SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, LITERACIES AND TRANSLATION

INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING

SEMESTER I
ACADEMIC SESSION 2012-2013

A. COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code : LSP 300

Course Title : ACADEMIC ENGLISH

Day :

Time : (Please refer to APPENDIX 1)

Place :

Coordinator/Lecturer: Pn. Vivien Chee Pei Wei

Guest Lecturer :

No. of Student :

Credit Units : 2

B. COURSE OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

(a) give and interpret instructions
(b) understand and describe processes and procedures using sequence linkers;
(c) make oral and written comparisons;
(d) express different opinions and viewpoints effectively.
(e) give suggestions and recommendations using appropriate expressions and
present them in short reports;
(f) draw conclusions;

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D. REFERENCES

Magazines & Newspapers

a) Newsweek
b) Asiaweek
c) National Geographic
d) Reader’s Digest
e) New Straits Times
f) The Star
g) The Sun
h) Far Eastern Economic Review
i) Malaysian Naturalist
j) Health Today
k) Popular Science
l) Times

Books
a) Hughes, Rebecca (2005) Exploring Grammar in Writing
b) Nettle, M & L Hopkins D (2003) Developing Grammar in Context
c) Redman, Stuart (2006) English Vocabulary in Use
d) Farida J Ibrahim et al (2002) Grammar Builder
e) Wilson, Ken (1997) Fastlane
f) McCarthy, M & O’Dell F (2005) English Vocabulary in Use
g) Brown, Steven (1997) Journeys (Reading)
h) A S Hornby (2005) Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English

Journals :

Websites :

a) http://www.smic.be/smic5022/testtenses2.htm

b) http://www.independentlearning.org

c) http://iteslj.org

d) http://www.eslcafe.com

e) http://a4esl.org

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 E. SCHEDULE

WEEK/DATE TITLE NOTES

st
1 1 Meeting
[10/9-14/9]  Brief students on LSP 300
 Brief students on attendance requirements
 Check students’ particulars, entry
requirements, etc.
Hari Malaysia
2
UNIT 1 - Giving Instructions (16/9-Sunday)
[17/9-21/9]
3
[24/9-28/9] UNIT 1 - Giving Instructions

4
UNIT 2 – Describing Processes
[01/10-05/10]

5
UNIT 2 – Describing Processes
[08/10-12/10]

6
UNIT 3 – Making Comparisons
[15/10-19/10]
Hari Raya Qurban
7
UNIT 3 – Making Comparisons (26/10-Friday)
[22/10-26/10]
8
UNIT 3 – Making Comparisons Reading
[29/10-02/11]
Comprehension Test (10%)

9 UNIT 4 – Expressing Opinions, Agreeing and Writing Test

05/11-19/11] Disagreeing (10%)

10 MID SEMESTER BREAK

[10/11-18/11]
11 UNIT 4 – Expressing Opinions, Agreeing and
[19/11-23/11] Disagreeing

12 UNIT 4 – Expressing Opinions, Agreeing and

[26/11-30/11] Disagreeing
Group Discussion (15%)
13 UNIT 5 – Giving Advice, Making Suggestions and
[03/12-07/12] Recommendations

14 UNIT 5 – Giving Advice, Making Suggestions and

Listening Test
[10/12-14/12] Recommendations
(15%)
15 UNIT 5 – Giving Advice, Making Suggestions and
[17/12-21/12] Recommendations

16 STUDY WEEK (MINGGU ULANGKAJI)

[22/12-01/01]

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F. COURSE EVALUATION

COURSE WORK ( 50 % )

Mode Percentage Deadline

Reading Comprehension Test 10% Week 8

Writing Test 10% Week 9

Group Discussion 15% Week 12 & 13

Listening Test
(Students listen to a recording and answer questions 15% Week 14
based on it.)

Notes:
Continuous assessments provide both students and teachers more opportunities to
evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the students in the four different skills.

Final Examination ( 50% )

Reading Comprehension
Writing