Spring

1-   Course Data

Course Code:

UGE-00

Course Title:

English Zero

2-   Course Aim ●                    understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).

●                    communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.

●                    describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need

●                   ​ understand enough to be able to meet needs of a concrete type provided speech is clearly and slowly articulated.

●                    understand phrases and expressions related to areas of most immediate priority (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment) provided speech is clearly and slowly articulated.

 

 

3-   Intended Learning Outcome:    At completion of this course the students will be able to:
a-   Knowledge and Understanding 1.                  Students at this level can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.

2.                  They can introduce themselves and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where they live, people they know and things they have.

3.                  They can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

b-   Intellectual

Skills

1.                  Can use simple words/signs to ask someone to explain something.

2.                   Can recognise when difficulties occur and indicate in simple language the apparent nature of a problem.

3.                  Can convey the main point(s) involved in short, simple conversations or texts on everyday subjects of immediate interest, provided these are expressed clearly in simple language.

4.                  Can convey (in Language B) the main point(s) contained in clearly structured, short, simple texts (in Language A), supplementing their limited repertoire with other means (e.g. gestures, drawings, words/signs from other languages) in order to do so.

c-   Practical/ Professional Skills 1.                  Can express their reactions to a work, reporting their feelings and ideas in simple language.

2.                  Can collaborate in simple, practical tasks, asking what others think, making suggestions and understanding responses, provided they can ask for repetition or reformulation from time to time.

3.                  Can produce brief, everyday expressions in order to satisfy simple needs of a concrete type (e.g. personal details, daily routines, wants and needs, requests for information).

d-   General Skills Course Objectives:

 

1.                  Reading:

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

 

●                    Can understand short, simple texts containing the highest frequency vocabulary, including a proportion of shared international vocabulary items.

2.                  Writing:
By the end of the course, students will be able to:

 

●                   Can produce a series of simple phrases and sentences linked with simple connectors like “and”, “but” and “because”.

 

3.                  Speaking:
By the end of this course, students will be able to:

 

●                    Can give a simple description or presentation of people, living or working conditions, daily routines. likes/dislikes, etc. as a short series of simple phrases and sentences linked into a list.

 

4.                  Listening:
By the end of this course, students will be able to:

 

●                    Can understand phrases and expressions related to areas of most immediate priority (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment), provided people articulate clearly and slowly.

 

4-   Student Assessment: Quiz = 10 marks

Mid-term = 20 marks

Listening quiz = 10 marks

Writing quiz = 10 marks

Speaking quiz = 10 marks

Final exam = 50 marks

5-   Required Books (Textbooks) Elementary Speakout 2nd Edition Student’s Book

Elementary  Speakout 2nd Edition Workbook

1- Course Data

Course Code:

UGE 01

Course Title:

English One

 

 

2-   Course Aim – Help students to communicate using acquired basic, elementary English vocabulary for both personal and academic purposes.

– Expose to new reading texts about new topics in order to introduce them to different ideas and types of texts. Also, enables students to answer questions related to them as well.

– Enable students to understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.

– Enable  students to plan for writing by building on prior knowledge, generate words and organize ideas for basic writing topics, using basic grammar rules.

– Aid students to produce simple connected texts on topics which are familiar and of personal interest.

– Aid students to present information orally in basic spoken language.

– Assist students to describe experiences, events, dreams, hopes, and ambitions, and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

3-   Intended Learning Outcome:    At completion of this course the students will be able to:
a-   Knowledge and Understanding 1- Understand lectures in English.

2- Communicate in basic English language inside the class.

3- Read and comprehend different types of texts in basic English language.

4-Identify facts and evidence in a reading text.

5- Write coherent paragraphs and informal emails in English.

6- Distinguish target language grammar rules.

7- Recall and use target language elementary sets of vocabulary items.

8- Recognize and use sets of functional language phrases to help them in building accuracy and fluency while speaking.

 

b-   Intellectual Skills  

 

 

 

                    

1- Help students use a variety of media in English, including the internet, audio tracks and data show.

2- Help students apply the basic content of language they have studied to media researches.

3- Help students examine a variety of articles written in the target language.

4- Help students determine foreign language acquisition difficulties and work on the solution.

c-   Practical/ Professional Skills 1- Help students gather information in basic English from a variety of sources, analyze and evaluate the quality of the information obtained, and use it to answer their own and others’ questions.

2- Help students write in basic English for a particular audience and purpose.

