EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY

FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND ENGLISH PREPARATORY SCHOOL

FOREIGN LANGUAGES DIVISION

ENGL 172 COURSE DESCRPTION

CODE ENGL 172

TITLE ENGLISH 1
LEVEL UNDERGRADUATE, A2+
TYPE UNIVERSITY CORE
CREDIT VALUE 3(3.0)
ECTS VALUE 4
PRE-REQUISITES ENGL171
DURATION ONE SEMESTER
CONTACT HOURS 4
OFFERED 2nd SEMESTER, 1ST YEAR
ENGL172 is a second semester, first year English language course offered
to all students studying in a 4 year Turkish Medium Program. It is
designed to help students improve the level of their English from 36-43 on
COURSE DESCRIPTION
the GSE band and within the A2+ as specified in the Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages. This course introduces the
students to the English language and aims to develop listening, speaking,
reading and writing skills in academic settings.
 introducing the students to English as a target language
 raising awareness and enable students to use everyday English for
survival interaction in the target language
 introducing listening, speaking, reading and writing skills
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
 enabling students to use everyday English for survival interaction in
target language
 helping students develop a positive attitude towards English as a target
language
 being punctual about the assignments and other course activities
REQUIREMENTS FOR  actively participating in the discussions and activities
 taking the exams
SUCCESS
 using original course book and material in class
 not cheating in the exams
Attendance is compulsory. Students who do not comply with the 70%
ATTENDANCE obligation and do not fulfill any requirements for the evaluation of the
course, are given the ‘NG’ grade.
Peter Maggs, Catherine Smith. (2019). LANGUAGE HUB Elementary.
Oxford: Macmillan Education.
TEXTBOOK
The book is available in the EMU Bookstore. It is strictly forbidden to copy
the book. No photocopies will be allowed in class.
 Plagiarism (which also includes any kind of cheating in exams) is a
disciplinary offence and will be dealt with accordingly. Students should not
PLAGIARISM
download sentences and\or paragraph from any written text an online
source and/or buy or borrow any work.
Make-up exams will be only given for sit exams. There is no make-up for
other tasks/quizzes. Any student absent from sit exams should make a
petition at the FL Secretary’s Office and provide a reasonable written
MAKE-UP EXAMS excuse or medical report within three working days following the exam.

*The make-up of in-class assessment should be discussed and

determined within teaching teams with necessary penalties.
Mid Term 25%
Final 35 %
METHOD OF Speaking Quiz 15%
ASSESSMENT Online Tasks 10%
Portfolio 10%
Participation 5%
A (85-100 %) A- (80-84 %) The student has demonstrated the ability to
manage all the above outcomes with ease. (Very clear high A1
performance on the European Common Language Reference Framework)

B+ (75-79 %) B (70-74 %) B- (66-69 %) The student has demonstrated

some ability to manage some of the above outcomes, with some
difficulties.

C+ (63-65 %) C (60-62 %) C- (57-59 %) The student has demonstrated

some ability to manage some of the above outcomes, but with a lot of
difficulties, further study is required.

D+ (54-56 %) D (50-53 %) The student has demonstrated some ability to

GRADING POLICY & succeed at an A1 level, but only at a minimum level; much of the work
CRITERIA completed is more typical of lower A1 level in the framework, and the
student will need to study for a considerable period yet to meet A1
outcomes.

D- (45-49 %) The student has demonstrated only very periodic evidence

of the ability to succeed at an A1 level; or has made very little effort to
complete the course work.

F (44 and less) The student has not demonstrated the ability to succeed
at this level, and has not succeeded in achieving the outcomes required at
this level.

NG Insufficient body of work / attendance to enable a grade.

I Incomplete
 LEARNING OUTCOMES

LEARNING STRATEGIES LIFE SKILLS

 Use dictionaries  Understand and play role of a leader and follower

 Use outside resourses alternatively
 Be aware of your learning style  Find ideas and look for alternatives
 Use suitable learning techniques (e.g., keeping a  Contribute to the planning and coordination of
vocabulary notebook, watching films, …) group work
 Identify their strenths and weaknesses as  Find and manage relevant information from
language learners various sources
 Seek advice and explore opportunities to improve  Practice ethical attitudes (e.g., avoiding cheating,
 Brainstorm before presenting ideas coming to class on time, …) besides having
 Use a simple word meaning when you can’t responsibilities towards society
remember the correct word  Solve problems in creative ways
 Organise and complete work in timely manner
 Develop positive attitudes towards learning and
working with others
 Recognise and respect other’s attitudes,
behaviour and beliefs
WRITTEN PRODUCTION SPOKEN INTERACTION & PRODUCTION

 Make notes from written texts  Ask for clarification or elaboration

 Make an outline to organize ideas  Practice active listening and responding skills
 Use notes taken from written texts  Maintain interaction with eye-contact and body
 Draft work language
 Edit and rewrite work  Deliver idea(s) clearly, effectively and with
 Deliver idea(s) clearly, effectively and with confidence orally
confidence in writing
READING LISTENING

 Read for gist  Listen for specific information

 Read for specific information (scan)  Listen for detail
 Read for detail  Listen for key words
 Read for general ideas (skim)  Listen for the main idea
 Guess the meaning of unknown word(s) from the  Listen for gist
context

TEXT LENGTH Spoken Interaction: approx. 2-3 min.

