Study Plan for Bachelor’s Degree
in
Applied English
2011-2012
Department of Applied English
Faculty of Foreign Languages
University of Jordan
Study Plan of Bachelor’s Degree
in
Applied English
2011-2012
Title of the degree in Arabic: ‫البكالوريوس في اللغة اإلنجليزية التطبيقية‬
Title of the degree in English: B.A. in Applied English
Plan Components
The study plan of the Bachelor's Degree in Applied English consists of 132 credit hours distributed as follows:
Component
Category
Credit Hours
1.
University Requirements
27
2.
Faculty Requirements
21
3.
Major Requirements
84
Total
132
Course Numbering System
Each course number consists of SEVEN digits that are grouped as follows:
Faculty Code
Edition
Dept. Code
Level
Specialization
Domain
Serial
22
0
5
X
X
X
The code for the Faculty of Foreign Languages is 22.
The code for the Applied English Department is 5, whilst the code for the Department of English Language and Literature
is 1.
Edition designates the “course generation”. It is customary for the original designation and description of a course to be
given the code 0. Then, whenever the course undergoes any modification whether in title or description, this change will
be assigned an edition number that the Admissions and Records Department labels “course generation”. Thus, the first
modification will be given number 1, the second number 2, etc.
-2-
Level represents year of study at university; thus first year is 1, second year 2, third year 3, and fourth year 4.
Specialization Domains are fields of expertise and skills that the Department offers courses in. The codes for these strands
occupy the tens place value; they are as follows:
Specialization Domain
Code
General Knowledge
0
Language Skills
1
Linguistics
2
Teaching
3
Translation
4
English for Specific Purposes
5
Field Training
9
Serial is the sequence of the course within its domain.
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‫أوالً‪ :‬متطلبات الجامعة‬
‫متطلبات الجامعة هي (‪ )27‬ساعة معتمدة موزعة على النحو اآلتي‪:‬‬
‫أ‪ .‬المتطلبات اإلجبارية ويخصص لها(‪ )12‬ساعة معتمدة وتشمل المواد التالية‪:‬‬
‫اسم المادة‬
‫المتطلب السابق‬
‫الساعات المعتمدة‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫رقم المادة‬
‫‪1501100‬‬
‫‪--‬‬
‫مهارات االتصال باللغة العربية‬
‫‪--‬‬
‫‪1502100‬‬
‫مهارات االتصال باللغة اإلنجليزية‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪2200100‬‬
‫العلوم العسكرية‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪--‬‬
‫‪2300100‬‬
‫التربية الوطنية‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪--‬‬
‫ب‪ .‬متطلبات الجامعة االختيارية (‪ )15‬ساعة معتمدة يختارها الطالب من المجاالت األول والثااني والثالاا الماركورة أدناابح وبحاد أدناى‬
‫مادة واحدة من كل مجالح وبحد أقصى مادتان من كل مجالح على أن تكون من خارج قسم التخصص‪:‬‬
‫المجال األول‪ :‬العلوم اإلنسانية‪:‬‬
‫اسم المادة‬
‫رقم المادة‬
‫‪1041100‬‬
‫الثقافة القانونية‬
‫الساعات المعتمدة‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪0401100‬‬
‫الثقافة اإلسالمية‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪0402100‬‬
‫نظام إسالم‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪2302101‬‬
‫حضارات إنسانية‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪1601105‬‬
‫مهارات إدارية‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪2301100‬‬
‫الكتابة اإلبداعية‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪0807100‬‬
‫مدخل إلى علم المكتبات والمعلومات‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪1132100‬‬
‫الرياضة والصحة‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪2001100‬‬
‫التروق الفني‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪1502103‬‬
‫لغة أجنبية‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪-4-‬‬
‫المتطلب السابق‬
‫المجال الثاني‪ :‬العلوم االجتماعية واالقتصادية‪:‬‬
‫اسم المادة‬
‫المتطلب السابق‬
‫رقم المادة‬
‫‪2302104‬‬
‫تاريخ األردن وفلسطين‬
‫الساعات المعتمدة‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪1607100‬‬
‫االقتصاد السياسي العالمي‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪2308100‬‬
‫مبادئ علم السياسة‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪2303100‬‬
‫المنطق والتفكير الناقد‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪2305100‬‬
‫مدخل إلى علم االجتماع‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪2307100‬‬
‫مبادئ علم النفس‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪2304100‬‬
‫جغرافية األردن‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪2601100‬‬
‫آثار األردن‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪2701100‬‬
‫مبادئ العمل االجتماعي‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫المجال الثالا‪ :‬العلوم والتكنولوجيا والزراعة والصحة‪:‬‬
‫اسم المادة‬
‫رقم المادة‬
‫‪050100‬‬
‫مبادئ في الصحة العامة‬
‫الساعات المعتمدة‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪0300100‬‬
‫مناهج البحا العلمي‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪0342100‬‬
‫العلم والمجتمع‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪0641100‬‬
‫الزراعة المنزلية‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪0905100‬‬
‫مبادئ في السالمة العامة‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪0352100‬‬
‫مبادئ الطاقة واقتصادياتها‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪0905101‬‬
‫صناعات أردنية‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪0603100‬‬
‫مبادئ تغرية اإلنسان‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪0305100‬‬
‫علم البيئة‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪0700100‬‬
‫اإلسعاف األولي‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫‪-‬‬
‫‪-5-‬‬
‫المتطلب السابق‬
II. Faculty Requirements
Faculty Requirements: 21 Credit hours as follows:
A.
