Jimma
College of Social Sciences and Huma;
University
ies
Department of English Language and Literature
Course Title: Communicative English Language Skills 1
Course Code: FLEn!011 Credit Hour: 3
Year: [ Semester: |
Instructor's Name___Kokeb Tesema
Course description
Communicative English Language Skills { focus on listening and read
ive Engl guage Skill stening and reading skills and integrate these ‘0
el pith Se oe ne Ee It is prepared to enable you, the student, to communicate in
inglish with acceptable accuracy and fluency by using English appi e
y using English appropriately in different contexts. The
radlule sims to develop your English language proficiency through language learning, activities
designed to help you use English for your academic and social needs. The language learning
‘activities encourage you to learn by doing things in English and by reflecting on the activities
you do in each unit, Grammar and vocabulary learning activities are also included in the module.
Course objectives
Upon completing this course. students will be able to:
4 express yourself in social and academic events in Englis
use English with reasonable level of fluency and accuracy:
n to talks related to social and academic events given in English;
st read academic and other texts written in English; Ms
as academically and socially appropriate; and
+ liste
+ write in Engli
+4 develop your English on your own.
Table of
nit 1: Study Skills
| 1.1. Listening: What is a lecture?
| 1.2. Grammar focus: Modals and infini
giving advice
| 1.3. Reading: Reading for study
| 1.4. Grammar focus: Present perfect tense
ives for
Contents
Unit 2: Health and Fitness
2.1. Listening: Zinedine Zidane
2.2, Grammar focus: Conditionals
2.3, Reading: Health and fitness
2.4. Vocabulary: Guessing _meani
context
Unit 4: Wildlife .
4.1. Listening: Human-wildlife interaction
| Unit 3: Cultural Values
| 5.1, Listening: Cultural tourism
3.2. Grammar focus: The present simple, past
| simple.
| present perfect and past perfect in contrast
3.3. Strategies for improving English grammar
| knowledge
Reading: Africa's wild animals |
43, Vocabulary: Denotative and connotative |
meanings
4.4. Grammar focus: Con
\ditionals revised
| 3.4. Reading: The Awramba community
Unit 5: Population
5.1. Listening: Population density
. Reading: Population pyramid
. Vocabulary: Collocation
| 54. Grammar focus: Voice
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