BIU2042

English
Proficiency 4
INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN

English Language Unit

Centre of Languages and General Studies
Sultan Idris Education University

SESSION 2 2016/2017

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Date:

INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN
Centre : Centre of Languages and General Studies
Department : English Language Unit
Semester :2
Session : 2016/2017
Course Name : English Proficiency 4
Course Code : BIU2042
Credit Hour :2
Pre requisite : MUET Band 5/6 or pass with a minimum Grade C the
following courses:
- BIU2032 English Proficiency 3

LECTURERS INFORMATION:

Name : Puan Thilaga Ravinthar (Course Coordinator)

E-mail : thilaga.r@pbmpu.upsi.edu.my
Telephone number : 015-48797946
Room number : 2E-110 Blok 5, UPSI Kampus Sultan Azlan Shah

COURSE SYNOPSIS:
This is an advanced English language course for learners who are familiar with most
structural patterns of English and able to use them in both academic and workplace
situations. It enhances students ability to construct complex structures, present and
evaluate arguments systematically in listening, speaking and writing activities.
Students develop critical reading skills by evaluating information from reading texts
and writing process, compare and contrast, and argumentative essays.

(Ini adalah kursus bahasa Inggeris peringkat tinggi untuk pelajar yang sudah biasa
dengan kebanyakan corak struktur bahasa Inggeris dan boleh menggunakannya
dalam kedua-dua situasi akademik dan tempat kerja.

Ia meningkatkan keupayaan pelajar untuk membina struktur kompleks, menyampai

dan menilai hujah-hujah secara sistematik dalam aktiviti mendengar, bertutur dan
menulis. Pelajar menguasai kemahiran membaca kritikal dengan menilai maklumat
daripada bahan bacaan dan menulis esei proses, membandingkan dan
membezakan, dan perbahasan.)
RATIONALE OF THE COURSE:

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This course is needed to cater to students who are ready to progress to the upper
intermediate level of proficiency in English at the point of entry or after completing
the English Proficiency Levels 1, 2 and 3 courses.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

1. Infer details from English discourse. (C4)

2. Interpret and evaluate variety of reading materials. (C6)
3. Defend, evaluate and present arguments in debates. (C6)
4. Write different types of essays with fluency and accuracy. (C6)

TRANSFERABLE SKILLS:

Communication skills

REFERENCES:

Nadiah Yan Abdullah, Sasigaran Moneyam, Thilaga Ravinthar & Khursiah Mohd Sauffi.
(2016). E-PRO 4. Tanjong Malim: Centre for Languages and General Studies, Universiti
Pendidikan Sultan Idris.

Straus, J., Kaufman, L. & Stern , T. (2014.) The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation,
USA: Jossey-Bass

Azar, B.S. (1992). Fundamentals of English grammar (2nd ed.). New York: Longman.

Eastwood, J. (2008). Oxford practice grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Folse, K. S., Muchmore-Vokoun, A., & Solomon, E. V. (2010). Great essays (3rd
ed.). Boston: Heinle Cengage Learning.

Gaudart, H., Hughes, R., & Michael, J. (2009). Towards better English grammar (2nd
ed.). Kuala Lumpur: Oxford Fajar Sdn. Bhd.

Goh, H. S., & Leela Chakrabarty. (Eds.). (2013). Advancing further in English.
Tanjung Malim: Faculty of Languages and Communication.

Kayfetz, J. L., & Smith, M. E. F. (2001). Speaking effectively: Strategies for

academic interaction. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers.

Langan, J. (2011). College writing skills (8th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

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Langan, J., & Ryan, M. (2012). English skills (10th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Soloman, J.S., & Chuah Ai Bee. (2010). English for Malaysians. Kuala Lumpur:
Pelanduk.

METHODS OF SOFT SKILLS EMBEDDED:

Activity KOM BKMM PBPM KKBP KKU KKP EM

Debate
Abbreviation Skills
Essay Writing
KOM Communication Skill

BKMM Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills

PBPM Continuous Learning and Information Management

KKBP Team Work Skills

KKU Entrepreneurial Skills

KKP Leadership Skill

EM Professional Ethics and Moral

STUDENTs PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

Course work Percentage

Details LO %

In-Class Tasks LO1 20

60

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Debate LO2 20

Writing Task LO3 20

Final exam LO4 40 40

Total 100%

GRADING SCALE:

Points interval GPA/CGPA

A 80 100 4.00

A- 75 79 3.75

B+ 70 74 3.50

B 65 69 3.00

B- 60 64 2.75

C+ 55 59 2.50

C 50 54 2.00

C- 45 49 1.75

D+ 40 44 1.50

D 35 39 1.00

F 0 34 0

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SOFT SKILS GRADING SCALE:

Scale

4 Excellent

3 Good

2 Moderate
Rubrics as in Buku Kemahiran
1 Weak Insaniah/Soft skills

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WEEK TEACHING SCHEDULE:

*Abbreviatio Activity Abbreviatio Assessment

n n

LEC Lecture

GRPD Group Discussion

GRPP Group Presentation

PRC Practice

*Optional

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Week Chapter/Topic Soft Learning & Assessme

Learning outcomes skills Teaching nt
Activities
At the end of each week, the students
should be able to:

1. Construct complex structures in writing

1--2 Explain instructional plan and attendance essays. (C6) KOM LEC
rules and requirements 4. Manage discussions in groups
appropriately based on topics given. BKMM GRPD
(CS3,TS4)
KKBP PRC
Unit 1: What a wonderful world

Reading
Purpose, Tone, Point of view and intended
audience
- Determine an authors purpose , tone,
point of view and intended audience

Speaking
Use of language functions to express view

Persuading

- Talking about feelings

- Drawing conclusions
- Conceding a point
- Critiquing and reviewing constructively
- Defending a point of view persuasively

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Listening
Making judgments
- Listen to a news and make judgment
on the facts delivered by the speakers.

