COURSE

PROFILE
HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

ENGLISH 5
I. General Course Information
- Course title: English 5
- Course code: ENGL 105E
- Semester: Semester 1, 2023-2024
- Level: Undergraduate
- Location: HNUE
- Contact hours per week: 3 hours
- Total number of hours: 3 * 15 = 45 hours
- Assumed Background: English 3
- Course Description: A highly flexible and engaging course combining general language and skills development with exam preparation,
this course is designed to improve student’s English language proficiency from lower B2 to B2 or upper B2 level according to Common
European Framework of Reference. The course is compulsory for students whose majors are Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry,
Biology, Information Technology, but it is also recommended for those adult learners who may be planning for upper B1 or lower B2
examinations such as IELTS.
II. Learning Objectives
After successfully completing this course, students should be able to:
- understand the main ideas of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in their field of
specialization;
- interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for
either party;
- produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and
disadvantages of various options.
III. Graduate Attribute
Successfully completing this course will contribute to the recognition of students’ attainment of the following HNUE (Undergrad Pass)
graduate attributes:
GRADUATE ATTRIBUTE OBJECTIVES
Students can understand standard speech spoken at a normal rate and follow even complex lines of argument Listening
provided the topic is reasonably familiar. They can understand the essentials of lectures and most TV news and
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current affairs programmes and can understand the majority of films in standard dialect.
At this level, students can understand articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems in which the writers Reading
adopt particular stances or viewpoints. They can understand contemporary literary prose and can adapt style and
speed of reading to different texts and purposes, using appropriate reference-sources selectively.
Students can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers Spoken Interaction
quite possible. They are able to take an active part in discussion in familiar contexts and can account for and sustain
views clearly by providing relevant explanations and arguments.
They can present clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects related to their field of interest, expanding Spoken Production
and supporting ideas with subsidiary points and relevant examples. They can explain a viewpoint on a topical issue
giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
Students are able to write clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects related to their interests. They can write an Writing
essay or report, passing on information or giving reasons in support of or against a particular point of view. They can
write letters highlighting the personal significance of events and experiences.

IV. Learning Resources

Required Learning Resources:
1. O’Connell, S., 2010. Focus on IELTS (New Edition). Pearson Longman. (FOI) (Course book)
2. Brown, R., Richards, L. 2011. IELTS Advantage Writing. Delta Publishing. (AW) (Course book)
3. Handouts for speaking and writing
Recommended Resources:
1. McCarter, S. & Whitby, N. Improve your IELTS Writing Skills. MacMillan.
2. Terry, M. & Wilson, J., 2010. Focus on Academic Skills for IELTS. Pearson Longman
3. Cullen, P et al. The Official Cambridge Guide to IELTS. Cambridge University Press.
4. Cullen, P. 2008. Vocabulary for IELTS. Cambridge University Press.
5. Gairns, R. & Redman, S. 2012. Oxford Word Skills (Intermediate). OUP
NB: All the required & recommended resources can be found at: foe.hnue.edu.vn/tainguyen
V. Assessment
1. Assessment summary
Assessment Tasks Due Dates Weighting Notes
Attendance 10% Regular attendance and punctuality are required. Students with excessive
Class attendance & absences recorded (over 20% of formal class contact hours) are not
participation eligible for the end-of-term test.

Writing and Every week Of all the writing and speaking tasks, at least one for each skill will be
speaking tasks graded. These two tasks and the mid-term test will be graded as follows:
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 [(01 Writing task + 01 speaking task)/2 + mid-term test]/2
30% The final score will account for 30% of the total score.
Mid-term Test Week 10 As specified in the following section
End-of-term Test 60% As specified in the following section

2. Assessment details:
Attendance: Students must attend all the class sessions for 80% of the total amount of class contact hours.

On-going assessment (30%)

A. Speaking tasks:

- Type: In-class

- Learning objective assessed: 3

- Due date: Every week

- Task description: Students will discuss the questions and follow the tasks assigned by teachers during classes and speaking workshops

B. Writing tasks:

- Type: Home assignment

- Due date: Assigned by the instructor

- Learning objective assessed: 4

- Task description: Students will do the tasks assigned weekly by instructors.

C. Mid-term test

* Reading:

- Type: In-class

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- Learning objectives assessed: 2, 4

- Task description: Students will read texts and answer questions and produce an academic paragraph of assigned topics.

