Elwasila
College for Technical and Social Studies
B.A.
in English Language and Literature
A
Proposed Program of Study
2012
Introduction
In
response to the much expressed need for a better situation of English Language
in the Sudan, Elwasila College took the initiative to establish a
program of study which is both academic and professional in nature. It is meant
to be the foundation stone for a future school of English which caters for the
provision of qualified teachers, translators and other professional personnel
needed by the media, foreign office, international organizations and business.
Mission
ElWasilla
College has set for itself a core of humanistic and pedagogically sound
objectives that answer to the needs of the student aspiring to reach a high
level of proficiency in English to meet the challenges of present day
employability.
Vision
ElWasilla
College aspires to set standards of excellence in innovative curriculum design,
teaching provisions, professional development and cross cultural understanding.
Nature of the
Program.
·
The
program offers the students a wide range of courses geared to develop the four
macro skills of the English Language.
·
Likewise,
it is a platform for courses focusing on topics of different interests and
themes to be given on listening, speaking, reading and writing. A balance is
kept as far as possible between the study of Language and Literature with a
touch on ELT.
·
These
components come together to offer the student sound understanding and
appreciation.
Aims and Objectives
The program aims to:-
1) Contribute in building a strong
conceptual and theoretical knowledge of how English is used as a vehicle to
communicate nationally and globally.
2) Bring the students upon graduation to a
level of satisfactory competence in English language.
3) Provide qualified personnel in English
to bridge the gap in the job market.
4) Appreciate literature as a vehicle of
understanding and cultural diversity.
Degree Structure
The degree is comprised of 46 taught
courses leading to the achievement of 142 credit hours to be
completed in 8 semesters of 15 weeks each.
Course
Assessment
Each
course will be assessed by a 3-hour written examination paper. Satisfactory
attendance course work and effective classroom participation will also be
considered.
Provisions Needed for Implementing the
Program:
These are:-
1. Competent qualified administrative and
academic staff.
2. A conducive environment for teaching
and learning.
3. Proper reprographic equipment
reproduction facilities for the preparation of teaching materials.
4. Up-to -date audiovisual teaching
facilities, digital teaching aids, and learning programs.
5. Well-stocked reference and textbooks
physical library plus the provisions for a virtual library.
6. Relevant extra-curricula activities.
List of Courses
1) University
Requirements Courses 18 cr.hrs
|
No
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Course Code
& Number
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Course
Title
|
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1.
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Ar 101 (UR)
|
Arabic 1
|
|
2.
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Ar 202 (UR)
|
Arabic 2
|
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3.
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RK 101 (UR)
|
Religious knowledge 1
|
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4.
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RK 202 (UR)
|
Religious knowledge 2
|
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5.
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SS 101 (UR)
|
Sudanese Studies 1
|
|
6.
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Comp 101 (UR)
|
Computer Skills 1
|
|
7.
|
Comp202 (UR)
|
Computer Skills 2
|
2)
Language Skills Development Courses
30cr.hrs
|
No
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Course Code
& Number
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Course
Title
|
|
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1.
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LS 101
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Intensive English 1
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|
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2.
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LS 202
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Intensive English 2
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|
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3.
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LS 303
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Intensive English 3
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|
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4.
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LS 404
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Intensive English 4
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5.
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LS 305
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Writing Skills
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6.
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LS 206
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Reading Skills
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7.
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LS 307
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Communication Skills and Pragmatics 1
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8.
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LS 408
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Communication Skills and Pragmatics 2
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9.
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LS 109
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Study Skills
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10.
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LS 310
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Research Methods
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11.
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L311
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Computer word Processing Skills
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2) Specialization Courses
1) Language
|
No
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Course Code
& Number
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Course
Title
|
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1.
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L
401
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Phonetics and phonology
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2.
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L
402
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Study of Vocabulary
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|
3.
