Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)

Course Syllabus
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Language Center: English Language Section
Fall 2021-2022

Course Information (Based on catalogue)

Code: ENG 130 Type: English Language Title: English 130
Number of credits: 9 Number of contact hours per week: 9 hours
Pre-requisites: Co-requisites: No co-requisites
Description:
ENG 130 is designed for intermediate English Language learners preparing for college-level studies in English.
Students are exposed to the types of academic texts they encounter at the university and are equipped with
the necessary intermediate skills that enable them to deal with such texts in a pro-active manner.
Both productive and receptive skills are thematically paired in a content-based approach. ENG 130 targets
specific vocabulary and recycles academic skills in the framework of a very modern methodology. Essential
grammar functions are implicitly targeted throughout the lessons as well.

Schedule Information (based on class schedule)

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Main Learning Outcomes
LO# 1 Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in
work, school, leisure, etc.

LO# 2 Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.

LO# 3 Can produce simple connected text on topics, which are familiar, or of personal interest.

LO# 4 Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and
explanations for opinions and plans.

LO# 5 Can understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language.

LO# 6 Can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters.
Course Outline
Week Topics
Introduction to the course
 Introduce course and syllabus
 The nature of the course: from exposure (reading and listening ) into production (writing
and speaking)
Writing a paragraph
1
 Sample paragraphs / topic sentences / supporting details
 Useful transition words
Tenses (Simple Present / Present Continuous)
 Focus on speaking and writing while using the present simple and the present progressive.
 Exercises / youtube videos / activities

2 Reading and listening for gist and main ideas

 Sample reading comprehension
  Listening activities
Writing a paragraph (continue)
 Recap and continue
 Assignment: Write a paragraph on a given topic
Countable / Uncountable nouns
 Youtube video /exercises / activities
Vocabulary related to homes and habits
 Speaking / role-play / exercises
writing a short message
 Write messages thanking/explaining/apologizing/inviting/suggesting
 Specific expressions / general structure
3
Past Simple / Past Continuous
 Youtube video/ exercises/activities
Vocabulary related to fun and leisure activities
 Speaking / role-play / exercises
Gerunds / Infinitives
 Youtube video/ exercises/activities
4
Recap of weeks one, two, and three
 Catch-up / exercises
Assessment ONE : Graded assignment: paragraph writing (5%)
Writing informal letters
 Sample informal letters (reading)
5
 General structure / specific expressions
Speaking (focus on description) / Using Comparative - Superlative
 Describing places and travel (reading / text discussion)
 Youtube videos on Comparative / superlative
Writing formal letters (focus on letters of application)
 Sample informal letters (reading)
 General structure / specific expressions
Reading, speaking and writing while using modal verbs and modal-like expressions to express
6
different language functions
 Youtube /exercises / activities
Vocabulary related to feelings
 Readings followed by discussions
Assessment TWO: Graded assignment: writing a letter (5%)
Reading (using the context to guess missing words) and listening
 Power point / youtube
 Role-play
7
 Sample readings
Present Perfect , Present Perfect Continuous, and Past Simple
 Youtube video/ exercises/activities
Reading (identifying text purpose) / listening
The future tense / forms
8  Youtube video/ exercises/activities
Recap of weeks four, five, six, and seven
ASSESSMENT THREE: Reading / Structure /Writing assessment using Respondus
Lockdown Browser (30 %)
9 Writing descriptive paragraphs
 Focus on physical description / description of places
 General structure / specific expressions
 Assignment (writing a descriptive paragraph on a specific topic)
 Vocabulary (phrasal verbs)
 Activities / exercises / lists
Conditionals
 Youtube video/ exercises/activities
Speaking: Giving presentations
 Youtube video
 Useful English phrases for a presentation
Reading and speaking
 Role-play
 Vocabulary related to health and accidents/illnesses and accidents
Writing narrative paragraphs
 Using narrative verb tenses
10
 General structure / specific expressions
Focus on reading and speaking while using relative clauses
 Youtube video/ exercises/activities
Speaking: Giving presentations
 Youtube video
 Useful English phrases for a presentation
Recap of weeks eight, nine, and ten
11
ASSESSMENT FOUR: Oral presentations (10%)

Focus on reading and listening

 The natural world/the environment
12  Sample readings / vocabulary
Active and Passive forms
 Youtube video/ exercises/activities

13 Recap / Catch-up / Revision

LO# 1 - LO# 2 - LO# 3 - LO# 4 - LO# 5 & LO# 6: Focus on reading / writing / speaking / listening
14
(General catch-up and revision) - Continue

Final Exam (Reading / Structure /Writing assessment) using Respondus Lockdown Browser 40%

Evaluation
Criteria
(Total =
100%)
10% Attendance and participation
Writing assessment of week 4 (5%) + Writing assessment of week 6 (5%) + Oral presentation of
20%
week 11 (10%)
30% Reading / Structure /Writing assessment of week 8
40% Final Exam (Reading / Structure /Writing assessment)

Required Textbooks (Downloaded Cambridge English – Complete PET Student’s Book

in PDF versions / Optional) Cambridge English – Complete PET Workbook
English Grammar in Use (Intermediate) - Cambridge
Supplemental References Handouts / Online material / Youtube videos
 Microsoft Teams / Computer / LCD projector / E-learning / Respondus
Required Materials
Browser and Monitor / USEK application