SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, LITERACIES & TRANSLATION

INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING
SEMESTER I
ACADEMIC SESSION 2016 / 2017
A. COURSE INFORMATION
Course Code

LMT 100

Course Title

PREPARATORY ENGLISH

Day

Time

Place

Coordinators

Kampus Induk
Jayagowri Muniandy (jayagowri@usm.my)
Noorul Shakirin Mohamed Hassan (noorul@usm.my)
Kampus Kejuruteraan
Rabiatul Adawiyah Razali (pbrabiatul@usm.my)
Kampus Kesihatan
Nur Aisyah Md Ridzuan (nuraisyah@usm.my)

Teacher

No. of students

Credit Units

Nil

B. COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
(a)

understand proverbs, idioms, clichs, similes;

(b)

interpret short texts (e.g. poems);

(c)

skim and scan a variety of texts;

(d)

analyse short texts for overall theme, main ideas and supporting details;

(e)

identify and use basic parts of speech and tenses;

(f)

read literary and narrative texts and identify basic elements such as character, plot, style, technique
and theme;

(g)

deliver simple presentation on a prepared topic based on short stories; and

(h)

write essays of about 250 - 300 words.

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C. SCHEDULE
WEEK/DATE

TITLE

1
[ 5/9 11/9 ]

Unit One: One-Line Texts

reading text: newspaper article
project work
parts of speech
simple present and present progressive tenses
subject-verb agreement

2
[ 12/9 18/9 ]

NOTES

Unit Two: Mini-Texts

mini texts
adjectives
adverbs
paragraph writing

4
[ 26/9 2/10 ]

Unit Three: Short Texts

reading text
interpreting a table
poems
letter writing
simple past tense
positive/negative forms of the simple past tense

5
[ 3/10 9/10 ]

Unit Four: Introduction to Reading

a short story
a short autobiography
writing an autobiography
past progressive and past perfect tenses

7
[ 17/10 23/10 ]

Course Overview:
IP
Grading
Attendance regulations: warning
letters and barring
Evaluation: tests and
assignments
* 12/9 : Hari Raya Haji
* 16/9 : Hari Malaysia

Unit One (cont.)

3
[ 19/9 25/9 ]

6
[ 10/10 16/10 ]

First Meeting:
Check class list
Check timetable
Check entry requirements

Assessment 1:
Poem Comprehension
& Grammar (10%)
* 3/10 : Replacement for Maal Hijrah

Unit Four (cont.)

Unit Five: Skimming and Scanning

skimming
scanning
main ideas

Assessment 2:
Reading Comprehension (10%)
2

8
[ 24/10 30/10 ]

supporting ideas
reading text
vocabulary practice

MID SEMESTER BREAK

9
[ 31/10 6/11 ]

Unit Six: Short Stories

A Question of Dowry (by Siew Yue Killingley)

10
[ 7/11 13/11 ]

Unit Six (cont.)

Cat in the Rain (by Ernest Hemingway)

11
[ 14/11 20/11 ]

Unit Seven: Literary Texts

Text 1: Kevin (by Catherine Lim)
Reading and writing activities
Some tips on oral presentations

12
[ 21/11 27/11 ]

Unit Seven (cont.)

Text 2: The Gift of the Magi (by O. Henry)

Text 3: Her (by Titis Basino)

Reading and writing activities

* 29/10 : Deepavali

Writing Assessment based on

Short Stories (15%)

13
[ 28/11 4/12 ]
Assessing oral presentations

Oral Presentation based on

Short Stories (15%)

15
[ 12/12 18/12 ]

Revision

* 12/12 : Maulidur Rasul

16
[ 19/12 25/12 ]

STUDY WEEK

* 25/12 : Christmas

14
[ 5/12 11/12 ]

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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 6 (2500 headwords).

Teaching materials developed by the English Language academic staff members at Pusat
Pengajian Bahasa, Literasi dan Terjemahan.
Azar, B.S. (1989). Understanding and Using English Grammar. Second Edition. Prentice-Hall,
New Jersey.
Breyer, Pamela Peterson. (1996). Grammar Work 4: English Exercises in Context. Second
Edition. Pearson Education, New York.
Farida J. Ibrahim, Adibah Amin & Eravelly, Rosemary. (2001). Grammar Builder: A Remedial
Guide Book for Students of English. Book 2. Pan Asia Publications Sdn. Bhd., Selangor Darul
Ehsan.
Fuchs, M. & Bonner, M. (1995). Focus on Grammar. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.
US.
Murphy, R. (1987). English Grammar in Use: A Reference and Practice Book for Intermediate
Students. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Nandy, M. (1989). Common English Idioms with Meanings and Sentences. Eurasia Publishing,
Kuala Lumpur.
Soars, J. & Soars, L. (2007). New Headway Pre-intermediate Students Book. Third Edition.
Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Soars, J. & Soars, L. (2007). New Headway Pre-intermediate Workbook with Key. Third Edition.
Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Soloman, J.S., Chuah, A.B. & Solomon, S.S. (2003). English for Malaysians. Pelanduk
Publications (M) Sdn. Bhd., Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Westwood, C. (Ed.) (2002). Excel in English. RCDS Sdn. Bhd., Penang.
Woodward, S.W., (1997). Fun With Grammar. Prentice Hall Regents, New Jersey.
Zuriah Azmi, (2007). Discover Grammar. One-Stop Magazine Agency, Penang.

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http://www.oup.com.au/content/General.asp?Content=library
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/count1.html
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/verb1.html
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/learn.html
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/modal1.html
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/modal2.html
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/prep1.html
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/prep2.html
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/prep3.html
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/prep4.html
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/present1.html
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/past1.html
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/past2.html
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/sva1.html
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/vtr.html
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/wordf1.html
http://www.projectx2002.org/interactive_grammar.htm
http://www.webster.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm

F. COURSE EVALUATION
COURSE WORK (50 %)
Mode

Percentage

Deadline

Assessment 1: Poem Comprehension & Grammar (administered in

class).

10%

Week 5
[ 3/10 9/10 ]

Assessment 2: Reading Comprehension (administered in class).

10%

Week 7
[ 17/10 23/10 ]

Writing Assessment based on the two short stories in Unit Six

(administered in class).

15%

Week 12
[ 21/11 27/11 ]

Individual Oral Presentation based on the three texts in Unit Seven

(administered in class).

15%

Weeks 13 & 14
[ 28/11 11/12 ]

Notes:
Assessment 1: Answer questions (comprehension and grammar) based on a poem. The test should be
administered in class.
Assessment 2: Answer reading comprehension questions based on the text given. The test should be
administered in class.
Writing Assessment: Write an essay of about 250 300 words based on the two short stories in Unit 6. This
task should be completed in class.
Individual Oral Presentation based on the 3 texts in Unit 7. Give students about 5 minutes for the oral
presentation. Students should not read but may refer to notes. The use of audio-visual aids is encouraged.
Final Examination (50%)

Reading Comprehension
Writing an Essay
2 hours