Faculty of Educations

Model (No 12)

Course Specification : Essay & Language Practice

2006 - 2007

 
Farabi Quality Management of Education and Learning - 22/12/2024
University :Mansoura University
Faculty :Faculty of Educations
Department :Department of Foreign Languages
1- Course data :-
Code: 48
Course title: Essay & Language Practice
Year/Level: رابعة لغة انجليزية
Program Title:
  • All Academic programmes
Specialization:
Teaching Hours: Theoretical: 4Tutorial: Practical:
2- Course aims :-
  1. This course aims at enhancing students' ability to practice writing essays by different means
  2. It also helps students make use of the correct mechanics of writing to to be able revise and edit
  3. Moreover, it provides students with the vocabulary that help them anltse any literary text
3- Course Learning Outcomes :-
4- Course contents :-
NoTopicsWeek
1Prewriting, freewriting and outlining an essay
2The essay and its parts
3Developing an essay by narration
4Developing an essay by description
5Developing an essay by classification
6Developing an essay by comparison
7Developing an essy by contrast
8Developing an essay by process analysis
9Developing an essay by cause and effect
10Developing an essay by space and time
11Developing an essay by generalization
12Developing literary essays
13Summarizing
14Revising and editing
15Final Exam

5- Teaching and learning methods :-
SMethod
Students use books that help them explain the processes of writing.
Students read essay samples for application
Students are provided with passages to revise and edit
Students have passages to summarize
Students practice writing essays at home

6- Teaching and learning methods of disables :-
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7- Student assessment :-
A. Timing
NoMethodWeek
1Mid-term paperFifth
2Term paperTenth
3Final examfifteenth
B. Degree
NoMethodDegree
1Mid_term examination10
2Final_term examination70
3Oral examination
4Practical examination 10
5Semester work10
6Other types of asessment
Total100%

8- List of books and references
SItemType
1Eugenia Butler, et. al., Correct Writing. Massachusetts: D. C. Heath and Company, 6th edn., 1995.
2www.infoplease.com/homework/writingskills1.html
3JamesF Shepherd, The College Reading, Study and vocabulary Program. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996.

9- Matrix of knowledge and skills of the course
SContentStudy week
Prewriting, freewriting and outlining an essay
The essay and its parts
Developing an essay by narration
Developing an essay by description
Developing an essay by classification
Developing an essay by comparison
Developing an essy by contrast
Developing an essay by process analysis
Developing an essay by cause and effect
Developing an essay by space and time
Developing an essay by generalization
Developing literary essays
Summarizing
Revising and editing
Final Exam

Course Coordinator(s): -
  1. Barsom Fekri Barsom Gad
Head of department: -