3- Help students use spoken English to participate in academic settings

d-   General Skills Course Objectives:

Reading:

1.     By the end of the semester, A2 students will be able to develop certain reading sub-skills like scanning, skimming and reading for detailed comprehension.

Listening:

2.     By the end of the semester, A2 students will be able to develop certain listening sub-skills that are within their level ability like understanding the main idea and specific information in audio tracks.

Writing:

3.     By the end of the semester, students will be able to correctly write a paragraph that is coherent and well-structured to describe their personal experiences, people, and places.

Speaking:

4.     By the end of the semester, students will have developed and practiced the main A2 can do descriptors of the CEFR to describe their personality and personal experiences. They will be able to draw simple comparisons between people, places and things. They will be able to describe pictures with a little help from prompts.

 

4-   Student Assessment: Quiz = 10 marks

Mid-term = 20 marks

Listening quiz = 10 marks

Writing quiz = 10 marks

Speaking quiz = 10 marks

Final exam = 50 marks

 

5-   Required Books (Textbooks) Pearson: Speakout 2nd edition – Pre-Intermediate – Coursebook

Pearson: Speakout 2nd edition – Pre-Intermediate  – Workbook

1- Course Data

Course Code:

UGE-02

 

Course Title:

English Two

 

 

2-   Course Aim ●                   discuss your personal and professional hopes and dreams for the future.

●                   arrange a job interview and interview for a job in your area of expertise.

●                   talk about your television viewing habits and favorite programs.

●                   describe your education and your plans for future training.

●                   talk about relationships and dating, including meeting people through social media.

●                   participate in negotiations in your area of expertise, if you have help understanding some points.

●                   discuss polite behavior and respond appropriately to impolite behavior.

●                   exchange, check and confirm accumulated factual information on familiar routine and non-routine matters within his field with some confidence.

●                    describe how to do something, giving detailed instructions. Can summarise and give his or her opinion about a short story, article, talk, discussion interview, or documentary and answer further questions of detail.

●                    find out and pass on straightforward factual information. Can ask for and follow detailed directions Can obtain more detailed information.

 

3-   Intended Learning Outcome:    At completion of this course the students will be able to:
a-   Knowledge and Understanding     Students at this level:

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

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

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

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

 

b-   Intellectual Skills 1.                  Can support communication across cultures by initiating conversation, showing interest and empathy by asking and answering simple questions, and expressing agreement and understanding.

2.                  Can demonstrate their understanding of the key issues in a disagreement on a topic familiar to them and make simple requests for confirmation and/or clarification.

3.                  Has a sufficient range of language to describe unpredictable situations, explain the main points in an idea or problem with reasonable precision and express thoughts on abstract or cultural topics such as music and film.

c-   Practical/ Professional Skills 1.                  Can write a basic letter of application with limited Supporting details

2.                  Can perform and respond to a wide range of language functions, using their most common exponents in a neutral register.

3.                  Can exploit a wide range of simple language flexibly to express much of what they want.

d-   General Skills     Course Objectives:

1.     Reading:

•    Can read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to their field of interest with a satisfactory level of comprehension.

2.     Writing:

Can produce straightforward connected texts on a range of familiar subjects within their field of interest, by linking a series of shorter discrete elements into a linear sequence.

3.     Speaking:

1-Can reasonably fluently sustain a straightforward description of one of a variety of subjects within their field of interest, presenting it as a linear sequence of points.

4.     Listening:

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Can understand straightforward factual information about common everyday or job-related topics, identifying both general messages and specific details, provided people articulate clearly in a generally familiar variety.

 

4-   Student Assessment: Quiz = 10 marks

Mid-term = 20 marks

Listening quiz = 10 marks

Writing quiz = 10 marks

Speaking quiz = 10 marks

Final exam = 50 marks

 

5-   Required Books (Textbooks) Upper Intermediate Speakout 2nd Edition Student’s Book

Upper Intermediate Speakout 2nd Edition Workbook

1- Course Data

Course Code:

UGE-03

 

Course Title:

English Three

 

2-   Course Aim ●       understand and exchange complex information and advice on the full range of matters related to his/her occupational role.

●        pass on detailed information reliably. Can give a clear, detailed description of how to carry out a procedure.

●       synthesise and report information and arguments from a number of sources.

●     participate in meetings in your area of expertise, if you have help understanding some points.

●     discuss gender issues as they relate to perceptions of rudeness and cultural norms.

●     talk about your personal finances and give advice to friends and colleagues about their finances.

●     talk about your personal and professional lifestyle, including a description of your life at work.

●     explain your education, experience, strengths and weaknesses, and discuss your career path.