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L
503
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Morphology and Syntax
|
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4.
|
L
504
|
Syntactic Analysis 1
|
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5.
|
L
605
|
Advanced Syntax
|
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6.
|
L
606
|
Advanced Writing
|
|
7.
|
L
707
|
Technical Writing
|
|
8.
|
L
708
|
Varieties of English
|
|
9.
|
L
609
|
Advanced Reading (Reading the Essay)
|
|
10.
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L
840
|
Discourse Analysis
|
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11.
|
L
511
|
Introduction to linguistics
|
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12.
|
L
712
|
ELT 1
|
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13.
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L
813
|
ELT 2
|
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14.
|
817
|
Arabic Grammar 1 نحو
|
|
15.
|
L
214
|
Arabic Morphology & Syntax نحو وصرف
|
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16.
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L
315
|
Graduation Project
|
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17.
|
L816
|
Contrastive & Error Analysis
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2) Literature
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1.
|
Lit
301
|
Introduction to Literature
|
|
2.
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Lit
402
|
Reading the Short Story
|
|
3.
|
Lit
403
|
Romantic Poetry
|
|
4.
|
Lit
504
|
The 19th Century British
Novel
|
|
5.
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Lit605
|
Shakespeare and His Time
|
|
6.
|
Lit
706
|
Shakespeare Plays
|
|
7.
|
Lit707
|
20th century American
Literature
|
|
8.
|
Lit708
|
Modern African Literature
|
|
9.
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Lit509
|
Literature and Society
|
|
10.
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Lit510
|
Modern English Poetry
|
|
11.
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Lit611
|
Modern English Drama
|
|
12.
|
Lit612
|
Introduction to Literary Criticism
|
|
13.
|
Lit813
|
Middle -Eastern Literature in
Translation
|
|
14.
|
Lit714
|
20th century British
Literature
|
Study Plan
Semester 1
|
No
|
Course
Title
|
Cr.hrs
|
T/hrs/wk
|
Pre-req
|
|
1.
|
Intensive English level 1
|
3
|
12
|
|
|
2.
|
Arabic Language 1=(UR)
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
3.
|
Religious Knowledge(UR) 1
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
4.
|
Computer Skills (UR)
|
2
|
3
|
|
|
5.
|
Study Skills
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
6.
|
Sudanese Studies (UR)
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
Total
|
16
|
26
|
|
|
Semester 2
|
No
|
Course
Title
|
Cr.hrs
|
T/hrs/wk
|
Pre-req
|
|
1.
|
Intensive English 2
|
3
|
12
|
Int E 1
|
|
2.
|
Arabic Language 2=(UR)
|
3
|
3
|
Ar. 1
|
|
3.
|
Religious Knowledge(UR)2
|
3
|
3
|
R k. 2
|
|
4.
|
Reading Skills
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
5.
|
Computer Skills 2 (UR)
|
2
|
4
|
Comp. 1
|
|
6.
|
Arabic Grammar 1نحو
|
3
|
2
|
|
|
Total
|
17
|
27
|
|
|
Semester
3
|
No
|
Course
Title
|
Cr.hrs
|
T/hrs/wk
|
Pre-req
|
|
1.
|
Intensive English
3
|
3
|
12
|
Int E 2
|
|
2.
|
Writing Skills
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
3.
|
Introduction to Literature
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
4.
|
Communication Skills & Pragmatics
1
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
5.
|
Research Methods
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
6.
|
Arabic Grammar 2 نحو وصرف
|
3
|
3
|
نحو 1
|
|
Total
|
18
|
28
|
|
|
Semester 4
|
No
|
Course
Title
|
Cr.hrs
|
T/hrs/wk
|
Pre-reg
|
|
1.
|
Intensive English 4
|
3
|
12
|
Int E 3
|
|
2.
|
Communication Skills & Pragmatics 2
|
3
|
3
|
C
skills 1
|
|
3.
|
Phonetics & Phonology
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
4.
|
Study of Vocabulary
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
5.
|
Literature: Reading
the Short Story
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
6.
|
19th CenturyBritish
Literature (Romantic Poetry)
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
Total
|
18
|
27
|
|
|
Semester 5
|
No
|
Course Title
|
Cr.hrs
|
T/hrs/wk
|
Pre-reg
|
|
1.
|
Morphology and Syntax
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
2.
|
Syntactic Analysis 1 (grammar)
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
3.
|
Introduction to linguistics
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
4.
|
Reading the Novel (vict.)
