Independent University, Bangladesh

Department of English and Modern Languages

School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
(With Revised Contents and New Coursebook, Summer 2023)

Required Textbook: English Reading and Writing Skills (2023). Published by ELRC
Material Studio.

PART A
I. Course Information:
Course Code ENG 102 Course Title Reading and Composition
Course Type General Prerequisite (if any) ENG 101
Education
Credit Value 3 Contact Hours / Week 3
Year 1st Year Semester Summer Semester

II. Instructor Information:

Name Kazi Mubinul Hasan Shanto Designation
E-mail kshanto89slass@iub.edu.bd
Classroom 6005 Office Room 6027
Class Hours 8:00am to 9:30am Tutorial Hours Sun-Tue 10am11am

III. Course Rationale/Summary:

This course aims to equip students with the reading skills they need for comprehension of written English of
all kinds, and to teach study skills to help students cope with language/linguistic demands in an academic
context, as lectures, discussions, assignments, and presentations. This course also aims at raising students’
understanding of the relation between the lexical items and structural forms as well as expanding their
vocabulary knowledge by focusing on the word formation including suffixes and prefixes. Students also
learn idioms and collocations, slang, proverbs, and phrasal verbs to help them better explore, review, play
with and enhance their skills, spoken and written expressions.
IV.Course Content:
This course introduces integrated skills with major emphasis on reading processes-- skimming for extracting
main ideas, scanning for information, reading to make inference, reading and comprehension of short article
and essays, reading to summarize and evaluate articles, text, and books, reading and responding to different
genres of writing and reading for class presentation.
Students will also practice and develop a variety of writing skills to produce effective paragraphs and essays.
The course is divided into three areas: readings, basic principles of writing and editing for grammatical
errors (parallelism, dangling and misplaced modifiers, etc.). Students will work through these three areas
concurrently following the weekly schedule provided.

V. Course Objectives:

The objective of this course is to help students improve their reading skills through the study of basic
comprehension skills, including main idea, major and minor details, patterns of organization using speed
reading strategies, discussions, reflections and written responses. Students are exposed to a wide range of
authentic reading materials including reviews, articles from journals, newspaper, magazines and academic

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texts in order to develop skills to do effective skimming and scanning, to use contextual clues to guess
meanings of words, comprehend contrasting viewpoints and to predict and identify main ideas and decode
inter-sentential clues. By the end of the semester, students will develop the ability to summarize, paraphrase,
and cite reading material in accordance with APA/MLA guidelines and produce effective expository and
analytical academic papers.

VI. Mapping Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) with Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs):

CLO Corresponding Bloom’s

CLO Statement
No. PLO Taxonomy
Demonstrate the ability to learn and practice
PO1: Knowledge Cognitive Level 2
CLO1 strategies for reading carefully and for
(Understand)
analyzing texts closely, and critically
Analyze complex texts through close
reading and comprehension while
organizing information to respond to PO2: Problem Cognitive Level 4
CLO2 Solving
narrative, expository, and argumentative (Analyze)
texts

Use word analysis and critical thinking skills to

PO2: Critical Cognitive Level 4
CLO3 increase vocabulary and write effective
thinking skills (Analyze)
paragraphs and essays

Apply critical thinking skills to interpret

PO2: Critical Cognitive Level 3
CLO4 information in graphics such as pictures, charts,
thinking skills (Apply)
graphs, and tables

Employ research skills to locate, analyze, and PO2: Critical Cognitive Level 4
CLO5 synthesize information to produce an essay thinking skills (Analyze)
Apply the writing process (planning, writing, and PO4:Sustainabilit Cognitive Level 3
CLO6 revising), Editing for Grammatical Errors y (Apply)
Write a variety paragraphs/essays (narrative,
descriptive, expository, persuasive), free of PO2: Problem Cognitive Level 3
CLO7 errors, appropriate for a variety of academic Solving (Apply)
audiences

VII. Mapping Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) with the Teaching-Learning & Assessment
Strategy:
Teaching-
Corresponding
Week Topic Learning Assessment Strategy
CLOs
Strategy
 Day 1 : Course ● Participation
● Lecture
outline
1  Day 2: Scanning ● Tutorial ● Class Test ● CLO1
and Skimming
● Discussion ● Mid Term
2  Day 3: Guessing ● Lecture ● Participation ● CLO1 & 2
Meaning From
Context

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  Day 4:
Identifying ● Tutorial ● Class Test
Keywords; Note
Taking ● Discussion ● Mid Term

