ACADEMIC SKILLS IN ENGLISH-II
ENG 102
ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
2011-2012 SPRING
The Course Aims at the following:
To develop students’ academic reading and
writing skills so that they can follow their
department courses better. This course will
NOT teach students English, instead it will give
them opportunities to practice the language and
accomplish assigned tasks.
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ENG 102 (SECOND SEMESTER)
MODULES
ACADEMIC READING
ACADEMIC WRITING
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Will help you to
become
better READERS and
WRITERS
of English
The Book
 You can get your
books from the
bookstore (-1 Floor)
EAP in Economics and
Administrative Sciences II
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The Reading Module
There are 4 Units in the Reading Module
Starting from Reading Unit 3, you will be
assessed based on your class
performance (CPG)
You will be using academic reading skills
in your department courses as you will be
expected to read long academic texts.
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The reading module will train you to:
survey a text
scan to locate specific information
guess the meaning of unknown words
understand implicit and explicit information and
make inferences
understand the text’s purpose
extract main points
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Research Skills Unit
This is an 8 hour unit which provides you
with the basics of research and writing
essays.
You will receive 2 CPG’s in this unit.
You will be responsible for the content of
this unit in all writing units that follow.
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The Writing Module
 There are 4 Units in the Writing Module
 At the end of each unit, you will be assessed based on your
class performance (CPG)
 These units will develop your writing skills, by showing ways
of doing research, paraphrasing, quoting, summarising and
organizing an academic essay.
 Do not forget that your department teachers may ask you to
write long academic essays in different courses on different
topics.
 20% of your overall grade will be based on your written
project which you will be asked to write (in class) towards
the end of the semester.
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The Writing Project
 14-18 May (Administrative Sciences on one day, all other
Departments on another day of the week)
 You will be required to write a full essay.
 You will receive three texts one week in advance. The texts
will have some guiding questions so if you want to do some
research you can do so. The answers to those questions will
not be graded.
 When coming to the exam, you can bring the assigned texts
only. You are allowed to take notes on these texts, however
you cannot have big chunks of sentences or paragraphs.
You can underline/write words or phrases only.
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Your project essay will be evaluated on
the following basis:
 Task Achievement
 Language Use
 Lexical resources
 Coherence
 Organisation
 Use of Sources
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Academic Word List (Mini Dictionary)
 In the reading passages of your book, you will see
words in bold.
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Academic Words
 These words are samples of words that are being
widely used in the academic world.
 You will be asked to learn these words, their
synonyms and definitions. Your written exams will
have a vocabulary component where you will be
asked to match these words with their definitions and
use them in gap fill activities.
 You will find these words in the mini dictionary starting
at the end of your coursebook.
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Attendance
 Attendance is obligatory
 If you miss more than 25% (14 hrs) of total class
hours, you will not be allowed to take the final exam.
 As this is a school rule, do not ask your instructors to
show you flexibility on attendance.
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Assessment
 Midterm (Mar, 17 2012)
40%
 Writing Project (May, 2012)
20%
 Final Exam (May, 21-June, 02 2012) 20%
 CPG (at the end of every unit)
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20%
What is CPG?
Class Participation Grade
 20% of your course grade
 Based on tasks done during class and assignments
given as homework
 Your willingness to participate in class work will help
you to learn the skills better
 Your willingness in participating in class work will help
you get a higher CPG
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CPG’s Effect on Course Grade
 Midterm
Final Present.
CPG
Course
Grade
 62
60
75
90
69.6(CC)
 62
60
75
65
64.6(DC)
 62
60
75
35
58.6(FD)
 62
60
75
0
51.6(FF)
– A DIFFERENCE OF FOUR LETTER GRADES!
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CPG is…
A grade that encourages your participation in
class activities
NOT a randomly given grade based on
teachers intuitions or likes and dislikes
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Late Comers
Students who are late to the class (more
than 15 min) can still attend the class but
will be marked as ABSENT by the class
teacher.
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Health Reports
Health Reports are not counted for
absenteeism. They are valid only for
Midterm and Final Exams.
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WE HOPE TO SPEND AN ENJOYABLE,
EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL
SECOND SEMESTER WITH YOU.
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