Academic English Language Programme (AELP) - ENG102

Program Overview

Text Book Description

Unlock Reading, Writing & Critical Thinking is a six-level, research-informed, academic-light English course created to build the skills and language students need for their studies. It develops students' ability to think critically in an academic context right from the start of their language learning. Every level has 100% new, inspiring videos on a range of academic topics. Critical Thinking sections develop the lower- and higher-order thinking skills required for the productive writing task, with measurable progress. Every unit is enhanced with fully integrated, bespoke Classroom App material to extend the skills and language students are learning in the book.

Course Description

ENG 102 academic reading and writing course provides a powerful introduction to a range of academic subjects by activating students’ awareness of the topic and adding interest and authenticity to the lesson. The reading and writing are instructed and contextualized through focusing on a variety of texts. The course helps students develop the core transferable skills in critical thinking, reading and writing which they will practice in their university courses, regardless of their major studies.

Intended Learning outcomes:

Knowledge and Understanding:
By the end of the course, the student should be able to:
• Describe different aspects of life.
• List text types.
• Identify up-to-date methods to infer meaning from various texts.
• Outline methods to summarize a given text or paragraph.

Practical / Professional Skills
By the end of the course, the student should be able to:
• Use different methods to write varied paragraphs.
• Install and maintain different means to generate descriptive sentences.
• Evaluate ideas.
• Implement charts to organize ideas.

Intellectual Skills
By the end of the course, the student should be able to:
• Determine measurement criteria to differentiate between two texts.
• Evaluate information.
• Analyze texts through graphic organizers.
• Implement their knowledge.
• Prepare proposals and presentations to predict content using visuals.

General and Transferable Skills
By the end of the course, the student should be able to:
• Exploit a range of learning resources.
• Utilize effectively general course facilities.
• Use graphic organizers to analyze and produce well-written texts.

Class policies

• Attend all classes, be on time, and be ready to begin work.
• Show respect to the instructor and other students.
• Do not cause any disruption in class.
• Turn off your cell phone.
• Do not eat or drink in the classroom.
• Speak only English in the classroom.
• Bring your own textbooks. Failure to do so may result in exclusion from the classroom.

Attendance policy

A student may withdraw from the program if he or she is absent for up to 25 percent of the course provided he/she does so within the time permitted for withdrawal which is during the first twelve weeks of the academic semester. If the absence exceeds 25 percent, a student will not be allowed to withdraw from the course and will not be permitted to attend lectures or sit the final examination and will receive a failing grade of 'F' on the course. The student shall be given at least one warning before being placed on the excluded list.

Assessment

Students must receive a minimum of 50% pass overall to go to the next level. The assessment is based on the following criteria:
• Classroom-based and Home-based assessment
• Participation
• Midterm Assessment
• Final