Academic English I:Course Syllabus I.Basic Information Course Code:20220312 Course name:Academic English I Course Category:Compulsory Credit hours:32 Credit:2 Assessment method:Closed book Pre-requisite:N/A II.Course Description The course aims at developing English communication skills covering listening,speaking. reading.and writing.In particular,it emphasizes the use of these skills in meaningful communicative tasks in academic and technological contexts.The students will be engaged in a variety of learning activities that foster positive attitudes and confidence in using English. Independent learning skills will also be promoted via self-access learning modes. III.Nature of the course and teaching objectives 1.The nature of the course: This course is a compulsory course for business administration.The goal of this course is to measurably build on students'academic English language skills by engaging them in listening.speaking,reading.writing.and grammar learning activities that are relevant to rea world encounters in university and professional workplace environments. 2.Teaching objectives: Through the study of this course,five teaching objectives can be achieved: a Identify purposes,main ideas and important details of texts on academic topics b.Interact with others in order to describe ideas,opinions or give reasons. c.Ask and answer questions for information. d.Make effective presentations on topics of interest. eWrite simple paragraphs with clear main points and supporting details on academic topics f.Recognize the right academic norms to avoid academic plagiarism. g.Firmly establish a sense of academic integrity and consciously conduct authentic academic research. IV.Teaching contents and requirements Week 1: Getting started: General academic vocabulary 1 What is special about academic English? 2 Key nouns 3 Key verbs Week 2: 4 Key adjectives
Academic English I: Course Syllabus I. Basic Information Course Code: 20220312 Course name: Academic English I Course Category: Compulsory Credit hours: 32 Credit: 2 Target students: Major in Business Administration Assessment method: Closed book Pre-requisite: N/A II. Course Description !! The course aims at developing English communication skills covering listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In particular, it emphasizes the use of these skills in meaningful communicative tasks in academic and technological contexts. The students will be engaged in a variety of learning activities that foster positive attitudes and confidence in using English. Independent learning skills will also be promoted via self-access learning modes. III. Nature of the course and teaching objectives 1. The nature of the course: This course is a compulsory course for business administration. The goal of this course is to measurably build on students’ academic English language skills by engaging them in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar learning activities that are relevant to real world encounters in university and professional workplace environments. 2. Teaching objectives: Through the study of this course, five teaching objectives can be achieved: a.Identify purposes, main ideas and important details of texts on academic topics. b.Interact with others in order to describe ideas, opinions or give reasons. c.Ask and answer questions for information. d.Make effective presentations on topics of interest. e.Write simple paragraphs with clear main points and supporting details on academic topics. f.Recognize the right academic norms to avoid academic plagiarism. g.Firmly establish a sense of academic integrity and consciously conduct authentic academic research. IV. Teaching contents and requirements Week 1: Getting started: General academic vocabulary 1 What is special about academic English? 2 Key nouns 3 Key verbs Week 2: 4 Key adjectives
5 Key adverbs 6 Phrasal verbs in academic English Week3: 7Key quantifying expressions 8 Words with several meanings 9 Metaphors and idioms Week4: Word combinations Nouns and the words they combine with 11 Adjective and noun combinations 12 Verbs and the words they combine with Week5: 13 Prepositional phrases 14 Verbs and prepositions 15 Nouns and prepositions Week6: 16 Chunks:useful phrases 17 Abbreviations and affixes Academic life 18 Applications and application forms Week 7: 19 The social and academic environment 20 Academic courses 21 E-learning Week 8: 22 Study habits and skills 23 Money and education Planning and starting work 24 Identifying goals 56 Week9: 25 Planning a piece of work 26 Describing methods 27 Using sources Thinking and interacting Week 10: 28 Analysing data 64 29 Talking about ideas 66 30 Reporting what others say 68 Week 11: 31 Talking about meaning 70
1 5 Key adverbs 6 Phrasal verbs in academic English Week 3: 7 Key quantifying expressions 8 Words with several meanings 9 Metaphors and idioms Week 4: Word combinations Nouns and the words they combine with 11 Adjective and noun combinations 12 Verbs and the words they combine with Week 5: 13 Prepositional phrases 14 Verbs and prepositions 15 Nouns and prepositions Week 6: 16 Chunks: useful phrases 17 Abbreviations and affixes Academic life 18 Applications and application forms Week 7: 19 The social and academic environment 20 Academic courses 21 E -learning Week 8: 22 Study habits and skills 23 Money and education Planning and starting work 24 Identifying goals 56 Week 9: 25 Planning a piece of work 26 Describing methods 27 Using sources Thinking and interacting Week 10: 28 Analysing data 64 29 Talking about ideas 66 30 Reporting what others say 68 Week 11: 31 Talking about meaning 70
32 Talking about points of view Ways of talking about… 33 Numbers 74 Week 12: 34 Statistics 76 35 Graphs and diagrams 78 36 Time 80 Week 13: 37 Cause and effect 82 38 Classifying 84 Organising and presenting ideas 39 Structuring an argument 86 Week 14: 40 Organising your writing88 41 Processes and procedures9 42 Facts,evidence and data 92 Week 15: 43 Making connections 94 44 Describing problems 9 45 Describing situations98 Week 16: 46 Comparing and contrasting 100 47 Evaluation and emphasis 102 48 Describing change 104 V.Allocation of teaching hours by session Leeture Exereise Week 1 Week 2 1 Week 3 Week 4 1 Week 5 1 1 2