● Participation
 Day 5: One ● Lecture
Sentence
3 Summary ● Tutorial ● Class Test ● CLO 4
 Day 6: Class
test ● Discussion
● Mid Term

 Day 7: How to ● Lecture ● Class Test

avoid
Plagiarism; ● Tutorial ● Mid Term ● CLO 5
4
Paraphrasing
 Day 8: ● Discussion ● Assignment
Paraphrasing

 Day 9: APA ● Participation

● Lecture
(Referencing
and In-text ● Tutorial ● Class Test ● CLO 5
5
Citation)
 Day 10: Class ● Discussion
Test ● Mid Term

 Day 11: Process

approach to ● Participation
● Lecture
writting;
paragraph ● Tutorial ● Class Test ● CLO6
6
structure and
contents ● Discussion
 Day 12: ● Mid Term
Midterm
Midterm Week

● Day 13: Paragraph

structure and ● Class Test
● Lecture
contents; Use of
linking words ● Tutorial ● Final Term ● CLO7
7
● Day 14:
● Discussion
Descriptive ● Assignment
paragraph

● Participation
● Day 15: Narrative ● Lecture
paragraph
8 ● Tutorial ● Class Test ● CLO7 & 8
● Day 16: Narrative
paragraph ● Discussion
● Final Term

9
● Day 17: ● Lecture ● Participation ● CLO 7

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 Argumentative
Paragraph ● Tutorial ● Class Test
● Day 18:
● Discussion ● Final Term
Argumentative
Paragraph
● Participation
● Day 19: Class test ● Lecture

10 ● Day 20: ● Tutorial ● Class Test ● CLO7

Annotated ● Discussion
Bibliography ● Final Term

● Participation
● Day 21: ● Lecture
Synthesizing ideas ● Tutorial ● Class Test ● CLO7
11
● Day 22:
● Discussion
Synthesizing ideas ● Final Term

● Lecture ● Class Test

12 ● Review Class ● Tutorial ● Final Term ● CLO7 & 8

● Discussion ● Assignment

Final Exam-

VIII. Required Text:

English Reading and Writing Skills (2023). Published by ELRC Material Studio.

Part B
I. Assessment and Marks Distribution:
Students will be assessed based on their overall performance in all the exams, quizzes, and class
participation. The final numeric score will be based on:

Activities Tools Percentage

Class Test (two tests) Scanning/skimming; paraphrasing; APA; annotated 20%
bibliography; one sentence summary

Attendance/Class  Discussion based on weekly readings. A participation 10%

Participation mark (10%) will reflect tutorial engagement; it may
include occasional homework and other assignments.
 Class attendance is mandatory; failure to do so may
deduct marks.

Project Annotated Bibliography or Synthesizing Ideas 20%

Midterm Examination Day 1-Day 11 20%

Final Examination Day 13-Day 23 30%
Total 100%

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 II. The detailed distribution is furnished below:
CIE- Continuous Internal Evaluation SMEE- Semester Mid & End
(50 Marks) Examination (50 Marks)
Class Quizzes Assignment Midterm Final
Participation (two)
Total Marks =
10 20 20 20 30
100
Bloom’s
Category
Remember 2 3 3 5
Understand 2 10 3 2 5
Apply 2 10 3 10 5
Analyze 2 3 5 10
Evaluate 1 3 5
Create 1 5

III. Grade Conversion Scheme:

The following chart will be followed for grading. This scheme follows the guideline provided by the School
of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (SLASS), IUB.
A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D F

90-100 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 0-44

* Numbers are inclusive

Part C

I. Attendance Policy
Attendance is, by and large, linked to grades – it is impossible to receive instruction, obtain knowledge or
gain skills when absent. Attendance below 30% of total number of classes, without valid reasons, will result
in withdrawal from the course. Attendance is required for presentations – individual presentations cannot be
made up. Make-up exams will be offered for valid reasons only with the consent of the Head of the
department. The tutor may refuse admission to class to any student who arrives more than twenty minutes
late to a class. Absence will be counted if a student leaves thirty minutes or more early.
II. Academic integrity and plagiarism
Academic integrity is about honesty – put simply it means no cheating. All members of the university
community are responsible for upholding academic integrity, which means staff and students are expected to
behave honestly, fairly and with respect for others at all times. Plagiarism is a form of cheating which
undermines academic integrity. It is still plagiarism even if you restructure the material or present it in your
own style or words without acknowledging the original author. Plagiarism is prohibited at IUB and is not
worth the risk. Students are expected to be familiar with these standards regarding academic honesty and to
uphold the policies of the university in this respect. Students are referred to the section on Code of Conduct
(see pg. 42) in the Green book (http://www.iub.edu.bd/files/GreenBookSu20.pdf) and are reminded that

