HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

FACULTY OF ENGLISH

2019 – 2020
I. General Course Information:
- Course Code: ENGL224 - Course Title: Reading & Writing 4
- Semester: Semester 2 - Level: Undergraduate
- Contact hours per week: 2 hours
- Assumed Background:
This Language Skills Development Course is a compulsory course for the English-majored students. As a second-year subject, it requires prior knowledge on the subject of ENGL222.
- Course Description: This course is designed to improve student’s English language proficiency to B2 level according to Common European Framework of Reference.
- Course Staff
Ms Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen Responsibility: Classroom, Timetable Office: 107 D3 Building, HNUE
Cell phone: 0989143174 Email: huyenntt@hnue.edu.vn

- Course Instructor:

II. Learning Objectives

This skill-based integrated course aims at developing students’ language proficiency at B2 level.
In terms of reading, after successfully completing this course, students can:
o understand the details, the main idea and the structure of articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems in which the writers adopt stances or
viewpoints.
o understand writers' opinions, attitudes and purposes of articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems in which the writers adopt stances or
viewpoints.
o understand the meaning of words or phrases from the context.
In terms of writing, after successfully completing this course, students can produce coherent well-organized academic cause-effect/advantages & disadvantages essay of about 250 words.
Specifically, they can:
 use the conventions of the communicative task effectively to hold the target reader’s attention and communicate straightforward and complex ideas.
 use a variety of cohesive devices and organisational patterns.
 use a range of vocabulary, including less common lexis, appropriately and simple and complex grammatical forms with control and flexibility.
III. Learning Resources

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 1. Bell, J & Thomas, A. (2015). Gold first (New edition). Pearson Longman.
2. Brown, R. & Richards, L. (2011). IELTS Advantages: Writing skills. Delta Publishing Company.
3. Folse et al. (2010). Great Writing 4: Great Essays (3rd edition). Heinle Cengage Learning.
4. O’Dell, F. & Mccarthy, M. (2008). English Collocation in Use (Advanced). Cambridge University Press.
5. O’Dell, F. & Mccarthy, M. (2006). Vocabulary in Use (Upper-intermediate & Advanced). Cambridge University Press.
6. Oshima, A. (2006). Writing Academic English (4th edition). Pearson Longman.
7. Savage, A., Mayer, P. (2005). Effective Academic Writing 2. Oxford University Press.
8. First certificate in English 1. Cambridge University Press.
9. First certificate in English 2. Cambridge University Press.
10. First certificate in English 3. Cambridge University Press.
11. First certificate in English 4. Cambridge University Press.
12. First certificate in English 5. Cambridge University Press.
IV. Assessment
1. Assessment Summary
Assessment Tasks Due Dates Weighting Note
Class attendance & participation 12/2019 – 04/2020 10%
On-going assessment 30% The average of evaluation on
- Writing assignments - Assigned by teacher reading mini-tests and writing
- 2 Reading mini-tests - Weeks 6, 8 assignments.

End-of-term Test 60%

2. Assessment Details
Attendance: Regular attendance is a must. Anyone who is absent from class for over 20% of total time will not be eligible to take the end-of-term test.
On-going Assessment (30%)
A. Reading Mini-tests
- Type: During class
- Due date: Reading mini-tests 1 & 2 will take place in weeks 6 & 8 respectively.
- Time allowed: 30-40 minutes approximately
- Task description:
+ Part 1 (6 items – Multiple choice): Students are required to read a long text and answer 4-option MCQ.
+ Part 2 (6 items – Gapped text sentences): Students are required to insert sentences into their corresponding paragraphs.
+ Part 3 (10 items – Multiple matching): Students are required to match the information with the people/things mentioned in the text.
- B. Writing Assignments
- Type: During class
- Due date: Assigned by the teacher
- Task description: A writing assignment portfolio includes the 1st draft of writing (students are asked to write an essay on one of the given topics), a peer feedback form
which indicates peer evaluation and correction (the due date is assigned by teacher), and the 2nd draft (students rewrite the 1st one after getting their peers’ comment)
and the final draft (students are required to self-edit his/ her essay after receiving the peer feedback form and teacher’s feedback).
C. Vocabulary sheet
- Task description: Students are required to prepare a handwriting vocabulary sheet of at least 15 words/ phrases about the topics concerned in upcoming sessions. The
vocabulary could be collected from the course book (Gold first) or vocabulary books (English Collocation in Use and Vocabulary in Use). The vocabulary sheet might
be personally designed but must indicate the pronunciation of the new word/ phrase, its part of speech, its definition and its appearance in your own new sentence. The
vocabulary sheet must be on desk when the new lesson takes place.
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 End-of-term Test
- Type: Final exam
- Time allowed: 90 minutes approximately
- Task description:
Reading
+ Part 1 (6 items – Multiple choice): Students are required to read a long text and answer 4-option MCQ.
+ Part 2 (6 items – Gapped text sentences): Students are required to insert sentences into their corresponding paragraphs.
+ Part 3 (10 items – Multiple matching): Students are required to match the information with the people/things mentioned in the text.
Writing
Writing a cause-effect essay/ advantages & disadvantages essay of about 250 words

