King Abdul Aziz University The English Language Institute
Academic Year 2011-12
Course Syllabus English 102
Course Title English Level Two: Elementary
Course Code ELI 102
Course Prerequisite English 101 or a Placement Test score corresponding to High Beginner proficiency level
Credits 2 Credits; English 102 is the prerequisite for taking English 103 and 104 which, when completed, give a student the 6 credits necessary to meet the Foundation Year English Requirement.
Course Description English 102 is the next level following the Beginner level. English 102 aims to provide students with elementary concepts of the language while drawing on their skills acquired at the beginner level. It is a six week module with 18 hours of instruction each week.
Course Goals
English102 (Elementary) aims to achieve the following goals:
1. Understand simple texts and a range of high frequency vocabulary in context 2. Describe aspects of personal and everyday life in both oral and written form 3. Produce short and simple connected texts on familiar topics
4. Demonstrate some control of essential grammatical structures with occasional inconsistencies
Key Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the students will be able to:
1.1. Understand and extract the essential information from a written or spoken text on a familiar topic.
1.2. Scan a short written text for specific information.
1.3. Predict the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary items using contextual clues.
2.1. Control a range of isolated words and phrases dealing with concrete everyday topics like hobbies, shopping, food and eating, weather and seasons, household goods, city and country life, etc.
2.2. Perform a variety of social functions including greetings, introductions and farewells, making and responding to requests, suggestions, invitations and apologies, conducting simple transactions in shops and offices, asking for and giving directions, etc.
2.3. Describe people, places, likes and dislikes and daily routines in a series of simple phrases and sentences.
3.1. Construct short and simple descriptive paragraphs about people, places and events.
King Abdul Aziz University The English Language Institute
Academic Year 2011-12
Course Syllabus English 102
3.2. Write a clear topic sentence for a paragraph.
3.3. Use linking words and relative pronouns (and/but/because/so/when/until) to organize sentences in a paragraph.
4.1. Understand the form and function of the basic tenses including present simple and continuous, past simple and going to future
4.2. Use a range of auxiliary verbs (am/is/are/was/were/can/could) and regular and irregular verbs.
4.3. Demonstrate awareness of the essential grammatical features and functions like question words, comparatives and superlatives, infinitive of purpose, countable and uncountable nouns, determiners, possessives and prepositions of place
Course Materials Soars, John and Liz, (2011), New Headway Plus, Special Edition, Elementary Level, Oxford University Press, Students will use the following resources in the course of the module:
• Student’s book
• Student’s workbook
• Supplemental DVD-ROM with practice material
• Writing Booklet specially designed for additional writing support • Learning Management System (LMS) for online practice
Course Length and Pacing English 102 consists of 18 hours of class time each week. The English Language Institute follows a modular, or quarterly system with two modules taught in each semester. Thus, the course length for Level 102 is one module or seven calendar weeks which allows for six weeks of instruction with 108 hours of total class time. The pacing guide showing hourly distribution of the instructional material will be provided to the students on the first day of the module.
Course Outline New Headway Plus provides an integrated skills course with each unit divided into grammar, vocabulary, skills work and everyday English segments. Please refer to the 102 Core Curriculum that has been created to ensure optimal focus on the essential course material in line with the stated course aims and learning outcomes.
Assessment
Student performance will be based on examinations in comprehension and usage (70%), writing (10%), speaking (10%) and continuous assessment (10%). The mid-module and final examinations focus on comprehension, both reading and listening, as well as grammar, usage and vocabulary. Two writing tests as well as two speaking tests are administered during the module. Continuous assessment includes home and in-class portfolio assignments ranging from extended writing tasks to weekly reflection given
King Abdul Aziz University The English Language Institute
Academic Year 2011-12
Course Syllabus English 102
each week. Every student is required to compile and submit the portfolio assignments in a well-organized folder. The format and weight of each examination in the final grade of the student are described below:
Final Examination:
o Content: Comprehension/Usage/Vocabulary o Format: Multiple choice, 60 questions o Frequency: One final module exam o Time: 105 minutes
o Weight: 40%
Mid-Module Examination:
o Content: Comprehension/Usage/Vocabulary o Format: Multiple choice, 45 questions o Frequency: One mid-module exam o Time: 90 minutes
o Weight:30%
Writing Examinations:
o Content: Use of transitions, cloze paragraph and semi-guided paragraph writing o Format: A combination of objective questions and short writing tasks in about 50
words
o Frequency: Two writing examinations o Time: 30 minutes
o Weight: The average of the two writing exam grades is 10% of the total grade
Speaking Examinations:
o Content: High frequency and common sentence structures and picture description
o Format: Interview format with five questions including high frequency questions and questions related to the course material followed by a picture description task
o Frequency: Two speaking examinations
o Time: Approximately 3 minutes; length of picture description: at least seven sentences
o Weight: The average of the two speaking exam grades is 10% of the total grade
Continuous Assessment:
o Content: A variety of portfolio assignments that include extended writing tasks, workbook and home assignments, reading comprehension tasks and weekly reflections
o Format: Worksheets divided into weekly sections and compiled in a folder o Frequency: Every week
o Weight: 10% of the total grade with 90% for coursework and 10% for layout, organization and overall achievement
Dates for the examinations will vary each module depending on the University calendar. Exact dates will be announced by your instructor and posted on the ELI website. Students are expected to present original work in all examinations. Plagiarism or copying the work of others in any form may be cause to invalidate a test assessment, resulting in no credit or mark for that work.
