CEL1231 INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH 1 Main Class
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The course focuses on basic English skills (grammar, reading and writing) which enable students to extend their knowledge they have gained in the previous courses.
Here is the class outline:
1. ICE BREAKING SESSIONLet's break that ice! 1 section
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2. COURSE INFOIn the Course Information, all topics for our lessons are listed for your reference. These are the content for this course. 1 section
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3. WRITINGCLO 1 : Describe the ideas or data obtained through reading texts at pre-intermediate level.(C2) For CEL1231/EIS1231, We will be learning in depth all about paragraph writing; the step-by-step, all the way to the strategies to write paragraphs efficiently and effectively. Some of the topics covered are: 1.3 Writing 1.3.1 Introduction to Paragraph Writing 2.3 Writing 2.3.1 Developing paragraphs through topic sentences and supporting details 2.3.2 Writing concluding sentence 2.3.3 Usage of transition signals 2.3.4 Usage of simple and compound sentences 3.3 Writing 3.3.1 Understanding descriptive paragraph: Purpose and Aim 3.3.2 How to describe people 3.3.3 How to describe places 4.3 Writing: Descriptive paragraph 4.3.1 How to describe objects 4.3.2 How to describe events 5.3 Writing: Descriptive paragraph 5.3.1 Collect materials 5.3.2 Brainstorming 5.3.3 Selecting and organising point 5.3.4 Find common adjective related to the topic 5.3.5 Preparing the outline 6.3 Writing 6.3.1 Narrative paragraph 6.3.2 Collect materials 6.3.3 Brainstorming 6.3.4 Selecting and organising point 6.3.5 Preparing the outline .3 Writing : Narrative 7.3.1 Writing a topic sentence 7.3.2 Writing supporting details and concluding sentence 7.3.3 Revising and editing the paragraph 20 sections
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4. GRAMMARCLO 1 : Describe the ideas or data obtained through reading texts at pre-intermediate level.(C2) CLO 2 : Implement correct usage of grammatical structures and verb forms in sentence constructions at pre-intermediate level (C3) CLO 3 : Use ideas and data obtained through listening in oral delivery method at pre-intermediate level (C3, A3, P4) For CEL1231/EIS1231, we will be looking at some parts of the English grammar. We will go back to the basics to correct and revisit your current knowledge about some parts of the English grammar. These are the topics: 1.1 Grammar 1.1.1 Articles 1.1.2 Nouns 1.1.3 Pronouns 2.1 Grammar 2.1.1 Subject Verb Agreement: Singular, Plural & Mass Nouns 3.1 Grammar 3.1.1 Subject Verb Agreement: Countable and Uncountable Nouns 4.1 Grammar 4.1.1 Subject Verb Agreement: Quantifiers & There is..There are.. 5.1 Grammar 5.1.1. Adjectives 5.1.2.Adverbs Unit 6 6.1 Grammar 6.1.1.Prepositions Unit 7 7.1 Grammar 7.1.1.Conjunctions 7.1.2.Interjections 23 sections
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5. READING AND VOCABULARYCLO 1 : Describe the ideas or data obtained through reading texts at pre-intermediate level.(C2) CLO 2 : Implement correct usage of grammatical structures and verb forms in sentence constructions at pre-intermediate level (C3) CLO 3 : Use ideas and data obtained through listening in oral delivery method at pre-intermediate level (C3, A3, P4) For CEL1231/EIS1231, we will be learning some basic reading skills and of course, practice makes improvement! We want to make our students become comfortable with reading in English, so here are the topics for reading: 1.2 Reading 1.2.1 Using an English dictionary 1.2.2 Pronunciation and Phonetic symbols 2.2 Reading 2.2.1 Definition, synonym and antonym 2.2.2 Words that can be noun and verb 2.2.3 Compound nouns 2.2.4 Formal and Informal Vocabularies 3.1 Reading 3.1.1 Contextual meaning 3.1.2 Reference words 4.2 Reading 4.2.1 Read for main ideas 4.2.2 Read for details 5.2 Reading 5.2.1 Skimming and Scanning 6.2 Reading 6.2.2 Identify topic sentence and supporting details in text 6.2.3 Understanding WH questions 7.2 Reading 7.2.1 Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary: Identifying meaning of words from context 4 sections
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6. SPEAKINGCLO 1 : Describe the ideas or data obtained through reading texts at pre-intermediate level.(C2) CLO 2 : Implement correct usage of grammatical structures and verb forms in sentence constructions at pre-intermediate level (C3) CLO 3 : Use ideas and data obtained through listening in oral delivery method at pre-intermediate level (C3, A3, P4) The aim for CEL1231/EIS1231 in speaking skills is that we want our students to become braver and comfortable in expressing their thoughts in English. So here are some topics to get you started: 1.5 Speaking : Language function 2.5 Speaking 2.5.1 Tips for delivering an individual presentation 3.4 Speaking 3.4.1 Tips for delivering group presentation 5.4 Speaking 5.4.1 Descriptive topic 6.4 Speaking 6.4.1 Demonstrative topic 7 sections
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7. LISTENINGCLO 1 : Describe the ideas or data obtained through reading texts at pre-intermediate level.(C2) CLO 2 : Implement correct usage of grammatical structures and verb forms in sentence constructions at pre-intermediate level (C3) CLO 3 : Use ideas and data obtained through listening in oral delivery method at pre-intermediate level (C3, A3, P4) It is actually not easy to train yourself to listen and process information in English since it is not our mother tongue. So, the aim of CEL1231/EIS1231 is to get our students to become comfortable and to learn some listening in English skills so that students will be able to process information effectively. So, here are the toppics for listening: 1.4 Listening 1.4.1 Listening Skill: Listening for Main Ideas 2.4 Listening 2.4.1. Listening Skill: Listening for Specific Information 1 section
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8. SAMPLE OF QUIZZES AND TESTSIn this folder are samples of quizzes and tests for CEL1231/EIS1231. 10 sections
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9. CLASS RECORDINGS FOR SEMESTER 2, 2022/2023Dear students, here is the compilation for our class recordings. Please watch them if you would like to revisit our previous lessons. 1 section
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