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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MODERN LANGUAGES ISLAMABAD

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

BS APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY 1st SEMESTER

ENGLISH I (APEN 101)

Credit Hours: 03

Instructor: Sadia Munir (sadiamunir@numl.edu.pk)

Course Description
The course English – 1 is designed for students to think critically and prepare documents effectively such
as paragraphs. letters of formal and informal nature, essay writing etc. In addition to this, short stories are
added in order to help and foster critical thinking among pupils.

Course Objectives
By the end of the course the students will be able to demonstrate:
1. Knowledge of the basics of English grammar and composition
2. Application of the acquired knowledge of grammar and composition in different
situations
3. Understanding to develop proficiency in the art of effective reading and writing skills

Course Outcomes
Students will be able to
 define and identify parts of speech
 distinguish between various forms of sentences
 analyze various sentence structures
 make various types of sentences
 Comprehension (skimming and scanning – headway comprehension passages)
 understand and apply the process of writing
 learn the basics of paragraph writing
 differentiate between the topic sentence and supporting ideas
 understand the difference between formal and informal language (examples various types
of writing), colloquial/slangs, expressions (invitation, regret, apologise)
 write autobiographies of living and non-living things
 write formal and informal dialogues
 compose formal and informal letters of apology
 to focus on making small talk and understand the technique of turn taking
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MIDTERM_________________________________________________
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 Unit#1: A World of Difference (page.6)
 Unit#2: The Working Week (page.14)
 Unit#3: Good Times, Bad Times (p.22)
 The Duchess and the Jeweller by Virginia Woolf
 Thank you, Ma’am by Langston Hughes
 Parts of speech
 Elements of a sentence (Subject, predicate)
 Types of Sentence (according to structure and according to function)
 Word formation
 The process of writing (Pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing and publishing)
 formal and informal language colloquial/slangs, expressions (invitation, regret, apologise)
 Paragraph writing (Elements of an effective paragraph: Topic sentence, unity, coherence and
elaboration)
 Autobiography writing

Endterm_________________________________________________
 Unit#4: Getting it Right (p.32)
 Unit#5: Our Changing World (p.38)
 The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde
 The Five Boons of Life by Mark Twain
 Small talk and turn taking techniques
 Letter Writing: Apology letters
 Dialogue writing
 Descriptive writing (turning picture into a description)

Reference Book: New Headway Intermediate Student Book (Fourth Edition)

Evaluation Process/Criteria:
Total Marks: 100

 Midterm Exam: 30
 Assignments:15
 Presentation: 05
 Final Paper: 50

Eligibility Criteria:
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 Students with 75% attendance throughout the semester will be eligible to sit in final
examination

English I (WEEKLY BREAKDOWN)

Course Code: APEN 101

Semester: 1st
Subject Teacher: Sadia Munir
Email Address: sadiamunir@numl.edu.pk

Course Outline

Week 1 & Parts of Speech

2  Noun
 Verb
 Pronoun
 Adjective
 Adverb
 Preposition
 Conjunction
 Interjection
Content Vs Function Words
Sentence Structure
 Clauses
 Phrases
 Sentence (Subject + Predicate)
 Types of Sentences
 Kinds of Sentences
Week 3
Headway Unit# 1 A World of Difference (p.6)
Naming Tenses (Present, Past and Present Perfect)
Auxiliary verbs (to, be, have)
Questions and Negatives and their Short answers
Word Formation (Active, actor and action)
Everyday Situation (I need to make an appointment) conversation skill
Week 4
Headway Unit# 2 The Working Week (p.14)
Present Tenses (simple and continues)
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State Verbs
Active and Passive Voice
Making Small talk (Spoken Activity)
Week 5
Headway Unit# 3 Good Times, Bad Times (P.22)
Past tenses (simple and continues)
Past Perfect
Used to
Giving Opinions (Spoken Activity)

The Writing Process

 What is the Writing Process?

 Why might you need a Writing Process?
 5 Steps of the writing process
 STEP 1: PREWRITING
 STEP 2: DRAFTING
 STEP 3: REVISING
 STEP 4: PROOFREADING(Editing)
 STEP 5: PUBLISHING
Week 6 Effective Writing

Effective Paragraph
 Unity
 Coherence
 Explanation
Topic Sentence (Main Idea and Supporting Details)
Week 7 (Short Story) The Duchess and the Jeweller by Virginia Woolf
• Discussion on important themes
• Answer Questions
• Reference to the Context
Week 8 (Short Story) Thank you, Ma’am by Langston Hughes
• Discussion on important themes
• Answer Questions
• Reference to the Context
Week 9 Formal and Informal language expressions colloquial/slangs, expressions
(invitation, regret, apologise)

Autobiography Writing
Introductory remarks
Specimen Analysis
Different Examples
Practice of writing autobiography of a living and nonliving object
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Week 10 Dialogue Writing

 Important details about starting dialogues
 How to provide bit of background regarding settings of the dialogue
 Formal Vs Informal situation and language choices
Week 11
Letter Writing
Importance of Letter Writing
Parts of a letter
Salutation
Formal and Informal
• Apology letters
Week 12 (Short Story) The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wild
 Discussion on important themes
 Answer Questions
 Reference to the Context
Week 13 Short Story) The Five Boons of Life by Mark Twain
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 Discussion on important themes

 Answer Questions
 Reference to the Context
Week 14 Descriptive Writing

 Five senses involved

 Turning a picture into description
 Describing living and non-living things
Week 15
Headway Unit# 4 Getting it Right (p.32)
Advice, Obligation and Permission
Modal and Related Verbs
Phrasal Verbs (Literal Vs idiomatic, Separable Vs Inseparable)
Polite Requests and Offers (Spoken Activity)
Week 16
Headway Unit# 5 Our Changing World (p.38)
Future Forms (Will, going to, present continues)
Future Possibilities (May, Might, Could)
Suffixes (Prediction and Excitement)
prefixes (impossible, disagree, react)
Arranging to meet (Spoken Activity)

Recommended books

1. New Headway Intermediate Student Book (Fourth Edition)

2. Hight school English Grammar and Composition by Wren and Martin