Compulsory Faculty Requirements: 12 credits
B.
Elective Faculty Requirements: 9 credits
A: Compulsory Requirements: 12 credit hours
Number
Title of the course
Credit Hours
Pre-requisite
Theoretical
Credits
Practical
Credits
2205103
Study and Research Skills (in
English)
3
--
--
2201104
Introduction to Cross-Cultural
Interaction (in English)
3
--
--
2205101
Introduction to Linguistics
3
--
--
1902102
Computer Skills/ Humanities
3
--
--
B. Elective Faculty Requirements
Students can choose to study three levels of a foreign language other than that they take as a major.
They can select 9 credit hours from the following:
Course Number
Course Title
Credit Hours
2202101
French Language For Beginners 1
3
2202102
French Language For Beginners 2
3
2202101
2202107
French Language For Beginners 3
3
2202102
2203101
German Language For Beginners 1
3
2203102
German Language For Beginners 2
3
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Prerequisite
2203101
2203136
German Language For Beginners 3
3
2203103
Spanish Language For Beginners 1
3
2203104
Spanish Language For Beginners 2
3
2203103
2203137
Spanish Language For Beginners 3
3
2203104
2203105
Italian Language For Beginners 1
3
2203106
Italian Language For Beginners 2
3
2203105
2203143
Italian Language For Beginners 3
3
2203106
2203119
Greek Language For Beginners 1
3
2203120
Greek Language For Beginners 2
3
2203119
2203130
Greek Language For Beginners 3
3
2203120
2203128
Latin Language For Beginners 1
3
2203138
Latin Language For Beginners 2
3
2203128
2203148
Latin Language For Beginners 3
3
2203138
2204110
Turkish Language For Beginners 1
3
2204122
Turkish Language For Beginners 2
3
2204110
2204133
Turkish Language For Beginners 3
3
2204122
2204112
Japanese Language For Beginners 1
3
2204124
Japanese Language For Beginners 2
3
2204112
2204134
Japanese Language For Beginners 3
3
2204124
2204113
Hebrew Language For Beginners 1
3
2204125
Hebrew Language For Beginners 2
3
2204113
2204131
Hebrew Language For Beginners 3
3
2204125
2204129
Russian Language For Beginners 1
3
2204139
Russian Language For Beginners 2
3
2204129
2204149
Russian Language For Beginners 3
3
2204139
2204111
Persian Language For Beginners 1
3
-7-
2203102
2204123
Persian Language For Beginners 2
3
2204111
2204144
Persian Language For Beginners 3
3
2204123
2204126
Korean Language For Beginners 1
3
2204127
Korean Language For Beginners 2
3
2204126
2204132
Korean Language For Beginners 3
3
2204127
2204107
Chinese Language For Beginners 1
3
2204108
Chinese Language For Beginners 2
3
2204107
2204220
Chinese Language For Beginners 3
3
2204108
2204141
Urdu Language for Beginners 1
3
2204142
Urdu Language for Beginners 2
3
2204141
2204145
Urdu Language for Beginners 3
3
2204142
2203107
Polish Language for Beginners 1
3
--
2203108
Polish Language for Beginners 2
3
2203107
2203109
Polish Language for Beginners 3
3
2203108
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Departmental Requirements
The Applied English major requirements are:
1. Passing the English Proficiency Exam
2. Compulsory Departmental Requirements: 66 Credit hours
3. Elective Departmental Requirements: 18 Credit hours
English Proficiency Exam
Applied English majoring students must satisfactorily pass English Proficiency Exam (2201098) during
their first year at the Department. Those who fail this exam must take and successfully pass the six-hour
weekly Intensive English course (2201099).
