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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.”

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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).

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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.

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Featuresofanacademicparagraph.W

ritingadraftdescriptiveparagraph.Editingadraft.Topicsentences.Citations1–form

+use.Writingafinaldraft.Sentencestructure4.

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Introductionsandconclusions.Sentencestructure5.Paraphrasing–ideas/notes/rew

riting.Furtherpractice:Reading,annotatingandnotemaking.Selectingandorganizing

notes.Writinganessayoutline.Citations–use.

Week5

Furtherpractice:Writingadraftparagraph.Editingadraft.W

ritingafinaldraft.Writing

Patterns–topicandcomment.

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Week6

Introductionto‘causeandeffect’5-paragraphessay.Theacademicw

ritingprocess.Model

OutlineandEssay.BeginfocusonIntroductionsandConclusions.

Week7

Writinganoutlineforafive-paragraph‘causeandeffect’essay.

Analysingandwritingintroductions.Analysingandw

ritingconclusions.Writinga‘cause

effect’essay.

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ReviewAcadem

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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

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ritingprocess.WritinganoutlineforaPSEessay.

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Organisationofam

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ritingandeditingaPSEessay.PracticewritingofaPSE

essay:Reading,annotatingandnote-making,w

ritinganoutline,writingaPSEessay.Final

exam–Pre-reading.Reading,content,organisation,language.

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Week15

FinalExam–W

ritinganoutlineandessay.FinalExam

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