UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN  ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTRE

ENGLR 015 - ORIENTATION ENGLISH PROGRAMME - PACING SCHEDULE

Semester 2, 2012-2013

 

 

 

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COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR ENGLR 015

015 ACADEMIC CALENDAR/PACING - Semester 2, 2012-2013

Week 8

7 - 11 April

1. Word Order (2 or more adjectives):

           opinion+size+fact+age+colour+nationality

e.g I've got a lovely big cheap old blue Japanese car.

  • Practise 1 - WRITE these 8 sentences in your notebook.

 

3. Subject-Verb Agreement (Singular or Plural?)

4. Present Simple Negative Study (doesn't don't)

Week 9

14 - 18

April

 

 

MID-SEMESTER BREAK FOR STUDENTS

 

Week 10

21 - 25 April

F1 - 21st

 

1. SR Chapter 6 - Reading

2. SR Chapter 6 - Making Inferences

3. SR Chapter 6 Vocabulary M / C

4. SR Chapter 6 Vocabulary Gap Fill

5. More Adjectives:  

6. Verb "to be" - am / is / are

Week 11    

28 April - 2 May

 

1. SR Chapter 5 Vocabulary M/C (Test 2 Revision)

2. SR Chapters5 Vocabulary Gap Fill (Test 2 Revision)

3. SR Chapter 8 vocabulary - M/C (page 75)

4. SR Chapter 8 vocabulary - Gap Fill Page 77

5. SR Chapter 8 reading quiz

 

Week 12 

   5 - 9 May

 

1. SR Chapter 10 Vocabulary M / C

2. SR Chapter 10 Vocabulary Gap Fill

3. Writing

Week 13     

12 - 16 May

Test 2 Total 30% - Monday 13th May 2012

1. EAW Editing 1 (Test 2 Practice)

Order of Adjectives EAW Unit 2 - Video Link

 

Week 14

19 - 23 May

 

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5. SR Chapter 8 vocabulary - Gap Fill Extra

6. More Suffixes - Crossword Puzzle

7. More Reading - Pronoun References

Week 15

26 - 30 May

 

EAW Unit 4

1. Time order words - How to Make an Omelette

2. should / must

3. Pesent & Past Simple online revision

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1. Introducing Plagiarism

2. Cheating or Plagiarism - Click on the links

3. Citations & References

4. Watch this video clip

5. Online Quiz - Is It Plagiarism?

Week 1

17 - 21 February

and Week 2

23 - 28 February

 

1. Present Simple Positive   - Study the Form and Continue with the Exercises

2. Present Simple Positive  - Singular / Plural Subject

3. Practise Spelling - Complete the Sentences

4. Present Simple Negative - Study the Form and Complete the Sentences

5. Present Simple Positive, Negative & Questions - Study the Form

6. Practise - Positive

7. Practise - Negative

8. Present Simple - Revision

 

Week 3

3 - 7 March

 

1. The Paragraph - from Al Hitty website

2. Online practice with TOPIC SENTENCES

3. SR Chapter 1 vocabulary quiz 1 - Gap Fill

4. SR Chapter 1 vocabulary quiz 2 - M/C

5. SR Chapter 1 reading quiz

6. Past Simple Regular Verbs  - Study the form and Continue with the Exercises

7. Irregular Past Simple

8. Past Simple Irregular Verbs - Verb "to be" and others

9. Reference - Some Common Irregular Verbs

10. More Reading (Past)

 

Week 4

10 - 14 March

 

Library Visit

Sections 1, 6 & 8

 

1. Topic Sentences M/C

2. SR Chapter 2 vocabulary quiz 1 - Gap Fill

3. SR Chapter 2 vocabulary quiz 2 - M/C

4. SR Chapter 2 reading quiz

5. Simple Past  Positive - What Mr Bean Did and 4. Practice

6. Sentence Structure

7. Subject Pronouns

8. Object Pronouns      

9. am / is / are?

10. Practice - was / were

Week 5

17 - 21

March

Library Visit

Sections 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7

 

1. Present Simple Spelling  

2. Adjectives for People and Places

3. Adjective Game - Opposites

4. SR Chapter 4 Reading

5. SR Chapter 4 Vocabulary Gap Fill

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Monday 25th March Test 1 (30%) 

SR Chapters 1,  2 & 4 and EAW Units 1 and 2

Study Advice for Test 1

Select Readings:

  • Chapters 1, 2 & 4 reading topics and types of question (main idea, T / F etc)

  • Vocabulary - pages 5, 7 & 10; 15, 17 & 20; 25, 27 & 30

Effective Academic Writing Unit 1:

  • Identifying TS / SS / CS see page 24

  • Fragments see page 27

  • Present Simple, Positive & Negative - Part 4 

  • Paragraph with TS, at least 3 SS and CS

  • Grammar - Present simple

  1. Verb "to be" - Positive & Negative

  2. Practice

  3. Present Simple Positive

  4. Practice

  5. Present Simple Negative

  6. Practice

Week 6

24 - 28

March

 

Revision:

Online activities to improve Writing:

1. Jumbled Sentences    2. Adjectives -ed / -ing

2. Adverbs of Frequency - Study

3. Adverbs of Frequency - Practice

Week 7

31 March - 4 April

 

1. SR Chapter 5 Reading

2. SR Chapter 5 Vocabulary M/C

3. Present Simple verb "to be" Study   Practise

2. EAW a / an   Study    Practise

4. Word Order - Adjectives  8 jumbled sentences - WRITE them correctly.

5. Adjectives - Comparative & Superlative    Study   Practise 

6. Past Simple

 

Week 16

2 - 6 June

Last Day 4th June

 

Revision for Final Exam:

Select Readings

  • Vocabulary from Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 & 8

  • Reading topics same chapters and 10

Effective Academic Writing 

  • Grammar points from Part 4 in Units 1, 2, 3 & 4

  • Paragraphs from Units 3 and 4 - Example / Process (choice given in Final Exam)