2 32 Talking about points of view Ways of talking about … 33 Numbers 74 Week 12: 34 Statistics 76 35 Graphs and diagrams 78 36 Time 80 Week 13: 37 Cause and effect 82 38 Classifying 84 Organising and presenting ideas 39 Structuring an argument 86 Week 14: 40 Organising your writing 88 41 Processes and procedures 90 42 Facts, evidence and data 92 Week 15: 43 Making connections 94 44 Describing problems 96 45 Describing situations 98 Week 16: 46 Comparing and contrasting 100 47 Evaluation and emphasis 102 48 Describing change 104 V. Allocation of teaching hours by session Lecture Exercise Discussion Experiment Internship Others Total Week 1 1 1 2 Week 2 1 1 2 Week 3 1 1 2 Week 4 1 1 2 Week 5 1 1 2
Week 6 1 1 2 Week 7 2 Week 8 2 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 1 1 Week 14 1 Week 15 Week 16 1 Total 16 7 32 VI.Course Assessment (i)Assessment Method:Examination (ii)Composition of grades Classroom performance score ratio:50%Final exam score ratio:50% (iii)Achievement assessment criteria The class contact is 2 periods per week and each student should also have about 4 hours per week for doing selfstudy and revision.For each semester,the student must attend the class for more than 8%Students who miss more than 20of the class time would get an Fa,and will not be allowed to take the final exam. In class.students are required to actively participate in all the course activities and perform all the course components.They are also expected to be an active learner who are fully responsible for their own English and academic skill development. assessment criteria Score Description 85 up 1.Perform excellently in all course components 2.Understand written and spoken texts especially the language studied in the course very well. 3.Communicate with other people confidently,appropriately,fluently and accurately without communication problems
3 Week 6 1 1 2 Week 7 1 1 2 Week 8 1 1 2 Week 9 1 1 2 Week 10 1 1 2 Week 11 1 1 2 Week 12 1 1 2 Week 13 1 1 Week 14 1 1 Week 15 1 1 Week 16 1 1 Total 16 4 7 5 32 VI. Course Assessment (i) Assessment Method: Examination (ii) Composition of grades Classroom performance score ratio: 50% Final exam score ratio: 50% (iii) Achievement assessment criteria The class contact is 2 periods per week and each student should also have about 4 hours per week for doing self-study and revision. For each semester, the student must attend the class for more than 80%. Students who miss more than 20% of the class time would get an Fa, and will not be allowed to take the final exam. In class, students are required to actively participate in all the course activities and perform all the course components. They are also expected to be an active learner who are fully responsible for their own English and academic skill development. assessment criteria Score Description 85 up 1. Perform excellently in all course components. 2. Understand written and spoken texts especially the language studied in the course very well. 3. Communicate with other people confidently, appropriately, fluently and accurately without communication problems
80-84 1.Perform well in all course components. 2.Understand written and spoken texts especially the language studied in the course well. unicate other people rathe confidently,appropriately fluently and accurately with only few difficulties 75-79 1.Perform fairly well in all course components. 2.Show good understanding of written and spoken texts especially the language studied in the course. 3.Communicate with other people rather confidently,appropriately fluently and accurately with few difficulties 70-74 1.Perform fairly in all course components. 2.Show adequate understanding of written and spoken texts especially the language studied in the course. 3.Communicate with other people rather confidently,appropriately and fluently but may have some language difficulties. 65-69 1.Perform poorly in so ome course components. how some underst nding of written and spoken texts especially the language studied in the course 3.Communicate with a limited bank of words and expressions needed for basic communication.Show reluctance and some communication problems. VII.Recommended Textbooks and Reference Materials https://academic-englishuk.com/free/ Michael McCarthy,Felicity O'Dell Vocabula Wisniewska,I,Riggenbach,H.&Samuda,V.(2007).Grammar dimensions 2:Form,meaning. and use.(4th ed.).Boston Syllabus developer:Ye Tian Syllabus Reviser:Ming Zhao Development date:28/08/2022 Revision date:31/08/2022
4 VII. Recommended Textbooks and Reference Materials https://academic-englishuk.com/free/ Michael McCarthy, Felicity O'Dell Vocabulary in Use Vocabulary reference and practice Selfstudy and classroom use (Second Edition), CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Wisniewska,I., Riggenbach, H.,& Samuda, V. (2007). Grammar dimensions 2: Form, meaning, and use. (4th ed.). Boston Syllabus developer：Ye Tian Syllabus Reviser：Ming Zhao Development date：28/08/2022 Revision date: 31/08/2022 80–84 1. Perform well in all course components. 2. Understand written and spoken texts especially the language studied in the course well. 3. Communicate with other people rather confidently, appropriately, fluently and accurately with only few difficulties. 75–79 1. Perform fairly well in all course components. 2. Show good understanding of written and spoken texts especially the language studied in the course. 3. Communicate with other people rather confidently, appropriately, fluently and accurately with few difficulties. 70–74 1. Perform fairly in all course components. 2. Show adequate understanding of written and spoken texts especially the language studied in the course. 3. Communicate with other people rather confidently, appropriately and fluently but may have some language difficulties. 65–69 1. Perform poorly in some course components. 2. Show some understanding of written and spoken texts especially the language studied in the course. 3. Communicate with a limited bank of words and expressions needed for basic communication. Show reluctance and some communication problems