* Listening

- Type: In-class

- Learning objectives assessed: 1

- Task description: Students will listen to different recordings and answer follow-up questions on the basis of what is stated or implied on
the recording.

End-of-term Test

All the four language skills will be tested.

VI. Course Policies

- Punctuality is required. Students who are 10 minutes late for class twice will be recorded as being absent once.
- Homework completion is compulsory. Students with 3 incomplete assignments will receive a failing grade.
- Requests for the granting of extensions must be made in writing via email to the lecturers at least 24 hours prior to the submission
date. The request must also contain documentation satisfactorily supporting the request. If an extension is approved, the new agreed
date for submission will be noted
- 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 who are unable to sit or complete a scheduled final exam must apply for a deferred examination to the course coordinators.
- If some or all of your assignments is identified as plagiarism, you will be notified that your assignment was found to be plagiarized,
and you will fail the plagiarized assignment.

VII. Detailed Course Outline

Note: U: Unit; R: Reading; W: Writing; L: Listening; S: Speaking; V: Vocabulary

Week Classroom Activities Sources Homework & Self-studying

Tasks
1 U1: Health’s ‘magic bullet’ U1: V: Dealing with unknown
R: 1. Text types FOI: Unit 1 vocabulary
2. The walking school bus – Short-answer questions; T/F/NG; Speaking handout Academic Style 1: Functions

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 global multiple choice session 1 Academic Vocabulary 1
S: Part 1
2 U2: Food for thought U2: S: Eating habits (Part 1)
W: Introduction to types of descriptive writing (task 1) AW: pp.79-87 Reflective learning: What is
Describing graphs with trends FOI: Unit 2 reflective learning?
L: 1. Students Union Survey (Section 1)
2. Healthy eating (Section 2)
3 U3: Location is everything U3: Academic Style 2:
R: Location is everything FOI: Unit 3 Formality
Matching; sentence completion Speaking handout Academic Vocabulary 2
S: Part 1 session 2
4 U4: Haves and have-nots U4: S: Standards of living
W: Describing graphs with trends: Practice AW: pp.79-87 (Part 3)
L: 1. Wasting energy (Section 3) FOI: Unit 4 V: Error Hit List
2. Case study: São Paulo (Section 4) Critical Thinking 1: What is
critical thinking?