Compulsory Departmental Requirements
Students must take the following 66 credit hours:
Course
No.
Course Title
Credit
Hours
Prerequisite
2201111
Introduction to English Literature
3
2201098 or 2201099
2231222
English Phonetics
3
2201224
2201224
English Linguistics
3
2201098 or 2201099
2201341
Novel 1
3
2201111
2205113
Writing
3
2205120
English Grammar
3
2205210
Pronunciation and Speech
3
2205215
Essentials of Public Speaking
3
2205216
Professional Writing
3
2205123
Word Formation and Collocation
3
2205234
Foreign Language Learning
3
2205240
Translation of Written Texts (English-Arabic)
3
-9-
2205113
2205322
Semantics
3
2201224
2205324
Discourse Analysis
3
2201224
2205335
Methods of Teaching English as a Foreign Language
3
2205234
2235341
Translation of Written Texts (Arabic-English)
3
2205240
2205350
Business English
3
2205351
English for Tourism and Hotel Industry
3
2205352
English for Science and Technology
3
2205354
English for Journalism
3
2205427
Language and Society
3
2205490
Field Training
3
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Completion of 75
credit hours
Elective Departmental Requirements
Students can select any 18 credit hours from the following list of courses:
Course
No.
Course Title
Credit
Hours
Prerequisite
2201241
Drama
3
2201111
2201251
Short Story
3
2201111
2205114
English Use
3
2205221
Advanced English Grammar
3
2205120
2205325
Consecutive & Simultaneous Translation
3
2205341
2205353
English for Diplomatic Purposes
3
2235433
Contrastive and Error Analysis
3
2205444
Translation of Commercial & Economic Texts
3
2205240
2205445
Translation of International Conventions
3
2205240
2205446
Translation of Legal Text
3
2205240
2205447
Subtitling
3
2205325
2205448
Computer-Assisted Translation
3
2205450
Language Testing
3
2205451
Computer-Assisted Language Learning
3
2205455
Writing for Journalism
3
2205113
2205456
Writing for Public Relations
3
2205113
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List of Courses Offered by the Department
Course No.
Course Title
Credit Hours
2205101
Introduction to Linguistics (in Arabic)
3
2205103
Study and Research Skills
3
2205113
Writing
3
2205114
English Use
3
2205120
English Grammar
3
2205123
Word Formation and Collocation
3
2205210
Pronunciation and Speech
2205215
Essentials of Public Speaking
3
2205216
Professional Writing
3
2205113
2205221
Advanced English Grammar
3
2205120
2205234
Foreign Language Learning
3
2205240
Translation of Written Texts (English-Arabic)
3
2205322
Semantics
3
2201224
2205324
Discourse Analysis
3
2201224
2205325
Consecutive & Simultaneous Translation
3
2205341
2205335
Methods of Teaching English as a Foreign Language
3
2205234
2205341
Translation of Written Texts (Arabic-English)
3
2205240
2205350
Business English
3
2205351
English for Tourism and Hotel Industry
3
2205352
English for Science and Technology
3
2205353
English for Diplomatic Purposes
3
2205354
English for Journalism
3
2205427
Language and Society
3
2235433
Contrastive and Error Analysis
3
- 12 -
Prerequisite
2205444
Translation of Commercial & Economic Texts
3
2205240
2205445
Translation of International Conventions
3
2205240
2205446
Translation of legal Text
3
2205240
2205447
Subtitling
3
2205325
2205448
Computer-Assisted Translation
3
2205450
Language Testing
3
2205451
Computer-Assisted Language Learning
3
2205455
Writing for Journalism
3
2205113
2205456
Writing for Public Relations
3
2205113
2205490
Field Training
3
Completion of
75 credit hours
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Advisory Study Plan
First Year
First Semester
Course No.
Course Title
Second Semester
Credit Hours
Course No.
