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IAE GE: UAEU
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IntroductiontoAcademicEnglish(IAE)
CourseInformation:CourseCodes ESPU102,103,104,106,107,
1014,1081SectionNumber
ContactHours 48persemester Instructor’sName CreditHours 3 OfficeHours Requirements IELTS5 Email
CourseDescription:
ThepurposeofthiscourseistointroducestudentstoacademicEnglishlanguageusethroughdevelopingacademic reading, writing, and oral communication skills. Academic reading and writing strategies areemphasizedwithafocuson;extractinginformationfromsourcetexts,notetaking,paraphrasingandAPAcitation style. Students will write descriptive, cause and effect, and problem/solution essays based onresearch using an academic writing process. Oral communication skills stress effective preparation andengagingdeliveryofanacademicpresentation.CourseMaterialsDeliveredthroughBlackboard:CourseOrganization:TimeFrame WorkCovered
Weeks1-5
SummaryWriting,ReadingStrategies,Note-taking,Paraphrasing,APACitations&References,Outlines,DescriptiveParagraphWriting
Weeks6–11
AcademicWritingProcess,WritinganEssayOutline,WritingaCause&EffectEssay,OralCommunicationandAcademicPresentations
Weeks11-15
AcademicLanguageandStyle,CoherenceandCohesion,WritingaProblem,SolutionandEvaluationEssay
AttendancePolicy:
Ifyouarrivemorethantenminuteslateforclass,youwillbemarkedabsent.
• 2classesabsent=5%absence• 4classesabsent=10%absence• 5classesabsent=15%absence
Themaximumnumberof classesyoucanmiss is4.Whenyoumiss5 classesyouarenotallowed totakethefinalexamandyouwillgetanFgrade.“Itiseachstudent’sresponsibilitytokeeptrackofhisorherabsences.Failuretodosowillnotbeconsideredavalidreasontoexcuseanabsence.”
IAE GE: UAEU
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CourseAssessment:Type Content TotalCourseWork Gradedhomework:quizzes,outlines, 10%
WritingAssessment1 DescriptiveEssayReading,Outline,andParagraph 10%
Presentation PreparationandDeliveryofaSpeech 10%
MidtermExam Cause&EffectOutline&Essay 30%
FinalExam ProblemSolutionOutline&Essay 40%LetterGradeDistribution:
Performance Grade PercentageScore GradePoints
Excellent A 90 –100 4.00Excellent- A- 87 –89 3.70VeryGood+ B+ 84 –86 3.30VeryGood B 80 –83 3.00VeryGood- B- 77 –79 2.70Good+ C+ 74 –76 2.30Good C 70 –73 2.00Good- C- 67 –69 1.70Pass+ D+ 64 –66 1.30Pass D 60–63 1.00Fail F 0–59 0.00FailureforAbsence FA 0.0 0.00UniversityExamPolicies:1.ID:YoumustshowanapprovedphotoID.Forexample;UAEUStudentID,Passport,NationalID.IfyourphotoIDisnotapproved,youmustshowanapprovedIDwithintwoworkingdays.NoapprovedIDafterexam=Gradeof0*.NophotoIDbeforeexam=Noexam**=Absencepolicyapplies.2.Lateforexam:Ifyouarrivemorethan10minuteslate,youcannottaketheexamatthattime.MidtermExam
• Torequestamake-upexamyoumustgotoStudentAffairswithin3daysoftheexam.Foranexcusedabsencethereisnopenalty.Ifyouhaveanunexcusedabsence,themake-upexamwillbemarkedoutof85%,not100%.
FinalExam• Torequestamake-upexamyoumustgotoStudentAffairsimmediately.
• IfyourgradebeforetheFinalExamis60%ormoreandyourabsenceisexcused,youcandoamake-upexamatthebeginningofthenextsemester.
• Ifyouhaveanexcusedabsence,thereisnopenalty.Yourgradeis incompleteuntilyoudothemake-upexam.Ifyouhaveanunexcusedabsence,youcannotdothemake-upexamandyoufailthecourse(GradeF).
IAEWeeklyO
utline IAEG
E:UAEU
IAEW
eeklyOutline
Assessment
Week1
Introductiontocourse.Introductionto‘descriptive’texts–readingintowriting.N
otemaking,W
ritingasummary.Sentencestructure1+2.Transitions1.
Week2
Extendedreading.Analysinganessayquestion.Reading,annotatingandnotemaking.
Selectingandorganizingnotes.Writinganoutlineforadescriptiveparagraph.Sentence
structure3.Paraphrasing–vocabulary+grammar.
Homew
ork1Week3
Featuresofanacademicparagraph.W
ritingadraftdescriptiveparagraph.Editingadraft.Topicsentences.Citations1–form
+use.Writingafinaldraft.Sentencestructure4.
Homew
ork2Week4
Introductionsandconclusions.Sentencestructure5.Paraphrasing–ideas/notes/rew
riting.Furtherpractice:Reading,annotatingandnotemaking.Selectingandorganizing
notes.Writinganessayoutline.Citations–use.
Week5
Furtherpractice:Writingadraftparagraph.Editingadraft.W
ritingafinaldraft.Writing
Patterns–topicandcomment.
v W
A1WriteanEssayO
utline
WA110%
Week6
Introductionto‘causeandeffect’5-paragraphessay.Theacademicw
ritingprocess.Model
OutlineandEssay.BeginfocusonIntroductionsandConclusions.
Week7
Writinganoutlineforafive-paragraph‘causeandeffect’essay.
Analysingandwritingintroductions.Analysingandw
ritingconclusions.Writinga‘cause
effect’essay.
Homew
ork3
IAEWeeklyO
utline IAEG
E:UAEU
Week8
ReviewAcadem
icWritingProcess.Review
andpracticeWriting5paragraph‘causeand
effect’essay.
Week9
Mid-term
Exam–W
ritinganoutlineandessay.Mid-term
Exam30%
Week10
AcademicProject
Week11
AcademicProject
AcademicProject10%
Week12
AcademicProject
Week13
Introductionto‘Problem
,Solution,Evaluation’(PSE)5paragraphessay.Analysinganexam
pleessay:organisation,languageforPSE,topicsentences,hedgingcitations–use.Review
ofacademicw
ritingprocess.WritinganoutlineforaPSEessay.
Homew
ork4
Week14
Organisationofam
ainbodyparagraph.Improvingoutlines.U
seoflanguageinPSE.Cohesioninacadem
icwriting.W
ritingandeditingaPSEessay.PracticewritingofaPSE
essay:Reading,annotatingandnote-making,w
ritinganoutline,writingaPSEessay.Final
exam–Pre-reading.Reading,content,organisation,language.
Homew
ork5
Week15
FinalExam–W
ritinganoutlineandessay.FinalExam
40%