UGE 05 – English Five

Mayar Ahmed

Mayar Ahmed

Reading Skill: • Can read quickly enough to cope with an academic course, to read media for information or to understand non-standard correspondence • Can understand complex opinion/ arguments as expressed in newspapers • Can understand reports and articles likely to be encountered during his/ her work including complex ideas expressed in complex language • Can understand in detail lengthy, complex texts, whether or not related to area of specialty • Can scan quickly through a variety of sources both within and outside field of specialization and assess relevance to needs • Can understand complex reports, analyses and commentaries in which opinions, viewpoints and connections are discussed, recognizing contradictions, inconsistencies, or illogical arguments • Can understand complex manuals, regulations, and contracts even within unfamiliar fields after rereading difficult sections • Can appreciate shifts of tone and style in contemporary literary texts and recognize their significance • Can understand any kind of text including those written in a very colloquial style and containing many idiomatic expressions or slang • Can scan quickly through complex texts from a variety of genres, including unfamiliar ones; can read several texts in parallel to integrate information from them • Can understand texts (newspaper columns and satirical glosses) in which much is said in an indirect and ambiguous way and which contain hidden value judgments • Can understand complex reports, manuals and contracts, including finer shades of meaning and differentiations, plus issues that are implied rather than stated Listening Skill: • Can understand extended speech even when it is not clearly structured and when relationships are only implied and not signaled explicitly. • Can understand television programs and films without too much effort. • Can have no difficulty in understanding any kind of spoken language, whether live or broadcast, even when delivered at fast native speed, provided he/she has some time to get familiar with accent. • Can understand enough to follow extended speech on abstract and complex topics beyond his/her field, though he/she may need to confirm occasional details, especially if the accent is unfamiliar. • Can recognize a wide range of idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms, appreciating register shifts. • Can easily follow complex interactions between third parties in group discussion and debate, even on abstract, complex unfamiliar topics. • Can follow much of what is said in a lecture, presentation or demonstration. • Can make decisions about what to note down and what to omit as the lecture proceeds. Writing Skill: • Can write clear, well-structured texts of complex subjects, underlining the relevant salient issues with a high degree of grammatical correctness and vary his/her vocabulary and style according to the addresses, the kind of text and the topic. Information and Argument • Can expand and support points of view at some length with subsidiary points, reasons, and relevant examples, and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion. • Can present a case with an effective logical structure which helps recipient to notice and remember significant points. Creativity • Can write clear, detailed, well-developed descriptions and imaginative texts in an assured, personal, natural style appropriate to the reader in mind. Selected Writing Styles • Short story • Academic report Selected Mechanics • Linking devices (time expressions/attitude) (not a test item but accounted for in the writing) Selected Punctuation Rules • Capital letters • Full stops • Commas • Semicolons Speaking Skill: Conversation • Can converse comfortably, appropriately and without limitations in casual conversation, at social events and in more formal discussions and debates • Can employ irony and understatement in an appropriate manner • Has good understanding of humor, irony, and implicit cultural references • Can express myself fluently and appropriately, adopting a level of formality appropriate to the circumstances and the relation to the person being talked to Discussion • Can argue for or against a case and easily keep up with extended debate, even when this is highly idiomatic, on abstract and complex topics, even when these are unfamiliar and people talk simultaneously • Can contribute to formal discussion of complex issues articulately and persuasively • Can formulate a convincing argument and respond to questions, comments, and complex counter argument fluently, spontaneously, and appropriately • Can confidently put forward a systematically developed argument, taking account of the audience’s perspective, evaluating areas of ambiguity and selecting appropriate supporting examples Description • Can give an elaborate description or account of an experience or topic of relevance, integrating themes, developing particular points and concluding appropriately (Describe, Interpret, Evaluate) • Analyze themes and reflect on pictures or videos Presentations • Can give a clear, well-structured presentation of a complex subject, expanding and supporting points of view with reasons and relevant examples • Can confidently handle detailed questions and spontaneously follow up points raised by members of audience Information Exchange • Can understand and exchange complex, detailed information on topics with which are not familiar, pinpointing key areas where further explanation or clarification is needed

Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can summarise information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation. Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.

Final Exam = 50 marks Course Work = 50 marks 10 marks Midterm (Reading and Systems) 10 marks Writing Quiz (in class after midterm) 5 marks Listening Quiz (in lab before midterm) 5 marks Quarter 1 (in class before midterm) (Reading and Writing) 5 marks Speaking quiz (in class after midterm) 15 marks Moodle: 5 marks Quarter 2 (Systems) 10 marks graded tasks (2 graded tasks)

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