CENTREFORLANGUAGESTUDIES

UNIVERSITIMALAYSIASARAWAK

CourseCode : PBI1102
CourseTitle : AcademicEnglish
CourseStatus : Generic
Coordinator : AmeeJoan

Asst.Coordinator : MohamadFairuzAli
Instructors : APDrTingSuHie
DrCollinJerome
DeborahUbungNgerong
IvyRigar

Prerequisite : MUETBand3
CourseSynopsis : ThiscourseaimstodevelopstudentsabilitytouseofEnglish
foracademicpurposesintheuniversity.Thecourseenhances
students reading skills by teaching them how to extract
information from different parts of the text. Students are
taughthowtoparaphraseinformationfromvariousacademic
textstopresenttheirthoughtsinspokenandwrittenforms.
They are guided to produce types of writing frequently
requiredinuniversityassignmentsusingaccuratecitationand
referencingconventionsaswellasappropriatestructuresand
languagefeatures.

Learning : Bytheendofthiscourse,studentswillbeableto:
Outcomes 1. extractvariouskindsofinformationfromacademictexts
(C2)
2. paraphraseinformationwithcorrectcitationand
referencingconventions(C3)
3. producevarioustypesofwritingusingtheappropriate
structuresandlanguagefeatures(C4)
4. presentviewpointsusingappropriatestructuresand
languagefeatures(P5,CS)
StudentLearning GuidedLHs SelfLHs
Hours Lectures 14 14
StudentCentredLearning 14 28
ContinuousAssessment 2 3
FinalExamination/ 2 3
Assessment
Subtotal 32 48
Total 80hours

CourseContent GuidedLHs
Week12 : Introductiontothecourse 4
courseoutline
courseaimandobjectives
textbook
Organisationalstructureofacademicessays
Purposeandtypesofwriting
IntroductionHooksandthesis
statements
Conclusionpurposeofwriting

Weeks34 : Citationandreferencing 4
Academichonestyversusplagiarism
Citationconventions
Referencingconventions

Weeks57 : Comparisonessays 6
Backgroundreading
Organisationofcomparisonessays
Paraphrasingsupportinginformation
Languagefocus:connectors
Writingacomparisonessay

Weeks810 : Causeeffectessays 6
Backgroundreading
Organisationofcauseeffectessays
Paraphrasingsupportinginformation
Languagefocus:connectors
Writingacauseeffectessay
Weeks1114 : Argumentativeessays 8
Backgroundreading
Organisationofargumentativeessays
Presentinglogicalargumentsandavoiding
faultylogic
Languagefocus:modals
Discussinganissue
Writinganargumentativeessay

Teaching : Lecturemodeandtutorials
Learning Theemphasisisondevelopingstudentswriting,readingand
Approach speakingskillsinEnglish
Students are required to attend two hours of facetoface
sessionseachweek.
Incorporatecomputerlabsessionswherepossible,usingonline
exercisesandpractise,suchasMyLine(http://myline.utm.my/)
andMorpheus.

Evaluation : Continuousassessment(60%):
Assessment 1 : Comparison Essay [Individual] (20%)
Assessment 2 : Argumentative Essay [Pair] (20%)
Assessment 3a:Oral Presentation:Comparison Essay [Individual] (10%)
Assessment 3b:Oral Presentation:Argumentative Essay [Pair] (10%)

Examination(40%):
Finalexamination:40%

References : AmericanPsychologicalAssociation.(2010).MasteringAPA
style:Student'sworkbookandtrainingguide(6thed.).
Washington,DC:AmericanPsychologicalAssociation

Folse,K.S.,MuchmoreVokoun,A.&Solomon,E.V.(2014).
GreatWriting4:GreatEssays(4thed.).Boston,MA:
CengageLearning.

Giltrow,J.(2002).Academicwriting:Writingandreadingin
thedisciplines(3rded.).OrchardPark,NY:Broadview
Press

PublicationmanualoftheAmericanpsychologicalassociation.
Washington,DC:AmericanPsychologicalAssociation,
2001.