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Reading Comprehension Strategies 

Lecturer: Mr. Iyad Malouf

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual

This course deals with various academic approaches to reading and reading comprehension. Students will learn how learn, teach, use, analyze, and understand texts in and out of the classroom.

Final grade components: four exams 60%, final paper 40%.

Writing Proficiency – A 

Lecturer: Ms. Lina Hashoul Essa, and Ms. Yasmin Bakri

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

The course aims to teach students to create well-constructed essays based on academic criteria, with particular emphasis on structure, meaning, and punctuation. The course is structured to allow many opportunities to improve writing fluency, grammar, and vocabulary using different technologies and applications.

Final grade components: portfolio 20%, midterm exam 40%, final exam 40%.

Writing Proficiency – B

Lecturer: Ms. Yasmin Bakri Khalaila

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

Prerequisite: Writing Proficiency – A

The course is designed to expose the students to the essential elements of the writing process – grammar, mechanics, and sentence structure, and master the standard organizational patterns of paragraphs and essays. It is designed to teach them the stages of the writing process: preliminary writing, writing and rewriting, and to give them the confidence for written expression in English.

Final grade components: active participation 10%, assignments 30%, exams 60%.

Writing Proficiency – C

Lecturer: Dr. Hala Hanna Irsheid

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

Prerequisite: Writing Proficiency – B

The course aims to expose the students to the process of writing a short paper on a literary work while perfecting the relevant rhetorical skills by learning the basic features of writing about literature and the elements of characterization, theme, and plot.

Final grade components: portfolio- revisions 10% (end of the year), final exam 40%.

Oral Proficiency – A

Lecturer: Yasmin Bakri Khalaila and Fatina Awwad  

Course type: Required workshop, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

The course is designed to increase the student’s confidence and fluency in speaking, improve their accuracy in listening, enrich their vocabulary, expose them to different conversational teaching techniques, widen their horizons, and raise their awareness of correct tense usage while speaking.  

Final grade components: active participation 10%, assignments 30%, four presentations 60%. 

Oral Proficiency – B 

Lecturer: Dr. Manal Yazbak Abu Ahmad

Course type: Required workshop, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

Prerequisite: Oral Proficiency – A

The course is designed to raise the students’ confidence in the use of English in a variety of situations, to raise the level of their fluency and accuracy in English, to expose them to everyday and academic vocabulary, increase their cultural awareness of the differences between the use of mother tongues and English, create opportunities for them to speak in English on various topics in a supportive environment, to practice oral and written presentations and to expose learners to listening and speaking skills – picture stories/story grammar, narration, dialogue, language games. 

Final grade components: reflective Journal 15%, oral activities and presentations 35%, assignments based on first semester readings and activities 50%.

Oral Proficiency – C 

Lecturer: Dr. Hala Hanna Irsheid

Course type: Required workshop, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

Prerequisite: Oral Proficiency – B 

The course is designed to improve students’ communication accuracy, integrate grammar rules into speech, raise students’ awareness of the differences between formal and informal English, and expose them to different conversational teaching techniques.

Final grade components: participation 10% (including accuracy and fluency in English), weekly tasks and quizzes 40%, classroom presentations (including accuracy and fluency in English) 50%.

Basic Grammar 

Lecturer: Ms. Fatina Awwad

Course type: Required lecture + exercise, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

The goal of grammar teaching is to equip students with the rules for the correct use of grammar for communicative purposes, in writing and speaking, to foster students’ positive attitude toward grammar, provide them with the skills of practicing and effectively using the grammar rules of the English language and to enable them to communicate effectively and within the appropriate context.

Final grade components: quizzes 40%, final Exam 60%. 

Advanced Grammatical Structures

Lecturer:  Dr. Salah Foqara

Course type: Required lecture + exercise, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

Prerequisite: Basic Grammar

The course prepares students for an advanced level of academic reading and writing and everyday assignments and tasks related to language; it provides students with skills to gain a better understanding of how English grammar works and, consequently, increase their understanding and ability to use new structures with ease, fun, and joy;  and trains students to discuss, analyze, paraphrase and eventually make use of the patterns of English which they are likely to encounter in the process of their studies and careers.

Final grade components: active participation 15%, assignments 15%, exam 70%.

Short Stories 

Lecturer:  Prof. Jamal Assadi

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

The course is designed to engage students with short stories and thoughts of the great minds of people writing in English. It gives students the tools to appreciate the nature of literature and language and how they are structured. Students will gain further insight into the heart of their literature and mother tongue. As a result, they will learn and develop their sense of beauty, intellectual comprehension, and imagination.

Final grade components: attendance and active participation 10%, two quizzes 30%, two exams 60 %.

