Course Plan Eng. 210

King Khalid University Department of English


COURSE SYLLABUS


I. Title: Listening and Speaking (3)
II. Codification: Eng 210
III. Number of Credits/hours: 3 credits
IV. Level: 3
V. Prerequisites: Eng 114 & Eng 110
VI. Academic Year: 2008 – 2009; Term 2
VII. Number of Instructors Involved: 3
VIII. Instructors Involved: Dr. Mahdi, Dr. Alward and Mr. Saiful.
IX. Number of Sections: 5
X. Textbooks: Tapestry (Middle East Edition) – Listening and Speaking (3).
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: Discussing academic issues, making queries, etc.
3 14/3-18/3
17/3-21/3 Chapter 1: School Daze
Speech Training: Discussing academic issues, making queries, etc.
4 21/3-25/3
24/3-28/3 Chapter 1: School Daze
Speech Training: Discussing academic issues, making queries, etc.
5 28/3-1/4
1/4-5/4 Chapter 2: Cross-Cultural Communication
Speech Training: Using direct and subtle speech
6 4/4-8/4
8/4-12/4 Chapter 2: Cross-Cultural Communication
Speech Training: Using direct and subtle speech
7 11/4-15/4
15/4-19/4 Chapter 3: My Slice of the Pie
Supplementary Material1
Speech Training: Expressing needs, offering advice, 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 Chapter 3: My Slice of the Pie
Supplementary Material
Speech Training: Expressing needs, offering advice, etc.
10 9/5-13/5
14/5-18/5 Chapter 4: I Said my Way
Speech Training: Debating facts and opinions
11 16/5-20/5
21/5-25/5 Chapter 4: I Said my Way
Speech Training: Debating facts and opinions
12 23/5-27/5
28/5-3/6 Chapter 5: It’s Not Easy Being Good
Speech Training: Talking about hypothetical situations, responding nonjudgmentally, etc.
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 Chapter 5: It’s Not Easy Being Good
Speech Training: Talking about hypothetical situations, responding nonjudgmentally, etc.
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