Writing: paragraph level (approx. 50-60 words)
Listening: approx. 2 mins
Reading: approx. 200 words

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES SUB OBJECTIVES TOPIC AREAS

READING: READING: ▪ Entertainment
▪ Past
entertainment
▪ Make basic inferences from simple ▪ Use like, love, don’t like and dislike ▪ Life events
information in a short text. ▪ Use past simple regular\irregular ▪ Likes \dislikes
verbs ▪ Travel and
▪ Use could Transportation
▪ Transport in the
▪ Use past simple negatives city
▪ Use container words ▪ Journey
▪ Use a\an\the\no article ▪ Holidays
▪ Use verbs for food preparation ▪ Food and drink
▪ Use present simple vs present ▪ Ingredients and
continuous recipes.
▪ Use object pronouns ▪ Shopping
▪ Clothes
▪ Outdoor places
▪ Seasons and
SPEAKING: weather

▪ Talk about an event in the past using

fixed expressions, given a model.
▪ Talk about past events or
experiences, using simple language.
▪ Use words for transport

▪ Use travel phrases

▪ Describe very basic events in the
past using simple linking words
(e.g. 'then', 'next').
▪ Identify countable and uncountable
nouns
▪ Use vocabulary for food and drink

▪ Use some\any\a\an
▪ Use countable and uncountable
nouns
▪ Use much\many\a lot of
▪ Order a meal
▪ Use vocabulary for clothes
▪ Describe pictures and say what
people are wearing and doing
▪ Ask and answer questions about
people’s shopping habits.
▪ Handle straightforward transactions
to buy clothes
▪ Use comparatives adjectives to
compare two landscape features or
films.
 transport facilities. ▪ Use superlative adjectives using the
▪ Make a hotel, restaurant, or prompts.
transportation reservation on the
phone.
▪ Make basic inferences in simple
conversations on familiar everyday LISTENING:
topics.
▪ Make simple, direct comparisons ▪ Use was\were
between two people or things using ▪ Use past simple questions
common adjectives.
▪ Ask and answer questions about ▪ Use verb phrases
habits and routines. ▪ Use the phrases in functional
▪ Describe how to prepare simple language.
dishes ▪ Use present continuous
▪ Read out a short, rehearsed ▪ Listen for key words to complete
statement (e.g. introduce a speaker,
propose a toast).
▪ Identify specific events from short
spoken descriptions.
▪ Give an extended description of WRITING:
everyday topics (e.g. people,
places, experiences). ▪ Use narrative sequencers
▪ Answer simple questions and ▪ Use so, because
respond to simple statements in
an interview. ▪ Use pronoun referencing in
writing
▪ Give a simple description of ▪ Write a short social media post to
how to carry out an everyday update status
process (e.g. a recipe).
▪ Make and accept offers
▪ Make simple, direct comparisons
between two people or things using
common adjectives
▪ Initiate, maintain and close simple,
restricted face-to-face
conversations.

LISTENING:
▪ Understand the main points of a
short, informal interview on a
familiar topic.
▪ Get the gist of short, simple stories
if told slowly and clearly.
▪ Identify key details in a simple
recorded dialogue or narrative.

▪ Understand the key details of hotel,

 restaurant, and transport
reservations.

WRITING:
▪ Write a short description of a trip
or event.
▪ Write a short article about a travel
experience.
▪ Write a description of a simple
everyday process (e.g. a recipe).
▪ Write a simple restaurant review.
▪ Write short, basic descriptions of
places, people or things.
▪ Make short descriptive online
postings about everyday
matters, social activities and
feelings, with simple key
details.

Entertainment Life events Containers Verbs for

Cinema Exhibition be born move house Packet food
Comedy show Festival become something move to a Tin preparation
Concert Theatre get married different city Carton fry
go to start work Box crack
Past time school/university study Pot heat
expressions have children something Bottle add
ago last Bag beat
in yesterday Transport Jar peel
bicycle ferry chop
boat motorbike serve
Narrative After that bus plane grate
sequences Finally car taxi put
First In the end cruise ship train mix
To start with underground tram Food and drink
Then traffic jam city centre apple egg
double decker bus\train butter lettuce
Travel phrases taxi driver station cake mushroom
arrive somewhere return travel around cheese pasta
leave somewhere somewhere chicken potato
miss your flight take a form Linkers crisp prawn
catch a flight of transport So tomato rice
book at table\room\ Because tea
hotel Verb phrases visit museums
eat food book\reserve a
get lost table
go shopping lose your
have a good time camera
swim in the sea meet people
read a book
take picture

END OF SEMESTER (post-midterm)

Clothes Shops and Dentist’s Seasons and weather

Boot Shirt services Hairdresser’s Autumn
Cap Shoe Bakery Library Cloudy
Coat Shorts Bank Market Cold
Dress Skirt Bookshop Newsagent’s Foggy
Earrings Sock Butcher’s Pharmacy Hot
Gloves Sunglasses Department store Supermarket Raining
Hat Tie Snowing
Headscarf Trainer Land features Spring
Jeans Trousers Beach Woods Summer
Jumper T-shirt Desert Cliffs Sunny
Scarf Forest Waterfalls Windy
Hill Valley Winter
Present time Island Ocean Phrasal verb
expressions Jungle River Find out
At the moment Right now Lake Sea Give up
Currently Sometimes Mountain Look for
Now Often Put on
These days Usually Set off
Today Take off