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
5.
|
Literature & Society
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
6.
|
Modern English Poetry
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
Total
|
18
|
20
|
|
|
Semester 6
|
No
|
Course
Title
|
Cr.hrs
|
T/hrs/wk
|
Pre-reg
|
|
1.
|
Advanced Syntax
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
2.
|
Advanced Writing
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
3.
|
Reading the Essay (Advanced)
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
4.
|
Shakespeare and His Time
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
5.
|
Introduction to Literary Criticism
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
6.
|
Modern English Drama
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
Total
|
18
|
21
|
|
|
Semester 7
|
No
|
Course
Title
|
Cr.hrs
|
T/hrs/wk
|
Pre-reg
|
|
1.
|
Varieties of English
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
2.
|
ELT 1
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
3.
|
Technical Writing
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
4.
|
20th CenturyAmerican
Literature
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
5.
|
Modern African Literature
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
6.
|
Shakespeare Plays
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
7.
|
20th Century British
Literature
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
Total
|
21
|
21
|
|
|
Semester 8
|
No
|
Course
Title
|
Cr.hrs
|
T/hrs/wk
|
Pre-reg
|
|
1.
|
ELT 2
|
3
|
3
|
ELT
1
|
|
2.
|
Discourse Analysis
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
3.
|
Middle Eastern Literary in
Translation
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
4.
|
Contrastive & Error Analysis
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
5.
|
Graduation Project
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
6.
|
C/Skills (words Processing)
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
Total
|
18
|
18
|
|
|
Courses
Descriptions
1- Language Skills Development Courses
The Intensive English Programme: In E.101, In.E.102,
In.E.201.In.E.202. (Levels 1-4)
Aims:
1. To raise the student's English language
Proficiency levels for their success in their academic courses and future
careers.
2. To address knowledge and skills in
listening, speaking, reading writing, grammar and vocabulary that are necessary
for student's academic and non-academic success in English.
Program Strategy
· The Intensive English program consists of
English instruction at four proficiency levels.
· The first two levels provide remedial work,
instruction and practice in reading, writing, listening and speaking,
vocabulary building, handwriting and
computer assisted language-learning CALL.
· The second two levels concentrate on oral and
written communication skills.
· The program is skills oriented and acknowledges
the needs of false beginners to follow an integrated communicative approach.
Reading
The course starts with a brief
description of what reading is, the stages of the reading process and what a
good reader does. Then students are exposed to different topics in order to
develop basic reading skills such as identifying the topic , the supporting
ideas , coherence structure the meaning of information / vocabulary from
context etc.
Writing
Students practice different sentence
formation and sentences combining to produce complex sentences with ideas
subordinated by adverbs, relative and adjective clauses. Students learn how to
form a topic sentence and a controlling idea and expand it by way of details,
examples, anecdotes etc. The rules of punctuation are also practiced.
Listening & Speaking
The course develops in the students the
ability to hold conversations and give a talk or presentation. It also
demonstrates to them a range of listening strategies and appropriate functional
strategies that facilitate communication.
Grammar
The grammar component at this level
focuses on the relationships among basic tenses and develops a familiarity with
simple sentence structure and subject verb agreement.
Hand writing and lay out
In.E.102 Intensive English level (2) 3cr.hrs
Reading
Students at this level learn to
understand the main ideas in simple texts dealing with a variety of topics in
familiar situation and show some ability to find meaning from context in
simplified prose. Students are expected to learn how to skim, scan, predict the
topic, the focus and recognize collection of key words.
