NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

College of E & ME

Title: English Course Code: HU-100

Credit Hours: 2-0
Text Book: Wren and Martin, English Grammar and Composition

Reference Books:
1. Building English Skills, Yellow Level
2. Practical English Grammar by A. J. Thomson and A. V. Martinet
3. High Schools English Grammar by P. C. Wren and H. Martin

Course Objectives:
Assigned Level of
PLO’s Course Learning Outcomes CLOs Learning PLO

CLO1. Locate common errors usually made by the learners of English as C2 10

second language.
10
CLO 2. Demonstrate coherence and cohesion in paragraph development C3 10

CLO 3.Write various types of essays, magazine/newspaper articles and C3 10

develop effective paraphrasing and summarizing skills

CLO4. Present confidently in front of large audience using audio/ visual A2 10

aids.

Course Content (Weekly Breakdown)

Weeks Lecture Topic Reading/Activities

Activity
General Course introduction will be
 Introduction to the course given, and its importance will be
 Importance of English highlighted in their(students) field
Week 1.  Factors affecting English language Students are asked to share their
opinion and problems in English
communication.
 Activity:
Parts of Speech, verb tense,
subject-verb-Agreement, (a) students are given lecture on given
participle. topics and asked to do
Exercise/practice sheets
Types of pronoun
Week 2.
a) demonstrative pronoun
b) reflexive pronoun
C) reciprocal pronoun
D) relative pronoun

Phonetics & Phonology

Introduction to the speech sounds Activity
Consonant, Vowels, Stress Patterns, Students are given orientation of all
Intonation, Form Words, Content Words, sounds utterances and asked to utter
Week 3 Rhythm these sounds after drilling exercise.

& Grammar Review-I The topic will be explained with

Phrase, Clause, Sentence, examples.
Week 4 Sentence structures, Types of Students are given practice exercises.
sentences (Simple, compound,
compound-complex),
Punctuation marks, Modifiers
Oral Presentation Skills (Power Point
Presentations) Activity:
 Deliverance Students will be given general
 Rhythm, intonation instructions on how to give
 Stress pattern presentation and then asked to
 Preparation google out the latest/interesting
 Choosing Overall Organizational research in their field and later
Pattern present on it. They will work in pairs
 Building Strong Opening to conduct this activity
 Tips for Creating a Great
Week 5 Introduction and interesting Presentation/Assignment:
conclusion Prepare a presentation on an
 Checking for Understanding interesting topic and present it in the
 Posture and Gestures class using multimedia and other
 Audio-visual Aids gadgets.
 Eye Contact
 Use of the Voice
 First Impressions
 Timing
 Handling Difficult Questions
Week 6 Ist O.H.T. Examination

 Advanced Sentence Structures-I Activity

 Misplaced modifiers, Dangling Students are given rules with
modifiers, mixed constructions examples.
Week 7 They are given practice exercises.
They are assigned writing task based
on the given writing errors.

 Advanced Sentence Structures- Activity

II Students are given rules with
Week 8  Parallelism (Parallelize the non- examples.
parallel structures) They are given practice exercises.
 Sentence fragments, Run-on They are assigned writing task based
sentences. on the given writing errors.

Pre-writing Techniques
Free-writing, note keeping/making, brain
Week 9
storming, mind mapping, identifying
topics words, and developing topic
sentences.
Activity
Students are given different
techniques for note keeping.
Students are demonstrated with the
procedure of identifying key words
and developing topic sentences from
the topic.

Students are given topic to identify

topic words for developing topic
sentences after brain storming.
 Paragraph Writing
 Developing thematic ideas and
Week 10 supporting details
 Invention & inquiry Technique
 Usage of synonyms/Antonyms
 Developing unity in ideas
Essay Writing, Types of Essay
 Organization
 Common methods of beginning,
middle, conclusion
Week 11  Use of linkages/discourse
markers.
Week 12 2nd O.H.T Examination
 Types of writing
 Narrative writing
 Descriptive writing
 Expository writing
Week 13
 Punctuation
Week 14  Comma, Semi colon, Colon
 Articles/determiners
Students are given exposure of
different techniques of writing
supporting details.
They are given topic to develop
paragraphs on it and share with the
class.
Activity:
Students are showed different
templates of beginning, middle and
end paragraph.
They are also oriented with discourse
markers and its usage
They are finally asked to write on
topic cohesively and coherently.
Students are given templates of
different writings.
They are given practice exercises of
each type of writing.
They are assigned different topics for
speaking and writing based on
description, narration and
Explanation
Activity
Students are given explanation of
rules of punctuation.
They are provided with written
exercises for practice.
 Activity:
Week 15 Word Skills Students are showed different videos
Vocabulary building, synonyms, on building vocabulary.
antonyms, effective use of thesaurus, They are given topics to hold
dictionary skills discussion in groups.

Activity:
Students are asked to present their
Presentations-I self as tourist guide and give
Week 16 & entertaining presentation on any
Presentations-II country they like about its culture,
famous places, their developments,
etc
Students are also encouraged to
make interesting slides for
presentation.
Week 17 Revision/Recapitulation
Week 18 Final Examination