1. BBI 2409 English for Academic Purposes PJJ
Semester 2 – 2010/2011
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2. Your Instructors Puan Husnita Habsah Yon Contact Details-
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Puan Zuriena Abdul Rahman -
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3. Course Objectives By the end of the course, students are able to:
choose relevant study skills for academic purposes
identify suitable academic reading strategies
respond appropriately to academic situations in English
present ideas appropriately and effectively
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4. Course Synopsis
This course involves developing study skills and reading strategies for academic purposes. It also covers practice in speaking and writing in academic settings.
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5. Course Content Using basic study skills for academic purposes
Using the dictionary for vocabulary development and pronunciation practice
Skimming and scanning linear and non-linear texts
Identifying supporting details and examples
Understanding cause and effect relationships
Presenting non-linear and linear texts
Making inferences
Understanding parts of speech for academic reading
Discussing viewpoints related to reading texts
Listing main points and writing short summary accounts
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6. ASSESSMENT Assignment 1 10% Assignment 2 20% Mid-semester Exam 30%
Assignment %
Assignment %
Mid-semester Exam 30%
Final Exam %
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7. EXAM FORMAT MID SEMESTER EXAM (30%) – Subjective questions
The mid-semester exam is divided into 4 sections.
You will be tested on the following format:
Section A – Reading Comprehension
Section B – Parts of Speech
Section C – Dictionary Meaning
Section D – Scanning for Information (Non-linear)
Duration : 1 hour
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8. EXAM FORMAT FINAL EXAM (40%) – Multiple choice questions
The final exam is divided into 4 sections.
You will be tested on the following format:
Section A – Reading Comprehension (2 texts)
Section B – Cloze Passage
Section C – Grammar
Section D - Vocabulary
Duration : 1 ½ hours
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9. GRAMMAR SKILLS
Parts of Speech
Prefixes and suffixes
Tenses
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10. DICTIONARY SKILLS Phonetics Meaning and usage Synonyms, antonyms
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11. READING SKILLS Linear Text
Skimming
Scanning
Identifying main ideas
Topic recognition
Paraphrasing
Predicting and making inferences
Finding word meaning in context
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12. READING SKILLS Non-linear Texts
Topic recognition
Scanning diagrams, tables, maps for information
Reading and following instructions
Inferring
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13. WRITING SKILLS Listing main points Summarising Discussing view point
Presenting view points
Footer Text
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14. Assignment 1 (10%)
Find a text of at least 200 words from any reading materials (e.g. newspaper, magazine, internet etc.). Paste the text in the space provided. State the source and author of the text.
Identify ten different words from the text and underline them. The words chosen must be of 3 or more syllables.
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15. 3. For each selected word, you must provide:-
The part of speech of the word (based on the context)
The meaning/definition of each word
The phonetic transcription of each word
The synonym and antonym for each word
A sentence for each word chosen (mark will only be awarded for each word used correctly)
1 mark will be awarded for each completed word (i.e. which contains all of the information-3 or more syllable, part of speech, meaning, phonetic transcription, synonym and antonym and sample of sentence. (10 words = 10 marks)
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16. **TO BE SUBMITTED TO PPL OFFICE BY WEEK 7**
Read the text that you have selected, and
paraphrase it in about 100 words. (10 marks)
Total marks
20/2=10 marks
**TO BE SUBMITTED TO PPL OFFICE BY WEEK 7**
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