Writing
At this level, the writing instruction is based on further developing
writing proficiency, refining the paragraph writing and utilizing appropriate
details to support controlling ideas. Students are introduced to different
modes and mechanical skills of writing.
Listening & speaking
The listening component at this level
focuses on taking notes from lectures ,
presentations and multimedia materials in addition to continue working on
comprehending English conversation .
The speaking component focuses on what
started at level l, students will continue practicing speaking mechanics such
as voice projection
and proper eye contact, and students
will also be introduced to making oral presentations.
Grammar
Grammar instruction at this level involves an introduction
to complex
Ideas involving time relationships in perfect and progresses
forms, an
introduction to complex sentences,
active and passive voice, adjective and time clauses .
Handwriting:-
Mechanical skills
of handwriting and formatting.
In.E.201: Intensive English level
(3)
3cr.hrs
Reading
At this level students should be able
to read with understanding texts dealing with topics of interest to them. They
are expected to make inferences about author, topic, and meaning, identify word
definitions from context, understand the purpose and tone of text and be able
to paraphrase and summarize portions of the text Techniques for fast reading
are presented and practiced.
Writing
Writing instruction at this level
stresses grammatical and lexical accuracy and provides practices of producing
complex structures.
Development of thesis statement
writing, summarizing, classifying and planning multiple paragraph composition
are also practiced.
Listening & Speaking
*
Listening and speaking are integrated
in to one core course. Students are introduced to intensive and extensive
listening activities and are shown how to move from passive mode of listening
to one where they can actively and critically exploit listening activities for
academic purposes. Student practice getting the main idea, understanding
inference, remembering the sequence of events in talk or conversation and note
taking.
* Students practice speaking in front
of others with Wait-time techniques, how to ask for clarification, repetition
and how to use signal expressions.
Grammar
Complex
grammatical forms and clause structures are introduced. Time and voice, modal
verbs, determiners quantifiers, possessive, and connectors are practiced.
Students will also be introduced to conditionals, adverbials noun phrase
modification and infinitive verb forms.
Handwriting:-
Further practice of layout and formatting.
Suggested Course Books
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In.E.202: Intensive English level
(4) 3cr.hrs
Reading
Students should be able to read longer
prose text. They should be able to follow essential points in areas of specific
interest with the ability to understand conceptually abstract and
linguistically complex text of the type of the found in university reference
books.
Writing
The writing instruction at this level is
designed to further refine the writing skills of organizing ideas,
paraphrasing, summarizing and synthesizing English at an academic level to
produce a coherent and well-organized short essay.
Listening & Speaking
Special emphasis will be made on taking
notes form live or taped academic lectures, summarizing the main ideas and
identifying/ extracting specific information to use for writing or discussion,
the speaking skills development will encourage students to contribute to group
and class discussion, present information orally to class and give opinion.
Grammar
Complex structures and discourse
connectors will be practiced. Previously learnt grammatical structures such as
the verb system, subject verb agreement, adverb clauses, relative clauses,
prepositions, phrasal verbs, gerunds and infinitives will be reviewed.
Handwriting:-
Layout
and formatting
Suggested
Course Books
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Program Description
305:
Writing Skills
Aims
·
To
further develop the writing skills introduced in intensive English 1-4.
·
To
enable students to develop and connect paragraphs to construct a short essay
that is both grammatically correct and appropriate to the situation,
Description
The course covers:-
·
Essay
planning and organization of thoughts.
·
Constructing
of topic sentences and supporting details.
·
Writing
of short essays.
·
Techniques
of exposition such as definitions, exemplification, etc.
·
The
course should aloe cover a set of writing oriented grammatical structures such
as sentence compounding embedding etc.
Course
Books
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206
Reading Skills
Aims:
·
To
further develop comprehension and vocabulary of passage, which are
stylistically, and structurally more demanding than the ones covered in levels
1-4.
