Republic of the Philippines
MARIKINA POLYTERCHNIC COLLEGE
2 Mayor Chanyungco St., Sta. Elena, Marikina City
COURSE SYLLABUS in ENHLOSH FOR TECHNOLOGY
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Course Code
Course Title
Course Description/ Credit Units/ Prerequisites/ Time Allotted
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ENG 111
ENGLISH FOR STUDY AND THINKING SKILLS
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English 111 provides the students with thinking skills and language learning strategies necessary for academic studies. It
offers learning tasks that will not only make the students learn about the language but also improve their knowledge or intelligence as they
use the English language in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
No. of Credit Units:
3
No. of Hours per Week:
3
Total time Allotment: 54 Hours
Prerequisites: None
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Objectives
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Name the
different sections
of the library
Gain knowledge
on how to use
the different
sections of the
library
Be able to
explain how
books are
classified
Consult
biographical
dictionaries and
atlases to the
given questions
Locate
information for
the suggested
topics
Teaching Content
Strategies
1- Using the Library
Effectively
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Multi –Media
Approach
A. The library
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Team Teaching
B. Kinds of Reading
Materials in the
Library
Values Infused
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Considering the
Library as the
heart of the
school
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Showing
appreciation and
love of libraries by
frequently visiting
them
C. Arrangement of
Books
D. The Card
Catalogue
E.
Sections of the
Library
Acknowledging
the books as
repositories of
great men’s
thoughts, dreams,
and hopes
InstructionalDevices
and Materials
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Laptop with
speakers
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LCD Projector
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Video Clips
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Handouts
Evaluation
Instrument
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Quiz
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Recitation
Objectives
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Teaching Content
Define
contextual clues
Enumerate and
discuss the kinds
of contextual
clues
Identify the
kinds of clues
used in the given
sentences
Extract and
define unfamiliar
terms from the
selection
2-Improving
Vocabulary Through
Contextual Clues
State the
meaning and
importance of
reading
comprehension
Enumerate and
explain the
different levels
of thinking
Discuss the
significance of
critical and
creative thinking
Point out and
explain the
different kinds of
reading
Solve given
problems
Share viewpoints
concerning the
speaker’s
message on
video
3-Improving Reading
Comprehension
A. The Meaning of
Contextual
Clues
B. Kinds of
Contextual clues
Strategies
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Multi-Media
Approach
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Lecture
Method
Values Infused
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B. Kinds of Reading
C. Pathways to
Better Reading
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Laptop with
Speakers
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LCD Projector
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Video Clips
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Handouts
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Pair work
Approach
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Encouraging
constant
exposure to
different reading
materials
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Multi-Media
Approach
(Video
Presentation)
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Inculcating the
value of making
good judgments
or decisions
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Laptop with
Speakers
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LCD Projector
Lecture Method
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Stimulating
students’
imagination for
them to become
creative readers
and thinkers
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Video Clips
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Handouts
C. Selection:
“Architectural
Scenario:
500,000 Years
from Now”
A. Importance of
Critical and
Creative Reading
Promoting the
idea of having a
wide vocabulary
as a key to good
reading
comprehension
InstructionalDevices
and Materials
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Evaluation
Instrument
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Quiz
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Recitation
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Quiz
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Recitation
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Essay Writing
Task and Rubric
Objectives
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Teaching Content
Relate important
information from
the selections
Give the central
themes of given
texts
Demonstrate in
communication
activities
students’
mastery of
nonverbal
Symbols
4-Skimming and
Scanning
Strategies
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Multi-Media
Approach
A. Selection 1:” the
International
Dominance of
English
B. Selection 2:”Life
As Type A” by
James Gleick
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Lecture Method
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CLT
Infer the
meaning of
unfamiliar terms
Watch the film
for critical
analysis
Explain the
author’s point of
view in his essay
5-Drawing Inferences
(Making Predictions)
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Multi-Media
Approach
A. Pre-reading
Activities
B. Selection:”The
Dream of Artificial
Intelligence” by
John Derbyshire
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Lecture Method
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Experiential
Learning
Predict the focal
point of the story
based on its
story
Share the orally
one’s thoughts
concerning
socially relevant
issues
Determine the
accuracy of the
statements to
make inferences
6-Drawing Conclusions
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Multi-Media
Approach
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Lecture Method
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Debate Forum
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Reflective
Teaching
A. Pre-reading
Activities
B. Selection:” TV
Addiction Cookies
or Heroine?” by
Marie Winn
Values Infused
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Applying the skills
of skimming and
scanning in
detailing with
various reading
material.
