General English Course 1-Lectures on English Grammar. 2-Literary texts The course aims at teaching non-departmental undergraduates how to communicate with English as a foreign language at college level and it focuses on reading and writing skills, namely training them how to grasp vocabulary in relation to their specialization throughout English texts as well as training them how to write correct sentences throughout teaching them English grammar. The course includes lectures on the basics of English language and grammatical notes as well as English texts. References 1-Alexander,L.G,(1997), Developing skills, Longman. 2- Alexander,L.G,(1987)Essay & letter writing, Longman. 3-Byrne,Donne,(1988)Comprehension passages, Longman. 4- Quirk, Randolph(1989), A university Grammar of English, Longman 5-Murphy, Raymond,(2001) English Grammar in Use, Cambridge Unv. press Parts of speech –part one Parts of speech –part two Sentence patterns Tenses-present Simple Tenses-present progressive Tenses-present perfect Tenses-past Simple Tenses-past progressive Tenses-past perfect Passive Voice First term exam Modals –part one Modals-part two Question words –part one Question words –part two Conjunctions-part one Conjunctions-part two Reported speech English Texts Second term exam English Texts English Texts English Texts English Texts English Texts English Texts Third term exam English Texts English Texts English Text