Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)

Course Syllabus
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Language Center: English Language Section
Spring 2021-2022

Course Information (based on catalogue)

Code: ENG240 Type: English Language Title: English 240
Number of credits: 3 Number of contact hours per week: 3 hours
Pre-requisites: ENG140 Co-requisites: No co-requisites
Description: English 240 is designed to help upper-intermediate learners reach an advanced level of Academic
English. At this stage, students are expected to apply four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading &
writing) and pave the way for a fully autonomous command of English. Productive skills are sharpened through
clear models and guidelines that guarantee an ultimate assimilation of effective reading and writing strategies.
The additional integration of listening and speaking allows a better conversational English in formal and informal
situations. It also enhances the speech techniques targeted throughout the course. ENG 240 will enable students
to write different types of writing genre and perform well-organized oral speech while improving their language
awareness, fluency, and accuracy.
Schedule Information (based on class schedule)
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Days/time class meets: Location of class meets:
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Learning Outcomes
LO# 1 Students can critically analyze different types of texts, such as arguments, fiction, newspapers and
magazines.
LO# 2 Students can create different pieces of writing, such as essays, letters/emails, proposals, reports and
reviews.
LO# 3 Students follow and understand a range of spoken materials, such as interviews, radio broadcasts,
presentations, talks and everyday conversations.
LO# 4 Students communicate effectively in formal settings (interviews, presentations) and in everyday real life
situations.
Course Outline
Week Topics
Introduction to the Course
 Introduce course and syllabus
 The nature of the course: from slight exposure (reading and listening) into more production
(writing and speaking)
1
Writing an email/letter (formal and informal)
 Sample emails/letters (reading)
 General structure of emails/letters
 Specific expressions and phrases used in emails/letters.
Writing an email/letter (continue)
 Recap and continue
 Assignment: Write an email/letter on a given task/topic.
2
Speaking: Giving presentations
 Watch the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzIxD1jXn44 (listening)
 Useful English Phrases for a Presentation
3 Giving Presentations (continue)
 Recap and continue
 Assignment: Prepare a five-minute PowerPoint presentation (topic: optional)
 Oral Assessment 1 (5%)
 Presentations: same week or one week later
Writing a Report
 What is a report?
 Sample reports (reading)
 General structure of reports
 Specific expressions and phrases used in reports.
4  Assignment: Write a report on a given task/topic.

Speaking Activity 1
 Read the following magazine article by Tom Junod, “The Falling Man.” Esquire, September
2003 http://web.archive.org/web/20140902023544/http://www.esquire.com:80/features/
ESQ0903-SEP_FALLINGMAN (Read only the first five paragraphs till “was not
identified”).
 Oral discussion of article
Catch-up
 Continue first 4 weeks or continue “Speaking Activity” or continue “five-minute
5
PowerPoint presentation”

Writing Assessment (10%)

 Writing an email or report (50 minutes)
Writing an Argumentative Essay
 Four Bases for revising Essays: Unity, Support, Coherence, and Sentence Skills
6
 Sample Professional Essay: Read Ban the Things. Ban Them All (reading)
 Discuss unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills
 Introduce Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
Writing an Argumentative Essay (continue)
 Sample Student Essay: Read Teenagers and Jobs (reading)
 Discuss unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills
7
 Discuss argument and counter argument
 Discuss examples of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
 Essay Structure (five paragraphs)

Catch-up: Argumentative Essay

Reading and Writing Assessments (30%)

8
 Reading analysis of argumentative essay (30 minutes: 10%)
 Writing an argumentative essay (50 minutes: 20%)

Speaking: A Job Interview (Tell me about yourself)

 Watch the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyfOH3ZOx6Y (listening)
 Useful English Phrases for a job interview
 Watch the mock interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncuCMZRG1wo
9
 Assignment: Prepare and practice a two-minute “tell me about yourself” part of interview
and be ready for further questions by the teacher (a mock interview)

Oral Assessment 2 (5%)

 A job interview: tell me about yourself + further interview questions
10 Oral Assessment 2 (continue)

Writing a Review
11
 What is a review?
  Sample reviews (reading)
 General structure of reviews
 Specific expressions and phrases used in reviews.
 Assignment: Write a review on a given task/topic.

Speaking Activity 2: Everyday situations

 At the restaurant
 Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgfdqVmVjfk
12
 Write down your own conversation using some expressions/phrases from the video
 Role-play your conversation (you can pose as several characters)

Writing a Proposal
 What is a proposal?
 Sample proposals (reading)
13
 General structure of proposals
 Specific expressions and phrases used in proposals.
 Assignment: Write a proposal on a given task/topic.

Speaking Activity 3: Everyday situations

 At the airport
 Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA7Vcajvgwo and practice the
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conversation following the presenter’s instructions.
 Write down your own conversation using some expressions/phrases from the video.
 Role-play your conversation (you can pose as two characters).

Final Exam Day 1: Reading Critically (15%) 40 minutes

40% Day 2: Writing a review or a proposal (25%) 50 minutes
Evaluation Criteria (Total = 100%)
10% Attendance and participation
20% Oral Assessment 1 (5%) + Oral Assessment 2 (5%) + Writing Assessment of week 5 (10%)
30% Reading and Writing Assessments of week 8
40% Final Exam

Objective Advanced Student's Book with Answers with CD-ROM. Fourth

edition. By Felicity O'Dell; Annie Broadhead.
Required Textbooks (Optional)
Objective Advanced workbook with Answers. Fourth edition. By Felicity
O'Dell; Annie Broadhead.
Supplemental References Handouts/Online material/Youtube videos
Microsoft Teams/ Computer/ LCD projector/ E-learning/ Respondus
Required Materials
Browser and Monitor/USEK Application