Course Plan Eng. 114

King Khalid University Department of English


COURSE SYLLABUS


I. Title: Listening and Speaking (2)
II. Codification: Eng 114
III. Number of Credits/hours: 3 credits
IV. Level: 2
V. Prerequisites: Eng 110
VI. Academic Year: 2008 – 2009; Term 2
VII. Number of Instructors Involved: 4
VIII. Instructors Involved: Mr. Saiful, Mr. Rizwan, Mr. Adel and Mr. Balal.
IX. Number of Sections: 7
X. Textbooks: Tapestry (Middle East Edition) – Listening and Speaking (2).
IX. Evaluation: There are going to be three exams: 1st Midterm, 2nd Midterm and a Final. Students will be tested in two components in each of the exams, i.e., listening and speaking as shown in the table below. The exams for the listening component will be prepared by the course coordinator. However, instructors are expected to conduct a mock test at the end of each chapter to enable students to check their progress. With regard to the speaking component, instructors are responsible for organising presentation sessions or dialogue based assessment sessions.

Exam Speaking Listening
Mid 1 10 15
Mid 2 10 15
Final Exam 20 30
Total (out of 100) 40 60







X. Course Schedule: Five Chapters are to be covered from the textbook in addition to some supplementary material. Approximately five hours should be spent on each chapter. An optimal course schedule should look like this:

Week Dates Units to be Covered
1 28/2-4/3/2009
3/3-7/3/1430 Introduction and Orientation

2 7/3-11/3
10/3-14/3 Speech Training: Starting/ending a conversation (small talk), apologizing, thanking, etc.
3 14/3-18/3
17/3-21/3 Chapter 1: The Whole World is your Classroom
Speech Training: Starting/ending a conversation (small talk), apologizing, thanking, etc.
4 21/3-25/3
24/3-28/3 Chapter 1: The Whole World is your Classroom
Speech Training: Starting/ending a conversation (small talk), apologizing, thanking, etc.
5 28/3-1/4
1/4-5/4 Chapter2: Change and Choice
Speech Training: Giving and taking directions, speaking to landlords about problems, etc.
6 4/4-8/4
8/4-12/4 Chapter2: Change and Choice
Supplementary Material1
Speech Training: recap of chapters 1&2
7 11/4-15/4
15/4-19/4 Chapter3: This is Who I am
Speech Training: Asking questions, encouraging, etc.
8 18/4-22/4
22/4-26/4 1st Midterm Exam (Listening)
1st Midterm Exam (Speaking)
25/4-29/4
29/4-4/5 Break
9 2/5-6/5
7/5-11/5 Chapter3: This is Who I am
Supplementary Material
Speech Training: Asking questions, encouraging, etc.
10 9/5-13/5
14/5-18/5 Chapter 4: Health
Speech Training: Giving advice about health
11 16/5-20/5
21/5-25/5 Chapter 4: Health
Speech Training: Giving advice about health
12 23/5-27/5
28/5-3/6 Chapter5: When Cultures Meet
Speech Training: Telling and sharing experiences
13 30/5-3/6
6/6-10/6 2nd Midterm Exam (Listening)
2nd Midterm Exam (Speaking)
14 6/6-10/6
13/6-17/6 Chapter5: When Cultures Meet
Speech Training: Telling and sharing experiences
15 13/6-17/6
20/6-24/6 Final Speaking Exam
1. Supplementary material is to be prepared and used by instructors only if they feel they are on schedule.

Head of Dept. Coordinator
Dr. Hamad Dousari Dr. Ibrahim Darwish