FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING, ISLAMABAD

BSN Degree Program

Year IV Semester VII Session ()

COURSE GRID

Course: English VII

Program Coordinator: Mr. Touqeer Ahmad
Course Faculty: Ms. Tayyaba Tajamal
Credit hour: 2 (Theory)
Course Code: EN0471
Theory: Day & Time: Tuesday: 08:00 AM-10:00 AM

Course Description:
This course is designed to enable the students to acquire specific language skills for leadership
roles in hospital setting. The main focus is on using the language of persuasion and argumentation
in oral and written communication.

Course Objectives:
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
i. Develop critical and analytical thinking skills
ii. Write Argumentative Essays
iii. Produce coherence and cohesion in their writing
iv. Write Minutes of Meeting
v. Enhance the public speaking focusing on the presentation skills

Teaching/Learning/Strategies:
The class will be taught by using:
• Lecture Method/Discussion Method
• Communicative Language Teaching Methodology
• Computer Based Language Learning
• Task Based Language Teaching and Learning Strategies

Course Expectations:
Course Expectations are:

• Participating actively in class / group work

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 • Analyzing texts critically
• Summarizing using the conventions of academic writing
• Studying independently

Evaluation Criteria:
CAT 20%
Midterm 30%
Final Exam 50%
Total 100%

Recommended Reading:
• Heffernan, J. A. W., Lincoln, J. E., & Atwill, J. (2001). Writing: A college handbook (5th
ed.). London: WW Norton & Company.
• Kiniry, M., & Rose, M (1990). Critical strategies for academic writing. Boston: St
Martin‟s Press.
• Langan, J. (2005). College writing skills with readings (6th ed.). New York: McGraw-
Hill. Parks, A. F., Levernier, J. A. C., & Hollowell, I. M. (2001). Structuring paragraphs
and essays: Aguide to effective writing (5th ed.). Boston: St. Martin‟s.
• Powell, M. (1999). Presenting in English. London: Language Teaching Publication.
Spurgin, S. D. W. (1994). The power to persuade: A rhetoric and reader for
argumentative writing (3rd ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
• Stevens, M. (1998). How to be better at giving presentations. New Delhi: Kogan Page.

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Description and Objectives:
Unit I: Argumentative writing
Unit Description
This unit introduces the students to the elements of argumentative essay and focuses on
developing the skills and language required to write argumentative essays.
By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
Unit Objectives:
• Prepare a balanced essay plan
• Organize the structure of paragraphs in the body of an argument
• Present logical reasoning
• Use language of argument and discussion
• Use appropriate cohesive markers for better organization

Unit II: Writing Meeting Minutes

Unit Description
This unit is specially designed to give the students an opportunity to observe meeting
conventions and record the proceedings using specific language.
Unit Objectives
By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
• Structure effective meeting agendas
• Use different meeting formats
• Identify opportunities for agreement, negotiation and compromise
• Encourage others to speak, and respect their points of view
• Deal with conflicts
• Participate in decision-making.
• Use language of reporting to write minutes

Unit III: Research Proposal Writing

Unit Description
This unit is designed to develop an understanding among students to write research proposal as
well as to help them to define the contents and to plan and execute a research project, It also aims
to potentially collaborate research proposal writing with the research project.
Unit objectives:
At the completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Be aware about the research proposal writing
• Know about writing the introduction in research proposal
• Learn about writing literature review in research proposal
• Learn about writing research methodology in research proposal

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Unit IV: Public Speaking
Unit Description
This unit aims to develop students‟ public speaking skills. It will also enable them to make real
time objective judgments, adjust their speaking techniques, develop more confidence, and project
professional presentation skills.
Unit Objectives:
By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
• Use the techniques and process of public speaking
• Identify the key principles
• Organize content and order for maximum impact
• Use specific language to make speech persuasive and interesting

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 COURSE SCHEDULE
Date/
Week Contents Faculty
Time
Unit 1 : Argumentative Writing
Tuesday Define Writing skill
08:00- Writing Process
1 13-Feb- Define Argument/Argumentative Writing
10:00
2024 Structure of Argumentative Writing
Organizing Argumentative Writing

Tuesday 08:00- Unit 1 : Argumentative Writing

2 Coherence and cohesion in Argumentative Writing
10:00
20-Feb- Do’s and Don’ts in Argumentative Writing
2024

Tuesday 08:00- Unit 1 : Argumentative Writing

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10:00 Hands-On Practice
27-Feb-

Miss Tayyaba Tajamal

2024

Unit 2 : Writing Minutes of Meeting

Tuesday 08:00- Describe Minutes of Meeting
4
10:00 Writing Minutes of Meeting
05-Mar-
2024 Structure/format to write Minutes of Meeting

Unit 2 : Writing Minutes of Meeting

Tuesday 08:00- Hands-On Practice
5
10:00 CAT-1-Submission
12-Mar-
2024
Tuesday
08:00- Unit 2 : Writing Minutes of Meeting
6 19-Mar- 10:00 Hands-On Practice
2024
Unit 3: Research Proposal Writing
What is Research Proposal?
Tuesday 08:00- What are the features of research proposal?
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10:00 How to write research Proposal in Nursing context?
26-Mar-
2024 What is the structure of Research Proposal in Nursing
context?

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 Unit 3: Research Proposal Writing
Methods used to write Research Proposal’s sections
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Tuesday 08:00- • Paraphrasing
10:00 • Summarizing
02-April-
2024 • Synthesizing
• Quoting
Tuesday
9 19-April- MID-TERM EXAMS
2024

Unit 3: Research Proposal Writing

Tuesday 08:00-
10 Methods used to write Research Proposal’s sections
10:00
16-April- Hands-On Practice
2024

Unit 3: Research Proposal Writing

Tuesday 08:00-
11 Methods used to write Research Proposal’s sections
10:00
23-April- Hands-On Practice
2024
Unit 3: Research Proposal Writing
What is APA in Research Writing?
Tuesday 08:00-
12 How is it significant in Research Writing?
10:00
30-April- How to format a word document using APA? / Mechanics of
2024 APA?

Tuesday Unit 4: Public Speaking

07-May- 08:00- Define Public Speaking

13 Types of Public Speaking
2024 10:00
Oral Communication Vs Public Speaking
Using diverse techniques in Public Speaking: A multi-
context Phenomenon

Tuesday 08:00- CAT-II

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10:00 Presentations
14-May-
2024

Tuesday 08:00-
15 Presentations
10:00
21-May-
2024

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 Tuesday
08:00-
16 28-May- Presentations
10:00
2024

Tuesday 08:00-
18 FINAL TERM EXAMS
10:00
11-June-
2024