Course Plan for Eng. 110

King Khalid University Department of English


COURSE SYLLABUS


I. Title: Listening and Speaking (1)
II. Codification: Eng 110
III. Number of Credits/hours: 3 credits
IV. Level: 1
V. Prerequisites: None
VI. Academic Year: 2008 – 2009; Term 2
VII. Number of Instructors Involved: 5
VIII. Instructors Involved: Dr. Mahdi, Mr. Fuad, Mr. Farouk, Mr. Saiful, and Dr. Darwish.
IX. Number of Sections: 7
X. Textbooks: Tapestry (Middle East Edition) – Listening and Speaking (1).
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 four 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: Introducing self/others, greetings, etc.

3 14/3-18/3
17/3-21/3 Chapter 1: Meetings and Greetings
Speech Training: Introducing self/others, greetings, etc.
4 21/3-25/3
24/3-28/3 Chapter 1: Meetings and Greetings
Speech Training: Introducing self/others, greetings, etc.
5 28/3-1/4
1/4-5/4 Chapter2: Finding your Way
Speech Training: Giving and taking directions
6 4/4-8/4
8/4-12/4 Chapter2: Finding your Way
Mock Test
7 11/4-15/4
15/4-19/4 Chapter3: A Full Life
Speech Training: Talking about schedules
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: A Full Life
Speech Training: Talking about schedules
Supplementary Material1
10 9/5-13/5
14/5-18/5 Chapter4: Weather around the World
Speech Training: Talking about the weather
11 16/5-20/5
21/5-25/5 Chapter4: Weather around the World
Speech Training: Talking about the Weather
12 23/5-27/5
28/5-3/6 Chapter5: To your Health
Speech Training: Explaining symptoms, giving advice, fixing an appointment, 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 Chapter5: To your Health
Speech Training: Explaining symptoms, giving advice, fixing an appointment, 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