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HU Credits:
0
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
English as a Foreign Language
Semester:
1st and/or 2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Miriam Poupko
Coordinator Office Hours:
by appointment
Teaching Staff:
Ms. Nina Luskin
Ms. Tamar Stern
Dr. Nadav Sabar
Ms.
Ms.
Dr. Ilana Rosansky
Course/Module description:
This course gives students the advanced strategies needed to become independent and critical readers of English. Oral, Listening and writing skills are also developed.
Group ז Of the course is a pilot group and will be taught in a different format, with a different syllabus and different assessment. More information can be accessed at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17GJG_B-NKC4qEkucpLZqy-etGzoZC6eQnd2JFnDjKzY/edit?usp&eq;sharing
Course/Module aims:
The purpose of the course is to enable students to improve their reading and analysis of academic articles written in English. The goal is for students to become proficient, independent and critical readers of academic texts. Students are taught to integrate and present the information and ideas presented and to respond to these ideas both orally and in writing.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
• read, understand and analyse academic texts
• integrate and present the information in the texts in a discussion of the subject as well as in written form
• participate in an academic discussion
• give a presentation
on an academic subject
• understand lectures such as TED talks
• write a short cohesive text
Attendance requirements(%):
100%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Frontal teaching, individual, pair and group work. Texts from different disciplines and genres are read and a variety of different reading strategies are practiced.
Students are required to complete an independent project or presentation.
Course/Module Content:
Amongst the reading strategies taught:
• identifying different genres of academic writing
• recognizing the structure of an article
• knowing when to employ different reading strategies such as skimming and scanning
• recognizing the writer's point of view
• recognizing the use of hedging
• becoming familiar with the language and vocabulary common to various fields of study
• to converse and express their opinions in English
Required Reading:
Readings in English for Academic Purposes - Science - Upper Advanced Level
Additional Reading Material:
Open Journal articles and recent science news reports on the internet
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 40 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 60 %
see additional information
Additional information:
End of course written examination: 40%
Class grade: 60%
Components of the class grade:
Exams during the semester,
presentation/project 60%
Homework assignments,
classwork, quizzes,
active participation in class 40%
The pass grade for the course is 70.
60% of the grade is the class grade; 40% of the grade is the final exam. -
Students need a minimum 60 class grade in order to take the final exam, and a minimum of 60 on the final exam in order for the class grade to be taken into account.
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