PAMPANGA COLLEGES

Macabebe, Pampanga
FIRST SEMESTER
S. Y. 2021 - 2022

COURSE OUTLINE/CONTENT LEARNING IN ELECTIVE 1

BUSINESS ENGLISH

Chapter 1: The Nature of Business Business English

a. Introduction
b. Communication as a Dynamic and Complex Process
c. Business Communication Defined
d. Elements of Communication
e. Characteristics of Effective Business Letters
f. Basic Criteria of Effective Business Communication
g. Four Considerations of a Business Letter
h. The Goals of Business Communication
Chapter 2: The Principles of Writing and the Writing Process
a. Basic Principles of Writing
b. The Writing Process
c. Writing and Revising the Rough Draft
d. Revising the Draft
e. Producing the First Draft
f. Revision Strategies
g. What to Look for When You Revise
h. Editing the Final Draft
i. Mechanics of Writing
j. Agreement (Subject-Verb, Noun-Pronoun)

Chapter 3: Formatting the Physical Form of the Business Letter

a. Presentation of the Letter Proper
b. Parts of a Business Letter
c. Types of Letter Style / Layout
d. Punctuation in Your Letters
e. Illustrative Samples of Letter Style / Layout
Chapter 4: Writing Sales and Promotional Letters
a. Steps in Writing Sales and Promotional Letters
b. Types of Sales and Promotional Letters
c. Additional Types of Sales and Promotional Letters

Chapter 5: Writing Credit and Collection Letters

a. Twin Purposes of Credit and Collection Letters and How They Are Achieved
b. Guide to Credit and Collection Letters
c. Types of Credit and Collection Letters
Chapter 6: Writing Claim and Adjustment Letters
a. Basic Guides in Preparing Claim Letters
b. Sample Claim Letters
c. Basic Guides in Preparing Adjustment Letters
d. Sample Adjustment Letters

Chapter 7: Preparing Resumes and Job Application Letters

a. Resumes and Job Applications
b. Job Prospecting: The Preliminary Step
c. Launching your Search: Job Hunting
d. Preparing Your Resume
e. Page Limit of a Resume
f. How Employers Use Resumes
g. Preparing Electronic Resumes and Sending E-mail Attachments
 h. Types of Resumes
i. Illustrative Samples of Resumes
j. Types of Interview Questions
k. The Basics of Power Interview
l. Writing Application Letters
m. Types of Application Letters
n. Samples of Solicited and Unsolicited Application Letters
o. Sample Phrases for Application Letters that Work
p. The Need for a Cover Letter
q. Illustrative Samples of Application Letter

Chapter 8: Preparing Recommendations and Reference Letters

a. Letters of Recommendation
b. Reference Letters

Chapter 9: Preparing a Memorandum and an Endorsement Letter

a. Designing a Memorandum
b. Illustrative Samples of Memorandum
c. Parts of a Memorandum
d. The Advantages of a Memorandum
e. Writing an Endorsement Letter
f. Illustrative Samples of Endorsement Letter

Chapter 10: Preparing Minutes of the Meeting

a. Agenda and Minutes of the Meeting
b. Sample Minutes

Chapter 11: Preparing Business Reports

a. Types of Reports
b. Formatting Reports
c. The Nature of Business Reports
d. Selecting the Type of Report

Chapter 12: Using Graphics in Business Reports

a. Using Tables
b. Using Charts
c. Choosing the Appropriate Visuals
d. Representing Numbers

Chapter 13: Preparing Social-Business Correspondence

a. The Personal Side of Business
b. Illustrative Samples of Social Letter
c. Sample Phrases for Letters of Congratulations that Works

Chapter 14: Digital Communication in Business

a. Electronic Technology and Business
b. E-Mail and E-Commerce Distinguished
c. Preparing Easy-to-Read E-Mails
d. Additional Guidelines in the Preparation of E-Mails for Effective Business
Communication

Prepared by:

Mr. Rolex C. Bie

Instructor
 PAMPANGA COLLEGES
Macabebe, Pampanga
FIRST SEMESTER
S. Y. 2021 - 2022

