Intensive Course Program
Course Code : ENG 025 Course Name: "Vocabulary Building"
Level: Intensive Course
Faculty Member: ------Assessment
Midterm test
Week
8
Marks
30
Credits: 5
Semester: 342
Assessment
Final Exam
Class Participation
Week
15
All along
Marks
60
10
Course Objectives
1. Summary of the main learning outcomes for students enrolled in the course.
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To familiarise the students with the art of learning English vocabulary
To enable them to have concept of different parts of speech in a sentence.
To enable them to practise daily usage vocabulary.
To enable them to use a word in different context for expressing different meaning.
To familiarise the students with the techniques of learning vocabulary.
To enable the students to use language that is focused in the reference book.
To enable the students practice vocabulary items focused in the reference book.
To familiarise the students with daily usage phrasal verbs.
To make students learn and use words in their conversation.
The course aims at introducing students to:
- learn new words in context: their pronunciation, meaning, and usages
- know how to use dictionary
-keep a vocabulary notebook.
Textbooks and References
Redman, Stuart (2003) 3rd Edition. English Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
*N.B.: The Department of English Language and Translation reserves the right to change textbooks
and syllabi as and when necessary.
Course Specification
Week No
ONE
25-3-1435
To
29-3-1435
Course Contents
Credit
Hours
Course Orientation
5
Page 1 of 3
TWO
02-4-1435
To
06-4-1435
THREE
09-4-1435
To
13-4-1435
FOUR
16-4-1435
To
20-4-1435
FIVE
23-4-1435
To
27-4-1435
SIX
1-5-1435
To
5-5-1435
SEVEN
8-5-1435
To
12-5-1435
EIGHT
15-5-1435
To
19-5-1435
20 – 5 – 1435
TO
29 – 5 – 1435
Introduction to the course
5
Unit # 1:
Unit # 3:
Unit # 7:
Unit # 9:
Learning Vocabulary
Using a dictionary
Weather
The body and movement
5
Unit # 10: Describing appearance
Unit # 11: Describing character
5
Unit # 16: Daily routines
Unit # 19: Everyday problems
5
Unit # 21: Health
Unit # 25: Food
5
Unit # 34: Studying English and taking
Exams
Unit # 47: Air travel
Mid-term Examination
From 8:00 A.M. TO 10:00 A.M.
Units included in Midterm Exam
Unit: 1, 2, 7,9,10,11,16,19,
21,25,34,47
5
Duration of the
exams:
Two Hrs.
“Mid-term Break”
NINE
29-5-1435
To
3-6-1435
Ten
6-6-1435
To
10-6-1435
Unit # 48: Hotels and restaurants
Unit # 52: Phoning and texting
5
Unit # 55: Crime
Unit # 59: Time
5
Eleven
13-6-1435
To
17-6-1435
Twelve
20-6-1435
To
24-6-1435
Unit # 64: Apologies, excuses and
Thanks
Unit # 65: Requests, permission and
Suggestions
Unit # 66: Opinions, agreeing and
Disagreeing
Unit # 67: Likes, dislikes, attitudes
preferences
Page 2 of 3
5
5
Thirteen
27-6-1435
To
2-7-1435
Fourteen
5-7-1435
To
9-7-1435
Fifteen
12-7-1435
To
16-7-1435
Unit # 68: Greetings farewell and
Expressions
Unit # 69: Prefixes : changing meaning
5
Unit # 70: Suffixes: forming nouns
Unit # 75: Fixed phrases
5
Final Examination
From 8:00 A.M. TO 10:00 A.M.
Exams will be made out of all
taught units mentioned in the
course breakup.
Page 3 of 3
Exam Time
Two Hrs.