FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

AMERICAN SCHOOL OF LINGUISTICS AND APPLIED LANGUAGE SCIENCES

Professional Practice of Superlative English Course Syllabus 2022-2023

The Professional Practice of Superlative English course is a comprehensive preparation course for all students who require a superior
IELTS score for academic or professional purposes. It focuses on the effective development of all the key skills required to ensure that
the students achieve their maximum potential in all IELTS examinations and includes the thorough practice, planning and strategies
required for success.

Course Code LLS-UD-ESL1103U

Course Credits 6.0 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites LLS-UD-ESL1102U - Advanced Practice of Executive English or any equivalence
Mode of Study Face-to-Face | Online
Assessment Methods End-of-Week Assignment (x4) - Weight: 40.0% | Comprehensive Examination (x3) - Weight: 60.0%
Course Materials Lectures, essential readings, specialized training, and references
Duration 6 weeks | 2 sessions/week | 1.5 hours/session x 12 sessions
Last Date of Revision January 6, 2023
Main Text IELTS Masterclass by Peter May and Simon Haines

Course Structure

SESSION MOCULE TITLE SKILLS

• Reading:
o Skills: reading for gist, unfamiliar vocabulary.
o IELTS practice: short answer questions, sentence and
summary completion.
• Listening:
o IELTS practice: note and form completion.
Session 1 Cultural Differences • Speaking:
o Skills: describing your origins.
o IELTS practice: Part 1 familiar discussion.
• Writing:
o Language: describing data, similarities.
o Skills: accurate description, selecting main features.
o IELTS practice: task 1.

• Reading:
o Skills: paragraph summaries.
o IELTS practice: matching headings.
• Listening:
o IELTS practice: note and sentence completion.
• Speaking:
Session 2 Conflicting Interests o Skills: speaking from notes.
o IELTS practice: Part 2 extended speaking
• Writing:
o Language: consecutive noun phrases, avoiding
repetition.
o Skills: taking a view and developing it.
o IELTS practice: task 2.

End-of-Block Assessment 1: Combination of questions & formats | 60 Minutes | Online

Weight 10.0%

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• Reading:
o Skills: text structure, finding evidence.
o IELTS practice: Yes/ No/Not given, True/False/Not given.
• Listening:
o IELTS practice: matching lists, classification.
• Speaking:
Session 3 Fitness and Health
o Skills: giving reasons.
o IELTS practice: Part 3 topic discussion.
• Writing:
o Language: relative clauses.
o Skills: organizing ideas, using organizing expressions.
o IELTS practice: task 2.

• Reading:
o Skills: style, text structure, using question stems.
o IELTS practice: multiple choice questions, short answer
questions, global multiple-choice.
• Listening:
o IELTS practice: labelling a diagram, note completion.
Session 4 The Arts • Speaking:
o Skills: getting started.
o IELTS practice: Part 2 extended speaking
• Writing:
o Language: choosing tenses.
o Skills: describing trends, describing figures.
o IELTS practice: task 1.

End-of-Block Assessment 2: Combination of questions & formats | 60 Minutes | Online

Weight 10.0%

• Reading:
o Skills: reading for gist, key words.
o IELTS practice: sentence completion, summary
completion.
• Listening:
o IELTS practice: multiple choice questions, labelling a
map.
Session 5 Work and Business
• Speaking:
o Skills: describing an occupation.
o IELTS practice: Part 1 familiar discussion.
• Writing:
o Language: comparative and superlative forms.
o Skills: comparing data.
o IELTS practice: task 1.

• Reading:
o Skills: scanning, identifying opinions.
o IELTS practice: matching, sentence completion.
• Listening:
o IELTS practice: short answer questions, sentence
completion.
Session 6 Education • Speaking:
o Skills: personal reactions.
o IELTS practice: Part 2 extended speaking.
• Writing:
o Language: -ing forms and infinitives.
o Skills: introductions.
o IELTS practice: task 2.

Comprehensive Examination 1: Combination of questions & formats | 180 Minutes | In-class

Session 7
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• Reading:
o Skills: description schemes, reading for gist.
o IELTS practice: labelling a diagram, multiple-answer
questions, True/ False/ Not given.
• Listening:
o IELTS practice: multiple-choice questions, multiple-
answer questions.
Session 8 Science
• Speaking:
o Skills: advantages and disadvantages.
o IELTS practice: Part 3 topic discussion.
• Writing:
o Language: passive forms.
o Skills: sequencing.
o IELTS practice: task 1.

• Reading:
o Skills: making notes.
o IELTS practice: table completion, multiple-choice
question.
• Listening:
o IELTS practice: short-answer questions, flow chart and
summary completion.
Session 9 IT and Communications
• Speaking:
o Skills: speculating about the future.
o IELTS practice: part 3 topic discussion.
• Writing:
o Language: adverbs and adverbial phrases.
o Skills: supporting ideas.
o IELTS practice: task 2.

End-of-Block Assessment 3: Combination of questions & formats | 60 Minutes | Online

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• Reading:
o Skills: word formation.
o IELTS practice: locating information, Yes/ No/ Not given.
• Listening:
o IELTS practice: note completion, short-answer questions.
• Speaking:
Session 10 Social Issues
o Skills: giving a presentation.
o IELTS practice: Part 2 extended speaking.
• Writing:
o Language: collocation.
o Skills: academic style.
o IELTS practice: task 2.

• Reading:
o Skills: paragraph summaries, unfamiliar vocabulary.
o IELTS practice: matching headings, sentence completion,
short-answer questions.
• Listening:
o IELTS practice: note completion, multiple-answer
questions.
Session 11 The Natural World
• Speaking:
o Skills: expressing opinions.
o IELTS practice: Part 3 topic discussion.
• Writing:
o Language: concession.
o Skills: organizing information.
o IELTS practice: task 1.

End-of-Block Assessment 4: Combination of questions & formats | 60 Minutes | Online

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• Reading:
o Skills: finding specific information, text organization.
o IELTS practice: classifying statements, multiple-choice
questions, summary completion.
• Listening:
o IELTS practice: sentence completion, multiple-choice
questions, short-answer questions.
Session 12 Psychology
• Speaking:
o Skills: describing interests.
o IELTS practice: part 1 familiar discussion.
• Writing:
o Language: articles.
o Skills: common errors, punctuation.
o IELTS practice: task 2.

• Reading:
o Skills: text organization.
o IELTS practice: classification, locating information, short-
answer questions.
• Listening:
o IELTS practice: short- answer questions, labelling a
diagram.
Session 13 Engineering and Innovation
• Speaking:
o Skills: describing objects.
o IELTS practice: part 2 extended speaking.
• Writing:
o Language: expressing purpose, cause and effect.
o Skills: organizing a description.
o IELTS practice: task 1.

Comprehensive Examination 2: Combination of questions & formats | 180 Minutes | In-class |

Session 14
Weight 15.0%

Comprehensive Examination 3: A standardized test | Approved test center

Session 15
Weight 30.0%

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