COURSE OUTLINE/CONTENT LEARNING IN ELECTIVE 1

ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

Module 1: Unit 1 Definitions, Characteristics and Principles of ESP

a. What Is ESP
b. Relationship Between English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and English Language
Teaching (ELT)
c. Characteristics of ESP
d. Basic Conceptions/Principles of ESP
Unit 2 Types and Reasons for the Evolution of ESP
a. Types of ESP
b. Reasons for the Evolution of ESP
- The Demands of a Brave New World
- A Revolution in Linguistics
- Focus on the Learner

Unit 3 History and Phases in the Development of ESP

a. History and Growth of ESP
b. Phases and Development of ESP
- Register Analysis
- Rhetorical and Discourse Analysis
- Analysis of Study Skills
- Analysis of Learning Needs
Unit 4 Differences Between ESP and General English Programmes
ESP Practitioner and GE Teacher
a. Differences between ESP and General English Programmes
b. Differences between General English Teacher and the ESP Practitioner

Unit 5 Ways of Training EFL Teachers for ESP Teaching

a. Why Train ESP Teachers
b. How Should ESP Teachers be Trained?
c. How to Equip ESP Teachers?
Module 2: Unit 1 Definitions of Course, Syllabus, ESP Curriculum and ESP Course/Syllabus
Design
a. Issue of Definitions: Courses, Syllabus versus Curriculum
b. Course/Syllabus Design
Unit 2 Types and Importance of Syllabuses
a. Types of Syllabus
b. Importance of Syllabus

Unit 3 Factors Affecting ESP Course Design: Language DEscription

a. Classical or Traditional Grammar
b. Structural Linguistics
c. Transformational Generative Grammar
d. Language Variation and Register Analysis
e. Functional/Notional Grammar
f. Discourse (Rhetorical) Analysis
Unit 4 Factors Affecting ESP Course Design: Learning Theories and Needs Analysis
a. Learning Theories
- The Cognitive Theory
- Behaviourism
- Mentalism
 - Constructivism
- Humanism and Affective Factors
- Learning and Acquisition
b. Needs Analysis
- Definition and Development
- Conducting Needs Analysis? (Sources and Procedure)
- The Purpose of Needs Analysis

Unit 5 Approaches and Techniques for Needs Analysis; Principles for Analyzing
Learners Needs
a. Approaches to Needs Analysis
- A Sociolinguistic Model
- A Systematic Approach
- A Learning - Centered Approach
- A Learner-centered Approach
- A Task-based Approach
b. Principle for Analyzing Learners’ Needs
- Give First Priority to Communication Needs
- Give Equal Importance to Learning Needs
- Take “Context” into Account
- Invite Multiple Perspectives
- Employ Multiple Data Collection Methods
- Treat Needs Analysis as an On-going Activity

Unit 6 Approaches to and Steps in ESP Course Design

a. Approaches to ESP Course Design
- Language-centred Course Design
- Skills-centred Course Design
- Learning-centred Course Design

b. Steps in ESP Course Design

- Needs Analysis
- Specifying the Goals and Objectives
- Course/Syllabus Design
- Implementation/Methodology
- Evaluation

Prepared by:

Mr. Rolex C. Bie

Instructor

PAMPANGA COLLEGES
Macabebe, Pampanga

COURSE OUTLINE/CONTENT LEARNING IN ENGLISH G. E. 8

ETHICS – FOUNDATIONS OF MORAL VALUATION

Chapter 1: The Ethical Dimension of Human Existence

a. Introduction, Valuation
b. Clarifications and Terminology
c. Kinds of Valuation
d. Ethics and Morals
e. Descriptive and Normative
 f. Issue, Decision, Judgement, and Dilemma
g. Reasoning
h. Sources of Authority: Law, Religion, Culture
i. Senses of the Self: Subjectivism, Psychological Egoism, Ethical Egoism
Chapter 2: Utilitarianism
a. Introduction
b. The Principle of Utility
c. Principle of the Greatest Number
d. Justice and Moral Rights
Chapter 3: Natural Law
a. Introduction
b. Thomas Aquinas
The Context of the Christian Story
The Context of Aquinas’s Ethics
c. The Greek Heritage
Neoplatonic Good
Aristotelian Being and Becoming
d. Synthesis
e. The Essence and Varieties of Laws
Essence, Varieties
f. Natural Law
In Common with Other Beings
In Common with Other Animals
g. Uniquely Human

