Faculty of Teacher Training - English Department
Course Title: Advanced English Language IV
Instructor: Dr. Rod
E-mail: sjrod55@gmail.com
Course description:
Advanced English Language IV is an integrated skills course designed to develop student competencies in the four (speaking, listening, reading and writing) language skills. The focus of the course will be on combining (integrating) the skills in a flexible, creative manner so that students with varying needs can still meet their own academic, personal and professional objectives. To this end, the methodological approach will be communicative with pedagogical emphasis on grammatical accuracy, lexical depth, syntactical fluency and socio-linguistic sensitivity.
Attendance policy:
In accordance with the university’s attendance policy, students must attend 70% of the meetings in order to be able to pass the course. If a student misses more than 30 % of the classes, the student will automatically fail the course, regardless of performance on the assignments. The dismissal of excused absences (medical appointments, family emergencies, etc.) will be taken up on a case by case basis.
Assessment:
| Attendance | 10 % |
| Homework | 10 % |
| Interview | 10 % |
| Debate | 10 % |
| Reading skill (reading for gist & reading for details) | 10 % |
| Oral interaction (conversation & argument ) | 10 % |
| Listening activities | 10 % |
| Writing assignments | 20 % |
| Quizzes | 10 % |
| Total | 100 % |
Assessment in this course will be continuous (ongoing). Students therefore should be advised that each and every meeting is crucial to their success in the course. The students will be assessed for these components:
Please be well aware that while there will not be formalized mid and final year examinations, the continuous assessments, in total, have the same effect and weigh equally.
Grading Rubric:
| Grade Description | Grade Points | |
| 95% - 100% | Excellent | 10.0 |
| 86% - 94% | Very good | 9.0 |
| 77% - 85% | Good | 8.0 |
| 68% - 76% | Satisfactory | 7.0 |
| 60% - 67% | Passing | 6.0 |
| 59% - below | Failing | 5.0 |
| Incomplete (IN) | 0.0 |
Incomplete (IN): An incomplete grade may be assigned if a student has not finished all course requirements by the end of the semester, but has completed a substantial amount of the work. It is the student’s responsibility to bring pertinent information to the teacher and to reach an agreement on how the remaining course requirements will be satisfied. If requirements are not completed within one year, a failing grade is automatically assigned.
| WEEK 1 | Introduction to Skills |
| WEEK 2 | Listening – Lord of the Flies / Air Traffic Control / Skills we use |
| WEEK 3 | Listening – Romeo and Juliet / Macbeth skills in retelling |
| WEEK 4 | Listening Assignments |
| WEEK 5 | Speaking – Style. Audience, Purpose, Interest Level |
| WEEK 6 | Speaking (Interviews) Reporting and recording |
| WEEK 7 | Speaking Assignments |
| WEEK 8 | Various interactive group activities associated to class grades |
| WEEK 9 | Reading – Why? Purpose, audience, style. Literature / Informative |
| WEEK 10 | Reading – Special skills and uses. |
| WEEK 11 | Reading Assignments |
| WEEK 12 | Writing |
| WEEK 13 | Writing |
| WEEK 14 | Writing Assignments (short-story summary, reflection and essays) |
| WEEK 15 | TBA |
All of the above is subject to change.
