ENG 101

Spring 2010
Facilitators: Liza Reshmin, Sunida Witayakarn, Farrah Jabeen, Nipa Nasrin, Effat
Hyder, Iqbal-e-Rasul, Rejaul Karim, Tamanna Maqsood, Sadra N.
Siddiky, Kazi Sarmad Karim.

Contact: Liza - lreshmin@bracu.ac.bd

Sunida - sunida@bracu.ac.bd
Farrah - farrah@bracu.ac.bd
Nipa- nipa@bracu.ac.bd
Effat – effat@bracu.ac.bd
Iqbal – iqbalerasul@bracu.ac.bd
Reja – mrkarim@bracu.ac.bd
Tamanna - tmaqsood@bracu.ac.bd
Sadra- sadra@bracu.ac.bd
Sarmad- sarmad@bracu.ac.bd

Speaking & Comprehension Skills and Writing:

Students work on four components (Speaking, Listening, Reading, & Writing) of English
language with two teachers dividing the module into two major core wings: Speaking &
Comprehension Skills and Writing Skills. The whole module is spread over 13 weeks.

General Objectives
This course aims
 to expose students to new ideas, creative thinking and writing
 to teach students how to read academic prose in their respective disciplines and to give
students practice with these critical reading skills throughout the semester
 to interpret hidden meaning of advertisement from magazines and newspapers, to
differentiate, to define, to summarize, to integrate, to explain a text, to learn how to use social
expressions
 to introduce phonetic symbols and practice pronunciation
 to introduce new vocabulary
 to enhance grammatical knowledge
 to encourage students to give opinions through free session
 to foster collaborative student learning through individual/group presentations and
written assignments
 to introduce argumentative presentation
 to make students respond to interesting articles
Specific Objectives
At the end of the course students will be able to
 grasp information and organize ideas in the form of summaries, imaginative story
telling, interpreting advertisements, describing pictures, making drafts, citing references etc.
 interpret facts, compare and contrast, predict consequences, construct sentences with
correct verb patterns
 learn how to raise their own voice and ask questions
 prepare drafts before producing their final works
 identify common mistakes through peer evaluation and edit using correction symbols
 produce blurbs
 apply logical reasoning

Marks Distribution, Grading, Assessment, Attendance

• Students will be assessed by assignments, quizzes, midterm and final exams.
• The dates for quizzes and assignments would be announced in the class.
• Marks will be deducted for late submission of all given assignments.
• And the quizzes cannot be missed without a valid reason.
• In terms of assignment students must avoid PLAGIARISM, copying any kind of
written or oral words and ideas of others without proper acknowledgement. Students found
guilty of plagiarism would face serious consequences.
• Students who are requested to attend tutorial classes have to maintain 70% attendance
in the tutorial classes.
• All students have to maintain 70% attendance in each and every component of the
course i.e. writing and speaking & comprehension skills including tutorials when a student is
assigned with.

* IF ANY STUDENT FAILS TO SIT FOR THE FINAL WRITING EXAM OR FINAL
PRESENTATION, THAT STUDENT WILL FAIL TO MEET THE CRITERIA AND
END UP GETTING AN F

Policies and Obligations:

• Attendance and participation are mandatory
• Students must submit their assignments, home works etc. and attend all quiz and
class tests
Accepted format of Writing Assignments: double spaced, 12 font, Times New Roman
• Students will be asked to create a portfolio in their writing classes where they will
preserve their class work and homework for the whole semester. Teacher will collect the
portfolio before the midterm and at the end of the semester. Students will hand in the portfolio
with an introduction reflecting on their progress.
 Distribution of Marks Grading
Class Tests – 10% 90 – 100 = A (4.0) Excellent
Assignments – 10% 85 - < 90 = A- (3.7)
Mid Term Exam – 20% 80 - < 85 = B+ (3.3)
Final Exam – 30% 75 - < 80 = B (3.0) Good
Speaking – 25% 70 - < 75 = B- (2.7)
Conversation Test - 6 marks 65 - < 70 = C+ (2.3)
Participation/HW - 6 marks 60 - < 65 = C (2.0) Fair
Impromptu Pres - 5 marks 57 - < 60 = C- (1.7)
Final Presentation - 8 marks 55 - < 57 = D+ (1.3)
Attendance – 5% 52 - < 55 = D (1.0) Poor
50 - < 52 = D- (0.7)
Total – 100% < 50 =F (0.0) Fail
Attendance Marks
90% and above 5
85% to less than 90% 4
80% to less than 85% 3
75% to less than 80% 2
70% to less than 75% 1
Less than 70% 0
Points to remember for both Speaking and Writing

• 70% attendance is a MUST, if any one fails to do so, she/he will be BARRED
• If anyone falls sick, she/he has to convince the teacher with adequate evidence,
proof and explanation.

