) of a successful listener.
 speak about themselves, converse with others, and give an oral presentation in class.
 understand and apply the conventions of academic writing in English.

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Course Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) and their Alignment with Program ILOs, Teaching
and Learning Methods, and Assessment Methods:

Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to achieve the following
learning outcomes:

Course ILOs Program Teaching and Assessment

ILOs Learning Method Method
Knowledge (K)
K1: Identify the main ideas and K (1) SQ3R/KWL 1st, 2nd, and
supporting details of written and spoken final exam
texts
Intellectual Skills (I)
i1 Evaluate and discuss the main idea in a I (1) Brain-stroming, 1st, 2nd, and
written text Activating prior final exam
knowledge
i2: Think critically in response to a text I (2) Brain-storming, 1st, 2nd, and
Activating prior final exam
knowledge,
questioning
i3: Express their opinions about given I (5) Group discussion, 1st, 2nd, and
topics activating prior final exam
knowledge
i4: Take notes I (4) Mind maps Practical
Exercises
i5: Summarize and paraphrase written I (4) Modeling; mind maps 1st, 2nd, and
documents final exam
Practical skills (P)
p1: Write an essay (introduction, body, P (1) Modeling Final exam
and conclusion) Mapping (layout)
Writing reports on topics related to P (1) Modeling Project
information technology Mapping (layout)
Transferable Skills (T)
ti: Talk about oneself T (1) Interviewing, talking Exercises
about a personal photo with
teacher’s
feedback
t2: Participate in conversations and group T (1) Debate, Exercises
discussions Problem-solving form with
teacher’s
feedback
t3: Prepare and deliver a presentation T (1) Problem-solving on Project
social media or other
applications

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Course Schedule:

Week Topic Details Course ILO Reference

number
1 Discuss course objectives, ILOs and course Syllabus &
content textbook
2 Listening: Noting specific info k1 Textbook, pp
Speaking: Exchanging info. t1 4-9
Writing a bfief description p1
3 Reading: locating specific info k1 10-17
Speaking: Exchanging technical info t1
Writing: sequencing instructions p1
4 Reading: reading diagrams ignoring irrelevant i2 18-23
info
Speaking: describing a process t1
Writing: describing a process p1
5 Listening: listening for detail k1 24-31
Speaking: expressing opinion i3
Writing: describing function: comparing and p1; i2
contrasting
6 Reading: matching text and diagram, i2; i4 36-43
prediction
Speaking: exchanging technical info t1
Writing: summarizing and paraphrasing i4, p1
7 Reading: reading diagrams i2 44-51
Speaking: providing explanations t1
Writing: summarizing and paraphrasing p1; i4
8 Reading: note-taking i4 52-59
Speaking: exchanging info t1
Writing: making recommendations i3: p1
9 Reading: locating information in diagram and k1; i4 60-67
text
Speaking: providing explanations t1
Writing: describing a process p1
10 Reading: matching text and diagram i2; i4 71-79
Speaking: making a presentation T1
Writing: describing advantages and i2; p1
disadvantages
11 Listening: information transfer, listening and i4; t1 88-95
note-taking
Speaking: making a presentation t1
Writing: report writing p1
12 Reading: understanding the writer’s purpose i2 96-101
Writing: report-writing p1
13 Reading: reading for specific info k1; i2 108-115
Speaking: exchanging info to complete a t1; p1
diagram
Writing: report writing p1
14 Speaking: giving advice on technical problems I3 116-123
Writing: reporting a problem p1
15 Revision

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Assessment Methods and Grading System:

Assessment method Grade Comments

First exam 20%
Second exam 20%
Report writing 15%
Presentation 15%
Final exam 30%
Total 100

Learning References:

1- Textbook (s):
Glendinning, E and McEwan, J. (2006) Oxford English for Information Technology, 2nd edition.
London, Oxford University Press.

2- References:
https://www.eltbase.com/192-information-technology
youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=english+for+information+technology+
https://www.landmarkoutreach.org/strategies/finding-main-idea/

3- Other Resources:
<<Labs, computer resources, lecture rooms needed for the course>>
Mobile phones and headphones

Course Policies1

 Attendance Policy: University regulations apply to attendance.

 Academic Honesty: Academic dishonesty is an unacceptable mode of conduct, and will not be
tolerated in any form at University of Petra. All persons involved in academic dishonesty and
plagiarism in any form will be disciplined in accordance with University rules and regulations.

Approved by Name Date Signature

Coordinator of
Curriculum
Committee
Faculty Dean/ Head
of Department

1
Additional information may be added in this section according to the nature of the course.

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