●     talk about mental processes and how you can use them to improve your effectiveness on the job.

●     talk about what you like to read and make recommendations about good things to read.

●     use appropriate language in social situations, including praising and expressing sympathy.

●     deal with relatively complex awkward situations that arise in social and business contexts.

●     discuss common political situations and the behavior of politicians.

 

3-   Intended Learning Outcome:    At completion of this course the students will be able to:
a-   Knowledge and Understanding  Students at this level can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.

1.                  They can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.

2.                  They also can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest.

3.                   Moreover, can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

4.                   They can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning.

5.                   They, furthermore, can express themselves fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.

6.                   They can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.

7.                   They can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of connectors and cohesive devices.

 

b-   Intellectual Skills 1.                  Can contribute to collaborative decision making and problem solving, expressing and co-developing ideas, explaining details and making suggestions for future action.

2.                  Can elicit possible solutions from parties in disagreement in order to help them to reach consensus, formulating open-ended, neutral questions to minimise embarrassment or offence.

3.                  Can reflect on and explain particular ways of communicating in their own and other cultures, and the risks of misunderstanding they generate.

c-   Practical/ Professional Skills 1.                  Can adjust what they say and the means of expressing it to the situation and the recipient and adopt a level of formality appropriate to the circumstances.

2.                  Can obtain information, ideas and opinions from highly specialised sources within their field.

3.                  Can recognise when a text provides factual information and when it seeks to convince readers of something.

4.                  Can communicate detailed information reliably. Can give a clear, detailed description of how to carry out a procedure.

5.                  Can develop an argument systematically with appropriate highlighting of significant points, and relevant supporting detail.

6.                  Can develop a clear argument, expanding and supporting their points of view at some length with subsidiary points and relevant examples.

d-   General Skills     Course Objectives:

1.     Reading:

●      Can read with a large degree of independence, adapting style and speed of reading to different texts and purposes, and using appropriate reference sources selectively. Has a broad active reading vocabulary, but may experience some difficulty with low-frequency idioms.

2.     Writing:

●      Can produce clear, detailed texts on a variety of subjects related to their field of interest, synthesising and evaluating information and arguments from a number of sources.

3.     Speaking:

●      Can give clear, systematically developed descriptions and presentations, with appropriate highlighting of significant points, and relevant supporting detail.

4.     Listening:

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

●      Can understand standard language or a familiar variety, live or broadcast, on both familiar and unfamiliar topics normally encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life. Only extreme [auditory/visual] background noise, inadequate discourse structure and/or idiomatic usage influence the ability to understand.

4-   Student Assessment: Quiz = 10 marks

Mid-term = 20 marks

Listening quiz = 10 marks

Writing quiz = 10 marks

Speaking quiz = 10 marks

Final exam = 50 marks

5-   Required Books (Textbooks) Upper Intermediate Speakout 2nd Edition Student’s Book

Upper Intermediate Speakout 2nd Edition Workbook

1- Course Data

Course Code:

UGE-04

 

Course Title:

English Four

 

 

2-   Course Aim ●                   discuss in detail issues related to success, including building a motivated, successful team.

●                   talk in some detail about your favorite paintings and the architecture of buildings that you like.

●                   discuss societal problems, possible solutions for problems and what role corporations can play.

●                   participate in discussions about conservation, sustainability and habitat protection.

●                   talk about events and issues in the news and how they affect people and companies.

●                   talk about risks in life, including changing jobs and doing dangerous sports.

●                   compare and contrast various forms of education and individual schools.

●                   discuss various types of humor, including subtle forms like sarcasm.

●                   understand various communication styles, including direct, indirect, formal and informal.

●                   discuss issues related to your quality of life, including work-life balance and home environment.

●                   understand and discuss issues related to ethics, like civil disobedience.

●                   easily keep up with the debate, even on abstract, complex unfamiliar topics.

●                    argue a formal position convincingly, responding to questions and comments and answering complex lines of counter argument fluently, spontaneously and appropriately.

 

3-   Intended Learning Outcome:    At completion of this course the students will be able to:
a-   Knowledge and Understanding 1.                  understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize implicit

meaning.

2.                  They can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously

without much obvious searching for expressions.

3.                  They can use language

flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.

4.                  They can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects,

showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive

devices.

 

b-   Intellectual Skills 1.                  Can contribute to collaborative decision making and problem solving, expressing and co-developing ideas, explaining details and making suggestions for future action.