·
To
develop critical thinking.
·
To
encourage reading for pleasure and enlightment.
Description
Students learn to identify the main
ideas in simple texts dealing with a variety of topics in familiar situations
and find meaning from context. Students are expected to learn how to skim,
scan, predict the focus and recognize collocation key words.
Course Books
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307-Communication
Skills & Pragmatics 1
3cr. hrs
Aims:
·
To
develop batter listening comprehension
·
To
improve pronunciation skills for successful communication
·
To
introduce the fundamentals of spoken English
Description
The course is structured around-
·
Various
listening skills
·
Speech
performance focusing on general elements of speech delivery and spoken language
structure (contractions, reduced speech, voice tone, consonant clusters, stress
etc.
·
Presentation
skills – public speaking techniques, language compensation strategies, non-
verbal communication etc.
·
Pair
&group work, oral presentations, watching videos, role-play, and
development of oral skills needed to communicate in everyday life situation.
Course Books
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109 Study Skills
Aims:-
·
To help the students improve their study
habits.
·
To arm them with necessary academic skills
needed for university education.
Description:
The course is designed to ease the students into their
academic life. Students are instructed on:
·
Proper
time use.
·
Proper
utilization of lectures: note –taking / note making, asking for classification
and making interventions.
·
Library
use, reference citation, etc.
·
Dictionary
use.
·
Reading
non-verbal data (graphs, charts etc).
·
Reading
and answering exam questions.
Course Books
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310
Research Methods
Aims:-
·
To
train the students on the technicalities and conversation needed for research
writing.
·
To
introduce them to the electronic search facilities.
Description:
·
The
students are instructed on how to collect data, evaluate source, make notes,
formalize research questions, citing references and questions etc.
·
Students
are acquainted, through models, with the different formatting of dissertations.
·
Students
are expected to be prepared for the production of a dissertation upon
graduation.
Course
Books
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311 Computer Word-Processing
Skills 2cr .
hrs
Aims:-
·
To
introduce some of the most important features of present day computer use
systems.
Description:
·
Students
will learn how computers are used to carry-out top-desk publishing and
presentations.
·
Students
will concentrate on one type of computer system. Microsoft-Windows based P.C.
is used as a model. Soft ware tools are also introduced.
Specialization Courses
1)Language
401
Phonetics &Phonology
3cr. hrs
Aims:-
·
To
give the general theoretical background about speech sounds.
·
To
explain how English is pronounced (RP).
- To improve the students understanding of the sound system of English and hence enhance their speaking and listening skills.
Description:
The course familiarizes the students with a
description of the speech and sound production mechanism. Students receive practice in phonetic
transcription and ear- training and pronunciation. The course will also show how sounds in English are organized and
distributed. Knowledge of the phonemic system is also introduced.
Course Books & Reading List
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402
Study of Vocabulary
Aims:-
·
To
increase vocabulary building abilities through analyzing word structure.
·
To
enable students to guess systematically the meanings of words.
·
To
stress the importance of vocabulary related concepts.
Description:
Words structure (affixes and combining forms) and the use of
dictionaries are examined and practiced. Strategies for enlarging students’
vocabulary and vocabulary related concepts of collocation, semantic range,
lexical sets, idioms and discourse are also introduced.
Course
Books & Reading List
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503: Morphology &Syntax
Aims:-
·
To
familiarize the students with the rules of word formation
·
To
demonstrate the relationship between syntax and morphology.
·
To
train students to use varied structures when writing and speaking.
Description:
The course
provides an introduction to the study of words formation and the internal
structure of words, giving a knowledge of morphemes and the morphological rules
of the language. The structure of sentences and the grammatical relation and
restriction governing matters such as word order, grouping of words and use of
syntactic categories will also be covered.
Course Books & References
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504: Syntactic Analysis 1
3cr.hrs.
