This course aims at developing the four major language skills of reading, listening, speaking, and writing through exposure to computing & IT discourse. Thus, students should be able to read, listen to and comprehend technical English. They should also be able to use technical discourse effectively to communicate orally and produce academic paragraphs. The course also aims at enabling students to master and apply different language functions.
Bachelor of Computer Science - 144 CRs
Glendinning, Eric H, and John Mc Ewan., Oxford English for Information Technology, Oxford University Press
| content serial | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Unit 1 "Technology in use" |
| 2 | Unit 2 "A Typical PC" + Unit 3 "A Types of Computer Systems" |
| 3 | Unit 4 "Input devices: Type, click and talk!" + Listening material |
| 4 | Writing Academic English (Writing process + Writing a Topic sentence) pp. 2 – 13 + Extra |
| 5 | Presentation skills + Reading supplementary 1 + ungraded presentations |
| 6 | Handout on supporting details workshops |
| 7 | 7th Week examination |
| 8 | Unit 5 "Input devices: the eyes of your PC" + Graded Workshop |
| 9 | Unit 6 " Output devices: Printers" + Listening material |
| 10 | Writing Academic English (The Concluding sentence) pp. 13 – 17 + (Unity & Coherence) pp. 18 – 23 |
| 11 | Writing Academic English (Consistent pronouns & Transition signals) pp 24 – 31 + Ungraded writing workshop |
| 12 | Unit 4 " Engineering Design" pp. 30 – 33 |
| 13 | Unit 8 " Processing" + Reading supplementary 2 + 12th week Exam |
| 14 | Unit 9 " Disks and drives" + Graded writing workshop + Listening material |
| 15 | Unit 10 " Health and safety" + Unit 11 " Operating Systems and the GUI" |
| 16 | Final Examination |
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