• You are not allowed to enter the class after 10 minutes late.

• There will be no Make up for Quiz. The mark for the Quiz will be an Average of
3 Quizzes.

• Marks will be deducted for not submitting the written Home Work.

• For the late submission of Response Paper 1 mark will deducted for each day.

• The Final draft of Response Paper will not be accepted if a student fails to submit
the First Draft.

• In the case of group and pair work, the entire group or the pair will lose marks
for the irresponsibility of any particular member.

• No change will be permitted in the Final Presentation Schedule.

• Active participation in the class is required.

BONUS marks will be given for the gradual and steady improvement throughout the
semester. Logical thoughts and Classroom Etiquettes will be assessed while giving the
BONUS marks
Course Delivery Plan:
In each week, there will be two classes on writing and two classes on speaking & listening

* Students will be working on tenses, subject-verb agreement, prepositions and fragment in the
last 5-10 minutes of each writing class.
WEEK Speaking & Comprehension Skills
Introducing each other.
1
‘Digital Music Revolution’
& illustrating course outline
Cont. ‘Digital Music Revolution’
Write the answers on discussion questions
2
Introduction to Phonetics, Intonation
and Stress
Cont. Discussion on Communication
and Barriers to Listening:
Listening to Short Talk
3
Reading, discussion and
Listening Task
Reading an article on Advertisement
HW: In groups students prepare
presentation
4 Oral Presentation on Interpreting the
Hidden Meaning of Advertisement
HW:T asks students to think about
final presentation topics and sign up
for topics in 6th week
‘Mass Media Today’
5 Listening and Sharing Opinions
Cont. Mass Media and preparation for
Conversation Test
Conversation Test
Cont. of Conversation Test
6
Feedback session on Conversation Test
by the students and the teacher
HW: Reading and Writing
Writing
Class Needs Assessment & Introduction to
Writing
Sentence Variation, Diction, fragment
(HW)
Reading a story and writing
comprehension questions
Introduction to paragraph writing
Selective transitional signals
Coherence & Unity: transitional signals
In – class Reading and an exercise on
Transitional Signals
Continued
List of transitional signals and reading
paragraph
Quiz 1
Understanding Different types
of Paragraphs.
Descriptive Paragraph
Describing a person
WHO questions
Form questions for an interview
HW : They will interview the people and
prepare the project for the next class
presentation
Project Assignment and presentation on
the project
Cont. project presentation
Feedback on Quiz 1
Reading
Narrative Paragraph
using transitional words
Writing
Narrative Writing
using transitional words

7 Discussion on Argument and Introduce

Argumentative Presentation Midterm

Learn to do Argumentative Presentations Introducing Summary, Paraphrase

with Claims& Logic:Believing & Doubting & Quotation (HW)
 Game

Thesis Statement and Presentation Skill

HW: Ss will bring articles from newspaper Argumentative Writing
8
( based on social issues) in the next class Writing an effective Introduction with
thesis statement & Conclusion
Impromptu presentation Feedback on Midterm.
Newspaper Reading Class and Argumentative Writing
comprehension questions Effective Body Paragraphs
9
Cont. Newspaper Reading Class
Writing an article for response
‘Listening Quiz # 2 Peer Response
Revision of Summary & Paraphrase
10 Final Argumentative Presentation:
Submit 1st Draft of Term Paper with the
Feedback Session and Q/A Session
selected articles
Final Argumentative Presentation:
Quiz 3 (1:20 hrs)
11 Feedback Session and Q/A Session
Final Argumentative Presentation:
Revision
Feedback Session and Q/A Session
Revision
Final Argumentative Presentation:
Teachers return 1st Drafts
Feedback Session and Q/A Session
12 of Term Paper in class
Final Argumentative Presentation: Feedback on Quiz 3 and Revision
Feedback Session and Q/A Session Submit Term Assignment by 12th week
Feedback on Quiz
13 Course Review & Group Discussion: Exam Preparation
Strengths & Drawbacks