COURSE OUTLINE

Course Name Functional English Prepared 16 July, 2021

Course Code ENG- 105 On
Credit Hours 3
Course Prereq. -none- Revised 14 Feb. 2024
Code On
Course Type Core Course Elective
Program BS(CS)
Semester 2
Instructor: Ms. S. Shahbano Jabeen

Course Description:

The objective of this course is to help the students develop an understanding of basic grammar and
language skills. Emphasis on reading, writing, speaking and listening skills and to demonstrate how such
knowledge is pertinent for effective communication particularly in the field business.

Course Objectives:

This course incorporates four Basic English language skills – reading, writing, speaking and listening,
with chief emphasis on class participation resulting in both written and verbal responses.

Course Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of the program, PLO BT Level
students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate English listening skills to function successfully in 7 A1
target language listening situation.
2. Exhibit English reading skills to comprehend various aspects of 7 A1
the nature of the reading material.
3. Practice English speaking skills to express effectively through 7 A2
speech.
4. Demonstrate formal and informal English writing skills to 7 C3
express ideas and convey message to target readers.

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Teaching & Learning Methodology
Teaching and learning goes hand in hand. The best learning occurs when teachers and
students both come prepared to the class ready to deal with the issues that are presented.
In this spirit, it is expected that students will assume the responsibility for their own
learning, which include; regularly attending the classes (at least 75 % attendance is
compulsory to take your final exam).

a. Respect & listen to the one who is talking.

b. Present the ideas in a clear and articulate way.

The teaching methodology will include:
 Lectures
 Articles / Case Studies

 Discussions
 Group Projects

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 Textbook(s)
No single textbook is followed. Excerpts from textbooks will be shared when needed.

Magazine Articles/ Published Material/ Research Journals /Papers

Students will be provided with updated/latest Journal articles/working papers conference proceedings for
relevant topic as extra reading.

Grading Policy
Assessment Instruments Percentage
Quizzes 10%
Assignments + project 20%
Mid Term Exam 20%
Final Exam 50%

Course Contents:

Basic English Composition, Introduction, Sentence and Structure, Components of a sentence, Types of
Sentences, Subject verb agreement – Rules and common mistakes, The Reading Process, Skimming and
scanning, reading for gist, Sample Reading Passages, How to look for contextual meanings, Types of
readings, Looking for meaning, Writing a summary, Mechanics of writing, Brain storming and drafting,
Writing a topic sentence and supporting details, Essays and types – basic. Basics of grammar in writing,,
Tenses, Reported speech, Verbs and types, The writing Process, Cohesion and coherence – introduction,
Essays and types – basic, Story writing/ narrating an incident – structure and process, Common grammatical
mistakes, Report Writing, Dialogue Writing, Oral Communication, Conversational Skills/Speaking,
Presentation skills, Debate and speech, Agreements and disagreements, Listening process, listening for
specific information, Listening for gist, Basics of Grammar – Grammar in Speech, Modifiers, Articles and
determiners, Role Play, Phonetics and Phonology, Vowels and consonants, Stress and syllabification,
Commonly mispronounced words, Sample audios and practice.

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Week-wise Course Outline

Week/Session Content Activities Resources Learning

Objectives
Addressed
Week 1 Introduction – Getting to Read and Respond,
Know each other Quiz, Vocab https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Games, Movie Clip v=KikbprRn4Dk&t=42s&ab_channel=ELATh CLO 1,2
Words and Vocabulary roughFilm
Parts of Speeches
https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/parts-of-
speech/

Week 2 Words and Vocabulary https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/verbs-2/

Continued Writing using verb CLO 1,3
Verb Tenses and Aspects tenses

Week 3 Sentences and

Paragraphs Correct the https://oscarlessons.com/sentence-structure- CLO 2,3
 Sentence structures sentence mistakes, games/#:~:text=Back%2Dto%2Dthe
 Types of Sentences Running Dictation %2DBoard,The%20miming%20students
 Fragments & Run on %20cannot%20talk.
Sentences
https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/simple-
compound-sentences/

https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/complex-
sentences/

https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/run-on-
sentences/

https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/sentence-
fragments/

Week 4 Sentences and https://numberdyslexia.com/independent-and-

Paragraphs Continued Team game for dependent-clauses-activities/ CLO 2,3
 Types of Clauses identifying clauses
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 (Dependent and https://www.youtube.com/watch?
independent clauses) v=eSBy_wujPIU&ab_channel=ITTTInternatio
 Conditional sentences nalTEFL%26TESOLTraining
 Transitional words
https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/sentence-
fragments/

