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BBI 2409 English for Academic Purposes PJJ

BBI 2409 English for Academic Purposes PJJ. Semester 2 – 2010/2011. Your Instructors. Puan Husnita Habsah Yon Contact Details email - husnita@fbmk.upm.edu.my h/p - 016-2061484 Puan Zuriena Abdul Rahman Contact Details email - zuriena@fbmk.upm.edu.my h/p - 019-2641967.

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BBI 2409 English for Academic Purposes PJJ

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  1. BBI 2409 English for Academic PurposesPJJ Semester 2 – 2010/2011

  2. Your Instructors • PuanHusnitaHabsah Yon Contact Details email - husnita@fbmk.upm.edu.my h/p - 016-2061484 • PuanZuriena Abdul Rahman Contact Details email - zuriena@fbmk.upm.edu.my h/p - 019-2641967

  3. Course Objectives By the end of the course, students are able to: • choose relevant study skills for academic purposes • identify suitable academic reading strategies • respond appropriately to academic situations in English • present ideas appropriately and effectively

  4. Course Synopsis This course involves developing study skills and reading strategiesfor academic purposes. It also covers practice in speaking and writing in academic settings.

  5. Course Content • Using basic study skills for academic purposes • Using the dictionary for vocabulary development and pronunciation practice • Skimming and scanning linear and non-linear texts • Identifying supporting details and examples • Understanding cause and effect relationships • Presenting non-linear and linear texts • Making inferences • Understanding parts of speech for academic reading • Discussing viewpoints related to reading texts • Listing main points and writing short summary accounts

  6. ASSESSMENT Assignment 1 10% Assignment 2 20% Mid-semester Exam 30% Final Exam 40%

  7. EXAM FORMAT MID SEMESTER EXAM  (30%) – Subjective questions The mid-semester exam is divided into 4 sections. You will be tested on the following format: • Section A – Reading Comprehension • Section B – Parts of Speech • Section C – Dictionary Meaning • Section D – Scanning for Information (Non-linear) Duration : 1 hour

  8. EXAM FORMAT FINAL EXAM (40%) – Multiple choice questions The final exam is divided into 4 sections. You will be tested on the following format: • Section A – Reading Comprehension (2 texts) • Section B – Cloze Passage • Section C – Grammar • Section D - Vocabulary Duration : 1 ½ hours

  9. GRAMMAR SKILLS • Parts of Speech • Prefixes and suffixes • Tenses

  10. DICTIONARY SKILLS • Phonetics • Meaning and usage • Synonyms, antonyms

  11. READING SKILLSLinear Text • Skimming • Scanning • Identifying main ideas • Topic recognition • Paraphrasing • Predicting and making inferences • Finding word meaning in context

  12. READING SKILLSNon-linear Texts • Topic recognition • Scanning diagrams, tables, maps for information • Reading and following instructions • Inferring

  13. WRITING SKILLS • Listing main points • Summarising Discussing view point Presenting view points Footer Text

  14. Assignment 1 (10%) • Find a text of at least 200 words from any reading materials (e.g. newspaper,magazine, internet etc.). Paste the text in the space provided. State the source and author of the text. • Identify ten different words from the text and underline them. The words chosen must be of 3or more syllables.

  15. 3. For each selected word, you must provide:- • The part of speech of the word (based on the context) • The meaning/definition of each word • The phonetic transcription of each word • The synonym and antonym for each word • A sentence for each word chosen (mark will only be awarded for each word used correctly) 1 mark will be awarded for each completed word (i.e. which contains all of the information-3 or more syllable, part of speech, meaning, phonetic transcription, synonym and antonym and sample of sentence. (10 words = 10 marks)

  16. Read the text that you have selected, and paraphraseit in about 100 words. (10 marks) Total marks 20/2=10 marks **TO BE SUBMITTED TO PPL OFFICE BY WEEK 7**

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