Development of the Novel

Lecturer: Mr. Iyad Malouf

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

The course is designed to provide students with the chance to compare novels representing various periods in Western cultures with an emphasis on a broad historical perspective of the genre, as well as its unique characteristics, to expose students to prominent and pedagogically influential samples of fiction; to develop fluent, independent readers who set their own goals and strategies for reading; and to encourage critical analysis of ideas, structure, and style of literary texts.

Final grade components: assignments 40%, final paper 60%.

Introduction to Poetry 

Lecturer: Prof. Jamal Assadi

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

The course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to read poetry extensively to familiarize them with the various elements of poetry and expand on the reasons for which poets use them to expose them to basic critical approaches in the world of poetry and strengthen their ability to interpret poetry at a high level.

Final grade components: assignments 40%, final paper 60%.

Introduction to Drama

Lecturer: Iyad Malouf

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

This course introduces students to various academic approaches to literature and plays in particular. It helps students learn to "read between the lines" and analyze plays based on theoretical approaches.

Final grade components: assignments 40%, final paper 60%.

Survey of American Literature 

Lecturer: Dr. Mirjam Mobarkey

Course type: Required lecture, 1 weekly hrs., Annual 

Studying historical and modern literary pieces written by American authors enhances students’ understanding of language structure. It enriches their language and creates a bridge to the target culture related to that language. Students will read, interpret, and evaluate texts by studying literature in English. They will develop an understanding of literal meaning, relevant contexts, and the deeper themes or attitudes that may be expressed.

Final grade components: reading assignments, final exam 100%

Survey of British Literature

Lecturer: Dr. Mirjam Mobarkey

Course type: Required lecture, 1 weekly hrs., Annual 

The course encourages students to read, interpret and evaluate texts by studying British literature from various periods. Learners will also develop an understanding of literal meaning, relevant contexts, and the deeper themes or attitudes that may be expressed.

Final grade components: reading assignments, final exam 100%

Children’s Literature (Seminar)

Lecturer: Dr. Mirjam Mobarkey

Course type: Elective seminar, 2 weekly hrs., Annual

Prerequisite: passing all courses in the previous three years.

The seminar is designed to expose students to prominent and pedagogically influential examples of children’s literature in English; to teach students how to think critically about children’s literature, how to establish a research hypothesis to be used for a comparative research project;  to provide students with information about the society, culture, and family structure of English speaking countries; and to teach students how to use children’s literature as a tool for the discussion of social, moral, interpersonal and other issues.

Final grade components: reading assignments, classroom presentation 20%, research paper 80%.

Modern Literary Criticism: Theory and Practice (Seminar)

Lecturer: Prof. Jamal Assadi

Course type: Elective seminar, 2 weekly hrs., Annual

Prerequisite: passing all courses in the first three years.

The seminar is designed to give the students a general picture of modern critical theory and to sharpen their critical analysis of ideas, structures, and styles in literary texts; prepare them for undergraduate level of academic reading and writing; and increase their independence and self-reliance by enabling them to combine the reading of literature, the analysis of literary styles and techniques, and the acquisition of language skills. 

Final grade components: classroom presentation 10%, exam 20%, final paper 70%.

Active participation is required.   

Introduction to Linguistics

Lecturer: Dr. Tareq Murad

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

The course is designed to help students realize the fact that languages have different features which characterize them from non-natural languages; to stimulate their curiosity about language, what it reveals about the human mind, and the human cultures it reflects, and to increase their ability for critical thinking, analysis, problem-solving, hypothesis formulation and evaluation, and written expression.

Final grade components: digital assignments 30%, two assignments or quizzes 40%, final exam 30%. Attendance is required. 

Second Language Acquisition (SLA) 

Lecturer: Dr. Hala Hanna Irsheid

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

This course helps students analyze the second language acquisition process through applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics insights. Different aspects of second language acquisition will be discussed, including factors and variables that might influence its acquisition. 

Final grade components: assignments and presentations 20%, midterm exam 40%, final exam 40%.

Morphology

Lecturer: Dr. Hala Hanna Irsheid 

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

The course will expose students to the field of morphology and reasons grammar and grammatical analysis should include morphology. The course will demonstrate that morphology constitutes a “level” of structure between phonology and syntax, and it will provide tools for learning how words are constructed of smaller meaningful units and for describing some of the morphological features of other languages.

Final grade components: assignments and presentations 20%, midterm exam 40%, final exam 40%. 

Phonetics and Phonology 

Lecturer: Dr. Hala Hanna Irsheid

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual  

The course is designed to familiarize students with the universal phonetic system and its representation in words; to help them concentrate on English sound inventories, the vocal tract, consonants and vowels, and their location and their manner of articulation; to provide students with tools to analyze sound changes during pronunciations and solve phonological problems; and help them compare the English phonetics system with systems from other languages.

Final grade components: assignments and presentations 20%, midterm exam 40%, final exam 40%. 

