RIPHAH INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE

Associate Degree Program

Course Title: English-I
Course Number:
Credit Hours: 3
Course Pre-requisite: Intermediate English
Course Duration : 16 weeks

Course Description:
This course will facilitate students in making their strong foundation in spoken English,
grammar, reading, writing and listening comprehension. This course will lead students to speak
and write English without any hesitation with the help of proper usage of vocabulary and
English grammar.

Course Objectives:
This course will help students to:
 Understand the significance of effective communication skills
 Improve interpersonal and professional correspondence
 Compose clear and well drafted written assignments and oral presentations
 Learn and focus on self-presentation and body language besides improving linguistic
skills

Learning Outcomes:
After studying this course, students should be able to:
 Improve and enhance the English writing, reading and listening skills
 Overcome hesitation to speak English

Educational Methodology to be used:

1. Interactive Lecture
2. Group Discussion
3. Presentation

Violation of Academic Honesty Policy:

a. Submission on time
b. Free of spelling and grammatical errors
c. Appropriate length
d. Appropriate presentation (font type and size, margin, stapled)
e. Identical or partially identical assignments/project will get a Zero in the assignment.
The repetition of such kind may lead to an “F” grade in the course
f. Plagiarism of any sort will not be tolerated

General Classroom Norms:

Class attendance is mandatory. You may miss up to 25% (8 out of 32 sessions) class sessions
but save it for emergency only. In case you exceed this level, you will be withdrawn from the
course. As a courtesy to the instructor and other students, be prepared to arrive at class and be
in your seat on time. In addition, please note that each class lasts for 90 minutes (1.5 Hours).

Also keep in mind some general rules in the class as given below:
 Cell phones should be powered off.
 Eatables are not allowed in the class.
 The teacher will not tolerate any disruptive behavior in the class.
 The University Dress Code has to be observed, no warnings will be given, and violators
will be asked politely to leave the class and consequently will be marked absent.

Participation:
Students are required to attend all classes and read all the assigned material in advance of class
(although not necessarily with perfect comprehension). Advanced preparation and class
participation are crucial for proper conceptual understanding. During discussion sessions, the
instructor generally keeps track of the insightful and useful comments students make.
(Irrelevant and Unproductive contribution is not rewarded)
Technology / Equipment / Models / Physical Support:
1. Multimedia
2. White Board
3. Movies
4. Audio Visual Lab
5. Websites

Grade Distribution:
Evaluation Type Percentage (%) Activities
Quizzes 10 Minimum 4
Assignments 5 Minimum 4
Presentation 10 Minimum 1
Mid Term 30
Final Term 40
Class Participation 5
Total Points 100
 Course Contents:

