MODULE DESCRIPTION FORM

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

GPPE101

ECTS Credits

3

SWL (hr/sem)

75

Module Level

UGx11  1

Semester of Delivery

1

Administering Department

GPPE

 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

58

Structured SWL (h/w)

الحمل الدراسي المنتظم للطالب أسبوعيا

4

Unstructured SWL (h/sem)

الحمل الدراسي غير المنتظم للطالب خلال الفصل

17

Unstructured SWL (h/w)

الحمل الدراسي غير المنتظم للطالب أسبوعيا

1.1

Total SWL (h/sem)

الحمل الدراسي الكلي للطالب خلال الفصل

75

 

 

Module Evaluation

تقييم المادة الدراسية

 

As

Time/Number

Weight (Marks)

Week Due

Relevant Learning Outcome

Formative assessment

Quizzes

2

5% (5)

1 and 8

LO #1, #8

Assignments

2

10% (10)

5 and 12

LO #5, #12

Group Practice

2

10% (10)

3 and 6

LO #3, #6

Presentation

4

15% (15)

11,12,13 and 14

LO #11, #12, #13  and #14

Summative assessment

Midterm Exam

2hr

10% (10)

7

LO #1 - #7

Final Exam

3hr

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

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.