V. Course Policies
- Items (for which no extension has been granted) submitted after the due date and time, incur a late submission penalty. The penalty is at the rate of 2 marks (per day) of the total
available marks for that particular piece of assessment.
- Students are required to go to class on time. If a student is late for class twice, he/ she is considered to be absent from class once.
- Every incomplete homework/ no homework assignment results in mark 0. Every 2 incomplete homework assignments results in the failing grade.

VI. Course Outline

SELF-STUDY HOMEWORK SOURCE FOR
LANGUAGE SKILLS - ECU: English TEACHER
LANGUAGE
WEEK Collocation in Use
COMPONENTS
READING WRITING - EVU: English
Vocabulary in Use
Course introduction - Reading for main idea - Features of academic - Vocab: - ECU, topics: - First certificate in - Gold first, Unit 1,
- Reading for details language Deducing Leisure and lifestyle English 1 Reading
Week 1: Bands and fans - Understanding of how a text is - Topic sentence words in - EVU, topics: (Reading & Use of
Reading structured - Supporting sentences context Feeling and actions English, test 1 &2) - Great Writing 4
- Are music “tribes” a - Predicting what information is - Vocab: Phrase - Writing Academic
thing of the past? missing from each gap verbs with take English
Writing: - Looking for topic words, - Effective
- Revision on academic synonyms and reference words Academic Writing
writing for a link before and after each 2
- Revision on paragraph gap - The Internet
structure

