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Name and Course Code: DIE 1133 - English Language Proficiency 1

2. Synopsis: This course aims to provide knowledge and the application of that
knowledge to achieve proficiency in all four skills (LSRW). Furthermore,
this subject also provides a new and fresh approach to meet day-to-day
requirements of the use of language in a comprehensive and effective way.
Not only that, it will also develop proficiency in using language for
academic purposes and stresses on grammar and vocabulary to
reinforce speaking and writing, listening with concentration as well as
reading with different speeds.
3. Name(s) of academic staff: Marie Magdalene
4. Semester and year offered: Year 1, Semester 1
5. Credit value: 3
6. Prerequisite/co-requisite (if any): None
7. Course Learning Outcomes (CLO):

CLO 1: Understand by listening to the main ideas of speech in a standard dialect.

CLO 2: Demonstrate reading skills to carry out a wide variety of communicative tasks.
CLO 3: Identify the essential points of written texts.
CLO 4: Organize writings with a sense of theoretical structure.
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8. Mapping of the Course Learning Outcomes to the Programme Learning Outcomes, Teaching
Methods and Assessment:
Understand language concepts and effectively apply learned knowledge and skills in the
PLO1
functional areas of English relating to academic or profession.
PLO2 Develop and implement plans and controls for languages related areas.
PLO3 Understand and evaluate ethical issues and social responsibility.
PLO4 Demonstrate oral and written communication skills.
PLO5 Critically evaluate, analyze and interpret data to solve problems and make good decisions.
Demonstrate proficiency in the use of information technology and recognise the need to
PLO6
undertake lifelong learning.
Capability to perform assigned tasks, willingness to learn and the acquire knowledge
PLO7
(mental aptitude).
PLO8 Relate and exchange ideas to accomplish desired outcomes through teamwork.
PLO9 Communicate across organizational levels and motivate people to achieve goals.

Programme Learning Outcomes (PLO) Teaching Assessment

Course Methods
Learning
Outcomes
(CLO) PLO1 PLO2 PLO3 PLO4 PLO5 PLO6 PLO7 PLO8 PLO9

CLO 1 Lecture, Quiz

Tutorial, Assignment,
✓ ✓ Class Mid term Exam
Activity Final Examination
CLO 2 Lecture, Assignment,
Tutorial,
✓ ✓ Class
Mid term Exam
Activity Final Examination
CLO 3 Lecture, Mid term Exam
Tutorial,
✓ ✓ Class
Final Examination
Activity
CLO 4 Lecture, Mid term Exam
Tutorial,
✓ ✓ Class
Final Examination
Activity
Indicate the primary causal link between the CLO and PLO by ticking “✓“ the appropriate box.
(This description must be read together with Standards 2.1.2, 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 in Area 2.)
9. Transferable Skills (if applicable):

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 (Skills learned in the course of study which can be useful and utilised in other settings.)

SS1 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills ✓

SS2 Communication Skills ✓
SS3 Teamwork Skills ✓
SS4 Values / Professionalism / Morality
SS5 Information management and lifelong learning
SS6 Entrepreneurial Skills
SS7 Leadership Skills
10. Distribution of Student Learning Time (SLT):

Teaching and Learning Activities Total SLT

Guided
Independent
Course Content Outline CLO* Learning
Guided Learning (F2F) Learning
(NF2F)
(NF2F)
e.g. e-Learning
L T P O
1 - Listening Skills CLO 1 2 1 - - - 1 4
● Hearing and Listening
● Purpose of Listening
● Types of Listening
● Barrier to Listening
● Guidelines for
Improving Listening
Skills
2 - Listening Skills (con’t) CLO 1 2 1 - - - 1 4
● sounds
● word stress
● sentence stress
● intonation
3 - Speaking Skills CLO 1 2 1 - - - 1 4
● Pronunciation and CLO 2
enunciation
● Small Talk/Dialogue
● Body Language
● Principles of a Good
Conversationalist
● Language Forms and
Functions
● Role-playing
4 – Speaking Skills (con’t) CLO 1 2 1 - - - 1 4
CLO 2
● Cohesive devices
● Markers in spoken
discourse
● Verbal cues
● Segmental features
● Suprasegmental
features
Quiz
5 - Reading Skills CLO 3 2 1 - - - 1 4
● Mechanics of Reading
● Reading
Comprehension and
Speed
● Skimming
● Scanning
● Inferring
6 - Reading Skills (con’t) CLO 3 2 1 - - - 1 4
● Establishing context
for reading
● Recognising links
● Guessing meaning

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 from context
● Identify the main idea
● Identify the target
audience
7 – Reading Skills (con’t) CLO 3 2 1 - - - 1 4
● Identify cause and
effect
● Compare and contrast
● Determine fact, fiction
and opinion
● Sequence events
● Predicting Outcomes
● Draw conclusion
● Interpreting figurative
language
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8 – Study Week
- - - - - - -
9 – Mid Term Examination
- - - - - - -
10 – Mid Term Semester Break
11 - Writing skills CLO 3 2 1 - - - 1 4
● Pre-Writing strategies CLO 4
● References and
academic integrity
● Sentence Writing
12 – Writing skills CLO 3 2 1 - - - 1 4
● Sentence Writing CLO 4

Assignment
13 - Writing skills CLO 3 2 1 - - - 1 4
● Cohesiveness and CLO 4
coherence
● Organization of an
academic essay
● Main Idea
● Supporting details
CLO 3 2 1 - - - 1 4
14 - Writing skills CLO 4
● Thesis Statement
● Concluding sentence
● Paragraph Writing
CLO 3 2 1 - - - 1 4
15 - Writing skills CLO 4
● Paragraph Writing
CLO 3 2 1 - - - 1 4
16 - Writing skills (con’t) CLO 4
● Summary Writing
CLO 3 2 1 - - - 1 4
17 – Writing skills (con’t) CLO 4
● Summary Writing
- - - - - - -
18 - Study Week
- - - - - - -
19 – Final Examination

Continuous Assessment CLO* Percentage (%) Total SLT

CLO 1
1 Quiz (10%) 8
CLO 1
CLO 2
2 Mid-term examination (20%) 14
CLO 3
CLO4
CLO 1
3 CLO 2 Assignment (20%) 14

4 CLO 1 Final Examination (40%) 28

CLO 2

3
 CLO 3
CLO4
-
5 Attendance and Participation (10%) -

120
GRAND TOTAL SLT

L = Lecture, T = Tutorial, P = Practical, O = Others, F2F = Face to Face, NF2F = Non Face to Face
*Indicate the CLO based on the CLO’s numbering in Item 8.
11. Identify special requirement or resources to deliver the course (e.g., software, nursery, computer
lab, simulation room):
Classroom
References (include required and further readings, and should be the most current):

Required Reading
Author Date Title Publisher
Philpot, S.; Curnick, L. 2013 Headway Academic Skills: 3: Oxford University Press
Reading, Writing, and Study Skills

Philpot, S. 2013 Headway Academic Skills: 2: Oxford University Press

Listening, Speaking, and Study Skills

Koneru, A. 2011 English Language Skills (1st Ed.) Mc Graw Hill (India)
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Further Reading
Author Date Title Publisher
Dew, S. E. 2015 English Writing Exercises for Second Createspace Independent
Language Learners : An English Publishing Platform
Grammar Workbook for ESL Essay
Writing
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Other additional information:
None