Course Title
Credit
Hours
University requirement
3
University requirement
3
University requirement
3
University requirement
3
Faculty requirement
3
Faculty requirement
3
Faculty requirement
3
2201224
English Linguistics
3
University requirement
3
2205210
Pronunciation and Speech
3
Total
15
Total
15
Second Year
First Semester
Course No.
Course Title
Second Semester
Credit Hours
Course No.
Course Title
Credit
Hours
University requirement
3
University requirement
3
University requirement
3
University requirement
3
2205120
English Grammar
3
2201111
Introduction to English
Literature
3
2205123
Word Formation and
Collocation
3
2205215
Essentials of Public Speaking
3
2205113
Writing
3
2205114
English Use
3
Total
15
Total
15
- 14 -
Third Year
First Semester
Course No.
Course Title
Second Semester
Credit Hours
Faculty requirement
3
2231222
English Phonetics
3
2205216
Professional Writing
2205240
Course No.
Course Title
Credit
Hours
Faculty requirement
3
2205322
Semantics
3
3
2205324
Discourse Analysis
3
Translation of Written Texts
(English-Arabic)
3
2205341
Translation of Written Texts
(Arabic-English)
3
2205234
Foreign Language Learning
3
2205351
English for Tourism and Hotel
Industry
3
2205350
Business English
3
2205352
English for Science and
Technology
3
Total
18
Total
18
Fourth Year
First Semester
Course No.
Course Title
Second Semester
Credit Hours
Faculty requirement
3
2201341
Novel 1
3
2205354
English for Journalism
3
2205335
Methods of Teaching English as a
Foreign Language
3
Departmental Elective
3
Departmental Elective
3
Total
18
Course No.
2205490
2205427
- 15 -
Course Title
Credit
Hours
Faculty requirement
3
Field Training
3
Departmental Elective
3
Departmental Elective
3
Departmental Elective
3
Language and Society
3
Total
18
COURSE DESCRIPTION
2201111
Introduction to English Literature
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: 2201098 or 2201099
This course is an introduction to samples from literature written in English in the three basic genres: poetry,
drama, and fiction, in addition to prose essays. It focuses on the formal and linguistic aspects of the literary
work, but also discusses its intellectual content.
2231222
English Phonetics
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: 2201224
Acquainting students with the basic theoretical principles of English phonetics. Special emphasis is given to
place and manner of articulation, stress and intonation, and transcription.
2201224
English Linguistics
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: 2201098 or 2201099
An introduction to Linguistic Science, its aims, aspects, and relation to other social disciplines. The course aims
at acquainting the student with the nature of human language, its characteristics, functions, and components. A
fairly detailed study of language components is presented within the overall framework of modern linguistic
theories, in particular the Structural and the Generative Schools.
2201241
Drama
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: 2201111
A general course that teaches the student the elements of drama dialogue, action, plot, and characterization
through detailed study of representative plays. Particular attention is paid to the major types of drama, viz.
tragedy and comedy, with some help from the theoreticians.
2201251
Short Story
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: 2201111
This course aims at introducing students to the genre of Short Story through tracing its origins and its
development from 1840 to the present times. To achieve its purposes, the course selects some twenty stories,
beginning with the pioneers of the genre, like Poe, Turgenev, Maupassant, and the modernists, such as Joyce,
Lawrence, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Beckett, among others.
2201341
Novel 1
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: 2201111
An introduction to both the world and art of the novel. Elements of the novel, i.e., setting, plot, characterization,
etc. receive ample treatment, and so do the cultural and historical backgrounds. Through an in-depth study of 4
to 6 novels, students are acquainted with the various styles and trends within this rich genre.
- 16 -
2205101
Introduction to Linguistics (in Arabic)
3 credit hours
An overview of the traditional sub-disciplines of linguistics, examination of the origins of language,
definitions of language, overview of the principles involved in phonological, morphological, syntactic, and
semantic levels of linguistic analysis, evolution of linguistics as a science since the end of the Second World
War. The course is taught in Arabic.
2205103
Study and Research Skills
3 credit hours
This course focuses on developing basic skills in data collection, study skills, and language research. It is
specifically concerned with effective internet search techniques, time management, goal-setting, note-taking,
critical reading, and crucial problems of research design and implementation as well as the study of quantitative
and qualitative research approaches to language phenomena.
