Course Title: Functional English

Course Code: ENG101

Credit Hours: 3

Semester: 1st

Course Instructor: Bakhtawar Hizbullah Sario

Aims & Objectives:

The course aims to enhance the students’ understanding of English language so that they are able to read, write and speak in English
with ease and desired comprehension.

Course Outline:

1. Vocabulary
 Meaning and Applications
 Synonyms and Antonyms
 Exercises
2. Rules of Sentences
 Declarative, Interrogative and Imperative Sentences
 Exclamatory and Optative Sentences
 Simple, Compound, Multiple, Complex and Conditional Sentences
3. Phrases and Idioms
 Construction of Sentences using Phrases and Idioms
 Exercises
4. Tenses
 The Present Tense
 The Past Tense
 The Future Tense
5. Direct and Indirect Speech
 Rules of Direct and Indirect Speech
 Reported questions
 Reported Commands, Requests and Advices
6. Active and Passive
 Rules of Active and Passive
 Personal and Impersonal Passive
 Exercises
7. Punctuation and Spellings
 Importance of Punctuation
 How to Improve Spellings
 Exercises
8. Comprehension and Speed Reading
 Sentence Comprehension
 Exercises
9. Speaking Skills
 Effective Speaking
 Strategies for developing Speaking Skills
 Body Language
10. Listening Skills
 Importance of Listening Skills
 Listening Models
 Documentaries and Videos
11. Translation Skills
 Refining Translation Skills
 Exercises
12. Paragraph Writing
 Structure
 Types of Paragraphs
 Process of Writing
13. Email Writing
 Introduction to Email Writing
 Types of Emails
 Exercises
14. Impromptu Presentations
Recommended and References Books:

 Eastwood, J. (1992). Oxford Practice Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 Langan, J. (2013). College Writing Skills with Readings (9 edition). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.

 The Institute of Chartered Accountants Pakistan. (2015). Functional English. (Study Text). Emile Woolf International.

 Thomson, A. J., & Martinet, A. V. (1986). A Practical English Grammar (4th Revised ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Elt.

 Wren, P. C., & Martin, H. (1995). High School English Grammar and Composition. (N. D. V. P. Rao, Ed.) (Revised edition).

New Delhi: S Chand & Co Ltd.

 Barrett Hodgson University, Karachi
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Subject: Functional English

Lecture Plan
Week# Lecture Topics Bloom’s Use of Technology Quiz / Learning Book Page no.
# Taxonomy Level Assignment Objectives

Lecture Diagnostic test

1

Lecture Remembering Quizlet (Mobile App) -To Functional English

2 Vocabulary, Understanding understand ICAP
Meaning and Applying the use of 113-202
Applications new
vocabulary
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meanings of
the words
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of the given
1 contextual
clues
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vocabulary
bank to use
in various
genres
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3 Synonyms and Understanding App) As above ICAP
Antonyms Applying 113-202
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Functional English
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Sentences to recognize
Understanding 271-289
Lecture Declarative, various
4 Interrogative Applying sentence
and Imperative types and
Sentences structures
and to
differentiate
between
Week them
2
Lecture a)Exclamatory 193-196
5 and Optative
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rules of to distinguish & Composition
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Compound, various types
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appropriately
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Sentences British
Council)

Lecture Construction of Remembering Grammar Games Lite 179-185

Week 6 Sentences Using by Ranvic labs -To be able
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3
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various
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idioms in Martin
varying
contexts

Lecture Exercises
7

Lecture Tenses Remembering 164-218

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4 9 Continuation) tenses to recognize
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Quizmaster tenses
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created by
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Council)

Week Lecture Direct and Remembering 307-324 A

5 10 Indirect Speech -To Practical English
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Speech behind the Martinet
use of
various
narratives
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effectively
and
appropriately

Lecture Reported Remembering -To 307-324 A

11 Questions understand Practical English
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use of Martinet
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Advice narratives
and use them
effectively
and
appropriately

Week Lecture Rules of Active Remembering -To 302-306 A

6 12 and Passive understand Practical English
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behind the Thomson A. V.
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change of Martinet
voice and to
be able to use
them
correctly

Lecture Personal and Remembering Quiz on -To 302-306 A

13 Impersonal Active/Pass understand Practical English
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behind the Thomson A. V.
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7 14 Punctuations -To be able Practical English
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Spellings Applying
more Martinet
Exercises effective and
minimize the
grammatical
errors

Lecture Sentence Remembering 389-403

15 Comprehension -To improve
Understanding the skills of English Grammar
Exercises reading and & Composition
Applying
comprehension
By Wren and
Martin

Week Lecture Speaking Skills Remembering Valedictorian

8 16 Effective Speeches -To improve
Speaking Understanding verbal
proficiency
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and
presentation
skills
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17 Developing verbal
Speaking Skills Understanding proficiency
and
Body Language Applying
presentation
skills

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Week Lecture Importance of Remembering Everybody Loves -To improve

10 18 Listening Skills Raymond Videos listening
Understanding skills by
introducing
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the students
to various
listening
models

Lecture Listening Remembering ACTIVE Listening -To improve

19 Models Model Videos listening
Understanding skills by
Documentaries introducing
and Videos Applying
the students
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listening
models

Week Lecture Refining Remembering Mind Your Language

11 20 Translation Videos -The students
Skills Understanding will be able
to
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supplement
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linguistic and
cultural
competences
with
translation
skills

Lecture Refining Remembering Video on 7 Critical -The students

21 Translation Skills in Writing will be able
Skills Understanding to
Exercises supplement
Applying
their basic
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competences
with
translation
skills

Week Lecture Paragraph Remembering -To be able 355-358

22 Writing to develop
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Structures through & Composition
Applying
directed By Wren and
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Lecture Paragraph Remembering -To be able 355-358

23 Writing to develop
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through & Composition
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instructions Martin
Evaluating

Lecture Types of Remembering -To be able 355-358

24 Paragraphs to develop
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through & Composition
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directed
By Wren and
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Evaluating
Week Lecture Paragraph Remembering Assignmen 355-358
25 Writing t on Blog -To be able
13 Understanding to be to develop English Grammar
Process of uploaded writing skills & Composition
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Martin
instructions
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Creating

Week Lecture Email Writing Remembering Writing Email in 367-389

26 English with Jennifer -To increase
14 Understanding (Video) writing skills
and improve English Grammar
Applying
email & Composition
Analyzing communication
By Wren and
Martin
Week Lecture Types of Emails Remembering Peer -To increase 367-389
15 27 Review writing skills
Understanding Assignmen and improve
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Writing communication
& Composition
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Creating

Lecture Proficiency Test Remembering Mock

28 IELTS Test
Understanding

Applying

Analyzing

Week Lecture Impromptu Remembering

16 29 Presentations -To build on
Understanding students’
presentation
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and
Analyzing communication
skills
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Creating

Lecture Presentations Remembering -To build on

30 students’
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and
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skills
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Creating