Aims:-
·
To
provide practical study of English grammar.
·
To
provide functional description syntactic categories.
Description:
·
The
grammar at this level focuses on the relationship among basic tenses and
develops a familiarity with simple sentence structure and subject verb
agreement.
·
It
also covers levels of analysis, scale of rank, word order, sentence patterns
and structural positions, function words and sequence of tenses.
Course Books & References
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605:
Advanced Synatic Analysis 2 3cr.hrs
Aims:-
·
To
introduce the students to the descriptive analysis of sentence constituents.
·
To
continue an in depth study of English grammar.
Description:
This course
complements the grammar covered in 504. Here the students review analysis of
sentence constituents and examine syntactic processes such as coordination,
subordination, complexity and related logical connectors.
Course Books & References
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606 Advanced Writing
Aims:-
·
To
practice the writing functions necessary for academic work.
·
To
train the students to achieve the goal of writing to meet the academic and
professional needs.
Description:
·
This
course trains the students to practice writing the essay. Construction of
thesis statement, the writing of an introductory paragraph and conclusion will
be emphasized.
·
Students
write personal reflections, analyze a variety of topics of increasing
complexity and length.
·
Few
model essays are to be examined in class discussion.
·
After
that, the students should be able to write essays without the artificial
reference provided by the model.
Course
Book & References
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708 Varieties of
English
Aims:-
·
To
further develop the students understanding and appreciation of language as a
tool of communication.
·
To
provide them with tools and techniques to enable them to distinguish the
different forms and functions of registers.
Description:
The course shows
the students how language is adapted to suit the subject matter, medium,
participants and purpose.
It also provides
the students with tools and techniques for analyzing and distinguishing forms
and function by register.
Students learn
basic terms and then examine different registers to identify their main
features.
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609:
Advanced Reading (Reading the essay) 3cr.hrs
Aims:-
The course
introduces the students to extensive reading of authentic texts.
Description:
·
The
course introduces the students to a particular kind of non-fiction. They read
increasingly longer essays written by contemporary essayists.
·
They
will have extensive training in vocabulary, comprehension and the analysis of
essays, emphasizing ideas, organizing, style, movement of theme, emotional
distance etc.
Course
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810:
Discourse Analysis 3cr.hrs
Aims:-
·
To
develop an awareness of the differences between spoken and written discourse.
·
To
help the students identify and employ cohesive devices
·
To
sensitize them to the effect of situation and context on the formality and informality
of language.
Description:
This course introduces the students to
the features of written and spoken discourse. The students learn to identify
concepts like focus, coherence and cohesion, topic and reference, the role of
context in interpretation, information structure, background knowledge and how
sentences can be manipulated to achieve effect.
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511: Introduction to Linguistics
Aims:-
·
To
Introduce the Students to the field of linguistics.
·
To
provide foundation concepts and terminology.
·
To
provide information about the analysis and description of human languages.
·
To
raise awareness about the nature of language and its relation to society,
psychology etc
Description:
The course is an introduction to the
scientific study of language and of the main concerns of modern linguistics;
phonetics, phonology, syntax and semantics. Practical analysis and problem
solving are introduced.
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712:English Language Teaching (ELT) 1 3cr.hrs
Aims:-
·
To
introduce the basic theoretical foundations of language teaching.
·
To
introduce different methods of teaching
·
To
introduce the students to a future career in teaching English.
Description:
·
The
course intends to introduce the basics of the different methods of ELT and give
a brief account of how first and second languages are learnt.
·
Topics
covered include curriculum meaning and design, lesson planning, testing and
evaluation, The role of learning strategies etc.
·
Students
will practice peer teaching in class.
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713: English Language Teaching 2 (ELT) 2 3cr.hrs
Aims:-
To
give the students an opportunity to further practice classroom techniques of
teaching the different language skills on the light of the theories presented
in ELT1.