5 U5: Hurry sickness U5: Academic Style 3: Nouns

R: 1. Hurry Sickness – Headings; multiple choice; summary FOI: Unit 5 and Noun phrases 1
completion Speaking handout Academic Vocabulary 3
2. Distinguishing fact from opinion session 3
S: Part 2
6 U6: Time out U6: L: 1. Student interviews
W: Describing graphs with trends: Practice AW: pp.79-87 (Section 1)
L: 1. Student interviews (Section 1) FOI: Unit 6 S: Leisure activities (Parts 2, 3)
2. Ten ways to slow down your life (Section 2) V: Describing people; Topic
vocabulary; Pronunciation:
word stress; Error Hit List.
Reflective Learning 2: Self-
evaluation and setting learning
goals
7 U7: Retail therapy U7: V: Business and Economics
R: Retail therapy – Short-answer questions; summary completion; FOI: Unit 7 – Topic vocabulary;
matching; T/F/NG Speaking handout pronunciation; sounds;
S: Part 2 session 4 Academic Style 4: Noun and
Noun phrases 2
Academic Vocabulary 4
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8 U8: What’s on U8:
W: Essay writing: Problem-solution essay Writing handout S: 1. Discuss cultural attractions
- Writing the introduction and conclusion FOI: Unit 8 (Part 2)
- Making an outline and writing the body paragraph 2. Describing an event (Part
L: 1. Music festival (Section 1) 2)
2. The Museum of Anthropology (Section 2) V: Error Hit List
Critical Thinking 2: What is an
argument?
U9: Water, water everywhere
R: 1. Water: Earth’s most
precious resource
2. The Ecology of
Hollywood – Table completion;
matching; sentence completion;
multiple choice
S: Water issues (Part 3)
V: Derived adjectives
Academic Style 5: Hedging
Academic Vocabulary 5
9 U11: Use it or lose it U10: Hazard warning
R: 1. Sleep – Reading for detail FOI: Unit 11 W: Describing a process (Task
2. Use it or lose it – Multiple choice; sentence completion; Speaking handout 1)
matching; T/F/NG session 5 L: 1. Predicting a volcanic
S: Parts 2-3 eruption (Section 3)
2. Tsunami (Section 4)
S: 1. Natural hazards (Part 1);
Pronunciation: sounds
2. Describing stages,
discussing risk (Parts 2, 3)
V: Error Hit List
10 MID-TERM TEST U10: Reflective Learning 3:
Learning and recording
vocabulary
U11: Academic Style 6:
Signposting
Academic Vocabulary 6
11 U12: You live and learn U12: S: 1. Schooldays (Parts 1,
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 W: Essay writing: Problem-solution essay Writing handout 2)
- Teacher’s feedback on the 1st draft & writing the 2nd draft FOI: Unit 12 2. Teachers and students
L: 1. The golden rules of listening (Section 2) (Part 3)
2. Making the most of your memory (Section 4) V: Error Hit List
Critical Thinking 3:
Questioning
U13: Bones to phones
R: 1. Communication devices
2. Bones to phones –
Locating information;
matching; multiple choice
S: Comparing and contrasting
(Part 3)
V: Introducing examples
Academic Style 7: Attributive
adjectives
Academic Vocabulary 7
12 U15: Beyond gravity U14: The proper channels
R: 1. Out of this world – Sentence completion; Y/N/NG; matching FOI: Unit 15 W: 1. Dealing with different
2. Surviving in space – T/F/NG; multiple choice; labeling a Speaking handout data (Task 1)
diagram; matching session 6 2. Beginning and ending
S: Parts 2-3 (Task 2)
L: 1. Media survey (Section 1)
2. Couch potatoes (Section
3)
S: 1. Communication problems
(Part 3)
2. The written word (Part 2)
V: Error Hit List
Reflective Learning 4: Dealing
with errors
U15: Academic Style 8: Nouns
and Noun phrases 3
Academic Vocabulary 8
13 U16: Going forward U16: S: 1. Predicting the future
W: Essay writing: Problem-solution essay Writing handout (Part 3)
- Teacher’s feedback on the 1st draft & writing the 2nd draft FOI: Unit 16 2. Personal goals (Part 2)
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 L: 1. Reality of science fiction? (Section 3) V: Error Hit List
2. The techno-house (Section 4) Critical Thinking 4: Evaluation
U17: Avoiding gridlock
R: 1. Avoiding gridlock –
Locating information; sentence
and flow-chart completion
2. Demolishing stereotypes –
Short-answer questions;
Classification; T/F/NG
S: On four wheels (Part 3)
V: More or less? – Verbs
expressing increase and
decrease
Academic Style 9: being
Impersonal
Academic Vocabulary 9
14 U19: Face value U18: Small world
R: 1. Face the facts 2 – Reference links; dealing with unknown FOI: Unit 19 W: 1. Presenting the solution to
vocabulary Speaking handout a problem (Task 2)
2. Face – Short-answer questions; table completion; multiple session 7 2. Dealing with different
choice data (Task 1)
S: Parts 2-3 L: 1. Worldwide student
projects (Section 2)
2. The end of oils (Section 3)
S: 1. Tourism – Topic
vocabulary; pronunciation:
sounds
2. Time off (Parts 1-3)
V: Error Hit List
Reflective Learning 5 – Time
management
U19: V: Word building – Noun
and adjective formation;
dependent prepositions
Academic Style 10: Review
Academic Vocabulary 10
15 U20: Through the lens Writing and speaking U20: L: 1. Photography courses
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 W: Further practice (Task 1 & task 2) handouts (Section 1)
S: Practice interview (Parts 1-3) 2. History of cinema
(Section 4)
V: Error Hit List

DỰ KIẾN CÁC ĐẦU ĐIỂM:

- 1 điểm Viết: gv cho sv viết 4 bài – 2 bài task 1, 2 bài task 2) và lấy một đầu điểm bất kỳ. (1)
- 1 điểm Nói: gv lấy điểm cá nhân trong quá trình dạy nói trên lớp, đảm bảo mỗi sinh viên có 1 đầu điểm. (2)
- 1 điểm giữa kỳ (Đọc + Nghe) (3)
Cách tính điểm điều kiện: [((1) + (2))/2 + (3)]/2