2205113
Writing
3 credit hours
This course aims at developing students' ability to write correct, cohesive, and organized paragraphs and short
essays of different rhetorical types, e.g., expository, descriptive, argumentative, etc.
2205114
English Use
3 credit hours
Developing the language skills of reading and listening comprehension. It aims at enabling students to
understand main ideas in spoken and written discourse through relevant exercises in conversation and reading
on topics such as business, culture, literature, and international communication. It also provides extensive
listening and pronunciation practice in the language lab using on-line material.
2205120
English Grammar
3 credit hours
This course aims at acquainting students with the structure of simple sentences. Students are trained on how to
analyze sentences into their constituents in terms of categories and functions. The course gives special attention
to sentence types: simple, compound, and complex.
2205123
Word Formation and Collocation
3 credit hours
The course introduces students to basic concepts in morphology and discusses the major mechanisms involved
in word formation: affixation, borrowing, compounding, conversion, etc. It also reviews lexical notions,
including collocations and multi-word units, as well as sense relations, semantic change, and dictionary
typology.
2205210
Pronunciation and Speech
3 credit hours
The course aims at developing the student's pronunciation and speaking skills at both segmental and
suprasegmental levels of English in key words, phrases, and sentences. It trains students to produce short and
long utterances using appropriate stress and intonation.
2205215
Essentials of Public Speaking
3 credit hours
The course aims at training students to develop self-confidence, use appropriate body language when speaking
in public. It also trains them to speak both impromptu and from notes. Two genres of speech are emphasized:
the informative and the persuasive.
- 17 -
2205216
Professional Writing
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: 2205113
The course aims at developing the student's skills in producing texts of different genres, e.g., curriculum vitae,
memos, minutes, cover letters and application forms, correspondence: acceptance, rejection, complaint, etc.
2205221
Advanced English Grammar
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: 2205120
The course introduces students to some advanced grammatical issues, particularly complex and compound
sentences, and nominal and adverbial clauses. It also focuses on adjectival, appositive, parenthetical, and
reporting clauses.
2205234
Foreign Language Learning
3 credit hours
The course provides an overview of the major areas related to second language acquisition or learning from an
applied linguistic perspective and their manifestation in the language classroom.
2205240
Translation of Written Texts (English-Arabic)
3 credit hours
The course aims at training students to translate written texts of general nature from English into Arabic. It also
highlights the basic principles, techniques, and skills of written translation.
2205322
Semantics
3 Credit hours
Prerequisite: 2201224
The course acquaints students with concept of meaning in addition to sense relations between words such as
synonyms and antonyms. It also addresses issues such as sentence relations, lexical and structural ambiguity.
2205324
Discourse Analysis
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: 2201224
The course addresses text linguistics placing special emphasis on sources, tools, principles, and methods
necessary for analyzing naturally occurring data.
2205325
Consecutive & Simultaneous Translation
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: 2205341
The course utilizes the language lab to train students in translating short oral texts of general nature from
English into Arabic and vice versa. Problems and difficulties associated with consecutive and simultaneous
translation are identified and suggestions to minimize and eventually overcome them are presented and
discussed.
2205335
Methods of Teaching English as a Foreign Language
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: 2205234
The course introduces students to the principles of teaching English as a foreign language. It also examines the
different contexts, purposes and approaches of teaching EFL placing special emphasis on teaching reading,
writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation, correction of errors, lesson planning,
classroom management, and testing.
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2205341
Translation of Written Texts (Arabic-English)
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: 2205240
The course aims at training students to translate written texts of general nature from Arabic into English. It also
promotes students understanding and application of the basic principles, techniques, and skills of written
translation.
2205350
Business English
3 credit hours
The course aims at acquainting students with the language of business. It places special emphasis on company
structure, meetings, job applications and interviews, telephoning, basic business writing, language of marketing,
and business socializing.
2205351
English for Tourism and Hotel Industry
3 credit hours
The course focuses on different areas of the tourism sector and hotel industry with the aim of providing students
with basic vocabulary and jargon that are most often used. Topics include travel programs, types of offers,
travel contracts, transportation, providing information on topics of interest to tourists, writing tourism
brochures, describing hotel facilities, dealing with complaints, making and confirming reservations, and
organizing tours, and excursions. The ultimate goal is developing students’ ability to respond quickly, fluently,
and politely in high-pressure situations.