Description:
This course is a continuation of ELT1. In it, each language
skill /area is individually discussed and followed by live demonstration
lesson, microteaching or video presentation.
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314لغة عربية 1 (نحو) 3
cr.hrs
الأهـداف:
1- تمكين الطالب من استخدام قواعد اللغة استخداما سليما.
2- تعرف الطالب الأصول النحوية ومدلولاتها لتجنب الأخطاء اللغوية والنحوية.
3- تنمية مدارك الدارسين على تذوق اللغة العربية وإدراك نواحي الجمال فيها.
توصيف المقرر:
·
يتكون المقرر من دراسة تركيب الجملة ،الفاعل
ونائب الفاعل والمفاعيل المختلفة، التمييز والاستثناء والحال بالإضافة إلى تطبيقات
عامة من إعراب آيات قرآنية ونماذج من الشعر.
المصادر والمراجع:
لغة عربية 2 (نحو وصرف) 315
3 cr.hrs
الأهـداف:
1-
تمكين الطالب من تطبيق القواعد النحوية والصرفية
تطبيقا سليما.
2-
إيصال القاعدة النحوية والصرفية بأسلوب ميسر
يمكن الطالب من الاستفادة منها.
توصيف المقرر:
·
يتكون المقرر من دراسة كان واخواتها ، إن وأخواتها،
لا النافية للجنس ، الفعل المتعدي واللازم ،الأفعال التي تنصب 3 مفاعيل.
·
دراسة جموع القلة والكثرة ، الإعلال والإبدال
التقاء الساكنين بالإضافة الى تطبيقات عملية عامة.
المصادر والمراجع:
816: Contrastive
and Error Analysis(C/A&EA)
3 cr. hrs
Amis
· To make the students aware of the similarities & differences between English and Arabic
· To train them on how to predict
learning problems.
· To train the students on how to
analyze and explain errors
Description
·
The
course gives the students practice in applying language theories to outline the
difference between English and Arabic languages.
·
It
introduces the objective of the C/A hypothesis and methods of analysis.
·
It focuses of selected areas of phonology,
morphology grammar and syntax.
·
It
also introduces the study of the factors that influence and characterize second
language learners system and of theories of inter language and language
learning.
·
Practical
analysis of English learner’s errors will be focused on as well.
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817: Graduation Project
4cr. hrs
Amis:
·
To
enable the students to apply their knowledge of research methods.
Description
·
Each
students is to chose a topic on language or literature and seek approval by a
supervisor. An acceptable proposal will be agreed upon before commencing the
writing.
·
Each
student will be required to produce a computer processed essay of not less
than----words before the end of semester 8.
Specialization Courses (cont)
2)Literature
301:
Introduction to Literature 3cr.
hrs
Aims:-
·
To
introduce the students to the nature of English literature.
·
Familiarize
them with the literary genres.
Description:
·
The
course presents literature as a field of study in the wider contexts of the
social, literary and cultural concerns, which shaped the literary discourse.
·
The students are introduced to the three
literary genres: Poetry, prose and drama through the reading of selected texts.
Reading
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402: Reading the Short Story
3cr.hrs
Aims:
·
To
introduce the students to the most contemporary literary genres.
·
To
encourage them to read for pleasure.
Description:
·
The
course covers the nature of the short story, its plot, structure,
characterization and the narrative viewpoint and how it affects the reader’s
response.
·
The
writer’s choice of language and style are also covered.
Reading List
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403: The Romantic Poetry
Aims
·
To
acquaint the students with the great heritage of the English Romantic period.
·
To
encourage them to read poetry for pleasure
Description:
A representative selection from
renouned poets will be studied. Emphasis will be on the features, events and
themes, which characters the poetry of the period.
Focus will be on the critical and
philosophical trends of the period.
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509: The 19th Century British
Novel
3cr.hrs
Aims:
The course aims
to introduce the students to the main features of the C19th novel, through investigating some
prominent works of the age.
