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نموذج وصف المادة الدراسية

Module Information معلومات المادة الدراسية
Module Title	Academic English				Module Delivery
Module Type	Basic				☒ Theory ☒ Lecture ☐ Lab ☐ Tutorial ☐ Practical ☒ Seminar
Module Code	CHPR104
ECTS Credits	3
SWL (hr/sem)	75
Module Level		UGx11 UGI	Semester of Delivery				1
Administering Department		CHPR	College	COGE
Module Leader	MSc. Ismaeil Raad Alnaab		e-mail	Ismaeil.r.alnaab@buog.edu.iq
Module Leader’s Acad. Title		Assist. Lecturer	Module Leader’s Qualification				MSc.
Module Tutor			e-mail
Peer Reviewer Name		MSc. Ismaeil Raad	e-mail	Ismaeil.r.alnaab@buog.edu.iq
Scientific Committee Approval Date		13/06/2023	Version Number			1.0

Relation with other Modules

العلاقة مع المواد الدراسية الأخرى

Prerequisite module

None

Semester

Co-requisites module

None

Semester

Module Aims, Learning Outcomes and Indicative Contents

أهداف المادة الدراسية ونتائج التعلم والمحتويات الإرشادية

Module Objectives

أهداف المادة الدراسية

The main objective of this course is to measurably build on students’ academic English language skills by engaging them in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar learning activities that are relevant to real-world encounters in university and professional workplace environments.

To provide you with the opportunity to develop and practice these skills and develop the language skills necessary to achieve the bachelor degree in Gas Process and Petrochemical Engineering

Module Learning Outcomes

مخرجات التعلم للمادة الدراسية

Listening

At the completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Use academic listening strategies; including prediction, identification of main ideas and specific details, and note-taking.

2. Respond appropriately to spoken instructions.

3. Recognize formal and informal spoken English.

4. Identify phonetic differences in spoken American English.

Speaking

At the completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Speak with appropriate accuracy and fluency using basic and moderately complex sentence structures.

2. Verbally connect ideas in paragraph-like discourse.

3. Use appropriate verbal intonation and rhythm.

4. Engage in verbal role playing in formal and informal situations.

5. Express advice and personal opinions with supporting information.

6. Paraphrase stories and information.

7. Make formal and informal oral presentations.

Reading

At the completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Read and comprehend authentic English language publications relating to university life; including print and online newspapers, brochures, course catalogues, campus maps, and internet-based communication platforms.

2. Demonstrate a working knowledge of appropriate reading and pre-reading strategies; including scanning, annotating, predicting outcomes, making inferences, and identifying stated or implied main ideas and supporting details.

3. Use strategies to ascertain meaning from unfamiliar vocabulary encountered in context.

4. Increase reading rate.

5. Understand a writer’s purpose.

Writing and Grammar

At the completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an at-level understanding and application of grammar rules; including the appropriate use of verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, modals, personal pronouns, and articles.

2. Use adverbs and adjective clauses.

3. Use comparative and superlative forms.

4. Use gerund and infinitive phrases.

5. Apply capitalization and comma use rules.

6. Compose simple, complex, compound, and compound-complex sentences.

7. Use structural conventions of written English to compose paragraphs and essays. 8. Practice peer editing, self-editing, and revising skills.

Across Multiple Language Domains

At the completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Acquire and use new academic vocabulary.

2. Demonstrate at-level understanding of grammar in speaking and writing.

3. Understand inconsistencies between pronunciation and spelling.

4. Accurately compose moderately complex sentences with basic transitions to connect ideas in spoken and written discourse.

5. Identify written and spoken language patterns; including sequential events, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem/solution narratives.

Indicative Contents

المحتويات الإرشادية

Academic English Language

Using a variety of academic reading texts, students will be given extensive practice in academic reading and writing. Specific strategies for sourcing and dealing with academic texts effectively will be focused on. Students will be encouraged to refine their ability to display their knowledge effectively, particularly in written form. Particular attention will be paid to the development of notetaking and highlighting skills.

English Academic writing Session (Argumentative essay, Table and Chart Analysis Essay, Comparative Essay and Descriptive Essay), student has to do the assigned homework at home by writing an essay and submit it before the dead line. Each student has to submit 4 different types of essays. [12 hours]

"B1 Listening" Each student has to practice listening to an audio record and do two tasks for [6 hours]

"B2 Listening" Each student has to practice listening to an audio record and do two tasks for [6 hours]

"B1 reading" Each student has to practice reading journals and short stories for [3 hours]

"B2 reading" Each student has to practice reading scientific paragraphs for [3 hours]

"B1 Speaking" Each student has to practice speaking and preparing speech for [6 hours]

"B1 Speaking" Each student has to practice speaking and preparing presentation for [6 hours]