Chapter 4: Deontology
a. Introduction
b. Duty and Agency
c. Autonomy
d. Universalizability
Chapter 5: Virtue Ethics
a. Introduction
b. Happiness and Ultimate Purpose
c. Virtues as Excellence
d. Moral Virtue and Mesotes

Chapter 6: Synthesis: Making Informed Decisions

a. Introduction
b. The Moral Agent and Contexts
c. Culture and Ethics
d. Religion and Ethics
e. Moral Deliberation
f. Feelings in Moral Deliberation
g. Moral Problems
h. The Value of Studying Ethical Theories or Frameworks
i. Self, Society, and Environment:
● Individual/Self
● Social Life
● The Non-Human Environment
j. A Closing that is Really an Opening

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__________________
Rolex C. Bie
Instructor
 PAMPANGA COLLEGS
Macabebe, Pampanga

COURSE OUTLINE/CONTENT LEARNING IN ENGLISH 10

SPEECH & THEATER ARTS

Chapter 1: PHYSIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE AND SPEECH

a. History
b. Introduction
c. Organ of Speech
d. Development of Speech
 e. Types of Speeches

Chapter 2: SPEECH COMMUNICATION

a. What is Communication
b. Communication Process/Models
c. Seven C’s of Communication
d. Forms/Types of Communication (according to mode, context, purpose, and style)
e. Barriers of Communication

Chapter 3: Speech Choir (Background, Types, Elements, Some Tips)

Debate (Background, Types, Rules, Characteristics, Important Key Terms, Roles)
Readers Theater and Chamber Theater (Background, Benefits, Roles, Characteristics)
Radio and TV Broadcasting
Impromptu Speech
Q & A (Pageant)
Spoken Poetry
Declamation
Monologue

Chapter 4: History of Theater

1.1 Basic Concepts of Theater:
Drama, Theater, Play,
Aristotelian Elements
1.2 Genres:
Comedy, Tragedy, Musical Theater, Pantomine,
Melodrama, Farce, Theater for Social Change, etc

Chapter 5: Ancient Drama

2.1 Drama of the Orient
2.2 Drama of the West
2.3 Charactiristics of Ancient Drama

Chapter 6: Drama/Theater of the World

3.1 Europe: England, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Norway, Sweden
3.2 America: United States
3.3 Asia: Russia, Phillipines
3.4 Africa: Ethiopia, Nigeria

Chapter 7: Stagecrafts
4.1 The Stage and its Parts
4.2 The Scenery: Methods of Staging, Designing and Making Scenery.
4.3 Props
Stage: Stool, Door, Drawer
Actor: Cup, Fan, Bag
4.4 Stage Lighting Design
4.5 Sounds Effects
4.6 Costume Design

Chapter 8: Fundamentals of Acting

5.1 Elements: Voice, Body, Stage, Orientation
5.2 Building a Character
5.3 Acting schools, methods and techniques

Chpater 9: Play Direction

6.1 The Director
6.2 Roles and Works of a Director
6.3 Rehearsal: Analyses, Consultation
6.4 Prompt Book/Script Analysis

Chapter 10: Production

7.1 Play Selection
 7.2 Try-out Procedure
7.3 Philosophy of Casting

Chapter 11: The Play (Choice of One)

Action-Drama
Horror-Comedy
Whodunnit (Mystery-Drama)

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PAMPANGA COLLEGS
Macabebe, Pampanga

COURSE OUTLINE/CONTENT LEARNING IN G. E. 5

PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION

UNIT 1 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION

Chapter I: The Nature of Language
a. What is Language
b. Language Biography
c. Language and Communication
Chapter II: Types of Communication
a. What is Communication (Lebaste, Arnold)
b. Types of Communication According to Mode (Salac, Neryl Reesha)
c. Types of Communication According to Context (Adriano, Roseth)
d. Types of Communication According to Purpose and Style (Gutay, Ivan)
● Organizational Culture
● Non-verbal Cues