2.                  Can elicit possible solutions from parties in disagreement in order to help them to reach consensus, formulating open-ended, neutral questions to minimise embarrassment or offence.

3.                  Can reflect on and explain particular ways of communicating in their own and other cultures, and the risks of misunderstanding they generate.

c-   Practical/ Professional Skills 1.                  Can adjust what they say and the means of expressing it to the situation and the recipient and adopt a level of formality appropriate to the circumstances.

2.                  Can obtain information, ideas and opinions from highly specialised sources within their field.

3.                  Can recognise when a text provides factual information and when it seeks to convince readers of something.

4.                  Can communicate detailed information reliably.

5.                  Can develop an argument systematically with appropriate highlighting of significant points, and relevant supporting detail in the form of a video presentation.

 

d-   General Skills     Course Objectives:

Reading:

1.     Can understand a wide variety of texts including literary writings, newspaper or magazine articles, and specialised academic or professional publications, provided there are opportunities for rereading and they have access to reference tools.

Writing:

2.     Can produce clear, well-structured texts of complex subjects, underlining the relevant salient issues, expanding and supporting points of view at some length with subsidiary points, reasons and relevant examples, and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.

Speaking:

3.     Can give clear, detailed descriptions and presentations on complex subjects, integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.

Listening:

4.     Can understand enough to follow extended discourse on abstract and complex topics beyond their own field, though they may need to confirm occasional details, especially if the variety is unfamiliar.

 

4-   Student Assessment: Quiz = 10 marks

Mid-term = 20 marks

Listening quiz = 10 marks

Writing quiz = 10 marks

Speaking quiz = 10 marks

Final exam = 50 marks

5-   Required Books (Textbooks) Advanced Speakout 2nd Edition Student’s Book

Advanced Speakout 2nd Edition Workbook

1- Course Data

Course Code:

UGE-05

 

Course Title:

English Five

 

 

2-   Course Aim ●                    hold his/her own in formal discussion of complex issues, putting an articulate and persuasive argument, at no disadvantage to native speakers.

●                   discuss issues related to science and technology, including robots and new inventions.

●                   talk about celebrities, celebrity activism and gossip about celebrities.

●                   use a variety of techniques for promoting creativity in your speech and writing.

●                   discuss financial planning and give and understand advice about personal finance.

●                   talk about stress in your life and the lives of friends and colleagues.

●                   discuss techniques for doing research on a wide range of topics.

 

3-   Intended Learning Outcome:    At completion of this course the students will be able to:
a-   Knowledge and Understanding 1.                  understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize implicit

meaning.

2.                  They can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously

without much obvious searching for expressions.

3.                  They can use language

flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.

4.                  They can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects,

showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive

devices.

 

b-   Intellectual Skills 1.                  Can contribute to collaborative decision making and problem solving, expressing and co-developing ideas, explaining details and making suggestions for future action.

2.                  Can elicit possible solutions from parties in disagreement in order to help them to reach consensus, formulating open-ended, neutral questions to minimise embarrassment or offence.

3.                  Can reflect on and explain particular ways of communicating in their own and other cultures, and the risks of misunderstanding they generate.

c-   Practical/ Professional Skills 1.                  Can adjust what they say and the means of expressing it to the situation and the recipient and adopt a level of formality appropriate to the circumstances.

2.                  Can obtain information, ideas and opinions from highly specialised sources within their field.

3.                  Can recognise when a text provides factual information and when it seeks to convince readers of something.

4.                  Can communicate detailed information reliably.

5.                  Can develop an argument systematically with appropriate highlighting of significant points, and relevant supporting detail in the form of a video presentation.

 

d-   General Skills     Course Objectives:

Reading:

1.     Can understand virtually all types of texts including abstract, structurally complex, or highly colloquial literary and non-literary writings.

Writing: 

2.     Can produce clear, smoothly flowing, complex texts in an appropriate and effective style and a logical structure which helps the reader identify significant points

Speaking: 

3.     Can produce clear, smoothly flowing, well-structured discourse with an effective logical structure which helps the recipient to notice and remember significant points.

Listening:

4.     Can understand with ease virtually any kind of language, whether live or broadcast, delivered at fast natural speed.

4-   Student Assessment: Quiz = 10 marks

Mid-term = 20 marks

Listening quiz = 10 marks

Writing quiz = 10 marks

Speaking quiz = 10 marks

Final exam = 50 marks

5-   Required Books (Textbooks) Advanced Plus Speakout 2nd Edition Student’s Book

Advanced Plus Speakout 2nd Edition Workbook