Language Comprehension and Presentation Skills

INTRODUCTION

The course aims at developing linguistic competence by focusing on basic language skills in integration to make the use of language in context.

COURSE CODE: URCE-5102

CREDIT HOURS: 3

PREREQUISITES: None

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course the students will be able to:

• Comprehend text in context, respond to language in context, and write a structured response.
• Identify the main ideas in the text.
• Identify specific details.
• Distinguish main ideas from supporting detail.
• Distinguish fact from opinion.
• Make inferences and predictions based on information in the text.
• Infer meanings of unfamiliar words.
• Identify author’s purpose and tone.
• Produce academic vocabulary appropriately orally and in writing.
• Summarize/paraphrase information in a text.

TEXT BOOK:

• Listening: Processes, Functions, and Competency by Worthington and Fitch-Hauser, 2nd Edition 2018.
• The Complete Presentation Handbook by Siddons, Kogan Page Ltd. 2008.
• Advanced Reading Power: extensive reading, vocabulary building, comprehension skills, reading faster by Mikulecky and Jeffry, Pearson 2007.
• English Pronunciation in Use by Hancock, 2nd Edition, Cambridge 2012.

COURSE CONTENTS

1. Listening Skills
   • Recognizing different phonemes
   • Recognizing syllables
   • Listening to small speech extracts
   • Barriers to listening and their remedies
   • Expressing opinions
   • Oral synthesis of thoughts and ideas
2. Pronunciation Skills
   • Pronouncing English phonemes
   • Recognizing phonemic symbols
   • Pronouncing words correctly
   • Understanding and practicing stress patterns
   • Practising intonation patterns in simple sentences
   • Conflict resolution through panel discussion
3. Comprehension Skills
   • Reading strategies
   • Critical reading
   • Summarizing
   • Sequencing
   • Inferencing
   • Comparing and contrasting
   • Drawing conclusion
   • Self-questioning
   • Relating Background Knowledge
   • Distinguishing between fact and opinion
   • Finding the main idea, important facts, and supporting details
   • Comprehending text organization patterns
   • Investigating implied ideas in a text
   • Purpose and tone of the text
4. Presentation skills
   • Features of good presentations
   • Different types of presentations
   • Different patterns of introducing a presentation
   • Organizing arguments in a presentation
   • Tactics of maintaining interest of the audience
   • Concluding a presentation
   • Giving suggestions and recommendations while ending of a presentation
   • Dealing with the question of audience
   • Listening to recorded presentations

COURSE ASSESSMENT:

Final-term exam: 50 Marks

Mid-term exam: 30 Marks

Sessional: 20 Marks

Presentation: 05 Marks

Assignments: 10 Marks

Class conduct and attendance: 05 Marks

CLASS TIMINGS:

1. BS Economics 2nd Regular

Monday 08:00 - 09:00

Tuesday 08:00 - 09:00

Wednesday 08:00 - 09:00