ACADEMIC SKILLS IN ENGLISH-II ENG 102 ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES SPRING

Page  2 The Course Aims at the following: To develop students’ academic reading and writing skills so that they can follow their department courses better. This course will NOT teach students English, instead it will give them opportunities to practice the language and accomplish assigned tasks.

Page  3 ENG 102 (SECOND SEMESTER) MODULES ACADEMIC READING ACADEMIC WRITING Will help you to become better READERS and WRITERS of English

Page  4 The Book  You can get your books from the bookstore (-1 Floor) EAP in Economics and Administrative Sciences II

Page  5 The Reading Module  There are 4 Units in the Reading Module  Starting from Reading Unit 3, you will be assessed based on your class performance (CPG)  You will be using academic reading skills in your department courses as you will be expected to read long academic texts.

Page  6 The reading module will train you to:  survey a text  scan to locate specific information  guess the meaning of unknown words  understand implicit and explicit information and make inferences  understand the text’s purpose  extract main points

Page  7 Research Skills Unit  This is an 8 hour unit which provides you with the basics of research and writing essays.  You will receive 2 CPG’s in this unit.  You will be responsible for the content of this unit in all writing units that follow.

Page  8 The Writing Module  There are 4 Units in the Writing Module  At the end of each unit, you will be assessed based on your class performance (CPG)  These units will develop your writing skills, by showing ways of doing research, paraphrasing, quoting, summarising and organizing an academic essay.  Do not forget that your department teachers may ask you to write long academic essays in different courses on different topics.  20% of your overall grade will be based on your written project which you will be asked to write (in class) towards the end of the semester.

Page  9 The Writing Project  May (Administrative Sciences on one day, all other Departments on another day of the week)  You will be required to write a full essay.  You will receive three texts one week in advance. The texts will have some guiding questions so if you want to do some research you can do so. The answers to those questions will not be graded.  When coming to the exam, you can bring the assigned texts only. You are allowed to take notes on these texts, however you cannot have big chunks of sentences or paragraphs. You can underline/write words or phrases only.

Page  10 Your project essay will be evaluated on the following basis:  Task Achievement  Language Use  Lexical resources  Coherence  Organisation  Use of Sources

Page  11 Academic Word List (Mini Dictionary)  In the reading passages of your book, you will see words in bold.

Page  12 Academic Words  These words are samples of words that are being widely used in the academic world.  You will be asked to learn these words, their synonyms and definitions. Your written exams will have a vocabulary component where you will be asked to match these words with their definitions and use them in gap fill activities.  You will find these words in the mini dictionary starting at the end of your coursebook.

Page  13 Attendance  Attendance is obligatory  If you miss more than 25% (14 hrs) of total class hours, you will not be allowed to take the final exam.  As this is a school rule, do not ask your instructors to show you flexibility on attendance.

Page  14 Assessment  Midterm (Mar, ) 40%  Writing Project (May, 2012) 20%  Final Exam (May, 21-June, )20%  CPG (at the end of every unit)20%

Page  15 What is CPG? Class Participation Grade  20% of your course grade  Based on tasks done during class and assignments given as homework  Your willingness to participate in class work will help you to learn the skills better  Your willingness in participating in class work will help you get a higher CPG

Page  16 CPG’s Effect on Course Grade  MidtermFinal Present.CPG Course Grade  (CC)  (DC)  (FD)  (FF) –A DIFFERENCE OF FOUR LETTER GRADES!

Page  17 CPG is…  A grade that encourages your participation in class activities  NOT a randomly given grade based on teachers intuitions or likes and dislikes

Page  18 Late Comers  Students who are late to the class (more than 15 min) can still attend the class but will be marked as ABSENT by the class teacher.

Page  19 Health Reports  Health Reports are not counted for absenteeism. They are valid only for Midterm and Final Exams.

Page  20 WE HOPE TO SPEND AN ENJOYABLE, EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL SECOND SEMESTER WITH YOU.