English Integrated Core - Intermediate
English Integrated Core - Intermediate
Course Description
The Integrated Core course is a digitally-enriched, integrated-skills development course that meets
five times per week (9 contact hours). This is complemented by the e-learning component of on-
line independent language learning tasks. This course is designed to help students develop the four
main language skills – reading, writing, listening and speaking – as well as the necessary subsidiary
skills in grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, in order to achieve the required level of
proficiency to succeed in English-medium academic programs offered by Qatar University. The
course aims to provide a flexible and customized learner-centric experience to facilitate students’
attainment of program and student learning outcomes, and develop information literacy and
entrepreneurial study skills. The assessments for the course will be both formative (through
projects, non-assessed tasks, and the e-learning component) as well as summative (through project
presentations and exams). In the case of online delivery, lessons are likely to be recorded for
review. Female students should avoid turning on their webcams. (Disclaimer: The course
instructor has the right to modify and/or change assessment tools, tasks and weightings in
circumstances where QU decides to switch back to traditional face-to-face teaching mode
without compromising either the teaching process or the students’ interest.’’
Timings:
C002 Project Disclaimer: The Grammar and Vocab
project has several steps or Quizzes: 20 minutes,
parts. If you do not submit the in class
work one of the first parts of Speaking Quizzes: 10
the project, the next parts will minutes per pair, in
not be accepted. For example, class
if you do not submit a survey to e-Learning, untimed,
your instructor (even if it is so online
Policies & Procedures late that you do not get credit Project Presentations:
for it), then your report and 3.5-5 minutes, in class
General Classroom Behavior Protocol
presentation will not be Midterm Exam: 90
The use of mobile telephones inside the classroom is NOT permitted, unless directed by the teacher for a
accepted.
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Department. Students may also receive a non-academic violation. After the class instructor fills outFinal
the non- Exam: 120
step requires that you have
academic violation form, the form is sent to Vice President for Student Affairs Office to be placed in the file
of the student. submitted work for the previous minutes after teaching
Your course instructors will give additional information on student classroom conduct to you.
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Attendance Policy
Class participation and attendance are important elements of every student's learning experience at QU, and
the student is expected to attend all classes, as not doing so will affect their mark for Task Completion.
Keeping track of the student's attendance and observation of the student's performance in class are the
responsibilities of the instructor. A student should not miss more than 25% of the classes during a semester.
Those exceeding this limit will receive a failing grade regardless of their performance. In exceptional cases,
the student, with the instructor's prior permission, could be exempted from attending a class provided that the
number of such occasions does not exceed the limit allowed by the University. The instructor will determine
the validity of an excuse for being absent. A student who misses more than 25% of classes and has a valid
excuse for being absent will be allowed to withdraw from the course. This student will be exempted from
fines associated with withdrawal.
The following rules are applied in determining attendance of the students:
1. If a student attends only a part of a class, the instructor determines whether he/she is considered
present or absent for that day and whether he/she receives the mark for Task Completion.
2. A student will be marked absent regardless whether they have a valid or non-valid excuse.
3. Attendance record begins on the first day of class irrespective of the period allotted to drop/add and
late registration.
4. If an instructor reschedules a class, the new timing must be suitable and agreed upon in writing by all
students; otherwise, instructors cannot hold a student responsible for not meeting the attendance
requirement.
5. If more than 25% of the classes for a course are cancelled during a semester and not rescheduled
appropriately, no student in that course will be failed for reasons of absenteeism.
6. A student who does not take any exam may be determined as excused or unexcused by the instructor.
If a student misses another classroom activity, such as a speaking test, the student might be allowed to
complete an assignment or an alternative assignment at a later date (decided by the teacher) if the student can
prove that the absence was an emergency. Only police (accident) or medical reports (confirming medical
emergency and issued by a state hospital) should be accepted as proof of emergency.
Assignments should be submitted on the assigned date. Coursework must be delivered by hand.
Assignments sent by e-mail will not be accepted. The late submission of written assignments will result in
an academic penalty.
Students should contact the instructor within 3 days after a missed assessment to organize a time for a
makeup. If students do not contact the teacher to make up an assessment within a week, it is at the teacher’s
discretion if a makeup will be allowed.
Instructors could use the following breakdown for late assignments if wished:
• One day late = minus 1 mark;
• Two days late = minus 2 marks;
• Three days late = minus 3 marks.
• More than 3 days but less than one week after deadline = maximum of half marks only.
• More than 1 week late = assignment will not be accepted for marking and a zero mark will be
given.
Disclaimer
It is the student’s responsibility to check and confirm that assignments are correctly submitted to Blackboard,
Turnitin, or any other digital platform by the deadlines. In cases where there are technical issues, the student
should e-mail the instructor with screen caps/evidence as soon as possible of the issue. Grade appeals can be
looked into only within three days of posting the grade by the course teacher. It is the student’s responsibility
to address individual technical issues during the semester with their class teacher or IT department at QU.
Complaints regarding assignments or technical issues during the semester will not be handled by the
instructor/department after the final exams.
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If a teacher believes that a student’s work is plagiarized or copied from another student, the teacher should
complete an academic violation form by selecting the appropriate violations and notify the student:
Step1: determine a penalty for the offense. The teacher has the following options as per the violation form:
• Student repeats the work in which the violation occurred, or performs any alternative work determined
by the course instructor
• Student writes an article discussing the negative impact of the violation on the University experience
• Canceling the result of the assignment or examination in which the violation occurred
Step 2: Within three days of alleged violation date, the teacher must meet with the student
Step3: Forward violation form to the Head of Department (HoD) within 3 days from the incident
Step 4: Forward violation form to Vice President for Student Affairs Office to place the violation in the
student’s file.
If a student is caught with a mobile phone or caught cheating during the midterm and final exams, the teacher
should complete an academic violation form and forward the form to HoD.
Step1: Forward violation form to Student Affairs Committee in the Foundation Program (in case of midterm
exam) or the Disciplinary Committee in Vice President for Student Affairs Office (in case of the final exam).
Step2: Within three days of alleged violation date, the committee must meet with the student.
Step3: Committee determines a penalty for the offense. The penalty ranges from canceling the result of the
exam to failing the course or suspension from university.
• A student, who believes that he/she has received an unfair or erroneous grade, may contest the grade to
the instructor of the course within (10) business days of the issuance of grade reports. If the instructor
concurs with what the student claims, he/she submits a grade change to the Department Head. The
student will be notified of the grade change once it is made and sent to the Registration Department
for posting.
• If the instructor does not agree with the student’s claim, the student may submit a written, signed, and
dated appeal to the Department Head explaining his/her position. The Department Head will review
the merits of the complaint and rule on it. The Department Head may consult with the relevant faculty
in the Department before ruling on the claim. Should the course instructor also be the Department
Head, the student should submit his/her written complaint directly to the Assistant Director for
Student Affairs in the Foundation Program.
• If the student is not satisfied with the decision of the instructor or the Department Head, he/she may
submit a written appeal to the Assistant Director for Student Affairs in the Foundation Program.
• In cases where the student feels that proper procedures were not followed regarding his claim, he/she
may appeal in writing to the Vice President for Student Affairs. It should be noted here that the Vice
President for Student Affairs will only assess whether proper procedures were followed and will not
make a decision regarding the grade change.
• In all cases, if the student does not receive a formal response within two weeks of submitting the
appeal, the applicant should consider the appeal rejected and may appeal to the next level.
• The Appeal Process is displayed on each course Blackboard site in English and Arabic.
Course Rubrics:
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