Overview
This course aims at broadening students'
lexis, develop new strategies in learning vocabulary, and use their lexical
store to develop other skills in the study of the English language. This course also provides vocabulary sentences with a set of activities related to improving and developing students' English language level. Students learn some important words and phrases, and it also provides students with information about vocabulary and how to use it in different circumstances, as well as ideas and techniques to help them learn vocabulary.
Intended learning outcomes
At
the end of the course, the student must be able to:
1. Developing the skill in understanding terminology and the stages of vocabulary development.2. Make use of newly acquired vocabulary in conversation and in writing correct and meaningful sentences.3. Comprehend and comprehend the meanings of new words and vocabulary, classify them, search for their meanings, and include them in the formulation of correct-meaning sentences.4 . Acquisition of basic communication skills through the amount of vocabulary acquired through the study of texts.
5. Developing his ability to use the correct foundations for understanding and analyzing terms and vocabulary of multiple use
Teaching and learning methods
The
course will be presented to the student through lectures, panel discussions, or
assignments and exercises, discussion and dialogue
Methods of assessments
Methods
of evaluating students in this course
(class work 40% &
final 60%)
Class
work: is divided into written midterm, assignments and tasks
Written
final exam
References
1. McCarthy & O'Dell. 2002. English
Vocabulary in Use. Upper-intermediate. Cambridge University Press.
2. McCarthy & O'Dell. 2008. English
Collocations in Use. Intermediate. Cambridge University Press.
3. McCarthy & O'Dell. 2008. English
Phrasal Verbs in Use. Intermediate. Cambridge University Press.
4. McCarthy & O'Dell. 2008. English
Idioms in Use. Cambridge University Press.
Main Contents of
the Course
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Scientific topics
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Week
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Readings /
References / Notes
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What
is special about academic English
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1
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Key
Adjectives
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2
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Phrasal verbs in
academic English
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3
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Nouns and The words they combine with
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4
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Time
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5
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Talking
about points of view
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6
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When
and how idioms used
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7
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Aspects
of vocabulary learning
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8
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Parts
of speech (special problems)
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9
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Common
metaphors in idioms
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10
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Clichés
and fixed statements
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11
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Learning
about collocations
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12
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Talking about meaning
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13
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Talking about meaning
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14
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