Week Contents Activities

Present and Past

 Present continuous (I am doing)
 Present simple (I do)
 Present continuous and present simple 1 (I am doing
01
and I do)
 Present continuous and present simple 2 (I am doing
and I do)
 Past simple (I did)
 Past continuous (I was doing)
Present Perfect and Past
 Present perfect 1 (I have done)
 Present perfect 2 (I have done)
 Present perfect continuous (I have been doing)
 Present perfect continuous and simple (I have been
doing and I have done)
 How long have you (been)…?
02  For and since
 When…? And how long…?
 Present perfect and past 1 (I have done and I did)
 Present perfect and past 2 (I have done and I did)
 Past perfect (I had done)
 Past perfect continuous (I had been doing)
 Have and have got
 Used to (do)
Future
03  Present tenses (I am doing/I do) for the future
 (I’m) going to (do)
Assignmnet-1
 Will / Shall 1
 Will / Shall 2
 I will and I’m going to
 Will be doing and will have done
 When I do/when I’ve done
 When and If
Modals
 Can, could and (be) able to
 Could (do) and could have (done)
 Must and can’t
 May and might 1
 May and might 2
 Have to and must
04  Must, mustn’t and needn’t Quiz-1
 Should 1
 Should 2
  Has better it’s time…
 Would
 Can/Could/Would you…? Etc. (requests, offers,
permission and invitations)
If and wish
 If I do … and if I did …
05  If I knew … I wish I knew …
 If I had known … I wish I had known …
Assignmnet-2
 Wish
Passive
 Passive 1 (is done I was done)
06  Passive 2 (be done/been done/being done)
 Passive 3
 It is said that … he is said to … he is supposed to …
 Have something done
Reported speech
 Reported speech 1 (he said that …)
07  Reported speech 2
Questions and auxiliary verbs
 Question 1
08  Question 2 (do you where …? /he asked me where …) Quiz-2
 Auxiliary verbs (have/do/can etc.) (I think so/I hope so
etc.)
 Question tags (do you? Isn’t it? Etc.)
Mid Term
-ing and to…
 Verb+ -ing (enjoy doing/stop doing etc.)
 Verb+ to… (Decide to…/forget to… etc.)
 Verb (+ object) + to… (I want you to… etc.)
 Verb+ -ing or to… 1 (remember/regret etc.)
 Verb+ -ing or to… 2 (try/need/help) Assignment-3
 Verb+ -ing or to… 3 (like/would like etc.)
10  Prefer and would rather Quiz-3
 Preposition (in/for/about etc.) + -ing
 Be / get used to something (I’m used to…)
 Verb + preposition + -ing (succeed in –ing /accuse
somebody of –ing etc.)
 Expressions + -ing
 To…, for… and so that…
 Adjective + to…
 To… (afraid to do) and preposition + -ing (afraid of –
ing)
 See somebody do and see somebody doing
 -ing clauses (feeling tired, I went to bed early.)
Articles and nouns
 Countable and uncountable 1
 Countable and uncountable 2
 Countable nouns with a/an and some
  A/An and The
 The 1
 The 2 (school/the school etc.)
 The 3 (children/the children)
11
 The 4 (the giraffe/the telephone/the piano etc., the +
adjective)
 Names with and without the 1
 Names with and without the 2
 Singular and plural
 Noun + noun (a tennis ball/a headache)
 -‘s (your sister’s name) and of …( the name of the
book)
Pronouns and determiners
 Myself/Yourself/Themselves etc.
 A friend of mine, My own house, On my own, by
myself
 There… and It…
12  Some and Any
 No/None/Any/Nothing/Nobody etc.
 Much, Many, Little, Few, A lot, Plenty Assignment-4
 All/All of most/Most of no. /None of etc.
 Both/Both of Quiz-4
 Neither/Neither of
 Either/Either of
 all, Every and Whole
 Each and Every
Relative clauses
 Relative clause 1: clauses with who/that/which
 Relative clause 2: clauses with and without
who/that/which
13
 Relative clause 3: whose/whom/where
 Relative clause 4: extra information clauses (1)
 Relative clause 5: extra information clauses (2)
 -ing and -ed clauses (the woman talking to Tom, the
boy injured in the accident)
Adjectives and adverbs
 Adjectives ending in -ing and-ed (boring/bored etc.)
 Adjectives: a nice new house, you look tired
 Adjectives and adverbs 1 (quick/quickly)
 Adjectives and adverbs 2 (well/fast/late/hard/hardly)
 So and such
 Enough and too
14  Quite, pretty, rather and fairly
 Comparison 1 (cheap, more expensive etc.)
 Comparison 2 (much better/any better/better and
better/the sooner/the better)
 Comparison 3 (as… as/than)
 Superlative (the longest, the more enjoyable etc.)
 Word order 1: verb + object; place and time
 Word order 2: adverbs with verb
  Still/Yet and Already
 Anymore/Any longer/No longer
 Even
Conjunctions and prepositions
 Although/though/even tough
 In spite of/ despite
 Incase
 Unless/as long as
15  Provided/providing
 As (as I walked along the street…/as/was hungry…)
 Like and as
 Like/as if/as though
 For, during and while
 By and until/by the time…
Prepositions
 At/On/In (time)
 On time and In time
 At the end and In the end
 In/At/On (position) 1
 In/At/On (position) 2
 In/At/On (position) 3
 To/At/In/Into Presentation
 In/On/At (other uses)
16  By
 Noun+ preposition (reason for, cause of etc.)
 Adjective + preposition 1
 Adjective + preposition 2
 Verb + preposition 1 To and At
 Verb + preposition 2 About/For/Of/After
 Verb + preposition 3 About and Of
 Verb + preposition 4 Of/For/From/On
 Verb + preposition 5 In/Into/With/On
Phrasal verbs
 Phrasal verb 1 general points
 Phrasal verbs 2 In/Out
 Phrasal verbs 3 Out
 Phrasal verbs 4 On/Off (1)
17  Phrasal verbs 5 On/Off (2)
 Phrasal verbs 6 Up/Down
 Phrasal verbs 7 Up (1)
 Phrasal verbs 8 Up (2)
 Phrasal verbs 9 Away/Back

Final Term