Grammar
Sentence Pattern
- Complex sentences - Consolidate and
generate complex sentences from the SP

Verb Forms
- Tenses/Aspects(Reinforced)

Relative Clause (modifying object)

Adverbial Clauses with Subordinating

conjunctions
(Adverbial functions- manner, time, reason,
frequency, degree, place, conditional etc.)

Writing
Compound sentences

Complex sentences

Compound-complex sentences
. Construct complex structures in writing
3-1 Debate With Us: essays. (C6) KOM LEC Debate
2. Listen, evaluate and present arguments in
debates. (C6)

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4. Manage discussions in groups

appropriately based on topics given. BKMM GRPD

Reading KKBP GRPP

Reading topics related to global issues PRC

and preparing drafts of the debate text.

Speaking

Managing discussion

Presenting arguments

Develop argumentative skill for persuasive

speech

Listening

Listen to debate and take notes based on

understanding.

Critical listening

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Grammar

Compound-complex sentences

Writing

Writing complex and complex-compound

sentences in debate text.

Paraphrasing

Unit 2: 1. Construct complex structures in writing

3-4 Grammar essays. (C6) KOM LEC In-class
Sentence Pattern 2. Listen, evaluate and present arguments in Tasks
- Complex sentences - Consolidate items from debates. (C6) BKMM GRPD
Unit 2 Level 1 & 2 and generate complex 4. Manage discussions in groups
sentences from the SP. appropriately based on topics given.
(CS3,TS4) KKBP GRPP
Verb Forms
- Tenses/Aspects(Reinforced) PRC

Relative Clause (modifying indirect object)

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Listening
Drawing conclusions
- Listen to a statement and form
conclusions.

Speaking
Stating and justifying points of view
- Talking about clothing and personal
belonging

Presenting an argument.
- Talking about social problem
- Developing an argument systematically.
- Emphasising a point, feeling, issue
- Expressing attitudes and feelings
precisely

Reading
Evaluate authors argument
Evaluate and authors agreement
Identify the issues and the authors
argument

Writing
Paraphrasing

Writing summaries
Unit 3: Educate a girl and empower a 1. Construct complex structures in writing
5-7 nation! essays. (C6) KOM LEC In-class
Grammar 3. Write different types of essays with Tasks
Sentence Pattern fluency and accuracy. (C6) BKMM GRPD
- Complex sentences - Consolidate items and 4. Manage discussions in groups
generate complex sentences from the SP. appropriately based on topics given.
(CS3,TS4)

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Sentence skills KKBP GRPP

- Paragraph and Discourse levels
PRC
Listening
Recognising and interpreting speakers view
- Listen to a dialogue and identify the
speakers view.

Speaking
Managing a discussion
- Initiating
- Turn-taking
- Expressing certainty, probability, doubt
- Expressing opinions tentatively, hedging
- Expressing reaction e.g. indifference

Reading
Underlining, listing and Summarizing
Information

Writing
Writing process essays

Unit 4: 1. Construct complex structures in writing

8-10 Grammar essays. (C6) KOM LEC
Sentence Pattern 2. Listen, evaluate and present arguments in
- Complex sentences - Consolidate items and debates. (C6) BKMM GRPD
generate complex sentences from the SP. 3. Write different types of essays with
fluency and accuracy. (C6)

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Listening 4. Manage discussions in groups

Recognising and interpreting speakers appropriately based on topics given. KKBP GRPP
attitudes (CS3,TS4)
- Listen to a conversation and describe PRC
the speakers attitudes.

Speaking
Managing discussion
- Interrupting
- Prompting
- Expressing shades of opinion and
certainty
- Responding to counterarguments

Reading
Reading critically
Note-taking
Inferring relationships
between sentences
Nominalisation
Reading in detail

Writing
Writing compare and contrast essays

Unit 5: 1. Construct complex structures in writing

11-13 Grammar essays. (C6) KOM LEC Writing Task
Integrate all sentence patterns. 3. Write different types of essays with
fluency and accuracy. (C6)
Construct, generate and transform 4. Manage discussions in groups

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NP + VP + NP + (AdvP) appropriately based on topics given.

NP + VP + NP + PrepP + (AdvP) (CS3,TS4) BKMM GRPD
Complex sentences
KKBP GRPP
Listening
Recognising and interpreting speakers PRC
intentions
- Listen to a talk show and identify the
speakers intentions.

Speaking
Managing discussion
- Negotiating
- Closing
- Speculating and hypothesising about
causes, consequences etc.
- Synthesising, evaluating and glossing
information

Reading
Critical Reading

- Questioning, comparing and evaluating

Writing
Writing argumentative essays
Revision
14 GRPD

PRC

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TUTORIAL/LAB/WORKSHOP PLAN

No Topic Learning Outcome Soft skill Learning & Assessment

Teaching
Activities
1

Reminder:

1. Students must attend all lectures, tutorials, laboratory, studio or other activities related to the course, including courses with no final
examination (perkara 4.1 dan 4.3).
2. Student with attendance of less than 80% will not be allowed to sit for final examination (perkara 4.2).

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3. Perkara 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 can be waived for students who suffer from health problems and must be certified by government or UPSI panel clinic
medical officer.

4. Student who has to represent UPSI/State/Country in activity that is directed by the government or UPSI, is required to obtain a
recommendation letter from the Dean and must be approved by the Academic Affairs Division.

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