Learning and Teaching Strategies

استراتيجيات التعلم والتعليم

Strategies

The main strategies that will be adopted in delivering this module are to focus on academic language, literacy and vocabulary, link background knowledge and culture to learning, Increase comprehensible input and language output, promote classroom interaction and Stimulate higher-order thinking skills and use of learning strategies

Student Workload (SWL)

الحمل الدراسي للطالب محسوب لـ ١٥ اسبوعا

Structured SWL (h/sem)

الحمل الدراسي المنتظم للطالب خلال الفصل

Structured SWL (h/w)

الحمل الدراسي المنتظم للطالب أسبوعيا

Unstructured SWL (h/sem)

الحمل الدراسي غير المنتظم للطالب خلال الفصل

Unstructured SWL (h/w)

الحمل الدراسي غير المنتظم للطالب أسبوعيا

Total SWL (h/sem)

الحمل الدراسي الكلي للطالب خلال الفصل

Module Evaluation تقييم المادة الدراسية
As		Time/Number	Weight (Marks)	Week Due	Relevant Learning Outcome
Formative assessment	Quizzes	1	10% (10)	1 and 8	LO #1, #8
	Assignments	1	10% (10)	5 and 12	LO #5, #12
	Group Practice	1	10% (10)	3 and 6	LO #3, #6
	Presentation	1	10% (10)	11,12,13 and 14	LO #11, #12, #13 and #14
Summative assessment	Midterm Exam	1.5hr	10% (10)	7	LO #1 - #7
Summative assessment	Final Exam	2hr	50% (50)	16	All
Total assessment			100% (100 Marks)

Delivery Plan (Weekly Syllabus) المنهاج الاسبوعي النظري
Week	Material Covered
Week 1	English Academic writing Session (Argumentative essay), Examples and homework
Week 2	English Academic writing Session (Table and Chart Analysis Essay) Examples and homework
Week 3	English Academic writing Session (Comparative Essay) Examples and homework
Week 4	English Academic writing Session (Descriptive Essay) Examples and homework
Week 5	"B1 Listening" Each lesson has a preparation task, an audio recording and two tasks to check your understanding and to practice a variety of listening skills.
Week 6	"B1 Listening" Each lesson has a preparation task, an audio recording and two tasks to check your understanding and to practice a variety of listening skills.
Week 7	Mid-term Exam (English Academic writing & B1 Listening)
Week 8	"B2 Listening" This section offers listening practice to help you understand extended, standard speech about familiar topics that may contain complex ideas.
Week 9	"B2 Listening" This section offers listening practice to help you understand extended, standard speech about familiar topics that may contain complex ideas.
Week 10	"B1 reading" practice to help you understand texts with every day or job-related language. Texts include articles, travel guides, emails, adverts and reviews.
Week 11	"B2 reading" practice to help you understand texts with a wide vocabulary where you may need to consider the writer's opinion.
Week 12	"B1 Speaking" Each lesson has a preparation task and a video that introduces the language in context and gives you the opportunity to listen to and repeat the useful phrases.
Week 13	"B1 Speaking" Each lesson has a preparation task and a video that introduces the language in context and gives you the opportunity to listen to and repeat the useful phrases.
Week 14	"B2 Speaking" This section offers speaking practice to help you learn and practice useful phrases that will help you to speak English clearly and effectively through making individual speeches and presentations.
Week 15	"B2 Speaking" This section offers speaking practice to help you learn and practice useful phrases that will help you to speak English clearly and effectively through making individual speeches and presentations.
Week 16	Preparatory week before the final Exam

Learning and Teaching Resources مصادر التعلم والتدريس
	Text	Available in the Library?
Required Texts	Cambridge English for Engineering	Yes as a PDF file
Recommended Texts	Oxford University Press, Practical English Grammar	Yes as a PDF file
Websites	https://www.cambridge.es/en/catalogue/business-english/other-titles/cambridge-english-for/engineering/resources

Grading Scheme مخطط الدرجات
Group	Grade	التقدير	Marks %	Definition
Success Group (50 - 100)	A - Excellent	امتياز	90 - 100	Outstanding Performance
	B - Very Good	جيد جدا	80 - 89	Above average with some errors
	C - Good	جيد	70 - 79	Sound work with notable errors
	D - Satisfactory	متوسط	60 - 69	Fair but with major shortcomings
	E - Sufficient	مقبول	50 - 59	Work meets minimum criteria
Fail Group (0 – 49)	FX – Fail	راسب (قيد المعالجة)	(45-49)	More work required but credit awarded
Fail Group (0 – 49)	F – Fail	راسب	(0-44)	Considerable amount of work required

Note: Marks Decimal places above or below 0.5 will be rounded to the higher or lower full mark (for example a mark of 54.5 will be rounded to 55, whereas a mark of 54.4 will be rounded to 54. The University has a policy NOT to condone "near-pass fails" so the only adjustment to marks awarded by the original marker(s) will be the automatic rounding outlined above.