Discourse Analysis

Lecturer: Dr. Tareq Murad

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

Prerequisite: Introduction to Linguistics

This course is designed to encourage students to see that discourse is itself a form of social action that plays a fundamental role in organizing social, cultural, and political life; to familiarize them with a variety of approaches and topics in the study of discourse; and to help them develop the necessary tools and skills for analyzing discourse data. 

Final grade components: digital assignments 30%, two assignments or quizzes 40%, final exam 30%. Attendance is required.

Semantics 

Lecturer: Dr. Hala Hanna Irsheid

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual  

The course is designed to familiarize students with technical terms used in the study of meaning, provide them with tools to distinguish between sentence and utterance, meaning and use, and differentiate between the linguistic system and the use made by the speakers and listeners.

Final grade components: assignments and presentations 20%, midterm exam 40%, final exam 40%. 

Drama in Classroom Contexts

Lecturer: Dr Mirjam Mobarkey

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual

This course is designed to broaden students’ knowledge of the English language through dramatic performance and to raise their mental and physical self-confidence using innovative approaches for dealing with English through drama.

Final grade components: reflective task 10%, role plays 20%, monologue 20%, group performance 20%, mime act 30%.

Syntax 

Lecturer: Dr. Hala Hanna Irsheid 

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual  

The course exposes students to the field of syntax and why grammar and grammatical analysis should include syntax. It provides them with tools for analyzing the elements of the sentence's linear and hierarchical structure, understanding how words and morphemic elements are arranged and organized into larger structures (syntax), and analyzing the different syntactic features of other languages.

Final grade components: assignments and presentations 20%, midterm exam 40%, final exam 40%.

Teaching the Four Skills in English (listening, speaking, reading, and writing)

Lecturer: Ms. Ranya Farraj 

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

The course is designed to provide students at the elementary track with the knowledge, techniques, and pedagogical skills required for preparing very young learners for their earliest reading experience. To familiarize students with the research in this field and introduce them to various online tools for teaching pre-reading skills.

Final grade components: classroom presentations 40%, midterm 30%, final exam 30%.

Pedagogical Grammar

Lecturer: Dr. Salah Fokra

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

Prerequisite: 1st and 2nd year grammar courses

The course is designed to help students correctly use and apply English grammatical structures, understand English grammar, and acquire knowledge regarding grammatical difficulties and problems that Arab learners of English tend to have. Students will design a grammar activity as outlined by the English curriculum and define global and operative can-do statements of grammatical activities as outlined by the English curriculum. 

Final grade components: active participation 15%, assignments 15%, exam 70%.

Creative Writing

Lecturer: Dr. Manal Yazbak Abu Ahmad

Course type: Required lecture, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

The course is designed to help students explore language as a material, recognize and work with language’s formal properties, explore language as a mode of engagement with the world, develop a creative consciousness of language’s role in making and remaking the world, expose students to a wide variety of texts so that they become aware of an expanding range of possibilities for their writing; independently engage with texts; to use that engagement to develop their interpretations of texts, to become valuable and articulate commentators on colleagues’ work, to become more effective at presenting their own writing in front of an audience and to know commonly used terms and phrasings used to discuss writing.

Final grade components: reflective Journal and blogs 20%, assignments 40%, final essay 40%.

Didactics I

Lecturer: Teachers of the Department

Course type: Required lecture + exercise, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

The course is designed to familiarize students with the theoretical and practical aspects of teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and the interaction between them; to familiarize students with the principles of the English curriculum; help them explore learning theories, examine their lesson planning and presentations, and discuss applications for classroom practice.

Final grade components: formative assessment (active participation and assignments) 40%, summative assessment (midterm exam) 30%, final exam 30%.

Didactics II 

Lecturer: Teachers of the Department

Course type: Required lecture + exercise, 2 weekly hrs., Annual 

Prerequisite: Didactics I  

The course is designed to help students further develop their approach to teaching through current literature, teaching-learning processes, various approaches to language teaching, and the interaction of the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). 

To become more aware of their learning process and attitudes towards teaching, learning, and language; to identify and discuss key assumptions of current language approaches and methods; to gain skills in planning lessons; to plan language activities that demonstrate the separateness and interdependence of the four skills and to describe the incorporation of the four skills into their teaching approach.

Final grade components: formative assessment (active participation and assignments) 40%, summative assessment (midterm exam) 30%, final exam 30%.

Clinical Training

Lecturer: Teachers of the Department

Course type: Required, 8 weekly-hrs., Annual (2nd+ 3rd year) 

The course is designed to provide the students with the theoretical and practical training they need before they begin teaching. Students are obligated to carry out 18 hours of practical experience per week in elementary or intermediate schools according to one of the clinical models offered by the college. It enables them to experience their chosen discipline and pedagogy and participate with the supervisors and training teachers in professional learning communities (PLC).

Final grade components: cooperating teacher evaluation 20%, guide evaluation 60%, portfolio 20%.