Faculty of Educations

Model (No 12)

Course Specification : Children

2006 - 2007

 
Farabi Quality Management of Education and Learning - 23/4/2026
University :Mansoura University
Faculty :Faculty of Educations
Department :Department of Foreign Languages
1- 1- Course data :-
Code: 7
Course title: Children
Year/Level: رابعة لغة انجليزية
Program Title:
  • All Academic programmes
Specialization:
Teaching Hours: Theoretical: 4 Tutorial: Practical:
2- 2- Course aims :-
  1. To enhance students' ability to read plays that represent different movements and periods.
  2. To develop students' awareness of different dramatic devices such as setting, characterization, conflict, theme, etc.
  3. To familiarize students with different dramatic modes: comedy, tragedy, tragicomedy, etc. and to practice reading plays exemplifying these modes.
3- 3- Course Learning Outcomes :-
4- 4- Course contents :-
No Topics Week No.
1 Genres of drama
2 Sasha and the Pearl: A Children's play in three acts
3 Shakespeare's theatre
4 Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Plot Summary
5 Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Characterization
6 Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Themes
7 The Dumb Waiter as an example of modern drama
8 The Dumb Waiter: Summary, characters and commentary
9 Death of a Salesman: Plot summary
10 The Importance of Being Earnest: Plot summary
11 Oedipus Rex: Plot Summary
12 Essentials and the nature of drama
13 Children's theatre
14 Drama in schools
15 Origins of drama

5- 5- Teaching and learning methods :-
S Method
Selecting important quotations to read loudly with class.
Text books
Summary and commentary writing

6- 6- Teaching and learning methods of disables :-
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7- 7- Student assessment :-
- Timing
No Method Week No.
1 Mid-Term Fifth
2 Term Paper Tenth
3 Essay writing Fifteenth
- Degree
No Method Degree
1 Mid_term examination 10
2 Final_term examination 80
3 Oral examination
4 Practical examination
5 Semester work
6 Other types of asessment 10
Total 100%

8- 8- List of books and references
S Reference Type
1 Archer, W. English Dramatists of Today, 1882.
2 Dukes, Ashley. Modern Dramatists. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1911
3 Frank N. Magill, ed. Critical Survey of Drama. Pasadena, Calif: Salem Press, 1994.
4 Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
5 Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter
6 www.allshakespeare.com
7 www.sparknotes.com
8 www.bartleby.com

9- 9- Matrix of knowledge and skills of the course
S Content Study week
Genres of drama
Sasha and the Pearl: A Children's play in three acts
Shakespeare's theatre
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Plot Summary
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Characterization
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Themes
The Dumb Waiter as an example of modern drama
The Dumb Waiter: Summary, characters and commentary
Death of a Salesman: Plot summary
The Importance of Being Earnest: Plot summary
Oedipus Rex: Plot Summary
Essentials and the nature of drama
Children's theatre
Drama in schools
Origins of drama

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