UNDERGRADUATE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM

English for Academic Purposes I

2015-2016 Fall Semester

ENG 101

Your class teacher will explain where you can find the course syllabus online.

Syllabus

Overall Assessment

Midterm 20%Final 30%CPG 20% (including online activities)

Quiz 10%Writing Portfolio 20%

Mid-Term Exam 20%

3 listening audios (15-16 minutes in total)

2 reading texts (600-700 words each) 4 different types of reading assessment questions

3 different types of vocabulary assessment questions

Overall Assessment Grading: Listening is worth 40% of the mid-term grade Reading is worth 40% of the mid-term grade Vocabulary is worth 20% of the mid-term grade

Final Exam 30%

3 listening audios (15-16 minutes in total)

2 reading texts (600-700 words each) 4 different types of reading assessment questions

3 different types of vocabulary assessment questions

Overall Assessment Grading: Listening is worth 40% of the mid-term grade Reading is worth 40% of the mid-term grade Vocabulary is worth 20% of the mid-term grade

Class Participation Grade 20% of your course grade Based on tasks done online and during

class Your willingness to participate in improving

your English skills will help you achieve a high CPG score

CPG 20%

Course Grades

If Score is Letter Grade

Greater than 90 AA

From 85 to 90 BA

From 80 to 84 BB

From 75 to 79 CB

From 70 to 74 CC

From 65 to 69 DC

From 60 to 64 DD

From 50 to 59 FD

Less than 50 FF

CPG’s Effect on Course Grade

Mid TermExam

Writing Tasks

Final Exam CPG Course

Grade

82 80 80 100 84.6 (BA)

82 80 80 80 80.6 (BB)

82 80 80 35 71.6 (CC)

82 80 80 20 68.6 (DC)

YOUR CPG COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE OF FOUR LETTER GRADES

There are 3 sections to the listening assessment.

1. Listen for specific details and the main idea of the listening.

2. Listen for supporting details and the main idea of the listening.

3. Listen for discourse markers and use them to identify specific information.

Listening

The Reading Questions

There are four different types of reading questions in the exams

Reading Question Type One Example: (Summary)

2 Technology allows publishers to create CD’s of their textbooks, which are usually much cheaper than a book, because there is no need for paper, printing and binding. However, the technology to use the CD can cost students a lot of money, because they need to own a laptop to use it. Yet, one big advantage of every student buying a laptop is that they will then have access to standard software. With this software they can complete homework assignments and use the internet to do research.

Q. Which is the best summary of paragraph 2?

a. publishers want to make money from studentsb. using technology can be expensive for studentsc. every student must own an expensive laptop

The correct answer is B.

Reading Question Type Two Example: (Specific Details)

3 Ease of use is another factor to be considered. With a wireless network in place, students can access online sources from almost anywhere in the school or university. Students do not need to rely on books in the library to complete assignments. In addition, teachers may find themselves changing their method of teaching to best make use of the technology. However, for educational institutions to best use laptops, it is really important that technological support is constantly available. This support is needed to help both teachers and students, to maintain the equipment and to make sure that the wireless network is working efficiently.

Q. What is needed to make sure laptops are used effectively? (paragraph 3)

a. that teachers and students should look after their computersb. that librarians use the technology so students can do researchc. that help is available in case the technology goes wrong

The correct answer is C.

Reading Question Type Three Example: (paraphrase)

Which of the sentences below is closest in meaning to the highlighted sentence in paragraph 2?

2 When the economy is doing badly, competition for jobs becomes much more difficult because of a higher rate of unemployment.

a. Higher rates of employment occur when an economy does badly and this makes it much easier to find a job.

b. An improving economy is the result of higher rates of unemployment which makes it impossible to find any job.

c. A poor economy results in many people being out of work and makes it much harder for them to find a job. 

The correct answer is C.

Reading Question Type Four Example: (reference words)

4 It is a general tendency for people to believe that motivation is a personal trait. Some people have it and others don’t. In practice, some people are labelled as lazy because they do not display an outward sign of motivation. However, individuals differ in their basic motivational drives. It also depends upon their areas of interest.

‘It’ refers to… (paragraph 1)

a. motivationb. traitc. people

The correct answer is A.

Quiz

The quiz will be made up from the same Academic Connections 4 practice material you do online.

This means that students who do the online practice material have a better chance to score high in the quiz.

Writing Portfolio

The writing portfolio will be explained in class by your teacher.

Attendance is obligatory

If you miss more than 25% (14 hrs) of total class hours, you will not be allowed to take the final exam

Attendance

Students who are late to the class can still attend the class but will be marked as ABSENT by the class teacher

Arriving Late To Class

Health Reports will not be accepted to make up for absenteeism. They are valid only for Midterm and Final Exams

Health Reports

You can purchase your course book from the university bookstore on the -1 floor

Coursebooks

Wish you all a very

successful semester