UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN

ENGLISH LANGUAGECENTRE

ENGL 154 – LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 1

Semester 2, 2009-2010

Course Description:

The first of a series of three integrated language courses designed specifically for IT majors.  Special attention is given to IT related vocabulary and the unique features of technical writing.

Course Objectives:

Reading:

By the end of the course students should be able to:

·         identify topics and main ideas

·         find specific information

·         identify general and specific details

·         make inferences

·         understand pronoun references

·         list details

·         understand diagrams

·         identify patterns of organization

·         identify key words/search terms

·         identify definition

·         recognize paraphrases

·         determine the meaning of words in context by using:

Ø      parts of speech

Ø      affixes

Ø      appositives, synonyms and antonyms

Ø      other context clues

·         increase academic and IT related vocabulary

Writing:

By the end of the course students should be able to:

·         write topic, support and concluding sentences

·         expand text by adding details/examples

·         organize ideas logically/coherently

·         use appropriate connectors

·         write expository paragraphs: description, comparison/contrast and process

·         use appropriate tense and voice

·         summarize a text in a paragraph

·         use terms appropriately in written assignments

·         prepare, format and submit formal written assignments

Course book:

Boeckner, Keith. & Brown, P. Charles, Oxford English for Computing, Oxford University Press, 2006

Assessment:

Mid-term exam:             40%                

Final Exam:                   60%

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