Institution:
Majmaah University /College of Science and Humanities in
Rumaah
Academic Department :
Department of English Language
Programme :
B.A in English Language
Course :
Eng 114– Composition (1) - Writing Paragraph
Course Coordinator :
Dr. Naser Alzaidiyeen
Programme Coordinator :
Dr. Salah Alfarwan
Course Specification Approved Date :
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A. Course Identification and General Information
1. 1 - Course title :
Composition (1) - Writing
Paragraph
2. Credit hours :
Course Code:
3 hours
3 - Program(s) in which the course is offered:
4 – Course Language :
ENG.114
B.A. in English
English
2. 5 - Name of faculty member responsible for the course:
3. Dr. Naser Alzaidiyeen
4. 6 - Level/year at which this course is offered :
Level 1 / 1st year
7 - Pre-requisites for this course (if any) :
None
8 - Co-requisites for this course (if any) :
None
9 - Location if not on main campus :
(Ramah Campus).
10 - Mode of Instruction (mark all that apply)
A - Traditional classroom
√
What percentage?
70 %
B - Blended (traditional and online)
√
What percentage?
20 %
D - e-learning
What percentage?
E – Correspondence
√
What percentage?
5%
F - Other
√
What percentage?
5%
Comments :
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B Objectives
What is the main purpose for this course?
By the end of the course, the students will be able to:
a) Apply their knowledge of the writing process stages;
b) Practice techniques for generating ideas such as keeping a journal, brainstorming and freewriting;
c) Identify the topic of the paragraph;
d) Write a unified and coherent paragraph;
e) Write a narrative paragraph and organize ideas using chronological development and
adverbial clauses of time and sequence;
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f) Describe places and people through use of spatial organization, imagery, adverbials of place
and adjective clauses, and;
g) Express their attitude and feelings towards what they are narrating or describing.
Briefly describe any plans for developing and improving the course that are being implemented:
a. Communicative writing techniques will be involved in this course. Students will read, speak
and write about relevant topics of certain interest;
b. Independent writing and group writing activities will be conducted along with discussions,
sharing ideas and error correction techniques;
c. Students will be divided into groups and asking each group to write a number of general
ideas and to organize them to write the thesis statement and finally to write a paragraph;
d. Each student in the group is going to do a certain thing, and;
e. Classes include the ideal number of students.
C. Course Description
1. This course aims at introducing students to basic concepts of paragraph writing, this covers
pre-writing techniques and moves onward to more defined paragraph-related elements
including restricted topics; developed topic sentences; well-organized, effective support of
the controlling idea; as well as coherence and unity. A review of appropriate grammatical
structures is also provided where necessary. Two kinds of paragraphs highlighted in this
course are the narrative and the descriptive paragraphs
2. Topics to be Covered
List of Topics
No. of
Weeks
Contact
Hours
Introduction
Chapter 1 Writing about yourself
1
1
3
3
Chapter 2 Writing about your family and friends
1
3
Chapter 3 Writing about your activities
1
3
Chapter 4 Giving instructions
1
3
Chapter 5 Writing about your day
1
3
Chapter 6 Writing Descriptions
1
3
Chapter 7 Writing about Places
1
3
Chapter 8 Writing a narrative
1
3
2
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Chapter 9 Expressing your opinion
1
3
Chapter 10 Alphabet
1
3
Chapter 11 Past form of common
1
3
Chapter 12 Punctuation Rules
1
3
Revision for Final Exam
1
3
3. Course components (total contact hours and credits per semester):
Lecture
Contact
Hours
Credit
Tutorial
Laboratory
Practical
Other:
Total
39
4
None
10
None
26
.....3.......
None
None
None
None
3
4. Additional private study/learning hours expected for students per week.
3 hours per
week
5. Course Learning Outcomes in NQF Domains of Learning and Alignment with Assessment
Methods and Teaching Strategy.
NQF Learning Domains
Course Teaching
And Course Learning Outcomes
Strategies
Course
Assessment
Methods
1.0
Knowledge
1.1
The course provides productive skills necessary for
basic communication in written forms of the
language.
a. Lectures
b. Class discussion
c. Home assignments
a. Class exercises
b. Short tests:
c. Exams
d. Homework
1.2
Emphasis on systematic learning of grammar and
vocabulary is balanced with development of
linguistic sub-skills.
It encourages students to develop sub-skills such as
planning, note-taking and key word.
a. Lectures
b. Class discussion
a. Class exercises
b. Short tests:
a. Home assignments to
illustrate the students'
understanding
a. Lectures
b. Class discussion
a. Class exercises
b. Short tests:
1.3
1.4
On completion of the course students should have
reasonable ability in writing.
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a. Exams
b. Homework
1.5
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
NQF Learning Domains
Course Teaching
And Course Learning Outcomes
Strategies
Also, to identify the stages of writing such as
prewriting and brainstorming, as well as to identify
the concepts of topic, topic sentence, and
controlling idea, and the importance of unity and
coherence in a paragraph.
Cognitive Skills
Students will have the ability to think of new ideas and
to elaborate them.
a. The lecturer explains
the writing strategies
and then students apply
those strategies.
b. Lectures.
c. Class discussions.
d. Class exercises
e. Home assignments
Students will have the ability to use several b. Lectures.
conjunction words as much as possible.
c. Class discussions.
d. Class exercises
Students will have the ability to write a coherent unified
paragraph.
2.4
c. Home assignments
d. Recognizing the
writing process.
a. Lectures
b. Class discussion
c. Home assignments
d. Recognizing the
writing process.