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 plagiarism or cheating during exams is an extremely serious academic offence. A soft-copy of every written
assignment MUST be submitted for a plagiarism check. Consequences of being found guilty of plagiarism
can include:
• An oral or written warning
• Cancellation of your mark for an assessment or a fail grade for the course
• Suspension from the course or the University
III. Course Policy
• Please set your mobile phones on vibration mode. Do not text during class! If any emergency arises, please
leave the room/meeting.
• The instructor will sometimes need to contact you either by email or text messages. To make sure you do
not miss any important information, please check your email regularly.
• Assignments must be done individually, unless otherwise specified. The instructor has the right to reject
any assignment she suspects may not be the student’s own work. Late assignments WILL be rejected.
• The course outline provided above is tentative. Changes to the exam dates will be confirmed in advance
and announced in class.

IV. Computer Skill Prerequisites

Students in this course must be:
• Able to use Microsoft Word™ and Microsoft PowerPoint™ word processing and presentation
• Able to send and receive email (preferably via Gmail™ account)
• Able to attach and retrieve attached files via email
• Able to use Google Drive to access lecture slides and related course materials in Google Classroom
• Able to use a web browser

V. Contact Hours/ Hours of student work outside of class

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course
requirements.The hours presented in the table below provide estimates for the average time required for
completion of course components. Students may require additional time to successfully master topics,
complete projects or to comprehend required readings.

*Contact Hours Total hours

1. *Classroom 1.5 hrs. 1.5 hrs. 3 hrs.

Hours of student work outside of class

2. *Classroom preparation (guided 2 hrs. 2 hrs.
reading & writing)

3. **ELRC 1 hour 1 hrs.

(Readings/Practice/Problems
Solve)
Total 6 hours of contact time & self-

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Note:
**ELRC (Readings/Practice/Problems Solve): Applicable for students in need of further language
practice.
VI. English Language Support for Students
The English Language Resource Center (ELRC) at IUB (Room – 7014, Level - 6) offers free
face-to-face/online academic English tuition, self-study materials and advice for students. The ELRC offers
one-to-one tuition (by prior appointment) for developing writing and referencing skills besides support in
developing listening, speaking, and reading skills.

Part D
I. Recommended Resources for Self-study
• Lessons, games, quizzes & more for ESL learners
https://www.englishclub.com/
• Academic Word List
http://www.uefap.com/vocab/select/awl.htm
• Academic Collocation List
https://pearsonpte.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/AcademicCollocationList.pdf
• Guide to punctuation –
A comprehensive guide from the University of Sussex
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/
https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/index.html
• Academic Phrasebank for writing–
Useful language for academic writing from the University of Manchester
http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/
http://www.tina-freyburg.eu/1/135/resources/document_1053_1.pdf
• Referencing (MLA) for assignments
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/
mla_formatting_and_style_gui de.html
• Academic Reading
https://www.eapfoundation.com/reading/skills/
• Giving presentations and taking part in discussions
https://www.eapfoundation.com/speaking/
• Using PowerPoint in Presentations
https://student.unsw.edu.au/using-powerpoint

 Finding literature for assignment or dissertation through one-on-one consultation with a librarian
http://lib.iub.edu.bd/content/request-research-consultation

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 II. Websites/apps for pronunciation practice
1. YouTube videos from English Central, mmmEnglish, Learn English with Alice, Rachel’s English, English
Language Club,Sounds American, TED talk, Netflix and tv serials
2. The Sounds Pronunciation App
3.Elsa Speak: English Accent Coach App
4. English Pronunciation App
5. Pronunciation App
6. Say it App
7. naturalreaders.com
8. eflnet.com
9. espressoenglish

III. Other Online Resources for Pronunciation Practice

1. BBC site (pronunciation tips) contains videos, quizzes, activities, and downloads to help you practice
English pronunciation. You can imitate the sound, rhythm, intonation and stress of the words or symbols on
the video or audio clips.
2. Cambridge English Online.com offers various fun and challenging ways by which you can improve your
pronunciation and knowledge of phonetics.
3.English Central has numerous free videos and tutorials that can help you properly pronounce sounds.
4.Logic of English for orthographic practice
5. My language exchange.com for becoming fluent in any language while making friends with native
speakers
6. Helen’s language listening practice

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