Week 5 Structure and Grammar Subject verb https://eslspeaking.org/subject-verb-

 Subject Verb agreement agreement-activities/?expand_article=1 CLO 1,3
Agreement activities, games,
worksheets and
more… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L7dnw-
UDAI&t=49s&ab_channel=JackieBolen

https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/subject-
verb-agreement/

Week 6 Structure and Grammar 7 Activities for https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Continued teaching Active v=j3uO37DwwV0&ab_channel=ITTTInternati CLO 4
 Voices (Active and passive voices in onalTEFL%26TESOLTraining
Passive) the ESL classroom
https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/active-
passive-voice/

Week 7 Structure and Grammar 5 Fun activities to https://owlcation.com/academia/5-Fun-

Continued practice reported Activities-for-Practising-Reported-Speech CLO 3,4
 Direct and Indirect speech
Speech

Week 8 Connectives and Punctuation Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Punctuations for adult learners: v=QdppWXEgHRk&ab_channel=ehow CLO 1,2
 Ending Punctuations Teaching with
 Comma games https://www.flocabulary.com/topics/grammar/
 Colon
 Semi Colon
 Apostrophes
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Week 9 MID TERM EXAMS

Week 10  Stages of Writing https://englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/Advanced

Pre writing  Writing %20Free%20Writing.pdf CLO 1,3
While Writing Practice
Post Writing https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/writing-
 Practice process/
exercises from
Flocabulary
Week 11 Paragraph Format  Writing https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl- CLO 3,4
Introduction to Practice worksheets/writing-practice/writing-a-story/
Paragraph format other-topic-mixed-topics/paragraph-writing/
Paragraph Unity  Practice 147184
exercises from
Flocabulary https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/paragraph-
writing/

Week 12 Precis Writing  Writing https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free- CLO 3,4

 Format of Precis Practice reading-worksheets/reading-comprehension-
Writing worksheets/summarizing-worksheets-and-
 Summary Writing  Practice activities/
exercises from
Flocabulary https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/
summarizing/

Week 13 Essay Format https://cdn-0.eslflow.com/wp-content/uploads/ CLO 1

 Essay Writing Process  Writing 2017/10/Opinion_essay_box_outline_.jpg
 Focusing the topic Practice
 Thesis Statement https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/five-
 Practice paragraph-essay/
exercises from
Flocabulary
Week 14 Pattern of Essay https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/five- CLO 1
Development  Writing paragraph-essay/
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  Descriptive Essay Practice
 Narrative Essay
 Argumentative Essay  Practice
exercises from
Flocabulary
Week 15 Reading Comprehension  Handouts https://englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Reading- CLO 3,4
 Scanning Comprehension.html
 Skimming  Practice
 Extensive Reading Exercises from https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/
 Intensive Reading British Council reading
Website
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 Guidelines – Final Group Projects

Program Objectives (POs) and Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs):

PO1: To assist students cognize fundamental concepts of linguistics & literature and to introduce them to courses from diverse fields to promote
trans disciplinary thinking.
PLO 1: to demonstrate the conventions of diverse textual genres (e.g. the non-fiction essay, poetry, autobiography, novel, memoir, films, plays, editorials
and so forth) in their own work and to make world a better place.

PLO 2: to employ the literary and rhetorical methods and strategies in reading and writing of texts.

PLO 3: to build relationship between language and society in order to provide solutions to the social issues.

PO2: To provide the lens of modern theories for a broad appreciation of global literature and intriguing aspects of human knowledge and
behavior.
PLO 4: To apply modern theories in contrast with models with the social and behavioral sciences
PO3: To nurture a culture of research-based learning environment with an emphasis on novel research into both theoretical and applied
linguistic issues in context.
PLO 5: to excel in research, textual criticism, analytical skills and pedagogical methods.

PLO 6: to apply field-specific critical and theoretical methods of literary analysis to produce aesthetic, historical and cultural assessments of literary texts.

PLO 7: To design and implement a research project focused on a scholarly question in linguistics, thoughtfully collecting, analyzing and interpreting
primary data.

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Reference Material For Teachers
Books
 English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy
 Practical English Usage by Micheal & Swan
Practice Websites
https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/browse
https://en.islcollective.com/
https://quizizz.com/
https://kahoot.com/
https://www.flocabulary.com/subjects/language-arts/
https://www.englishclub.com/
https://englishforeveryone.org/
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar
https://padlet.com/dashboard (For Writing Practice)

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