Students will have the ability to write a narrative
b. Lectures.
c. Class discussions.
d. Class exercises
paragraph.
b. Lectures.
c. Class discussions.
d. Class exercises
2.5
Students will have the ability to write a descriptive
paragraph taking into consideration aspects of
grammar and vocabulary.
b. Lectures.
c. Class discussions.
d. Class exercises
3.0
Interactional Skills & Responsibility
3.1
Students can complete both reading and writing a. Lectures.
assignments in due time.
b. Discussions with
students on ethical
behavior in conducting
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Course
Assessment
Methods
a. Exams
b. Homework
a. Participation
b. Writing in
class.
c. Exams.
a. Participation
b. Writing in
class.
c. Exams.
a. Participation
b. Writing in
class.
c. Exams.
a. Participation
b. Writing in
class.
c. Exams.
a. Participation
b. Writing in
class.
c. Exams.
a. Performance
b. Exams.
c. Assessment.
D. Supervision
3.2
NQF Learning Domains
Course Teaching
And Course Learning Outcomes
Strategies
Methods
research.
Students can participate in class discussion and think a. Lectures.
critically.
b. Discussions with
students
3.3
Students can act responsibly and ethically in carrying a. Lectures.
out individual as well as group projects.
b. Discussions with
students
3.4
Students will use the necessary skills to communicate.
4.0
Communication, Information Technology, Numerical
4.1
Students will be able to use:
a. The internet to download information.
b. Available web links for practice.
c. The internet to communicate with the teacher.
d. Use of PowerPoint and laptop – projector systems.
5.0
Psychomotor
5.1
Not Applicable
Course
Assessment
a. Lectures.
b. Discussions with
students.
c. Peer evaluation in
groups
a. Performance
b. Exams.
c. Assessment.
D. Supervision
a. Performance
b. Exams.
c. Assessment.
D. Supervision
a. Performance
b. Exams.
c. Assessment.
a. Students will be
encouraged to
make extensive use
of material on the
web such as reading
practice paragraphs
and essays on
different websites
a. students'
presentations
b. Students'
performance.
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
5. Schedule of Assessment Tasks for Students during the Semester:
Week 6
Proportion
of Total Assessment
10%
2 Class Participation
All a long
10%
3 1st midterm Exam
Week 9
20%
4 2nd midterm Exam
Week 13
20%
Assessment task
1 Quizzes
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Week Due
5
Final exam
End of the
semester
40%
D. Student Academic Counseling and Support
1. Contacting students during office hours;
2. Contacting students via electronic medium.
E. Learning Resources
1. List Required Textbooks:
Ready to Write: A first composition Text. Third Edition By Karen Blanchard and Christine Root
2. List Essential References Materials :
 Kelly, Curtis and Arlen Gargagliano, Writing from Within.Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2001.
 Writing English: A Composition Text in English as a Foreign Language, by: Janet Ross &
Gladys Doty.
 Guided Writing & Free Writing: A Text in Composition for English as a Second Language, by:
Lois Robinson.
5. List Recommended Textbooks and Reference Material :
 Writing English: A Composition Text in English as a Foreign Language, by: Janet Ross &
Gladys Doty.
 Guided Writing & Free Writing: A Text in Composition for English as a Second Language, by:
Lois Robinson.
4. List Electronic Materials :
 www.eslbears.homestead.com/writing.html
 www.Owl.english.purdue.edu/sitemap.html
 www.writing-world.com
 www.sun.com/980713/webwriting
 www.lclark.edu/-krauss/toppicks.html
 http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/index.html
5. Other learning material :
None
F. Facilities Required
1. Accommodation
 Lecture Rooms.
 Internet
2. Computing resources
 Laptop computer - projector system.
 Data Show
3. Other 4
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G Course Evaluation and Improvement Processes
1 Strategies for Obtaining Student Feedback on Effectiveness of Teaching:
 Midterm evaluation feed-back form to increase instructor’s awareness of the weak and
strong points of the class;
 End of term college evaluation of course by students (to be collected by the department).
 End-of-term debriefing in class of students and teacher regarding what went well and what
could have gone better.
 A questionnaire can be developed and given to the students to present their opinions and
the details should be kept confidential.
2 Other Strategies for Evaluation of Teaching by the Program/Department Instructor :
 Peer observation to benefit from colleagues’ objective feedback and suggestions for
improvement.
 The University evaluation of the course.
 Designing an evaluation form to be filled by students at the end of term
 Class Observation by a supervisor.
3 Processes for Improvement of Teaching :
 Professional De4velopment (Training sessions);
 Workshops and seminars to facilitate the exchange of experience and knowledge a among
the faculty members;
 Regular meetings where problems are discussed and solutions given;
 Discussion of challenges in the classroom with colleagues and supervisors;
 Set goals for achieving excellence in teaching at the beginning of each new semester after
reviewing last semester’s teaching strategies and results, and;
 Keep up to date with pedagogical theory and practice.
4. Processes for Verifying Standards of Student Achievement
 Check marking of a sample of examination papers either by a resident or visiting faculty
member
 Students who believe they are under graded can have their papers checked by a second
reader.
5 Describe the planning arrangements for periodically reviewing course effectiveness and
planning for improvement :
 Compare syllabus and course description with other universities (including those on the
net).
 Biannual meetings of faculty members to discuss improvement.
 Have a curriculum review committee to review the curriculum periodically and suggest
improvements.
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Course Specification Approved
Department Official Meeting No ( ….. ) Date … / …. / ….. H
Course’s Coordinator
Department Head
Name :
Nasser Gamail
Name :
Dr. Salah Alfarwan
Signature :
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Signature :
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Date :
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Date :
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