Courses
COURSE
SYLLYBUS
MCU
001
Course Title: MCU ENGLISH PROGRAM 001
Course
Number: 001
Credits:
Non-credit
Course
Duration: 45
hours (3 hours/class; once/week)
Course
Start Date: Commencement
of university semester.
Placement
Test: No
test is given in placement of any MCU English Program courses. All
students must start at MCU 001 level.
Minimum
Requirements : Student are required to complete MCU 001 with a
passing grade of 50% before taking MCU 002.
Course
Description:
The
course focuses on grammar, speaking and writing. Student are
encouraged to speak with
fluency and accuracy as well as writing skill to describe
or express effectively for communication in Buddhist topics and contemporary
global issues. The course will cover communication among classmates in various
topics with the correct structure; and the course will also cover communication
with writing by provided practical lessons which student will learn and
practice weekly. Before taking mid-term and final examination, students will be
evaluated their skills by personal presentation and their paper-works for to be
the background of MCU 002. Textbooks/eBooks: Textbooks are required and
students must purchase at the commencement of study.
Academic
Objectives:
Students
will learn grammar from basic to intermediate level.
Students
will learn the process of writing in various topics, including Buddhism topics.
Students
will have confidence in speaking and oral presentation.
Ethical
Objectives:
Students
will be aware and excel with great vision universally in todays rapid changes
and acquire ability in solving problems using English.
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Students
will constantly be curious in mindfully speaking and listening in order to
improve themselves to be leadership with great knowledge and spirituality which
will help them to be helpful to others and other beings.
-
Students
will possess morality, aspire themselves with profound virtue and integrity and
sacrifice for the hospitality of others peace and happiness.
Course
Outline:
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Week
1
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Grammar
Parts of Speech
Nouns
Relationship and
Ownership
Vocabularies
Words (Nouns) from
Textbook
Speaking and Listening
Pronunciation and
Stress
Making Sentences with
Nouns
Composition
General
topic for writing
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Lecture and exercise
Meaning and
Definition
Practice in class by
speaking
Homework
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Week
2
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Grammar
Sentence Structure
Verb to be
Negative and Question
Vocabularies
Words (Nouns) from
Textbook
Speaking and Listening
Using of be
Questioning and
Answering
Composition
General
topic for writing
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Lecture and exercise
Meaning and
Definition
Practice in class by
speaking
Homework
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Week
3
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Grammar
Adjectives
Vocabularies
Words (Adjectives) from
Textbook
Speaking and Listening
Making Sentence with
Adjectives
Questioning and
Answering with Adjectives
Composition
Special
Topic focused on the use of adjectives
|
Lecture and exercise
Meaning and
Definition
Practice in class by
Speaking
Homework
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Week
4
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Grammar
Pronouns
Vocabularies
List of Pronouns from
Textbook
Speaking and Listening
Making Sentences with
Pronouns
Questioning and
Answering with Pronouns
Composition
Special
Topic focused on the use of pronoun
|
Lecture and exercise
Meaning and
Definition
Practice in class by
Speaking
Homework
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Week
5
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Grammar
Types of Verbs
Regular and Irregular
Verbs
Base Form of Verb
Past Form of Verb
Present Participle
Past Participle
Vocabularies
Verbs from Textbook
Speaking and Listening
Making Sentences with
Verbs
Questioning and
Answering with Verbs
Composition
Write Sentences from
Pictures with the prepared Verbs
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Lecture and exercise
Meaning and
Definition
Practice in class by
speaking
Homework
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Week
6
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Grammar
Helping Verbs in
Question and Negative Sentences
Verbs and Tenses
Vocabularies
Verbs from Textbook
Speaking and Listening
Making Sentences with
Verbs
Questioning and
Answering with Verbs
Composition
Write Sentences from
Pictures with the Prepared Verbs
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Lecture and exercise
Meaning and
Definition
Practice in class by
Speaking
Homework
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Week
7
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Speaking and Listening
Group
Conversation in General or Global Issue
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All students take
conversation
in group
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Week
8
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MID-TERM
EXAMINATION
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Week
9
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Grammar
Adverbs
Vocabularies
Words (Adverbs) from
Textbook
Speaking and Listening
Making Sentences with
Adverbs
Questioning and
Answering with Adverbs
Reading
Passage Reading
Composition
Paragraph Writing
Structure of a Paragraph
How to Write a Paragraph
Kinds of Paragraphs
|
Lecture and exercise
Meaning and
Definition
Practice in class by
speaking
Capture the main idea
and information
Lecture
and exercise
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Week
10
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Grammar
Prepositions
Vocabularies
List of Prepositions
from Textbook
Speaking and Listening
Making Sentences with
Prepositions
Questioning and
Answering with Prepositions
Listening
Comprehension
Reading
Passage Reading
Composition
Grammatical Guidelines in Writing
Punctuation Pointers
Editing Considerations
|
Lecture and exercise
Meaning and
Definition
Practice in class by
speaking
Capture the main idea
and information
Lecture
and exercise
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Week
11
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Grammar
Types of Sentences
Conjunctions
Joining Words,
Phrases, Sentences
Vocabularies
Words from Textbooks
Speaking and Listening
Making Sentences
Questioning and
Answering
Reading
Passage Reading
Composition
World
Issue or Religious Writing
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Lecture and exercise
Meaning and
Definition
Practice in class by
speaking
Capture the main idea
and information
Practice in class and
homework
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Week
12
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Vocabularies
Suffixes, Prefixes
Synonyms, Antonyms
Speaking and Listening
Listening
Comprehension
Personal Presentation
in Religious or World Issue
Reading
Passage Reading
Composition
World Issue or
Religious Writing
Write and Modify Sentences Using Thesaurus
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Lecture and exercise
Practice in class by
listening and speaking
Capture the main idea
and information
Practice in class and
homework
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Week
13
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Vocabularies
Words from Textbooks
Speaking and Listening
Listening
Comprehension
Personal Presentation
in Religious or World Issue
Reading
Passage Reading
Composition
World Issue or
Religious Writing
Write and Modify Sentences Using Thesaurus
|
Meaning and
Definition
Practice in class by
listening and speaking
Capture the main idea
and information
Practice in class and
homework
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Week
14
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Speaking and Listening
Group
Conversation in General or Global Issue
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All students take
conversation
in group
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Week
15
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FINAL
EXAMINATION
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* In week 7, students will
be recapped by taking conversation with everyone in class before
taking mid-term examination
Teaching and Study
Methods:
1.
Lectures
2.
Class
Participation (class work and attendance)
3.
Homework
assignments
4.
Oral
Presentations
5.
Mid-term
and Final Examinations
Evaluation: Final grade will be
based on the following criteria:
1.
Attendance
10%
2.
Assignments
20%
3.
Presentation
20%
4.
Mid-term
Examination 20%
5.
Final
Examination 30%
References:
Gabriele Stobbe. Just Enough English Grammar.
New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2007
Jan Venolia.
Write Right. USA:
Ten Speed Press, 2001
K.Gomathi Reddy. Paragraph
Writing. Chennai, India: Seasons Publishing, 2001
Gill
Francis. Chambers Language Builder. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap,
2008
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