Week 2: Relative values - Reading for main idea - Understanding essay - Vocab: Phrasal - ECU, topics: People - First certificate in - Gold first, Unit 2,
- Locating specific information organization: verbs - EVU, topics: English 1 Reading
Reading - Understanding introduction, body and Relationship; At (Reading & Use of
- Friend or enemy? writers' opinions and attitudes conclusion home English, test 3 &4) - Great Writing 4
Writing - Understanding hooks - Writing Academic
Understanding essay & thesis statements English
organization - Writing hooks & - Effective
Writing the essay thesis statements Academic Writing
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introduction & - Writing conclusions 2
conclusion - The Internet
- Locating specific information Advantages & - Vocab: - ECU, topics: - First certificate in - Gold first, Unit 4,
- Understanding disadvantages essay Collocations Modern world English 2 Reading
writers' opinions and attitudes (1) and idioms: - EVU, topics: The (Reading & Use of
Week 3: Battling nature - Analyzing model weather environment; Global English, test 1 &2) - Great Writing 4
essays problems; the natural - Writing Academic
Reading world English
- Battling with nature - Effective
Writing Academic Writing
Advantages & 2
disadvantages essay (1) - IELTS
Advantages:
Writing skills
- The Internet
- Understanding main Advantages & - Vocab: Phrasal - ECU, topics: Health - First certificate in - Gold first, Unit 5,
idea of a text disadvantages essay verbs with turn and medicine English 2 Reading
Week 4: Eat your heart
- Understanding specific details (2) - EVU, topics: Food (Reading & Use of
out
in a text - Practicing writing English, test 3 &4) - Great Writing 4
- Understanding the writer's the introduction and - Writing Academic
Reading
opinion, conclusion English
- The most famous
attitude or purpose - Effective
restaurant critic in
- Understanding the meaning of Academic Writing
America
words or phrases from the 2
Writing
context - IELTS
Advantages &
- Following features Advantages:
disadvantages essay (2)
of text organization such as Writing skills
examples and references - The Internet
- Reading for main idea Advantages & - Vocab: Word - ECU, topics: - First certificate in - Gold first, Unit 6,
- Reading for details disadvantages essay formation: Leisure and lifestyle English 3 Reading
- Understanding of how a text is (3) adjectives from - EVU, topics: (Reading & Use of
Week 5: On camera
structured - Vocabulary & nouns; nouns Feeling and actions English, test 1 &2) - Great Writing 4
- Predicting what information is structures for the body from verbs - Writing Academic
Reading
missing from each gap - Practicing writing English
- The nature of
- Looking for topic words, the body - Effective
entertainment
synonyms and reference words Academic Writing
Writing
for a link before and after each 2
Advantages &
gap - IELTS
disadvantages essay (3)
Advantages:
Writing skills
- The Internet
Week 6: A home from - Understanding main Advantages & - Vocab: - ECU, topics: - First certificate in - Gold first, Unit 7,
home idea of a text disadvantages essay Deducing Modern world English 3 Reading
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 - Understanding specific details (4) meaning - EVU, topics: (Reading & Use of
Reading in a text - Timed writing Notional concepts English, test 3 &4) - Great Writing 4
- Brooklyn - Understanding the writer's - Writing Academic
Writing opinion, English
Advantages & attitude or purpose - Effective
disadvantages essay (4) - Understanding the meaning of Academic Writing
words or phrases from the 2
Reading mini-test 1 context - IELTS
- Following features Advantages:
of text organisation such as Writing skills
examples and references - The Internet
- Reading for main idea Cause-effect essay - Vocab: Linking - ECU, topics: Work - First certificate in - Gold first, Unit 8,
- Locating specific information (1) words and and study English 4 Reading
Week 7: Moving on
- Understanding writers' opinions - Analyzing model expressions - EVU, topics: Work (Reading & Use of
and attitudes essays English, test 1 &2) - Great Writing 4
Reading
- Writing Academic
- To the end of the
English
earth
- Effective
Writing
Academic Writing
Cause-effect essay (1)
2
- The Internet
- Understanding main Cause-effect essay (2) - Vocab: - ECU, topics: - First certificate in - Gold first, Unit
idea of a text - Practicing writing Compound Friendship English 4 10, Reading
- Understanding specific details the introduction and adjectives: - EVU, topics: (Reading & Use of
Week 8: Virtual friends
in a text conclusion personality Relationship English, test 3 &4) - Great Writing 4
- Understanding the writer's - Writing Academic
Reading
opinion, English
- Virtual people, real
attitude or purpose - Effective
friends
- Understanding the meaning of Academic Writing
Writing
words or phrases from the 2
Cause-effect essay (2)
context - The Internet
Reading mini-test 2
- Following features
of text organisation such as
examples and references
- Reading for main idea Cause-effect essay (3) - Vocab: Using - ECU, topics: Travel - First certificate in - Gold first, Unit
Week 9: Living on the
- Reading for details - Vocabulary & prefixes to and adventure English 5 11, Reading
edge
- Understanding of how a text is structures for the body work out - EVU, topics: (Reading & Use of
structured - Practicing writing meaning Travel; Holiday English, test 1 &2) - Great Writing 4
Reading
the body - Writing Academic
- The kids who
English
climbed the Everest
- Effective
Writing
Academic Writing
Cause-effect essay (3)
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 - The Internet
- Reading for main idea Cause-effect essay (4) - Vocab: Phrasal - ECU, topics: Basic - First certificate in - Gold first, Unit
Week 10: Who are you
- Locating specific information - Timed writing verbs with concept English 5 13, Reading
again?
- Understanding come - EVU, topics: (Reading & Use of
writers' opinions and attitudes Notional concepts English, test 3 &4) - Great Writing 4
Reading
- Writing Academic
- Identity crisis
English
Writing
- Effective
Cause-effect essay (4)
Academic Writing
2
REVISION
- The Internet