Scribd
Upload
14 views

2020-2021 Intensive Reading (IELTS Reading) Syllabus Term 1

Uploaded by

Anh Trần Tường
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
14 views

2020-2021 Intensive Reading (IELTS Reading) Syllabus Term 1

Uploaded by

Anh Trần Tường
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 5

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Course Overview
The Term 1 – Intensive Reading course is for first-year students of the English for Specific Purposes
Department at Hanoi University. We assume that the students are good at English grammar and that
their reading skills are at pre-intermediate level. They need improve their reading skills and strategies.
Lessons for IELTS - Reading will be used as the main material during the course. Teachers will help
students develop essential reading skills, and strategies to answer different kinds of questions in an
academic reading test. Students will understand different text types and develop their vocabulary for
reading texts.
1.1. Essential reading skills and strategies:
Students will learn to apply useful strategies to answer different kinds of questions in an academic
reading test. Students are provided with helpful hints for approaching each question type, and
activities for reading quickly to understand the main ideas before they begin the academic reading
questions.
1.2. Text types:
Students will study common writing styles in academic reading texts such as narrative, description,
and argument styles. They will read articles in newspaper, journal, and magazine style. Students will
be able to understand the text organization.
1.3. Vocabulary:
Students will recognize and learn useful vocabulary for reading texts. Students will learn a lot of
frequently used academic words, and strategies for managing unknown vocabulary in reading texts.
They will learn vocabulary of diverse topics which are typical in academic reading texts.

2. Couse Objectives and Outcome


The curriculum materials of this course are selected to accomplish the following:
At the end of this course, students will able to:
- apply essential reading skills to comprehend academic texts in English.
- recognize typical question types in an academic reading test, and apply strategies to answer them.
- comprehend information accurately.
- comprehend information quickly in a limited time (20 minutes for one reading passage).
- recognize different text types and text organization.
- enhance vocabulary for reading texts.

3. Books and Materials


 Textbooks for classroom activities and homework:
- Ellis, R. (2013), Lessons for IELTS - Reading, New Oriental Education & Technology Group
IELTS Research Institute.

4. Proposed Class Time Schedule


2.5 academic hours per week

Syllabus, Term 1 || HANU/ESPD – Intensive Reading


5. Assessment
 Homework Assignments: Homework will be assigned and checked for every class session.
Completion of the homework is compulsory. Students who have not completed all homework
will be marked absent.

 Examinations: Examinations will be administered to student during the term and at the end of the
term.
The examination will match the course materials and requirements in focus and style. Students will
be required to complete one reading task (1 passage) in 20 minutes.

6. Methodological Principles

Methodological principles upon which class activities are based:


- Teaching is NOT testing.
- Lesson procedures: pre, while (main activity), post-reading.
- Sometimes, teacher may familiarize students with time pressure in class.
- Reading skills must be the main focus. Other skills are just integrated to a less extend.
- Activities should be task-based, skill-based and topic-based.
- Learner-centered activities are targeted. Allow time for student practice.
- Teacher’s role is showing students’ strengths and weaknesses and involving them in lessons.
- Yet, teacher should be careful not to correct students’ errors too frequently.
- Checking homework is a must.
- English must be used up to 90%.

Syllabus, Term 1 || HANU/ESPD – Intensive Reading


2
7. Framework for Intensive Reading Syllabus: Total: 1 Lesson // 2.5 academic hours per week

Week Skill Focus


Theme
1 Orientation: Introduce the course and its
Orientation objectives and requirements

A diagnostic test (Unit 5)

Homework: choose 10 new words in 2 reading


passages and make 10 sentences

2 Education (Unit 1) Find the paragraph patterns and the main idea (1)

Homework: Unit 7

3 Food (Unit 2) Find the paragraph patterns and the main idea (2)

Homework: Unit 3

4 Media (Unit 4) Identify the writer’s purpose

Homework: Unit 6
5 Sponsorship in Sport (Unit 9) Surveying the reading passage
Homework: Unit 18

6 Review

Review (Unit 10)


Homework: choose 10 new words in 2 reading
passages and make 10 sentences

MID-TERM TEST

(date announced by the Department)


7 Predicting the content from topic sentences (1)
Transport (Unit 11)
Homework: Unit 8

8 Technology (Unit 13) Predicting the content from topic sentences (2)

Homework: Unit 17

9 Scanning for specific information


Money (Unit 14)
Homework: Unit 12
Syllabus, Term 1 || HANU/ESPD – Intensive Reading
3
10 Finding the text structure
Communication (Unit 19)
Homework: Unit 16
11 Review
Practice test Mark student answer sheets

(Unit 15 or Unit 20)

END-OF-TERM EXAM

(date announced by the Department)

8. Suggestion for Teaching Ideas


- Help students guess the meaning of new words using context and word stem; ask them to
record new words and phrases in a vocabulary journal; let students do the exercises then
show them the strategies; guide students to use mindmap/ outline/ chart to summarize main
ideas of the text; discuss the topic of the reading.

9. Frequently Asked Questions

 Do I teach students how to do the IELTS test? – NO. Just help students improve reading skills
and other 3 main skills. Focus on teaching and learning, NOT testing.

 How to motivate students? – Teacher must be an activity designer at home and a motivator in
class. Useful and interesting activities will motivate students. Once the teachers earn their
respect, they will follow the teacher’s instructions and advice.

 How should teachers avoid talking for the majority of the lesson? - Be patient. If students are
quiet, it does not necessarily mean that they don’t understand. Let them have time to absorb and
digest the information then consider teacher’s questions and answer. Remember that they are
JUST STUDENTS.

 What should I do if my students are reluctant to reading? – Assign feasible and achievable
tasks. Tasks above their ability might not motivate them.

 How to cope with students who dominate or students who are shy? – Let dominating students
show off in one or two first lessons. Later, ask them personally to help other students in class.

Syllabus, Term 1 || HANU/ESPD – Intensive Reading


4
Work one2one with shy students whenever possible to find out their weaknesses. Then encourage
them to overcome their weaknesses. Again, do this personally so that students don’t feel
embarrassed and are motivated to improve.

Syllabus, Term 1 || HANU/ESPD – Intensive Reading


5

You might also like