2205352
English for Science and Technology
3 credit hours
This course uses authentic scientific English texts as reading material for the purpose of teaching the
characteristics of this discourse genre, particularly the syntactic structures, and basic terminology in biology,
chemistry, mathematics, health sciences, etc. It will teach how to write lab reports, science reviews and
critiques, and scientific research proposals.
2205353
English for Diplomatic Purposes
3 credit hours
The course introduces students to the UN bodies & organization: structure and operating mechanism. It also
familiarizes students with terms and expression used in diplomatic texts and correspondence through relevant
texts and activities
2205354
English for Journalism
3 credit hours
The course aims at training students to produce audio, visual, and cyber media reports. It also develops their
skills in listening to and monitoring news bulletins and reading mainstream newspapers. Moreover, it promotes
their skills in conducting interviews, in addition to reporting and editing news.
2205427
Language and Society
3 credit hours
This course is an introduction to major topics in sociolinguistics: sociolinguistic goals, techniques and levels of
analysis; implications of the recognition of language as a social phenomenon and its importance in social
interaction; and functions of different speech varieties in human communities. It focuses on topics such as
language variation; language change; language maintenance, shift, and death; multilingualism; styles and
registers; and the influence of social factors on language use.
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2235433
Contrastive and Error Analysis
3 credit hours
This course contrasts English and Arabic at phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic levels. Topics
of interest include learner’s inter-language system and approaches to the analysis of the linguistic forms
acquired by second language learners. Emphasis is also placed on types and causes of language errors.
2205444
Translation of Commercial & Economic Texts
3 credit hours
Pre- requisite: 2205240
The course trains students to translate from English into Arabic and vice versa a variety of texts in the fields of
finance, banking, investment, stock markets, and governance.
2205445
Translation of International Conventions
3 credit hours
Pre- requisite: 2205240
The course introduces students to the basic terms and structures used in international conventions. It aims to
empower students to translate English - Arabic excerpts form a sample of international conventions , e.g.
Protection of the Rights of Children , Social Security, Elimination of All Kinds of Discrimination Against
Women.
2205446
Translation of legal Text
3 credit hours
The course trains students to translate from English into Arabic and vice versa selected legal documents with
special emphasis on contracts, policies, hearing sessions and selected provisions of some laws.
2205447
Subtitling
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: 2205325
The course introduces a variety of skills for the translation and interpretation of films and television shows.
Topics include transcription and translation of narration and dialogue, translation of film scripts, sound tracks,,
and translation and production of subtitles.
2205448
Computer-Assisted Translation
3 credit hours
This is a hands-on introduction to IT knowledge and resources that enable a translator to operate successfully in
the industry. The concepts it covers are: machine translation, translation memory, terminology management,
database repository, corpus, automation, parsing, and information retrieval. It outlines the major translation
processes and reviews some computer-assisted translation tools available on the market.
2205450
Language Testing
3 credit hours
This course aims at acquainting students with the basic notions of language testing including the questions of
validity, reliability and practicality, the purposes of testing, qualities of a good test, types of tests, methods of
testing listening, speaking, reading, writing and grammar. It also aims at familiarizing students with how test
results can be interpreted. Students will also be trained to write and evaluate tests of different types.
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2205451
Computer-Assisted Language Learning
3 credit hours
This course explores the effect of information technology on language teaching methodology. A broad range of
computer-assisted language learning software is pedagogically and philosophically evaluated and extensive
training is given in authoring CALL resources for teaching listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary,
and grammar.
2205455
Writing for Journalism
3 credit hours
Pre- requisite: 2205113
The course trains students to write different types of journalistic texts in both Arabic and English. Such texts
include editorials, political and social news, sports and advertisements.
2205456
Writing for Public Relations
3 credit hours
Pre- requisite: 2205113
The course introduces students to the concepts of mission and vision statement, methods of drafting
organizational goals and objectives. It also trains students to prepare PR programs, press releases, ad copy,
releases for radio and television, PR letters, and brochures, organize funding appeals, and other internal projects
designed to help organizations.
2205490
Field Training
3 credit hours
Prerequisite completion of 75 credit hours
The course provides prospective graduates with training in public & private sectors as well as organizations
inside and outside the country for the purpose of enhancing their linguistic and communicative skills. Training
is supervised by experienced professionals in such organization as well as faculty members from the
department.
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