Instructional
Devices and
Materials
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Laptop with
Speakers
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LCD Projector
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Video Clips
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Handouts
Realizing the
uniqueness of
human
personality
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Laptop with
Speakers
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LCD Projector
Acknowledging
the spiritual truth
about man’s
origin
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Film
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Handouts
Being conscious
about the
importance of
factual evidence
over assumptions
Realizing the
adverse effects off
television and
promoting its
positive value
messages
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Laptop with
Speakers
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LCD Projector
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Pictures
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Video Clips
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Handouts
Evaluation
Instrument
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Quiz
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Recitation
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Essay Writing
Task and Rubric
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Quiz
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Film Review
Rubric
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Debate
Guidelines and
Rubric
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Rubric-based
Speaking skills
Assessment
Instrument
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Reflective Paper
Task and Rubric
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Objectives
Teaching Content
Strategies
Values Infused
Instructional Devices
and Materials
Define the terms
using contextual
clues
Defend one’s
stand concerning
body tattoos and
body piercings
Provide
information or
details asked for
comprehension
purposes
7- Reading for
Information Details
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Multi-Media
Approach
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Laptop with
Speakers
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Lecture Method
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LCD Projector
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CLT
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Pictures
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Panel
Discussion
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Video Clips
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Handouts
Identify the
author’s way of
giving
similarities and
differences
Make
comparison and
contrast on
issues
concerning
management
8-Making Comparison
and Contrast
Role play a
firefighting
related situation
Gather data
about people’s
reactions/
comments/
suggestion on
firefighting
Make posters on
fire prevention
Exchange ideas
on firefighting
Create
commercials
about firefighting
9-Distinguishing Fact
from Opinion
A. Pre-reading
Activities
B. Selection 1: “ On
Teenagers and
Tattoos” by
Andres Martin
C. Selection 2:”
What Drives Your
Life?”
A. Pre-reading
Activities
B. Selection :” How
to Become An
Executive?” by
Executive Life
Fortune
A. Pre-reading
Activities
B. Selection:” Fight
the Fire with Fire”
by Jean Z. Faust
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Multi-Media
Approach (Video
Presentation)
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Lecture Method
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Cooperative
Learning
Approach
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Multi-Media
Approach (Video
Presentation)
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Lecture Method
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Cooperative
Learning
Approach
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Role Playing
Realizing the
health risks
associated with
tattoos and body
Piercings
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Inculcating the
benefits of
purpose driven
life
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Instilling value
and art of logical
reasoning and
applying it in real
life situations
Promoting the
idea of good
relations as a sign
of good
management
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Laptop with
Speakers
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LCD Projector
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Video Clips
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Handouts
Becoming
conscious of
importance of
knowing the
difference
between fact and
opinion in order to
form intelligent
judgment
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Laptop with
Speakers
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LCD Projector
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Video Clips
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Handouts
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Fostering the
value of health
consciousness
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Evaluation
Instrument
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Quiz
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Speech / Oral
Presentation
Guidelines and
Rubric
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Reaction paper
Task and Rubric
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Quiz
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Recitation
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Presentation
Skills Task and
Rubric
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Quiz
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Recitation
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Presentation
Skills Task and
Rubric
Objectives
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Explain the
connections of
the text with the
pictures
Write a letter
explaining one’s
understanding of
the selection
Dramatize a
situation in
relation to the
main idea of the
text.
Identify the main
issue in the text,
and then adopt
two sides of the
issue affirmative
and negative.
Teaching Content
10- Determining the
Author’s Purpose,
Mood, and Point of
View
A. Pre-reading
Activities
B. Selection:” Not
Two” by Jose
Marie de Leon
Strategies
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Multi-Media
Approach (Video
Presentation)
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Lecture Method
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Debate Forum
Values Infused
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Understanding the
role and
importance of
Mother Nature in
our lives
Instructional
Devices
And Materials
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Laptop with
Speakers
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LCD Projector
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Video Clips
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Handouts
Evaluation
Instrument
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Quiz
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Recitation
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Debate
Guidelines and
Rubric
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Grading System/ Criteria:
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f.
Quizzes
Midterm / Final Exam
Seatwork
Recitation
Attitude
Attendance
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20%
25%
25%
20%
5%
5%
TOTAL
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100%
(Note: One-third of the Midterm Computed Grade will be included in the computation of Final Grade)
VI.
References:
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Avila, Dorcas M. at al. (2008) Essentials of English: Communication Arts I (Study and Thinking Skills). Mutya Publishing
House, Inc. Malabon City.
Baceros, Esther L. (2009) Communication Skills I: Improving Study and Thinking Skills. Rex Printing Company, Inc. Quezon
City.
Cabrera, Lucila DM. and Belen de Asis. (2008) Improving Study, Thinking, Reading and Writing Skills for College freshmen.
Booklore Publishing Corporation, Manila
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