Description:
Some works of the leading Victorian novelists will be read
and discussed to show the immense social changes and humanitarian issues
aroused by the industrial and political revolution, the clash between the old
and new and the fate of the individual.
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605: Shakespeare and His Time 3cr.hrs
Aims:
·
To
study Shakespeare in relation to his age.
Description:
Some selected works will be examined
within the Elizabethan dramatic.Tradition. The dominant political,
philosophical and religious trends of the time will also be highlighted.
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706: Shakespeare Plays
3cr.hrs
Aims:
·
To
acquaint the students with Shakespeare as playwright.
Description:
·
This
course, together with 605, traces the development of Shakespeare as a
playwright.
·
The
course will focus on the development of his tragic vision and the various
levels at which his works could be taught. His imagery and the formal structure
of the play will be studied.
·
Some
plays will be shown on video and discussed in tutorials, focusing on the theme,
the plot and characterization.
Reading List
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707: 20th Century American
Literature 3cr.hrs
Aims:
The
course aims to explore the American contribution to English literature and
modernism.
Description:
The course explores the major trends and
movements in the modern and contemporary novel. The major themes in some
representative novels are to be discussed and the language and style explained.
The meaning of the term modernism is to be studied and illustrated in the works
of such major writers like Faulkner, Hemingway etc. later developments will
also be considered.
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708: Modern African Literature 3cr.hrs
Aims:
·
The
course intends to introduce African literature, its major writers, movements
and trends.
·
To
bestow on African literature an international status.
Description:
The course studies representative
selection from African prose, poetry and drama. The conditions under which
African literature emerged are to be explained together with textual analysis.
The roots of the African literature during the colonial rule and the oral
traditions, which shaped its form and content, are to be highlighted.
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509: Literature and Society
3cr.hrs
Aims:
·
To
demonstrate to the students how literature depicts the social structure and
values of certain people.
Description:
The course focuses upon the ways in
which literature reflects society will be explored using the sociology of
literature critical approach or any similar methodology.
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510: Modern English Poetry 3cr.hrs
Aims:
·
To
introduce the students to the major themes of 20th century poetry as related to
the radical changes in modern civilization and arts.
Description:
The focuses will be on consideration of
the basic elements of modernism. A selection from the poetry of W.B Yeats,
T.S.Eliot, in addition to some war poetry will be studied.
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611: Modern Drama
3cr.hrs
Aims:
·
The
course aims to give a deeper insight into drama as a literary form.
Description:
The course is concerned with modern and
contemporary British drama. It describes the radical changes in C20th drama
taking up the social issues and the different strands and viewpoints of life
and modern man’s dilemma. The influence of the leaders of modern European drama
e.g. Ibsen, Beckett etc. will be studied.
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612: Introduction to Literary
Criticism
3cr.hrs
Aims:
·
To introduce the students to
literary criticism.
Description:
The contents of the
course are twofold: -
1) To introduce the students to the
history of literary criticism through the different periods.
2) To acquaint them with major schools of
thought, trends and movements in modern literary schools: structuralism,
reception theory and speech act theory will be studied then applied to selected
texts.
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813: Middle Eastern Literature in Translation 3cr.hrs
Aims:
·
To
introduce the students to the literary achievements of major Arab and Middle
Eastern Writers
Description:
The course explores the major themes and recurrent motifs
that give this literature its distinctive quality both in classical and modern
times.
A variety of literary genres are to be selected.
Classical writers may include e.g. Al Jahiz, Ibn AlRumi,
while modern ones may focus on major modern literary figures like Najeeb
Mahfouz, Tayib Saleh and Gibran.
Reading List
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714: 20th century British Literature 3cr.hrs
Aims:
·
To
survey the major landmarks in 20th century British literature
Description:
The course focuses on fiction, poetry
and drama.
A selection of novelists, poets and dramatist
will be studied with regard to both individual achievement and style and shared
social and thematic concerns.
Reading List & References
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