The main objective of this course
(English I) is to encourage the leaners to acquire the English language skills
they need to pursue their specialized courses in different Departments of the
Faculty. In order to achieve this purpose, emphasis should be relied upon the
formal grammar of the language, reading and writing activities in the classroom
and listening comprehension and note-taking practice in the language
laboratory. Undoubtedly, this can help the students to express themselves
freely while dealing with technical terminology, vocabulary items and
structures related to their subject areas. The overall program is a
complimentary and prerequisite course for all Engineering Departments (Four
hours per week). It covers the following:-
Intensive Reading of different passages
containing materials the students need to follow their departmental courses
(vocabulary exercises, comprehension questions, contextual references,
affixation, etc.).
•Description of the laboratory
experiments.
Scientific vocabulary including the use
of dictionary, punctuation, word-order, spelling, word- formation, etc.
•The study of English verb tenses, active
forms and passive constructions.
The study of English nouns (kinds,
functions, derivation) pronouns, adjectives, articles, adverbial phrases and so
forth.
•Summary writing.