Chapter III: Communication Processes, Principles, and Ethics

a. Communication Models (Balingit, Kim Charles)
b. General Principles of Effective Communication (Bucu, Lovely Dianne)
c. Principles of Effective Oral Communication (Reyes, Mary Joy)
d. Principles of Effective Written Communication: The 7Cs (Masangcay, Joshua)
e. Ethics of Communication (Cayanan, Eben)

UNIT 2 MODES OF COMMUNICATION

Chapter IV: Forms of Communication
a. Communication Modes
● Face-to-face Interaction (Yamat, Mharjorie)
● Video as a Mode of Communication (Canilao, Micaela)
● Audio as a Mode of Communication (Manabat, Michelle)
● Text-based Communication (Ignacio, Jovan)
b. Communication and Technology (Sonza, Novie Genesis)
c. Communication in Social Media (Bustos, Cyjei)
● Forms of Communication (Cyjei Bustos)

Chapter V: Intercultural Communication

a. Communication and Globalization (Sunga, Christian Paul)
● What is Globalization? (Sunga, Christian Paul)
b. The Globalization Phenomenon (Tolentino, Clarisa)
● What is the Impact of Globalization on Communication? (Tolentino, Clarisa)

Chapter VI: Local and Global Communication in Multicultural Settings

a. Intercultural Communication (Balingit, Reynan)
b. Communicating Across Cultures (Pineda, Paolo Jay)

Chapter VII: Varities and Registers of Spoken and Written Language

a. Varieties of English (Hernandez, Jasmin)
b. Language Registers/ Registers of English (Reyes, Marc Eruel)
c. British English VS American English (Ambagan, Justine Nick)
d. Language Registers (Masangcay, Rexcel)

Chapter VIII: Exploring Texts Reflecting Different Cultures

a. Cultural Texts (Ullegue, Aiscen Louis)
b. Formal and Informal Language (Pertis, Billy Boy)
c. Varieties of English: Pronunciation (Cunanan, Glaica)
d. Varieties of English: Vocabulary (Balatucan, Aljin Larence)
e. Varieties of English: Idioms (Manansala, Randel)
f. Formal Language VS Informal Language (Cano, Ryan Jay)

Chpater IX: Coping with the Challenges of Intercultural Communication

a. Challenges of Intercultural Communication (Ambrocio, Lucyl)
b. Sources of Misunderstanding (Santos, John Gilbert)
c. Approaches to Studying Intercultural Communication
● Communication Breakdown (Datu, Hazel Denice)
● Non-verbal Code Differences (Balingit, Ted Jerick)

UNIT 3 COMMUNICATION FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES

Chapter X: The Explanation Essay
a. Writing an Explanation Essay (Tavu, Christian)
● Understanding the Essay
● Writing an Essay (Canilao, Lord John Arbert)
Chapter XI: The Blog (Bautista, Rona & Isip, Elaiza Angel)
a. Writing a Blog
● Features of a Blog
● Writing a Blog

Chapter XII: The Oral Presentation

a. Preparing a Speech or Oral Report (Clarin, KC)
b. Delivering the Report/ Speech Talk (Masangcay, John Joseph)
c. Presenting ing Groups (Valeriano, Neil Ashley)
d. Overcoming Anxiety or Stage Fright (Macalino, Arjenel)

Chapter XIII: The Debate

a. Types of Debate (Dungca, Sheidonne)
b. Skills Needed in Debate (Rivera, John Denver)
c. Ethical Considerations (Flores, Vincent Emmanuel)
d. Dress and Appearance (Flores, Vincent Emmanuel)

Chapter XIV: Literature as Communication (Sunga, Jayson)

a. Understanding Literature
b. Short Story Analysis
c. Character and Development and Symbol
d. Literature and History

UNIT 4 COMMUNICATION ACROSS PROFESSIONS

Chapter XV: Written Modes of Professional Communication (Lobo, Rodel)
a. Genres Across Professions
b. Business Letters, Memoranda, Minutes of Meeting
c. Business Proposal
d. Social Media Channels

Chapter XVI: The Job Interview

a. Applying for a Job
b. Preparing for a Job Interview
c. What to Do and What not to Do During the Interviews?

Prepared by :

__________________
Rolex C. Bie
Instructor