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Preparatory English (2)

Course Description: This English as a Foreign Language (EFL) course enhances students' abilities to comprehend, analyze, and produce more complex texts, which are essential skills for academic success. The course focuses on developing reading comprehension and writing skills by addressing diverse topics in sociology, nutrition science, and information technology. Students will learn to identify main ideas, utilize glossaries and footnotes, and apply multiple reading strategies. Writing assignments include paragraph organization, outline preparation, and the composition of descriptive essays, opinion essays, and narrative essays. Students will also work independently to expand their vocabulary and improve their reading and writing skills by utilizing technological resources. The course supports critical thinking, peer feedback, self-assessment, responsibility, and independent learning skills.
Credits: 5
Objectives of the course :
  • The main goal of this course is to enhance students' ability to comprehend and produce complex academic texts.
  • The course focuses on developing reading comprehension and writing skills through a package of diverse topics, while stimulating critical thinking skills and promoting independent learning.
  • Students will learn how to apply various reading strategies, organize paragraphs, and craft multiple essay patterns, while simultaneously utilizing technological resources to expand their vocabulary.
Course outputs :
  • I: Knowledge and understanding:
  • Identifying main ideas and supporting details in complex texts from various academic subjects.
  • Identifying the main components and parts of a paragraph and an essay, respectively.
  • Defining essential academic vocabulary necessary for understanding and producing academic texts.
  • II: Skills:
  • Reading different types of texts (interviews, reports, magazine articles, etc.) to practice multiple strategies, such as: inference, identifying functional elements, and summarizing main ideas.
  • Writing coherent and contextually linked paragraphs and articles.
  • Employing critical thinking skills to analyze texts, distinguish between facts and opinions, draw inferences, and connect ideas across multiple readings.
  • Third: Values, Independence, and Responsibility:
  • Demonstrate commitment to academic and professional values, standards, and ethical codes of conduct.
  • Utilizing technology to demonstrate self-learning ability in carrying out language tasks and activities.
  • Collaborating responsibly and constructively in leading diverse work teams to perform a wide range of tasks, taking a leading role in planning and evaluating joint work.
  • Shining a light on the academic terms used:
  • Functional elements: (e.g., introductory sentences, supporting sentences, and concluding sentences in text construction).
  • Coherent: Coherent and contextually connected (textual coherence and cohesion).
  • Distinguish facts from opinions (a fundamental critical thinking skill in academic reading standards).
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  • Last updated: 2026-06-10

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